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	<title>Organically Speaking: Writing that Makes a Difference</title>
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		<title>The Boy Next Door, Part II</title>
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For those of you who thought I was kidding about Dallas drivers with handguns, check out this news story and video about a recent random shooting spree on the North Texas roadways:
http://www.star-telegram.com/dallas_news/story/736869.html
http://www.wfaa.com/video/index.html?nvid=260025

See what I mean? 
 



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		<title>Show, Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I found out one of my friends’ father passed away last week. Today I found out one of my friends in her mid-twenties has cancer. As I sit here in the coffeehouse, trying to not weep for both of them, it makes me realize what a delicate hold we have on life. Circumstances of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rejection, Part II</title>
		<link>http://melodygraves.com/blog/2008/06/28/rejection-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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I got another rejection letter today after seven months of waiting. Invariably, the day before or the day after I send a follow-up letter, the rejection slip discreetly arrives in my mailbox. I know it’s a rejection the instant I look at the envelope. Too thin. Not even a full sheet of paper inside. When [...]]]></description>
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