<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547</id><updated>2012-01-13T06:14:20.398-05:00</updated><category term='Indian'/><category term='Random'/><category term='Cars'/><category term='Microsoft'/><category term='Technology'/><category term='Brands'/><category term='Family'/><category term='NYC'/><category term='Madness'/><category term='Gifts'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Oxfam'/><category term='Concert'/><category term='Comics'/><category term='Boston University'/><category term='GM'/><category term='Motorola'/><category term='Apple'/><category term='Advertising'/><category term='Vacation'/><category term='Drugs'/><category term='Business'/><category term='Boston Marathon'/><category term='Boston'/><category term='Competition'/><category term='Opinion'/><category term='Clubbing'/><category term='Feelings'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Sex'/><category term='Interviews'/><category term='Sailing'/><category term='Food'/><category term='Weather'/><category term='Work'/><category term='Rant'/><category term='Spam'/><category term='Movies'/><category term='Television'/><category term='Dreams'/><category term='Video'/><category term='Stamps'/><category term='Health'/><category term='Blog'/><category term='Vegas'/><category term='School'/><category term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>Champagne Shoulders</title><subtitle type='html'>"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders—what would you tell him to do?"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"I…don’t know. What…could he do? What would you tell him?"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"To shrug."</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>762</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8932365653970379934</id><published>2012-01-13T06:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T06:12:12.803-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If your play becomes work then what will your work become?</title><summary type='text'>
All in all, it wasn't a bad trip.  Could have been better.  Did not find any traces of Waris Ahluwali in Amritsar and wished had spent more time on the beach in Sri Lanka but there you are.

Need a vacation to recover now.  But I think I'll stay on the island for a while.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8932365653970379934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8932365653970379934&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8932365653970379934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8932365653970379934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/if-your-play-becomes-work-then-what.html' title='If your play becomes work then what will your work become?'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4673293622599739441</id><published>2012-01-09T06:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T06:14:20.405-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>Things that baffle me about India and possible explanations</title><summary type='text'>
1. Why everybody yells at you all the time – at airports, in hotels, on the street, in temples: they’re underpaid, overworked, not getting laid often enough, think you have something they want or that you’re trying to gyp them by failing to read a sign correctly

2. How even the skinniest driver/porter can lug your massive 25 kg bag up and down stairs and in and out cars/trucks/vans and not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4673293622599739441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4673293622599739441&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4673293622599739441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4673293622599739441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-that-baffle-me-about-india-and.html' title='Things that baffle me about India and possible explanations'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4879188648506044229</id><published>2012-01-07T08:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T08:40:48.253-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>Madamji, aap Monday ko aao.  Abh to kuch nahi hoga.</title><summary type='text'>
Foolish hopeful heart, trying to get out of India.  Simply cannot be done.  Stuck here.  Till Monday.  Misery.

This is because while the Indian Embassy in New York and the Air India office tell you one thing, the stalwart emigration officers at Amritsar airport tell you another.  With the result that you don't get to leave.  Till Monday.

Then you rant and rave.  They direct you to the Air </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4879188648506044229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4879188648506044229&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4879188648506044229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4879188648506044229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/madamji-aap-monday-ko-aao-abh-to-kuch.html' title='Madamji, aap Monday ko aao.  Abh to kuch nahi hoga.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5659386901492321756</id><published>2012-01-06T22:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T22:34:35.450-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Mein aapke dil mein rehna chahta hoon.  Mein aapke ghar mein rehna chahti hoon.</title><summary type='text'>
Packing for Boston.  Flight in 7 hours.  Relieved to leave but wish could have gone to Harmandir Sahib once more, staying in Ceylon longer, met fun people and done more shopping.  Oh well.  Pleased that have at least managed to avoid deadly diseases and retained kidneys.

Wish me luck.  Transiting through Delhi again.  Wonder if they'll let me leave?!

Damn.  Work on Monday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5659386901492321756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5659386901492321756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5659386901492321756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5659386901492321756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/mein-aapke-dil-mein-rehna-chahta-hoon.html' title='Mein aapke dil mein rehna chahta hoon.  Mein aapke ghar mein rehna chahti hoon.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6038216764647584061</id><published>2012-01-06T08:00:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T08:09:20.171-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Television'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>Auto mein gayi, taxi mein wapas aayi</title><summary type='text'>Moosladhar baarish in Amritsar since predawn. Lots of lightning but strangely no thunder. Electricity in and out. Attempted to go out to find a place to buy things and ended up soaking wet at Alpha One mall. Bad idea. Managed to make it back to the hotel 2 hours later, somehow wetter. Here's a tip, don't take an auto when it's raining.The television choices, true to being all things India either </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6038216764647584061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6038216764647584061&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6038216764647584061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6038216764647584061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/auto-mein-gayi-taxi-mein-wapas-aayi.html' title='Auto mein gayi, taxi mein wapas aayi'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8823557143219222463</id><published>2012-01-05T06:21:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T07:42:58.941-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feelings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Wahe Guru di fateh</title><summary type='text'>Spent morning trying to get on an earlier plane to Boston. Did not succeed. Considered calling people to rescue me from my misery but decided to eat breakfast and head out to the Golden Temple instead.Good plan.You get a friendly doorman to flag you an already occupied auto to take you to the Temple. Riding in an auto is fraught with peril, noisy, rattly, full of diesel fumes and noisy. Over the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8823557143219222463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8823557143219222463&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8823557143219222463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8823557143219222463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/spent-morning-trying-to-get-on-earlier.html' title='Wahe Guru di fateh'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5219652491600247848</id><published>2012-01-04T06:11:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T06:26:33.206-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>"Masterji, pitaji ki patloon ek bilang choti kar do"</title><summary type='text'>Up at 4 am. Flight delayed. Went back to sleep. Up at 6 am. Check out was horrid. No compensation for being bitten by bed bugs. ITC Sheraton Rajputana is a terrible hotel. Car to airport, paid money to a chap who carried bags through and checked-in. Took bag tags this time. Security did not understand my idock but "computer ke liye hai" was enough for them. Paid Rs. 40 for a vegetable puff that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5219652491600247848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5219652491600247848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5219652491600247848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5219652491600247848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/masterji-pitaji-ki-patloon-ek-bilang.html' title='&quot;Masterji, pitaji ki patloon ek bilang choti kar do&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6598559611883851405</id><published>2012-01-03T05:49:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T05:59:46.397-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>"This will be too much food for you madam"</title><summary type='text'>It all started with paneer tikkas. They were large and square and thick. I ate them. Then came the sheekh kababs. I ate them. With very thick yoghurt atop which was arranged finely chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and onions. I ate it all. With two roomali rotis. And then kaali daal. I ate that. With two papads. Then came a giant thing of pheerni in a clay katori. I ate that. Washed it down with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6598559611883851405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6598559611883851405&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6598559611883851405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6598559611883851405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-will-be-too-much-food-for-you.html' title='&quot;This will be too much food for you madam&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7449757723476709311</id><published>2012-01-02T04:54:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T05:53:00.531-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>"Give me a loan and leave me alone"</title><summary type='text'>Out and about in Jaipur again today. Birla Planetarium closed. Went to Birla Mandir instead. First Hindu temple that I've seen with stained glass windows. Large marble clean hall. View of the Maharani Gayatri Devi palace up on a hill built like a Scottish castle. On to Amer.Amber Fort. Overlooks man made Maota Lake and garden which were created to experiment growing saffron in