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      <title>Keystone Equality | Should PA Enact Equality of Lesbian and Gay Couples?</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1080865</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I believe very strongly that all couples deserve equal rights and protection under the law. Sure, some people don&apos;t feel that interfaith or interracial couples should be married. That&apos;s okay - the people who think that don&apos;t have to marry...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:23:05 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Busy weekend and an unintentional funny</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It was a fairly busy weekend. Friday night, I went to the Erie Gay Business Alliance G2H2 social thing. I chatted with a few friends. Saturday was the Pizza and Porn in Jamestown NY, which was fun. Truth to tell,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:23:04 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>I guess I know my reputation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I happened to overhear one of the other programmers in a nearby cubicle talking with a customer, and there was one point that he said &quot;Let me check with another geek.&quot; He then hung up the phone and I mentally...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Replaced coat</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I have a green winter jacket, which apparently recently developed some kind of small tear that I can&apos;t find. I got a new one over lunch, which was thankfully marked down. Gary noticed it at the Pride Picnic yesterday when...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:40:29 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, winter to continue</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Okay, it has been a pretty crappy winter, so I guess we should expect more of the same. However, I am always amused by the warning that if Phil sees his shadow that we will get 6 more weeks of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:45:03 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Tabloids and outing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I was waiting in line at Kmart, and I glanced over and saw the cover of a tabloid magazine with a cover story of &quot;Who's gay?&quot; (It might have been the National Enquirer.) They had some celebrities pictured, among them...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:33:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Taxes filed and accepted</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I have e-filed my taxes for a few years now. We just got our W-2&apos;s yesterday, so I did my taxes last night. Wow! Already accepted as of today, and I should be getting the return by next Friday. I...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:32:48 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gay penguin pair tie the knot | The Sun |News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aw, ain&apos;t love grand? Cheers to the devoted dads. As a bonus, they look like they are already set for formal wear for the wedding. ;) Gay penguin pair tie the knot By STAFF REPORTER Published: 27 Jan 2009 A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:33:26 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Rimming Sugars | Williams-Sonoma</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Okay, I must admit to guffawing when I saw this linked on Datalounge. And it is utterly perfect that the the canister for rimming has &apos;Mo right on the label. (Quite a few straight folks may not get this...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:33:26 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>25 things meme from Facebook</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I posted this at my Facebook profile, but figured it could work as blog fodder as well. Rules: Once you&apos;ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:33:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ I am intensely proud of the great start that President Obama has had. We need an open and transparent government, and President Obama is following through with action. Good for him! Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:33:17 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lobbying visit with Congressmember</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My friend Dave came up with the idea of collecting signatures on a congratulations card and lobbying newly elected US Congressmember Kathy Dahlkemper about GLBT issues. We had been gathering signatures for a while, and we were able to set...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:39:56 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Email scam from person posing as Rev. Steve Aschmann</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1051084</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How creepy! I just got an email purportedly from Rev. Steve Aschmann that reads: Hello,How are you doing?hope all is well with you and family,i am sorry that i didn&apos;t inform you about my traveling to England for a program...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:39:55 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>New Study Shows Pro-Marriage Legislators Win Elections</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1049071</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Neat! Too often, politicians and others weasel out of doing the right thing because it is supposedly not politically smart. However, the study below shows that standing up for the equal marriage rights of same-sex couples IS the politically smart...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:07:08 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Word meme from Eden</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Interesting! Eden got Love. Your Word is "Peace" You see life as precious, and you wish everyone was safe, happy, and taken care of.Social justice, human rights, and peace for all nations are all important to you.While you can&apos;t stop...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:07:08 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>History helps make connections</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I spent much of my year end vacation scanning in issues of Erie Gay News that we only had in print and posted them as PDFs to the newsletter&apos;s site. I am a very big believer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:07:07 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>LGBT Civil Rights on official White House site</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1045938</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This was pointed out by some friends and also linked from Datalounge. Seriously cool! Sure, it remains to be seen what is actually followed through on, but a White House that gets that LGBT equality IS a civil rights issue...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:52:42 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Firefighters: Flaming Squirrel To Blame In Jones Wildfire - Local News Story - KOCO Oklahoma City</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1045937</link>
      <description><![CDATA[My friend Paula sent this to me, just asking &quot;Funny or sad?&quot; It's both, but I have to admit that when I first read the headline, I pictured a very queeny version of Rocky the Squirrel (sort of a rodent-based...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:52:41 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Watching the inauguration</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1044090</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We have a big screen TV in the conference room at work. The president sent around a message that the inauguration was there for anyone who wanted to watch. I should mention that I am pretty certain I am in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:43:50 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Mercer County man charged with having sex with lamb</title>
      <link>http://virb.com/mkmahler/posts/text/1042500</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Okay, this is too surreal for words. Did he use mint jelly for lube? Was he caught with a bestiality video like &quot;Taking It on the Lamb&quot; or &quot;Much Ado about Mutton?&quot; Maybe he enjoys crossdressing as Shari Lewis. If...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:20:41 -0800</pubDate>
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