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	<title>Zen Maelstrom</title>
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		<title>Passion.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked &#8220;What makes a good admin?&#8221; on several occasions. There are a lot of trite, pointless, and pre-packaged answers to the question: attention to detail, computer skills, ability to refill a candy dish, etc. I call bullshit on all of that. Really and truly, to be a good admin&#8211;hell, a good anything&#8211;all you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2008/09/passion/</link>
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		<title>I Miss the EA Toolbox.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Assistant&#8217;s Toolbox, formerly located at EAToolbox.com, was a kick-ass resource for seasoned admins.  The author focused on the things that really mattered (more &#8220;how to manage up&#8221; than &#8220;how to file&#8221;), and tried her damndest to foster a sense of community on the site.
Chrissy&#8217;s info was so good, and so useful, that she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2008/07/i-miss-the-ea-toolbox/</link>
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		<title>So.  I do this jewelry thing, you see&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

It started as a stress-relieving hobby, a break from the tedium that is studying and writing exams.  It&#8217;s grown into something much bigger, but that&#8217;s another story for another time.
What it is time for, however, is a plea for your gracious fandom.
The piece above, &#8220;Eyes Up Here&#8221;, was entered into Stringing Magazine&#8217;s Cinderella Challenge.
Especially when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2008/05/so-i-do-this-jewelry-thing-you-see/</link>
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		<title>No, I haven&#8217;t been gone for six months.  It&#8217;s an illusion.  Really.  A time warp.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I turned thirty on Saturday.  I could have cried, or dyed my hair, but I opted instead to have a big mucking party.  (Besides, I&#8217;m not due for a re-dye for another three weeks.)  I don&#8217;t know how many people actually showed up, but it felt like my whole social circle times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2008/04/no-i-havent-been-gone-for-six-months-its-an-illusion-really-a-time-warp/</link>
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		<title>Fangirl Squeeeeeeeeeeee!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have front-row seats to see Jonathan Coulton on Friday.  I am quite giddy about the whole affair.  I bounce when I remember.  (Remember that I&#8217;m going, that is, not remember to bounce.)
If only Seanan McGuire would come back to the east coast (since I missed her recent visit due to familial obligations), my world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/10/fangirl-squeeeeeeeeeeee/</link>
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		<title>If this wasn&#8217;t about to become a trend&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would so go out and get one of these.

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		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/09/if-this-wasnt-about-to-become-a-trend/</link>
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		<title>A return to web 0.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vernacular Web 2 discusses the history of home pages and web design, how we&#8217;ve moved from &#8220;under construction&#8221; banners and glitter text to sleek web 2.0 buttons and back again with the tiled images and countdown clocks of social networking sites.
I was inspired to search for my old home pages, but the only one I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/09/a-return-to-web-01/</link>
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		<title>Yet another scary memory revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The scary thing here isn&#8217;t that some guy bought all of the animatrons from Showbiz Pizza Place, set them up in his basement, and reprogrammed them to rap music. No.  What bothers me is how damn creepy these things are!  How did this not give my younger self nightmares?

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		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/07/yet-another-scary-memory-revisited/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not quite a moment of zen&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but I&#8217;m honestly not sure what to say about it.  Allow me to quote from the original article:
&#8220;If you only watch one YouTube movie today featuring dancing country farmer&#8217;s daughters contortionists singing about potato salad, it should be this one.
Starts a little slow, then all hell breaks loose around 1:15, combining Hee Haw with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/07/its-not-quite-a-moment-of-zen/</link>
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		<title>Caution: grammar rant ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The job I&#8217;m about to leave is in the world-wide headquarters for a pharma company, where people have fancy letters behind their names, like PhD and MBA.  I see things published for intraoffice use on a regular basis that are sorely in need of proofreading.  Of course, my job is/was in the IT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zenmaelstrom.com/2007/07/caution-grammar-rant-ahead/</link>
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