Rajasthan. Tourists</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7449757723476709311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7449757723476709311&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7449757723476709311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7449757723476709311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/out-and-about-in-jaipur-again-today.html' title='&quot;Give me a loan and leave me alone&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7507799322019872950</id><published>2012-01-01T14:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T15:32:15.042-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Masala baked beans are a terrible idea</title><summary type='text'>Breakfast buffet included. Found out by accident. Service at the ITC Rajputana leaves a lot to be desired. Tried the masala baked beans. Turned out to be a bad idea. Took a tour today. Drove around the city, saw Hawa Mahal. It's got some 900 latticed windows through which the wimmen used to peer out. Didn't get to go in since traffic was bad with no place to stop.Jaipur is not as glamorous as I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7507799322019872950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7507799322019872950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7507799322019872950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7507799322019872950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2012/01/masala-baked-beans-are-terrible-idea.html' title='Masala baked beans are a terrible idea'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3513314483042587126</id><published>2011-12-31T21:24:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T21:29:34.682-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Big deal, time changes every second</title><summary type='text'>Ventured out yesterday for a hotel explore, drink and snack.  Booked a tour for tomorrow.  Was told by event manager (who was silently judging me) that since "you have no friends or family then best it is you take your drink in your room madam" and therefore was put off paying exorbitant money for "gala celebration dinner" for NYE.Also coughing like a racehorse after a sprint.  Started </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3513314483042587126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3513314483042587126&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3513314483042587126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3513314483042587126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/big-deal-time-changes-every-second.html' title='Big deal, time changes every second'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-2786957947337143832</id><published>2011-12-31T03:54:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T04:05:32.958-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>The wonderful thing about watching Tamil movies is that you don't have to know the language to get it</title><summary type='text'>All heros transcend time.  50 year old uncles can be college students and can squash 20 men and slice a bullet (or a cucumber) with a blade.  During every song sequence, the hero will put his hands together for a namaste with a wink.  The sidekick will always try his luck with the hottest girl in college and be rejected with multiple slaps.  The gang of villains travels in a well-stocked SUV with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2786957947337143832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2786957947337143832&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2786957947337143832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2786957947337143832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/wonderful-thing-about-watching-tamil.html' title='The wonderful thing about watching Tamil movies is that you don&apos;t have to know the language to get it'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5512283436323836522</id><published>2011-12-31T02:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:28:54.283-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Your bad decisions are merely good learning experiences</title><summary type='text'>ITC Sheraton Rajputana, Jaipur.Dreamt strange dreams about Ro and Rags and Jasmine and we were on a boat and the crows were attacking me again and we had to give money to Sushmita’s family.  Soft bed but uncomfortable night.  Slept till 11 am.  Room’s nice, lots of sensors and electronics.  Bathroom light is on sensors which is useful.  Tub is very small.  Floor is this lovely green marble.  View</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5512283436323836522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5512283436323836522&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5512283436323836522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5512283436323836522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/your-bad-decisions-are-merely-good.html' title='Your bad decisions are merely good learning experiences'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-471112208820930864</id><published>2011-12-30T02:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:26:55.394-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>You must be equally capable of experiencing anger and of controlling it</title><summary type='text'>In purgatory.  Or in transit, as the case may be.Leave 2:30 am for Colombo airport looking an absolute horror in (are you ready for this?): black Sketchers, black socks, grey patterned leggings, white kurta, yellow tank top, oily as all heck, hair doing mad curly things with middle parting, terribly sunburnt and red all over, reeking of lemongrass and coconut.   Do not look like 33 year old </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/471112208820930864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=471112208820930864&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/471112208820930864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/471112208820930864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-must-be-equally-capable-of.html' title='You must be equally capable of experiencing anger and of controlling it'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3831137356345593660</id><published>2011-12-29T02:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T03:03:37.894-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>When you quiet the outside world, your own heartbeat may deafen you</title><summary type='text'>Avani Resort and Spa, Bentota beach, Bentota.  I see the ocean.  We arrive at sunset so the sky is doing all sorts of breathtaking orange and purple things.  Check-in takes forever, as usual, then we go stand on the beach and stare at the sky.  Resort is nice, very new.  Dinner, drink, bed.Wake, walk on the beach at sunrise, breakfast, swimming in the ocean, swimming in the pool, drink, eat, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3831137356345593660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3831137356345593660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3831137356345593660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3831137356345593660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/when-you-quiet-outside-world-your-own.html' title='When you quiet the outside world, your own heartbeat may deafen you'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-177331272860856621</id><published>2011-12-28T02:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:24:32.435-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Force does not encourage submission, only the temporary illusion of it</title><summary type='text'>The Lankan way of driving is very interesting.  I offer an explanation.  Picture, if you will a two lane road.  One lane goes one way.  The other lane goes the other way.  If we’re driving down the right (as we do in the subcontinent) and we wish to overtake the person in front of us, we accelerate up to about 3.5 inches from his rear bumper and honk.  Then we move into the lane of oncoming </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/177331272860856621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=177331272860856621&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/177331272860856621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/177331272860856621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/force-does-not-encourage-submission.html' title='Force does not encourage submission, only the temporary illusion of it'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7133309006808120097</id><published>2011-12-28T02:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:23:23.070-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Life is not a race.  Even if you stay still you'll hit the finish line</title><summary type='text'>Dambulla to BentotaUp early, didn’t sleep well, Lauren has gastric distress.  Shower, breakfast, pharmacy run (one strip Imodium please), pack, check out (which took nearly 40 minutes) and off to Sigiriya.  We punted on this one even though shorts and sports shoes were carefully chosen to combat heat and many steps.  The spirit and flesh were both weak here.  Before you judge, consider that it is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7133309006808120097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7133309006808120097&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7133309006808120097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7133309006808120097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/life-is-not-race-even-if-you-stay-still.html' title='Life is not a race.  Even if you stay still you&apos;ll hit the finish line'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-9003564177909671345</id><published>2011-12-27T02:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:21:52.525-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>A true leader stands among the group, not in front</title><summary type='text'>DambullaInamaluwe Sri Sumangala Maha Thera Rock Temple and Golden Temple – the world’s largest Buddha statue in front of these rock caves.  The giant statue is relatively new, built in 2000 or so.  The sun was doing its thing on it and it being gold painted was doing its thing on my eyes.  The utter massiveness of it was just hard to comprehend.  I think I am the size of the nail on the big toe.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/9003564177909671345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=9003564177909671345&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/9003564177909671345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/9003564177909671345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/true-leader-stands-among-group-not-in.html' title='A true leader stands among the group, not in front'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8372758821677032973</id><published>2011-12-27T02:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:19:30.999-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>The heaviness of body must be weighed against the lightness of spirit</title><summary type='text'>KandyPoor man had to lug my suitcase back up three flights of stairs.  I swear it’s gotten heavier – how, I don’t know.  Dropped my electric toothbrush (courtesy BIL) in the shower but I am my mother’s child so it is back-up manual for the rest of the trip.Buffet breakfast (buffoobaabaa!) with lovely porkies and passionfruit (v. tart) with a lovely view.  