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	<description>by Joseph McLean</description>
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		<title>How to Beat the Blerch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was going to be a story about laughter and rocket-powered pandas, about comicbook dreams and hilarious runs through the September sunlight. I was going to tell you how I beat the odds, came back from my injury to win the glory of a full marathon. But on the way to the finish line, the &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/10/06/how-to-beat-the-blerch/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to Beat the Blerch</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fastest on the Sunshine Coast Trail</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/09/18/fastest-on-the-sunshine-coast-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey, what was that?&#8221; I skidded to a halt, stopping so quickly that Nicola ran into me from behind. We found ourselves alone and breathless in the middle of old growth forest, no one else around for miles. The night was dark with that finality of nature, the moon lost in the thick canopy overhead. &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/09/18/fastest-on-the-sunshine-coast-trail/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fastest on the Sunshine Coast Trail</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>That time I fell off a mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/08/20/that-time-i-fell-off-a-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 20th, 2014, I fell off a ledge on the side of the West Lion. My backpack shifted, the rock was slippery, and I went down fast. I slid a meter or two, feet first, hugging the wet rock. My chin took a glancing blow from the place my feet had been moments before, &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/08/20/that-time-i-fell-off-a-mountain/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">That time I fell off a mountain</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My dearest blue</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/08/03/my-dearest-blue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 18:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time has come to say farewell, my dearest blue My sweetie fly I&#8217;ve raised you from infancy these past few days, Unwitting though I may have been On table scraps you grew strong and healthy, shiny and new Those meals, countless now, sticky apricots and pears, a sip of cider here and there, Just &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2014/08/03/my-dearest-blue/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">My dearest blue</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ABBA Addresses UN in Offbeat Bid for Statehood</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2012/11/29/abba-addresses-un-in-offbeat-bid-for-statehood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABBA ADDRESSES UNITED NATIONS IN OFFBEAT BID FOR STATEHOOD UNITED NATIONS &#8212; Pop superstars ABBA addressed the General Assembly today in what officials are calling &#8220;a bizarre scheduling error&#8221;. The floor was packed with delegates waiting to hear from Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, who was widely expected to make his historic bid for statehood. When &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2012/11/29/abba-addresses-un-in-offbeat-bid-for-statehood/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">ABBA Addresses UN in Offbeat Bid for Statehood</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Library Tale</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2012/03/09/a-library-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, on the shores of the pacific ocean, there was a magical kingdom called Powell. This kingdom was separated from the outside world by a great sorcery called BC Ferries, leaving the citizens free to live in peace and comfort. But all was not well. The great arena, where the citizens liked &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2012/03/09/a-library-tale/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Library Tale</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>grandfather clause</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2009/01/28/grandfather-clause/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my clearest memories of visiting my Grandfather is from about 17 years ago, on a beach near his Nanaimo home.  While the adults conversed above, I took my kid brother (I&#8217;m guessing he&#8217;d be about 5, which makes me 14) for a seaside adventure.  Soon we were running along a narrow strip of &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2009/01/28/grandfather-clause/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">grandfather clause</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Set sail with solar</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/12/set-sail-with-solar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time I heard of solar sails, they were in an Arthur C. Clarke novel. Here on earth, we now have different possibilities: Late last month, the Australian Solar Sailor company announced they’d signed a deal with China&#8217;s biggest shipping line, COSCO, to fit some of their jumbo jet sized solar-powered sails to a &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/12/set-sail-with-solar/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Set sail with solar</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No time to forget</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/11/no-time-to-forget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember listening to silence on the radio, unaccustomed, eerie silence, while my mother stood nearby and the rain fell softly against the glass. A long time before, many people had died at war.  I listened through the static, trying to picture myself there, trying to understand a sacrifice we all pay homage to. I &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/11/no-time-to-forget/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">No time to forget</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restart</title>
		<link>http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/09/restart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph McLean]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were about 50 000 sites worldwide on the day I made my first homepage.The year was 1995, and I wasn&#8217;t some grubby kid sitting in his parents&#8217; basement.  No sir, my room was on the second floor.  Netscape 1 had just hit the scene, and the Internet was about to explode.  So was my &#8230; <a href="http://www.joseph.ca/hello/2008/11/09/restart/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Restart</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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