<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post3408658525363010111..comments</id><updated>2011-08-19T03:02:33.037-07:00</updated><category term='ancestors'/><category term='habit'/><category term='vacation photos'/><category term='Greeting cards'/><category term='consolation'/><category term='covertcomic'/><category term='nature'/><category term='privacy'/><category term='twins'/><category term='manhood'/><category term='idealism'/><category term='Lucy'/><category term='dying'/><category term='wealth'/><category term='compromise'/><category term='grandparents'/><category term='immortality'/><category term='temptation'/><category term='pets'/><category term='self perception'/><category term='self-improvement'/><category term='optimst'/><category 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term='mind'/><category term='Susan Boyle'/><category term='responsibility'/><category term='Human Nature'/><category term='Existence of God'/><category term='repentance'/><category term='Security'/><category term='evolution'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='achievement'/><category term='Leisure'/><category term='self-acceptance'/><category term='mothers'/><category term='job interview'/><category term='life is hell'/><category term='Smoking'/><category term='nephews and nieces'/><category term='last judgment'/><category term='beauty'/><category term='code of conduct'/><category term='dinosaurs'/><category term='children'/><category term='duty'/><category term='Meaning of Life'/><category term='casualty of war'/><category term='fate destiny'/><category term='Billy Mays'/><category term='Art'/><category term='Ken Devine'/><category term='Science'/><category term='martyrdom'/><category term='blog'/><category term='Intelligence'/><category term='Mourning'/><category term='Retirement'/><category term='single moms'/><category term='parents'/><category term='housekeeping'/><category term='country'/><category term='jobs'/><category term='wisdom'/><category term='optimism'/><category term='religion'/><category term='Haiti'/><category term='chaos'/><category term='villain'/><category term='satire'/><category term='commuting'/><category term='progress'/><category term='drugs'/><category term='better angels'/><category term='The Painter&apos;s Keys'/><title type='text'>Comments on A Robert Brault Reader: Thoughts for a Thursday</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/feeds/3408658525363010111/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html'/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7HgHi6hr55g/TutVp1tfZZI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/ZV7MH9GXc60/s220/bobgarden.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3114993073150864733</id><published>2011-08-19T03:02:33.037-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T03:02:33.037-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous,
Your comment brought me back here after...</title><content type='html'>Anonymous,&lt;br /&gt;Your comment brought me back here after 18 months, and I&amp;#39;m astonished at the exchange that went on.  Don&amp;#39;t know why I didn&amp;#39;t answer the last three comments. Looks like my joke, &amp;quot;holding back for the book&amp;quot; was taken quite seriously.  Believe me, I am among those who are no better than their blog.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/3114993073150864733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/3114993073150864733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1313748153037#c3114993073150864733' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://robertbrault.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1523101160'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9190499008916439671</id><published>2011-08-19T01:25:28.903-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T01:25:28.903-07:00</updated><title type='text'>it makes me realize that some of us only get as go...</title><content type='html'>it makes me realize that some of us only get as good as our blogs - there is no holding back for the book.good article..</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/9190499008916439671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/9190499008916439671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1313742328903#c9190499008916439671' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1913120106'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2766141955792253812</id><published>2010-01-27T00:22:19.920-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T00:22:19.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes Obviously it is, what I have observed till my ...</title><content type='html'>Yes Obviously it is, what I have observed till my 28 years of age.  The little things like a silent flow of air can determine from where the storm will come from.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2766141955792253812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2766141955792253812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1264580539920#c2766141955792253812' title=''/><author><name>psychics</name><uri>http://www.find-the-right-psychic.co.uk</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-871884739'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-5784755077910400667</id><published>2010-01-22T19:25:12.275-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T19:25:12.275-08:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s thought that Adam was the first hum...</title><content type='html'>&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s thought that Adam was the first human to make a telescope of his two hands, Eve the first to make a pair of binoculars.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another level, you might want to reverse the names.  ;)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/5784755077910400667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/5784755077910400667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1264217112275#c5784755077910400667' title=''/><author><name>liz</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1278129301'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2348177492520552757</id><published>2010-01-21T14:40:39.945-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T14:40:39.945-08:00</updated><title type='text'>hehe...i really LOVE your quotes! my favourite quo...</title><content type='html'>hehe...i really LOVE your quotes! my favourite quote... &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;A silent tick, a crystal tear, a simple wish that you were here...!&lt;br /&gt; -i don&amp;#39;t no who made it up but do you think you could possibly make quotes like that? &lt;br /&gt;Thankyou Robert!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2348177492520552757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2348177492520552757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1264113639945#c2348177492520552757' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1579490985'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-354402683230998261</id><published>2009-11-20T05:00:37.210-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T05:00:37.210-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daisy,
