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		<title>Out of Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to sit down and write a new post, but it just wasn&#8217;t happening.  I&#8217;m a little out of practice, but I think I&#8217;ll get the hang of it again soon.
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		<title>A story&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story I had hoped to publish a month ago, but for various reason I didn&#8217;t&#8211;but I thought I&#8217;d share it with you today!  I wrote this story because I like writing about my life, my experiences, my emotions, and I think people like reading about them. Not because they are about me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>distracted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;ve been meaning to write a new blog post, but i&#8217;ve been distracted; in case you were wondering.
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		<title>obligatory birthday post</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, on my birthday I&#8217;m suppose to write something about life and growing older, and I tried to come up with something but I&#8217;ve got nothing. So instead, here is a hymn that I can&#8217;t get out of my head (and why would I want to??). I love the whole song, but I am especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me.</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/01/03/its-not-you-its-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I can be honest (and I believe I can be), my biggest struggle last year and currently is finding a church. I have moved past the point of frustration, through apathy and I&#8217;m now to the point of desperation. I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that the problem has to be me. Maybe I&#8217;m being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have I ever told you&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/11/29/have-i-ever-told-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have I ever told you about the time I was engaged in a 14 hour conversation?  This conversation that started with three people, dwindled to two and eventually (with the aid of a stranger) finished with three?  Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one&#8230;
A few years ago, while I was living in North Texas, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos from the Cross Country National Championship</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/11/23/photos-from-the-cross-country-national-championship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few photos from our trip up to Peoria, Il.  The NJCAA is having a photo contest and I submitted these today.  Our guys finished 27th out of 35 teams and our girls didn&#8217;t finish last  

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		<title>Highlight of my day&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/11/17/highlight-of-my-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Star Trek on Blu-ray  

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		<title>The Gateway Arch</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/11/13/the-gateway-arch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our way to Peoria, Il we made a stop in St. Louis to see the Gateway Arch.  As promised, here are a few photos.
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		<title>This page intentionally left blank.</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/11/10/this-page-intentionally-left-blank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading my journal today and I found this statement on the front page interesting.  (It&#8217;s not vain to quote yourself, is it?)
&#8220;There is something freeing that happens when the ink rolls across the page.  The pages that follow will be landmarks and benchmarks; Not of epic events, but of the mundane; the everyday.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Your Heart</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/10/15/listen-to-your-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started doing more of this recently &#8212; literally.  I wear a heart rate monitor when I run, but until this week I&#8217;ve never based my runs on how hard my heart was working and I&#8217;ve been missing out.  For me, it was all about how many miles I was (or wasn&#8217;t) running and wanting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Beginning, a Middle and an Ending</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/09/17/a-beginning-a-middle-and-an-ending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of neglecting a blog are either A &#8212; you decide it&#8217;s not worth the trouble and it slowly fades into history or, B &#8212; your mind becomes FILLED with blog posts and it keeps you up at night until you write something.  For me, it&#8217;s B.  I&#8217;m now starting to see that it [...]]]></description>
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