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		<title>Where I’ve Been…Where have you been?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 04:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New Delhi, India
Missoula, MT, USA
Helena, MT, USA
Del Rio, TX, USA
Ciudad Acuna, Mexico
Virginia City, MT, USA


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		<title>Working Pro Bono</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently working with the Business of Design Online on a new series  called  Working Pro Bono,  a series dedicated to the exploration of pro bono practices: from how to find the non-profit...<br/>
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		<title>Tiny tools and simple rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are five writing rules. Some of them don’t involve writing at all.
Read.

Read read read. Back of the milk carton. Tattoos. The Onion. Go back and read all the books you hated in high school....<br/>
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		<title>Tea Cozies of the Undead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[You&#8217;ll have to let me rant a little more before I start helping you write better. I&#8217;m sorry - but I have unlimited electronic ink and lots of free time. So just bear with me and I promise...<br/>
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		<title>On Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to attend an event featuring notable author and playwright David Mamet. If you don&#8217;t know who he is, just go away now; if you have an inkling of who he is, keep reading. This...<br/>
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		<title>Performance is the same everywhere you go.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The way things went last night I&#8217;d have to say&#8230;I was lucky.
I was asked to be an actor in a short fringe play at FronteraFest in good old Austin town. Here&#8217;s how it works: you...<br/>
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