Off to the Temple of the Tooth </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8372758821677032973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8372758821677032973&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8372758821677032973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8372758821677032973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/heaviness-of-body-must-be-weighed.html' title='The heaviness of body must be weighed against the lightness of spirit'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1063500202826979908</id><published>2011-12-26T20:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:17:38.743-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Palm trees bring a sense of calm.  The most important choice is to choose to choose.</title><summary type='text'>Hilton Colombo highly recommended.  Front-desk man gave us free breakfasts too.  Off to Kandy.  The crows here in Sri Lanka are direct descendants of those used by Hitchcock and have it in for me.  Been attacked at least twice now.  Lauren and Ashan say I’m hallucinating but I see them.  Watching me.  Waiting for me to move so they can swoop and advance with beaks.  Suppose I could lay off the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1063500202826979908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1063500202826979908&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1063500202826979908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1063500202826979908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/palm-trees-bring-sense-of-calm-most.html' title='Palm trees bring a sense of calm.  The most important choice is to choose to choose.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3213091036636834155</id><published>2011-12-25T20:28:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:13:21.218-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Lanka lashka denge</title><summary type='text'>ColomboProper sick now.  Waited hours for Ashan to show this morning who arrived only to be sent back to bed since he looked dead on his feet and seemed to have lost 5lbs.  For those of you who know him, he doesn’t have 5lbs to spare.  Took the hotel car for a driveabout – first stop, Pharmacy please.Went to the Gangaramaya Temple which was beautiful and odd.  Large room with giant statues (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3213091036636834155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3213091036636834155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3213091036636834155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3213091036636834155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/lanka-lashka-denge.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Lanka lashka denge&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8454561153082005639</id><published>2011-12-24T20:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T02:12:14.836-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Ayobowan.  Given time to grow, the scratchiest beard softens.</title><summary type='text'>ColomboArrived early this morning.  Immigration uneventful.  Ashan and Lauren waiting.  Off to the Hilton.  Felt my eyes rehydrate and curls wake up in surprise of humidity.  Check-in.  Idlis for breakfast.  Off to see some sights.Independence Square, Ashan’s Royal College &amp; Sports Club, bank to change some money, back to the hotel for a lie by the pool in one of those bed cabanas and some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8454561153082005639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8454561153082005639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8454561153082005639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8454561153082005639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/ayobowan-given-time-to-grow-scratchiest.html' title='Ayobowan.  Given time to grow, the scratchiest beard softens.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7344064988266133949</id><published>2011-12-23T16:30:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T20:35:34.189-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Wahid Starbucks Winter Latte, minfadlak</title><summary type='text'>Amman airport, 10 hours laterUneventful.  Watched The Help and cried buckets.  Very good movie.Madame Bovary is a stupid book.Took me twice as long to watch Crazy, Stupid, Love mostly because I kept stopping it to letch at Gosling.First half of Pirates to reaffirm that Penelope Cruz does in fact annoy me.Waiting for Colombo now, trying not to buy overpriced Jordanian wine and Dead Sea face masks,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7344064988266133949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7344064988266133949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7344064988266133949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7344064988266133949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/wahid-starbucks-winter-latte-minfadlak.html' title='Wahid Starbucks Winter Latte, minfadlak'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4517888689235404349</id><published>2011-12-22T20:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T20:33:36.732-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>To both the young and old, time is a distant shore</title><summary type='text'>So here I sit at JFK, waiting to board for Amman on the Princess Salma Bint Abdulla (why didn’t I get a plane named after me when I was 14?!). There are two BU girls sitting next to me attracting very cute Harvard Jordanian coed bilingual and anti-my-parents-have-so-much-money-but-deep-down-inside-I’m-a-hippy-man attention.  It’s so exciting to see the youth of today.  Makes you want to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4517888689235404349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4517888689235404349&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4517888689235404349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4517888689235404349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/to-both-young-and-old-time-is-distant.html' title='To both the young and old, time is a distant shore'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4397617955473100000</id><published>2011-12-22T09:31:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T09:39:44.891-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Forgive me Blogspot, for I have sinned.  It's been over a year since my last post.</title><summary type='text'>Just off the red-eye with no desire to get on another plane for a long time. Maybe planning a vacation so far away wasn't that wise. Should've just stayed at home and played Unchartered on my GIANT TELEVISION.There are pillows everywhere. I had forgotten that it was pillow-cleaning time last weekend and that I never finished. So it only looks like I've been robbed but everything is still here but</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4397617955473100000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4397617955473100000&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4397617955473100000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4397617955473100000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2011/12/forgive-me-blogspot-for-i-have-sinned.html' title='Forgive me Blogspot, for I have sinned.  It&apos;s been over a year since my last post.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-753349233132545258</id><published>2010-06-13T10:41:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T10:42:48.375-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comics'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/753349233132545258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=753349233132545258&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/753349233132545258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/753349233132545258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8395565461086560256</id><published>2010-05-25T13:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T13:54:44.434-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madness'/><title type='text'>A teetotal bachelor with a face like a fish</title><summary type='text'>How do you feel when you marry your ideal?Ever so goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey.How do you feel when the bells begin to peal?Ever so goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey.Walking up the aisle, in a kind of daze,Do you get the wind up when the organ plays?How do you feel when the parson's done the deal?Ever so goosey, goosey, goosey, goosey.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8395565461086560256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8395565461086560256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8395565461086560256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8395565461086560256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2010/05/teetotal-bachelor-with-face-like-fish.html' title='A teetotal bachelor with a face like a fish'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8869528898768286131</id><published>2010-05-25T10:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T10:41:11.821-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>Jimmy Dean is not my lover.  He's just a guy who claims that I am the one.</title><summary type='text'>When life seems full of clouds and rain And I am filled with nought but painWho soothes my thumpin' bumpin' brain........ Nobody!When winter comes with snow and sleetAnd me with hunger and cold feetWho says, "Here's two bits, go eat"........ Nobody!I ain't never done nothin' to nobody And I ain't never got nothin' from nobody, no timeAnd until I get somethin' from somebody sometimeI don't intend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8869528898768286131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8869528898768286131&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8869528898768286131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8869528898768286131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2010/05/jimmy-dean-is-not-my-lover-hes-just-guy.html' title='Jimmy Dean is not my lover.  He&apos;s just a guy who claims that I am the one.'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1106295186002989072</id><published>2010-05-19T14:09:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-19T14:44:48.333-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>No, no, of course my feet don't hurt... plonk</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so I don't really plonk when I fall down but I got tired of thud.Such lovely weather. Fog as far as the eye can see which is not far given there's fog as far as the eye can see…CRO investor conference webinar today. Bank large complicated RFI to be filled in before week's end. Possible PMO work at SOZE! All things that at the surface sound very boring but if you think about them hard turn out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1106295186002989072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1106295186002989072&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1106295186002989072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1106295186002989072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2010/05/no-no-of-course-my-feet-dont-hurt-plonk.html' title='No, no, of course my feet don&apos;t hurt... plonk'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1388281815696718282</id><published>2009-08-24T10:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-24T10:09:44.446-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>Mideast's first robotic car park opens</title><summary type='text'>The first automated, multi-storey car park in the Middle East opened its doors to the public in Dubai on Wednesday, as part of the completion of phase one of the Ibn Battuta Gate project.The new technology allows drivers to find a parking space without having to drive through a garage.Instead, the car is left at an entry station and picked up by a computerised lift that places it inside the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.itp.