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		<title>Road Trip Playlist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we embarked on our recent road trip to Dallas, I compiled a list of songs that capture the spirit of travel. I went to www.worldhum.com and www.bravenewtraveler.com and a few other sites to review their lists and then compiled my list with the music that I have.  The result is a playlist of 50 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samirclark.wordpress.com&blog=4589568&post=136&subd=samirclark&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moonwalking Cow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Houston Intercontinental Airport, Terminal A.


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		<title>prisoners of our own device</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m turning thirty four this year. Just earlier I was four, fourteen and twenty four. Just a couple of moons ago, my nephews and niece in the Philippines were kids. My oldest nephew was eight; now he&#8217;s eighteen. Earth&#8217;s rotation is surely stupendously short. What&#8217;s sad about all this is I missed a  wonderful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samirclark.wordpress.com&blog=4589568&post=127&subd=samirclark&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Out Frog</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our front door, perfectly contoured on the hook was this little green frog: hanging out, watching people walk and insects fly by.

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		<title>Expedition: Africa on The History Channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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We love to eat out when we can. We don&#8217;t eat often but we like to try different things. We are also easy to please,  preferring to enjoy what we have in front of us rather than to find fault in the food or the restaurant. We are not critical and pretend to know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samirclark.wordpress.com&blog=4589568&post=117&subd=samirclark&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s a beautiful day today. The sun shines as wisps of clouds linger by. The wind blows with a breeze that&#8217;s not terribly warm, not painfully humid.  This is what I love about springtime in the US. The plants and trees are bright green. Varied hues but all fresh and vibrant. The flowers speak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samirclark.wordpress.com&blog=4589568&post=108&subd=samirclark&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early Morning Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My eyes flutter as they open, slowly they open.
I shift to my left trying to take stock of time.
I hazily see the clock and I let out a sleepy grunt.
I want to curse upon seeing it&#8217;s only two in the morning.
Then I realized what woke me up.
The bright lights slip through the blinds.
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		<title>Trip Report: Wynn Las Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our stay at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas was spectacular!





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		<title>Ike is almost here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane-force winds will be felt in Houston in an hour or so.  We are watching waves pound Galveston. It&#8217;s not raining yet but the sky is thick with clouds. The hope is that it weakens at landfall.   One of the main problem is that it hits land at night and will move [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=samirclark.wordpress.com&blog=4589568&post=86&subd=samirclark&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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