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		<title>STARBUCKS DID NOT WRITE THIS</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/03/11/starbucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>
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A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. The professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups&#8230;porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONLY IN AMERICA*</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/03/04/only-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have &#8220;call waiting&#8221; so we won&#8217;t miss a call from someone we don&#8217;t want to talk to in the first place.

Can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
There are handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
Do banks have drive-up ATM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A REFRESHING OPTIMIST</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/03/03/optimist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[



If we look back throughout history, we see the horrors that each generation endured, sometimes for centuries. It must have seemed that the darkness would never lift. But in the end, good has generally triumphed over evil because righteous people will not succumb to the worst of human nature. The strength and power of faith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IS IT LUST OR LOVE?</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/02/14/love-or-lust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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For men, lust is a heady experience; the brain goes on hold and red-hot surges of testosterone run the show.



 Lust &#8212; like love &#8212; is truly blind. This is why, especially at the beginning of a relationship, it can be hard to tell whether you&#8217;re in lust or love; whether she may be &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DON&#8217;T BE AFRAID TO SAY IT</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/02/08/afraid-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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It can be difficult to express your love using words, particularly if you grew up around people that never expressed their affection verbally. But you should never be afraid to say, &#8220;I love you&#8221; or worry that doing so will thrust you into a position of excessive vulnerability. 
It is important to share your feelings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LADIES &#8211; THIS ONE IS FOR YOU</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/02/02/ladies-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Joke]]></category>
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Here is something to think about when negative people are doing their best to rain on your parade. Remember this story the next time someone who knows nothing (and cares less) tries to make your life miserable.
A woman was at her hairdresser&#8217; s getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband.. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KEEP YOUR FORK</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/01/05/keep-your-fork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the funeral people were walking by the young woman&#8217;s casket and they saw the beautiful dress she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand.
Over and over, the Rabbi heard the question, &#8220;Why is she holding a fork?&#8221; And  when giving the eulogy he told the mourners&#8230;why.
The explanation was that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse Immigration</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/01/04/adventure-of-a-lifetime/</link>
		<comments>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/01/04/adventure-of-a-lifetime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Author: Harvey Tobkes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Harvey Tobkes
If you are ready for the adventure of a lifetime&#8230;TRY THIS:
Enter Mexico Illegally. Never mind immigration quotas, visas, international law, or any of that nonsense.

Once there, demand that the local Mexican government provide free medical care for you and your entire family.
Demand bilingual nurses and doctors.
Procreate abundantly. Deflect any criticism of this allegedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAST FORWARD: YEAR 2030</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2010/01/02/fast-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spoof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


THIS JUST IN — BREAKING NEWS&#8230;
Iran still off limits, closed off to all persons; physicists estimate it will take at least 20 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.
Hillary Clinton says she will run for the presidency again in 2032.
Postal Service raises price of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARE YOU LIKABLE?</title>
		<link>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2009/12/19/are-you-likable/</link>
		<comments>http://tobkes.othellomaster.com/archives/2009/12/19/are-you-likable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts to Ponder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason to be nice: It&#8217;ll get you far on the job


The time-worn adage that nice guys finish last isn&#8217;t exactly true. 
Growing research shows that likable employees may have more success on the job.
Likability can even trump competence. A study this year in the Harvard Business Review found that personal feelings toward an employee [...]]]></description>
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