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=564619&amp;newsletter=1' title='Mideast&apos;s first robotic car park opens'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1388281815696718282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1388281815696718282&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1388281815696718282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1388281815696718282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/mideasts-first-robotic-car-park-opens.html' title='Mideast&apos;s first robotic car park opens'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6364585463203892351</id><published>2009-08-11T08:52:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T09:10:24.397-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Aug 10 - Stavanger</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday evening we set forth from Oslofjorden going back the way we came starting with a nifty maneuver of turning the boat around 180 degrees in a tiny space which was rather impressive. We go back across the Skagarrak, rounding the Southern peninsular of Norway and up to Stavanger, docking early morning. Bit rainy today as well but the forecast promises some sun in the afternoon.We started </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6364585463203892351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6364585463203892351&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6364585463203892351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6364585463203892351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/aug-10-stavanger.html' title='Aug 10 - Stavanger'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1706524831149730768</id><published>2009-08-11T08:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T08:52:12.242-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Aug 9 - Oslo</title><summary type='text'>We pulled into Oslofjorden in the wee hours of the morning which was very nice. It's beautiful with the mountains and islands on either side with the small houses and smaller boats. We drove around the Aker Brygge dock for a while and then went into a German U-boat submarine which was interesting and creepy at the same time especially since they had mannequins placed at strategic places like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1706524831149730768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1706524831149730768&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1706524831149730768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1706524831149730768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/aug-9-oslo.html' title='Aug 9 - Oslo'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6705226412198156452</id><published>2009-08-11T08:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T08:38:06.599-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Aug 8 - En Route to Oslo</title><summary type='text'>Magic show last night was quite pathetic and Pops lost a corner of a $10 bill.  He was quite deflated.Today was a day at sea en route to Oslo.  We cleared the Elbe River late last night and tooted along the east coast of Denmark, passing over the Jutland Bank, across the Skagerrak and will enter Oslofjorden early morning tomorrow.  Days at sea are nice in that you don't have to wake up early (but</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6705226412198156452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6705226412198156452&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6705226412198156452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6705226412198156452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/aug-8-en-route-to-oslo.html' title='Aug 8 - En Route to Oslo'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7976340552498231336</id><published>2009-08-07T13:26:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T13:33:44.148-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Pictures of the ship</title><summary type='text'>These will have to do until I get back home to upload pictures from the camera.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cunard.com/Ourships/default.asp?DeptID=2&amp;main=phg&amp;Ship=QM2&amp;action=cats' title='Pictures of the ship'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7976340552498231336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7976340552498231336&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7976340552498231336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7976340552498231336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/pictures-of-ship.html' title='Pictures of the ship'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-757572462956551709</id><published>2009-08-07T12:56:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T13:18:10.217-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Aug 7 - Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg</title><summary type='text'>Docked at Hamburg this morning at 7 am. Ate light breakfast in balcony while watching unloading of luggage and then dressed and waited forever for everyone to get their act together to load on the coach bus to take a tour of the city. Naturally the food came with us.Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg is nice, doesn't seem very large (it's the second largest city in Germany) and is very clean. Fully </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/757572462956551709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=757572462956551709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/757572462956551709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/757572462956551709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/aug-7-free-and-hanseatic-city-of.html' title='Aug 7 - Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1175626326528009058</id><published>2009-08-07T12:41:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T12:56:22.400-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Aug 6 - En route to Hamburg</title><summary type='text'>Lost an hour this morning because of the time change and awoke bleary eyed but hopeful that this will be a good vacation regardless.  A little about the ship:The RMS Queen Mary 2 is one of the largest ocean liners currently at sea.  It's 1132 feet long, 148 feet wide and 204 feet tall (above waterline of course) and displaces upwards of 79k tonnes when fully loaded (which, given the amount of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1175626326528009058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1175626326528009058&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1175626326528009058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1175626326528009058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/aug-6-en-route-to-hamburg.html' title='Aug 6 - En route to Hamburg'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5281661029268466717</id><published>2009-08-07T12:32:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T12:40:54.061-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Leaving England - Rickmansworth to Southampton</title><summary type='text'>Woke up bright and early this morning to unpack, repack, depack and finally pack Pop's suitcases.  Coach arrived at 10 am and it took an entire hour to load all the luggage and the people on.  At last count, we are 38 folks.Drive to Southampton was uneventful.  Check-in was painless and by 3 pm we were in our cabins on board the Queen Mary 2.  Light unpacking followed by safety drill and tea at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5281661029268466717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5281661029268466717&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5281661029268466717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5281661029268466717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/leaving-england-rickmansworth-to.html' title='Leaving England - Rickmansworth to Southampton'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3408335911605821932</id><published>2009-08-04T21:12:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T21:24:56.862-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>But why don't you like Dr. Kapadia's son?!  He's nice!  He's very nice!</title><summary type='text'>Sam has been found.  Well, he was at Zanzibar the entire time and people have gone and brought him back and negotiations have commenced and concluded with him staying under strict stipulation of no drinking.  All was smiles then and Pops and RK and friends then proceeded to jump into the pool with glasses of champagne and dance about like hairy midgets.  It was simultaneously funny and scary.Then</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3408335911605821932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3408335911605821932&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3408335911605821932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3408335911605821932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/but-why-dont-you-like-dr-kapadias-son.html' title='But why don&apos;t you like Dr. Kapadia&apos;s son?!  He&apos;s nice!  He&apos;s very nice!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7739675594173621857</id><published>2009-08-03T18:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T18:30:03.853-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Hamara haal to theek hai, America ka pata nahin</title><summary type='text'>Children under the age of 13 should not be allowed to fly. That should be an airline rule. That way they can't keep kicking the seat in front of them. I'm just saying.I packed all sorts of fun clothes. Then I spoke to Black Cobra and she made me repack. Steffy nicely took me to the airport and stayed for a glass of well-deserved wine and dumplings (mmm, dumplings) and as usual I was eons early </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7739675594173621857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7739675594173621857&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7739675594173621857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7739675594173621857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/08/hamara-haal-to-theek-hai-america-ka.html' title='Hamara haal to theek hai, America ka pata nahin'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7765790534896912927</id><published>2009-07-28T13:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T13:16:10.613-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Kuyo no Mado - creepy or cool?</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7765790534896912927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7765790534896912927&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7765790534896912927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7765790534896912927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/07/kuyo-no-mado-creepy-or-cool.html' title='Kuyo no Mado - creepy or cool?'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1662027251607245039</id><published>2009-06-24T16:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T16:59:56.780-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Pirate Paper Boats!