Yes and no -- and possibly maybe.  And with...</title><content type='html'>Daisy,&lt;br /&gt;Yes and no -- and possibly maybe.  And with that, we move on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/354402683230998261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/354402683230998261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258722037210#c354402683230998261' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-4896323467676170839</id><published>2009-11-19T18:52:34.064-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T18:52:34.064-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, that&amp;#39;s a good ploy...I can&amp;#39;t tell, we...</title><content type='html'>Yes, that&amp;#39;s a good ploy...I can&amp;#39;t tell, were you pulling my leg, or are you pulling it now  Gosh, isn&amp;#39;t it terrible when I have to ask for the truth?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/4896323467676170839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/4896323467676170839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258685554064#c4896323467676170839' title=''/><author><name>Daisy</name><uri>http://answerstartswithyou.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2054110608'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-4237067850740761219</id><published>2009-11-19T05:16:23.331-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T05:16:23.331-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daisy,

You&amp;#39;ll admit it&amp;#39;s a good ploy -- s...</title><content type='html'>Daisy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;#39;ll admit it&amp;#39;s a good ploy -- saying that your blog would be better if it included all the good stuff you&amp;#39;re saving for a book you&amp;#39;ll never write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/4237067850740761219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/4237067850740761219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258636583331#c4237067850740761219' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-1699906122924902026</id><published>2009-11-18T18:15:42.120-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T18:15:42.120-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh my.. now you&amp;#39;ve got me wondering?!!

And fu...</title><content type='html'>Oh my.. now you&amp;#39;ve got me wondering?!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And funny you should say that it&amp;#39;s too good for the blog, and you&amp;#39;re saving it for the book - it makes me realize that some of us only get as good as our blogs - there is no holding back for the book!  And I mean that in the best way because I&amp;#39;ve got nothing more to save it for!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love your blog - can&amp;#39;t imagine how much I&amp;#39;d love your book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daisy</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/1699906122924902026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/1699906122924902026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258596942120#c1699906122924902026' title=''/><author><name>Daisy</name><uri>http://answerstartswithyou.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-683805498'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-1267785621706484284</id><published>2009-11-18T04:55:15.350-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T04:55:15.350-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Insomnia Treatment,

If my stuff helps put people ...</title><content type='html'>Insomnia Treatment,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If my stuff helps put people to sleep, I have found my purpose in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/1267785621706484284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/1267785621706484284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258548915350#c1267785621706484284' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-6365963870786235599</id><published>2009-11-18T01:40:27.711-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T01:40:27.711-08:00</updated><title type='text'>nice thinking u have . Bcoz if any person happy th...</title><content type='html'>nice thinking u have . Bcoz if any person happy that&amp;#39;s do can anything.thanks.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/6365963870786235599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/6365963870786235599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258537227711#c6365963870786235599' title=''/><author><name>Insomnia Treatment Sydney</name><uri>http://www.chantalgazal.com.au/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2110190097'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2075628125037105612</id><published>2009-11-14T06:37:37.544-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-14T06:37:37.544-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Right! Well, at least I&amp;#39;m smiling and not puzz...</title><content type='html'>Right! Well, at least I&amp;#39;m smiling and not puzzled anymore.  Hilarious?  Right!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2075628125037105612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2075628125037105612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258209457544#c2075628125037105612' title=''/><author><name>Ken Devine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01659672111856249878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16144972241606146753'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2VRICPXMs_8/Sg3aWCuxASI/AAAAAAAAAhw/Hq3ekJxJPfc/S220/DSCF5043.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1970177863'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-7822300998843245511</id><published>2009-11-14T04:07:51.791-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-14T04:07:51.791-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Daisy,
