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		<title>More than a Quarter, Less than Half</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why don&#8217;t they just call them what they are. False hopes. I hate to sound negative, really, I do. But there has to be a point when you&#8217;re not too scared shitless to face the facts, right? What do I &#8230; <a href="http://1detestablebean.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/expectations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=80&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Airport Chronicles: The Private Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her latex-gloved thumb pulled at my tights as she swept the perimeter of my underwear line. Her name was Meena. I knew this because I was intently staring at her i.d. tag as she padded those latexed hands up and &#8230; <a href="http://1detestablebean.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/the-airport-chronicles-the-private-room/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=69&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Seeking Advice from Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dog and Pony</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My style- it&#8217;s called composure But often mislabeled conservative. I do not feel the need to provide full disclosure To every ooh and ahh of past experience, That&#8217;s for me to know, sir, and for you to find out. That &#8230; <a href="http://1detestablebean.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/dog-and-pony/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=52&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Rejected Should be a One Way Street</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now you just have to go around checking all these different portals just to get rejected by seven different technologies. &#8220;- Drew Barrymore; He&#8217;s Just Not That Into You<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=47&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adverse Advertising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard was unsure how to respond when Mr. Bresnick called him into his corner office and told him he&#8217;d be representing the company at the annual, International Telecom Conference. The only semi-intriguing part was that this year the conference was &#8230; <a href="http://1detestablebean.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/adverse-advertising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=31&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Gerbils and Humans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know a gerbil named Poubelle. &#8220;Poubelle&#8221; happens to be the french word for &#8220;Garbage&#8221;. I did not understand the irony and appropriateness of this name, until I studied Poubelle avidly for over an hour. Initially, I suspected that Poubelle&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://1detestablebean.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/of-gerbils-and-humans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=1detestablebean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5319914&amp;post=26&amp;subd=1detestablebean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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