</title><summary type='text'>  Find more videos like this on AdGabber</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1662027251607245039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1662027251607245039&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1662027251607245039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1662027251607245039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/06/pirate-paper-boats.html' title='Pirate Paper Boats!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4957255464694867339</id><published>2009-02-28T09:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T09:14:50.528-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>I shall begin with the easy stuff</title><summary type='text'>No matter your stand on abortion, you have to admit this pro-life commercial from CatholicVote featuring President Obama moves you just a little bit. Doesn't it?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.adgabber.com/video/president-obamas-life-used-as' title='I shall begin with the easy stuff'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4957255464694867339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4957255464694867339&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4957255464694867339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4957255464694867339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-shall-begin-with-easy-stuff.html' title='I shall begin with the easy stuff'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-2936759312451344132</id><published>2009-02-22T18:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-22T18:32:08.855-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog'/><title type='text'>I should write more often</title><summary type='text'>I really should.Maybe I will.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2936759312451344132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2936759312451344132&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2936759312451344132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2936759312451344132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-should-write-more-often.html' title='I should write more often'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-803965511191104753</id><published>2008-12-07T14:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T14:19:51.298-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Everybody needs their soul saved</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/803965511191104753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=803965511191104753&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/803965511191104753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/803965511191104753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/12/everybody-needs-their-soul-saved.html' title='Everybody needs their soul saved'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-736207038266941149</id><published>2008-12-07T13:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T14:00:09.925-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>The first snow of the season is falling</title><summary type='text'>It's got fat flakes too.  The kind that makes you want to catch it when you're gingerly walking on your way to brunch to kill the hangover you've got and feel better about your bruised knee caused by falling 3 times this week since you have no balancing skills when you've been drinking copious amounts of very bad for you drinks because you have a mistaken sense of confidence in being able to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/736207038266941149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=736207038266941149&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/736207038266941149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/736207038266941149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/12/first-snow-of-season-is-falling.html' title='The first snow of the season is falling'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7526681325628929330</id><published>2008-10-09T17:04:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T17:05:48.412-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>Reach Reach Reach</title><summary type='text'>I reach out with my long arms into the night.That was how me Dad started his book.  He never did come up with a second line.Maybe because there isn't anything to say after that.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7526681325628929330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7526681325628929330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7526681325628929330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7526681325628929330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/10/reach-reach-reach.html' title='Reach Reach Reach'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5106504048704211028</id><published>2008-10-09T16:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T16:56:15.793-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>I'm in a bubble</title><summary type='text'>I'm in a bubble that started out big.  It was a big bubble that rolled and bounced along the pavement and through this bubble I could smell the flowers.  They didn't always survive the rain but I could smell them.  Now I find that my bubble has shrunk a bit and is starting to stick to my ears and get in my hair.  I have a sneaky suspicion that it has something to do with that sharp rock I rolled </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5106504048704211028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5106504048704211028&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5106504048704211028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5106504048704211028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/10/im-in-bubble.html' title='I&apos;m in a bubble'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5827286336885547892</id><published>2008-10-08T09:23:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T09:31:56.220-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>I fell asleep replying to your message last night</title><summary type='text'>As I'm sure you remember I have a habit of doing.  You see, I went to Legal Seafoods with the girls and then was stuck in the subway for ages which made me miss the beginning of the debate so I didn't go to Mark's place to watch it with the opinionated intellectuals but instead got cozy on the couch but fell asleep about 3 questions into the thing which was probably a good thing because it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5827286336885547892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5827286336885547892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5827286336885547892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5827286336885547892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-fell-asleep-replying-to-your-message.html' title='I fell asleep replying to your message last night'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-899204336797672057</id><published>2008-10-06T16:11:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T16:20:08.916-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>An apple crumble a day is definitely not wot the doctor ordered</title><summary type='text'>I don't know how they got there but suddenly there were 4 apples in my fridge.  I don't like apples.  When faced with apples, I tend to melt them in the oven with a bit of butter, sugar, flour and graham cracker crumbs.  The problem with that is that it leads to me standing in my kitchen barefoot in a nightshirt at 3 am eating apple crumble straight from the baking tin.  Which, if you are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/899204336797672057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=899204336797672057&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/899204336797672057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/899204336797672057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/10/apple-crumble-day-is-definitely-not-wot.html' title='An apple crumble a day is definitely not wot the doctor ordered'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3461877822899547253</id><published>2008-06-24T12:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-24T12:56:52.144-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertising'/><title type='text'>Billboard Characters Interact on Toronto Skyscape</title><summary type='text'>  Find more videos like this on AdGabber</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.adgabber.com/video/video/show?id=546804%3AVideo%3A57712' title='Billboard Characters Interact on Toronto Skyscape'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3461877822899547253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3461877822899547253&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link 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type='text'>My professional life is fraught with dealing with people like this</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2849782560915317253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2849782560915317253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2849782560915317253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2849782560915317253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-professional-life-is-fraught-with.html' title='My professional life is fraught with dealing with people like this'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/SFvb_IdX6cI/AAAAAAAAAO8/WSYt5NwdrDg/s72-c/nseq522.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1790330274503754685</id><published>2008-06-19T14:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T14:20:21.981-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>They say it's my birthday!</title><summary type='text'>Is it your birthday too?!So like I've had midnight cake (with flowers thank you very much) and cake at lunch today and I'm going out to dinner with friends tonight and there might be cake there and there's definitely going to be cake at the party this weekend so alls I'm saying, if you're going to get me anything for my birthday, make sure it's not cake.Black Cobra has confirmed that inhaling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1790330274503754685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1790330274503754685&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1790330274503754685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1790330274503754685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/they-say-its-my-birthday.html' title='They say it&apos;s my birthday!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/SFqiWTBVvyI/AAAAAAAAAO0/bwRlAhDNwOc/s72-c/54773.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-214906541736645848</id><published>2008-06-17T10:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T10:15:22.721-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Presents!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/214906541736645848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=214906541736645848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/214906541736645848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/214906541736645848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/presents.html' title='Presents!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/SFfGzo0MXPI/AAAAAAAAAOs/qiD4p0ye-ns/s72-c/54771.