Thanks.  Actually, you inspired more good s...</title><content type='html'>Daisy,&lt;br /&gt;Thanks.  Actually, you inspired more good stuff on labeling people, but it&amp;#39;s too good for the blog; holding it back for the book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/7822300998843245511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/7822300998843245511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258200471791#c7822300998843245511' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2053074617127020003</id><published>2009-11-13T12:11:49.093-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T12:11:49.093-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m not sure what it is about dog quotes of yo...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m not sure what it is about dog quotes of yours that just appeal to me... even though my dog never brings me my slippers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be clear, my kid is not average.  He is absolutely exceptional at many things, and exceptionally terrible at other things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tattoos and labels... ha ha ha.. is that what I inspired?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, I do an exceptional job of avoiding the paparazzi folk..</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2053074617127020003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2053074617127020003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258143109093#c2053074617127020003' title=''/><author><name>Daisy</name><uri>http://answerstartswithyou.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-683805498'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-5786307672751792315</id><published>2009-11-13T05:52:14.169-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T05:52:14.169-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ken,

I&amp;#39;m going to get into trouble, explaing ...</title><content type='html'>Ken,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m going to get into trouble, explaing this. It&amp;#39;s just the cliche (very politically incorrect) that a woman&amp;#39;s curiosity is more apt to be directed to what&amp;#39;s going on about her, as opposed, say, to gazing at Mars.  Of course, birdwatchers would point out that binoculars also have scientific uses.  Anyway, it&amp;#39;s really hilarious, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/5786307672751792315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/5786307672751792315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258120334169#c5786307672751792315' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-731480293233639231</id><published>2009-11-13T05:09:44.415-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T05:09:44.415-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It&amp;#39;s perhaps just as well that my comments fai...</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#39;s perhaps just as well that my comments failed to post.  I loved this post butI STILL...despite Randi expanding on it, don&amp;#39;t understand the Adam &amp;amp; Eve one. My antenna was unfortunately snapped in half a long time ago!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/731480293233639231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/731480293233639231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258117784415#c731480293233639231' title=''/><author><name>Ken Devine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01659672111856249878</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16144972241606146753'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2VRICPXMs_8/Sg3aWCuxASI/AAAAAAAAAhw/Hq3ekJxJPfc/S220/DSCF5043.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1970177863'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3497084869995241146</id><published>2009-11-13T03:57:59.637-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T03:57:59.637-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Randi,
As always, you are welcome on my wave lengt...</title><content type='html'>Randi,&lt;br /&gt;As always, you are welcome on my wave length. It&amp;#39;s fun broadcasting when you know there&amp;#39;s an antenna out there for even your weakest signal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nAncY,&lt;br /&gt;Thanks and welcome. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/3497084869995241146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/3497084869995241146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258113479637#c3497084869995241146' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NgWNz7_4mW4/Su3iwllPXdI/AAAAAAAAADM/rEuFAnLlSvc/S220/CIMG2657.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-59690793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-8912080467635036391</id><published>2009-11-12T12:12:03.623-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T12:12:03.623-08:00</updated><title type='text'>very creative thoughts</title><content type='html'>very creative thoughts</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/8912080467635036391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/8912080467635036391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258056723623#c8912080467635036391' title=''/><author><name>nAncY</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02996310198066285347</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usfGmhVQQrU/ScESLBeklHI/AAAAAAAAAB4/EQwozNvpA3Q/S220/sienna+flower.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-652349967'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2704090053973012999</id><published>2009-11-12T09:55:40.303-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T09:55:40.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;A country flourishes sharing the same belief...</title><content type='html'>&amp;quot;A country flourishes sharing the same belief system and disintegrates sharing the same denial system.&amp;quot;   And thus we see the reason for our country&amp;#39;s sad state of affairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;People are always trying to attach labels to people with tattoos.&amp;quot;  I keep snickering over this one. Dang, you&amp;#39;re good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s thought that Adam was the first human to make a telescope of his two hands, Eve the first to make a pair of binoculars.&amp;quot;   Speaking in Eve&amp;#39;s defense, oh wait...there were no other women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;paranoia: the belief that everyone is out to get you.&lt;br /&gt;neurosis: the belief that everyone is out to give you back.&amp;quot;   You would have saved me thousands of dollars of college tuition if you had only told me this 30 years ago. :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2704090053973012999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/3408658525363010111/comments/default/2704090053973012999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html?showComment=1258048540303#c2704090053973012999' title=''/><author><name>Randi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16746936407430428943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00419463300353574623'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3hD4o1ibvwc/Sm59P9_WlTI/AAAAAAAAAV4/kwndmst-KsY/S220/randi.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/11/thoughts-for-thursday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3408658525363010111' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/3408658525363010111' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1183508204'/></entry></feed>
