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	<title>Phoebe Kate</title>
	<link>http://phoebekate.com</link>
	<description>A time traveler takes note of contemporary culture.</description>
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		<title>What Hurricanes Mean in My World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buying canned goods, bread, bottled water, extra flashlights and lots of D batteries, candles, cookies (Oreos and chocolate chip, to be specific) and whiskey.
Making sure everybody has their meds for at least a week.
Filling up the bathtubs so we can flush toilets if the power goes out, taking with it our pump.
Hauling into the garage all the patio furniture and trash cans.
Turning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phoebekate.com/2008/09/05/what-hurricanes-mean-in-my-world/</link>
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		<title>Hanna, Ike, etc.: The Reality of Realty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people ask me where I live and I tell them &#8220;the coast of NC,&#8221; they uniformly go, &#8220;Ooooo!  Aren&#8217;t you lucky!  Omigod!  The beach!  The fabulous fresh seafood!  Surfing!  Boating!  Jet-skiing!  Those gorgeous oceanside homes!&#8221; 
Okay, those are the females.  The guys are a little more laid back, but they essentially enthuse (in a calculatedly off-handed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phoebekate.com/2008/09/04/hanna-ike-etc-the-reality-of-realty/</link>
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		<title>For Your Monthly Planner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahhh, National Days &#8212; a reason to celebrate or shake up our quotidian routine or do something we might not do otherwise.  Such as: 9/2 is (are you ready for this one?) National Beheading Day.  I kid you not.  Tyrannical bosses, bad boyfriends/girlfriends, spouses who leave a lot to be desired, children who act like the spawn of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phoebekate.com/2008/09/01/for-your-monthly-planner/</link>
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		<title>Are We There Yet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Bar Mitzvah ceremony, the rabbi announces to the thirteen-year-old boy, &#8220;Today you are a man.&#8221;  Native Americans have sweat lodge and dream quest rituals for their teenage sons.  African tribes conduct rites of initiation to mark the passage from childhood to young manhood.  In certain Christian denominations, the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation are considered major milestones [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phoebekate.com/2008/08/30/are-we-there-yet/</link>
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		<title>Paging Dr. Bowwow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, this morning as I drank my Earl Grey, I thumbed through the Yellow Pages studying the listings for family physicians.  I don&#8217;t like the one I&#8217;ve got now and am contemplating making a switch.  Good doctors are hard to find.  I&#8217;m not talking about medical competence here, but patient/doctor compatibility &#8212; an examining room manner that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phoebekate.com/2008/08/29/paging-dr-bowwow/</link>
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