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3311423951001607793</id><published>2008-06-12T22:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T22:27:20.203-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feelings'/><title type='text'>Pain</title><summary type='text'>It starts with a twinge. Just a twinge. Then before you know it, you're howling like an abandoned baby banshee who just wants to be held for a while and fed some warm milk. It's the feeling of utter gut-wrenching nauseating want to tear your own eyeballs out agony that makes you weak in the head and causes your kidneys to spontaneously dysfunction. Sometimes it hurts so bad you want to lie down </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3311423951001607793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3311423951001607793&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3311423951001607793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3311423951001607793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/pain.html' title='Pain'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3554965689281829887</id><published>2008-06-04T04:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T04:11:31.480-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>Got my first speeding ticket today</title><summary type='text'>First!  $100 for doing a 35 in a 25 zone.  No seriously, who drives at 25 mph?!  Mean cop was very stern about it.  Perfect record ruined now.  Boo.Ate a cheeseburger for dinner.  Can't sleep.  Prolly over guilt about the cheeseburger.  Damn the temptation!Wish you were here to play games with.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3554965689281829887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3554965689281829887&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3554965689281829887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3554965689281829887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/got-my-first-speeding-ticket-today.html' title='Got my first speeding ticket today'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1505697765472540020</id><published>2008-06-03T16:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T17:41:34.557-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Le Petit-bourgeoisie are stuck in the embouteillage</title><summary type='text'>So the trip to the Cape was fun.  Gamma arrived Thursday night and stayed over and we planned to take off around 4 pm on Friday only one of the Partners was so anxious about us sitting in traffic that he kicked us out of the office at 2.  Which wasn't such a bad thing, given that it then took us only 3 hours to get to Orleans.  We sang show tunes most of the way and debated the pros and cons of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1505697765472540020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1505697765472540020&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1505697765472540020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1505697765472540020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/le-petit-bourgeoisie-are-stuck-in.html' title='Le Petit-bourgeoisie are stuck in the embouteillage'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3222239127957328384</id><published>2008-06-02T20:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T20:31:38.472-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts'/><title type='text'>Only $89,500</title><summary type='text'>Think it might be too much for a birthday present?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3222239127957328384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3222239127957328384&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3222239127957328384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3222239127957328384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/only-89500.html' title='Only $89,500'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/SESQpb8RR1I/AAAAAAAAAOk/JFye71et7dM/s72-c/mish.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1190794546306618678</id><published>2008-06-01T13:35:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T13:38:05.439-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertising'/><title type='text'>It's a pity that vehicular manslaughter is wrong</title><summary type='text'>ACTUAL LETTER TO PROCTOR AND GAMBLE This is a letter written to one of the top executives at Proctor and Gamble. Means a bit more to the gals than the guys.Dear Mr. Thatcher,I have been a loyal user of your Always maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core(tm) or Dri-Weave(tm) absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1190794546306618678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1190794546306618678&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1190794546306618678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1190794546306618678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/06/its-pity-that-vehicular-manslaughter-is.html' title='It&apos;s a pity that vehicular manslaughter is wrong'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1016978780143547677</id><published>2008-05-23T13:33:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T13:43:39.230-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Trip to the Cod: And we're off!</title><summary type='text'>Gemma arrived yesterday and I went to get her from South Station.  It was pouring rain and I was stuck in Burlington (went to investigate curtains) in traffic 30 mins before her train got in but I managed to get there in time.  I drive like the wind, LIKE THE WIND!So we're all sitting here in the office nervously jiggling our feet and watching the clock and checking traffic updates every 3 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1016978780143547677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1016978780143547677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1016978780143547677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1016978780143547677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/trip-to-cod-and-were-off.html' title='Trip to the Cod: And we&apos;re off!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5882410331364779613</id><published>2008-05-18T21:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T21:57:40.458-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Television'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>Hah, finished!</title><summary type='text'>That was ridiculously simple. Of course, I've prolly got it all wrong and my manager will probably kick me off the team for being a twit but hey, at least I got it done.I also got started on the Change Management article for CIO.com. Ahead of deadline too, aren't you proud?I'm watching Mind of Mencia and he just screamed something really funny which I wish you were here to share with. According </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5882410331364779613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5882410331364779613&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5882410331364779613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5882410331364779613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/hah-finished.html' title='Hah, finished!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6526638728406815174</id><published>2008-05-18T18:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-18T21:52:48.036-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>Guests don't bring potatoes</title><summary type='text'>It's amazing to wot lengths I will go to to avoid doing work.So like, yesterday was fun. Watched OS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions yesterday with Nagina, Chi, Pey and Emily at the Kendall. Hilarious movie. I'd watch it again. Highly recommended. Jean Dujardin is not too heavy on the eyes either. After the movie we went to Tosci's (of course) where I, against my better judgement ate some ice cream </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6526638728406815174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6526638728406815174&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6526638728406815174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6526638728406815174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/guests-dont-bring-potatoes.html' title='Guests don&apos;t bring potatoes'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5363037155526124296</id><published>2008-05-16T13:47:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T13:52:34.618-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>"Si! Perfecto!"</title><summary type='text'>What is the point of the chap in the Barilla Plus ad?  No really, he doesn't cook, he doesn't lay the table, he does not contribute at all other than just standing there looking all hot and Italian.It does make me want to rush out and buy pasta so it must be working to my demographic.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5363037155526124296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5363037155526124296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5363037155526124296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5363037155526124296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/si-perfecto.html' title='&quot;Si! Perfecto!&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-2710292674595331170</id><published>2008-05-16T13:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T13:12:00.398-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>I just had soy milk</title><summary type='text'>Soy milk is an evil vile liquid.  Evil and vile!  It tastes awful!  I'm going back to cow's milk.  Tummy aches be damned!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2710292674595331170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2710292674595331170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2710292674595331170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2710292674595331170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-just-had-soy-milk.html' title='I just had soy milk'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-2851237883783692650</id><published>2008-05-16T06:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-16T07:04:10.307-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>Proceed to the Fast Bag Drop Off</title><summary type='text'>So like yes, I know I haven't written in a while but I was busy working and healing and playing with Mingus.  Yes, all of that does give me lots of blog-worthy material but.. hey.. I don't have to answer to you.  I'll blog when I want to.  So there!  Sppth!Mingus is off to Israel for a week then India for 3.  How depressing.  Without me too.  Doubly depressing.So apparently, I'm lactose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2851237883783692650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2851237883783692650&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2851237883783692650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2851237883783692650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/proceed-to-fast-bag-drop-off.html' title='Proceed to the Fast Bag Drop Off'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8777983025067753144</id><published>2008-05-08T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T09:03:40.478-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>Yes, I know, I need to blog</title><summary type='text'>But I'm busy!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8777983025067753144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8777983025067753144&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8777983025067753144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8777983025067753144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/05/yes-i-know-i-need-to-blog.html' title='Yes, I know, I need to blog'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3865895439799550388</id><published>2008-04-05T14:16:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T14:20:57.283-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>"Pomfret!  Pomfret?  You have pomfret?  Grilled?"</title><summary type='text'>Was wot Pops was screaming at the South Indian Fish Market people at dinner today.  I'm serious.  He actually walked upto the cook and yelled "POMFRET?!" in his face.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3865895439799550388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3865895439799550388&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3865895439799550388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3865895439799550388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/04/pomfret-pomfret-you-have-pomfret.html' title='&quot;Pomfret!  Pomfret?  You have pomfret?  Grilled?&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3404053951584617857</id><published>2008-04-04T12:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T13:05:49.142-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>Now I know you're going to like this</title><summary type='text'>I highly recommend you listen to Daaku Daddy.  While the song makes me want to throw something heavy at the tele, I'm sure you'll get a kick outta Shakti Kapoor being a Daaku Daddy.More from the same artiste who is clearly a musical genius:Chap in bathtub getting his hair washed by girl in tight t-shirt and bindi and I hope to god some pants but you really can't tell.  Girl says:"Aye heep hopper </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3404053951584617857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3404053951584617857&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3404053951584617857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3404053951584617857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/04/now-i-know-youre-going-to-like-this.html' title='Now I know you&apos;re going to like this'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1701228399690631643</id><published>2008-04-01T11:12:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T11:42:07.883-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>Coming home is not the same thing as Homecoming</title><summary type='text'>So like, every time I used to land in Dubai, it used to feel like I was coming home.  Even standing in that god-awful line with all dem smellys didn't bother me as much because I would grin at the immigration burkha and tell her I was a resident quite proud that I was not going to be another candidate she calls for her compatriot dishdash to haul off by the scruff of their neck to have their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1701228399690631643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1701228399690631643&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1701228399690631643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1701228399690631643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/04/coming-home-is-not-same-thing-as.html' title='Coming home is not the same thing as Homecoming'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6971508614008138506</id><published>2008-03-16T22:17:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T22:19:28.994-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madness'/><title type='text'>Tonight's dinner conversation topics</title><summary type='text'>With Joe and Gabriel and Jean and Mark over a New England boiled dinner with banana creme pie for dessert:Television screen sizes, Obama, Spitzer, child abuse, catholic schools, French teachers, waitresses, Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber, prostitution, dumb questions children ask, Haiti, Tahiti, Peru, Argentina, German Nazis in exile in Argentina, DNA analysis, Luminol, Argentinian </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6971508614008138506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6971508614008138506&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6971508614008138506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6971508614008138506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/03/tonights-dinner-conversation-topics.html' title='Tonight&apos;s dinner conversation topics'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8145037719501008567</id><published>2008-03-16T17:10:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T17:18:33.635-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><title type='text'>If I was paranoid, I would see a link between these two news stories</title><summary type='text'>First I read this one...February 04, 2008Good Health Is Bad for BusinessWhen Consumers Don't Sneeze, K-C and Other Tissue, Medicine Manufacturers Catch Cold (Sales)After years of media worry over the threat of avian flu or some other long-overdue flu pandemic, a few marketers are facing a difficult reality: This isn't shaping up to be the year of the big bug or even of many little ones.Then I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8145037719501008567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8145037719501008567&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8145037719501008567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8145037719501008567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-i-was-paranoid-i-would-see-link.html' title='If I was paranoid, I would see a link between these two news stories'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3323385145942195018</id><published>2008-03-14T11:11:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T11:33:47.635-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>My sofas are very overstuffed</title><summary type='text'>I now have furniture, you may be pleased to know. Couches and wot not. My sofas have bellies.  It's very cool.  Only thing is that it looks like Paul Bunyan's furniture. And I feel a bit like Thumbelina. It's stupidly comfortable though. But very large. I thought it would all fit in the living room. I may have been too optimistic. I could not have side tables I suppose.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3323385145942195018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3323385145942195018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3323385145942195018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3323385145942195018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-sofas-are-very-overstuffed.html' title='My sofas are very overstuffed'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/R9qaNLV0wqI/AAAAAAAAAN8/jyO48lnR9t4/s72-c/pornoSofa_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8482117771506818839</id><published>2008-03-14T11:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T11:10:02.456-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>So yesterday, a meter maid yelled at me</title><summary type='text'>She did.  She actually yelled at me.  Alls I was doing was sitting in my car, talking on the phone, at a metered spot, at 5:30 in the evening.  Ok, so maybe I didn't actually put any money in the meter but I was sitting there.  So she walks up to me car and peers at my license plate and then yells at me.  I'm not exacly sure wot she was yelling about.  Something about giving tickets to people who</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8482117771506818839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8482117771506818839&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8482117771506818839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8482117771506818839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-yesterday-meter-maid-yelled-at-me.html' title='So yesterday, a meter maid yelled at me'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4509558113277598506</id><published>2008-02-29T11:10:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T11:26:12.262-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>The mystery of IT help desk personnel</title><summary type='text'>So I don't know if you've noticed this but most all IT help desk people are skinny short white chaps with pasty skin and spiky hair.  At least all of them at my current client site are.  It's true.  They're all about 5'5".  They all spike their hair.  Look vaguely Israeli.  Are always addressed by their last names.  Skinnier than Resh (and you have to admit, Resh is pretty skinny).  Skin so pasty</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4509558113277598506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4509558113277598506&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4509558113277598506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4509558113277598506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/02/mystery-of-it-help-desk-personnel.html' title='The mystery of IT help desk personnel'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4083273206369717268</id><published>2008-02-05T11:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T12:09:39.543-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation'/><title type='text'>Maybe not the Gaza Strip area</title><summary type='text'>I think I've finally recovered from the wedding madness that was January.  Had a company offsite in Florida (Clearwater beach, very nice) as well.  Put the travel bug back in my body as with the prospect of being grounded until June (I'm grounded until June) is making me want to travel more.  Given that I have just spent pretty much the entire morning being thrown out of one room after another at</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4083273206369717268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4083273206369717268&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4083273206369717268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4083273206369717268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/02/maybe-not-gaza-strip-area.html' title='Maybe not the Gaza Strip area'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1535350894016968291</id><published>2008-01-25T18:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-25T18:35:36.557-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feelings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>"Clicks have doubled to 250 from 0 in 3 months"</title><summary type='text'>I'm liking the beach. I learned how to make a sand sculpture from professional sand sculpturers. Who knew that there was such a profession. There has been some long boring sessions. Lots of mojitos. Some frolicking on the beach. Lots of drinking by the beach. Lots of chit chat. Plenty of networking. Some laughs. Some loneliness. And more mojitos.Sadly leaving early tomorrow afternoon. Would have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1535350894016968291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1535350894016968291&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1535350894016968291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1535350894016968291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/01/clicks-have-doubled-to-250-from-0-in-3.html' title='&quot;Clicks have doubled to 250 from 0 in 3 months&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7579581689544863028</id><published>2008-01-20T11:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-20T12:00:43.703-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Back from Dubai</title><summary type='text'>So like, Black Cobra is married.  I thought you might like to know.  The wedding was fun.  Lots of work.  Poor feet were quite dead from it.  But it went over well.  Ish.  She's in Hawaii now.  Being married and all.  I'm back in Boston.  Yes, I know I should give details but just thinking about it tires me out.I'll post pictures when they're out.  Meanwhile, happy Sunday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7579581689544863028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7579581689544863028&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7579581689544863028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7579581689544863028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/01/back-from-dubai.html' title='Back from Dubai'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4990310719253253098</id><published>2008-01-13T00:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T00:36:21.780-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>If there ever was a reason to join a gym</title><summary type='text'>I hate running.  This is because I have bad feet.  I especially hate running with 6 lbs on my back along the entire bloody length of Terminal 4 with snarky British Airways useless staff gleefully revelling in the fact that I'm going to miss my connecting flight and be stuck in stupid London for god knows how long when alls I want to do is be home in my bed in Boston getting my rest on ready for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4990310719253253098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4990310719253253098&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4990310719253253098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4990310719253253098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2008/01/if-there-ever-was-reason-to-join-gym.html' title='If there ever was a reason to join a gym'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6874621353953376534</id><published>2007-12-20T14:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-20T14:48:51.047-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>I fought the gold canopy and I won</title><summary type='text'>You will be pleased to learn that I actually did, on the way back home, get stuck in traffic to drive to the airport to pick up another car which is indeed much nicer and has essential things like fog lamps and functioning wipers.  There's your lesson for the day - don't rent from dinky rental shops.  The airport has a lot more cars.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6874621353953376534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6874621353953376534&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6874621353953376534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6874621353953376534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-fought-gold-canopy-and-i-won.html' title='I fought the gold canopy and I won'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5644646585943784809</id><published>2007-12-19T14:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T15:02:32.415-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>It's true</title><summary type='text'>So like, I got a flat tire today.  This may have been because I drove over a chunk of ice that was masquerading as a harmless chunk of ice but in fact was concealing some tire death in its shiny grip.  The 'check tire pressure' light went on in the dashboard and I went on the freeway.  Before you yell at me for driving on the freeway with a bum tire, let me remind you that there is no place to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5644646585943784809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5644646585943784809&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5644646585943784809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5644646585943784809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/its-true.html' title='It&apos;s true'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3997055112614396983</id><published>2007-12-19T14:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-19T14:53:37.218-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Traffic blues</title><summary type='text'>So like, when you're driving down the freeway and traffic is moving at approximately 2 inches per minute do you also look in the rear view mirror and start thinking about the chap in the car behind you?You know, think about where they're going, where've they been, wot they had for lunch, how cute they look in that Christmas sweater, who they're talking to on their cell phone, wot are they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3997055112614396983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3997055112614396983&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3997055112614396983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3997055112614396983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/traffic-blues.html' title='Traffic blues'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1822752500706284926</id><published>2007-12-10T13:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-10T13:53:51.964-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>When in doubt, order a sammich</title><summary type='text'>PepperoniTuna saladCeasar saladOlivesSeasoned croutonsPasta saladThis, while tasty individually, is an awful combination of things to eat at the same time.  Especially for lunch.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1822752500706284926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1822752500706284926&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1822752500706284926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1822752500706284926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/when-in-doubt-order-sammich.html' title='When in doubt, order a sammich'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/R12KXy_h-GI/AAAAAAAAAMo/pPdS8NtLwAE/s72-c/dcr0314l.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-2117144977368909480</id><published>2007-12-02T17:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T17:15:38.294-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><title type='text'>Here's a novel idea</title><summary type='text'>David Droga, the creative big and founder of the start-up Droga5, is working with the New York City Department of Education to solve the age-old problem of students viewing academic achievement as uncool or irrelevant. The program skips the lectures and public-service announcements and instead involves giving away to each student free mobile phones packed with learning tools such as a thesaurus, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/2117144977368909480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=2117144977368909480&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2117144977368909480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/2117144977368909480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/heres-novel-idea.html' title='Here&apos;s a novel idea'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-3123889455243380038</id><published>2007-12-02T16:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T16:34:33.819-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>AMEInfo reports</title><summary type='text'>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought Ethiopia off the coast of Dubai in Nakheel's 'The World' development, according to UAE-based web site Ahlanlive. The couple intend to use their home as an eco-development. No price tag was given for the island, which are reported to be fetching up to $50m.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/3123889455243380038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=3123889455243380038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3123889455243380038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/3123889455243380038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/ameinfo-reports.html' title='AMEInfo reports'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7510882178942910701</id><published>2007-12-01T18:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-01T18:40:49.199-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Khelo te tashan naal</title><summary type='text'>I'm stealing desi ads from Resh.  But they're just so funny.That has got to be the best tagline I've ever heard.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7510882178942910701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7510882178942910701&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7510882178942910701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7510882178942910701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/khelo-te-tashan-naal.html' title='Khelo te tashan naal'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7809815932971437871</id><published>2007-12-01T17:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-01T17:59:44.318-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><title type='text'>Sometimes I like to post things just so I know they'll be here when I want to reference them later</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7809815932971437871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7809815932971437871&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7809815932971437871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7809815932971437871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/12/sometimes-i-like-to-post-things-just-so.html' title='Sometimes I like to post things just so I know they&apos;ll be here when I want to reference them later'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6061887594839128767</id><published>2007-11-21T15:29:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T15:29:56.832-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><title type='text'>Black Cobra Hello gets married in January</title><summary type='text'>I thought you might want to know.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6061887594839128767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6061887594839128767&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6061887594839128767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6061887594839128767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/11/black-cobra-hello-gets-married-in.html' title='Black Cobra Hello gets married in January'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7552944511865695283</id><published>2007-11-21T14:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T14:55:57.653-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>NetSuck Gala and other things</title><summary type='text'>Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you, I went to the Annual NetSAP Gala thingy at the Omni Parker House.  Now the Omni Parker House is supposed to be this wonderful historic place but in the mad rush to get there and endlessly circling around and around the damn place, we forgot to notice.  See wot happened was that Em was busy working and didn't finish until late and I was lifting weights and wasn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7552944511865695283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7552944511865695283&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7552944511865695283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7552944511865695283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/11/netsuck-gala-and-other-things.html' title='NetSuck Gala and other things'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-4131278264138674256</id><published>2007-11-21T13:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T13:07:37.865-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Advertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>Dubai Real Estate Ad Takes Record For Biggest Outdoor Ad Ever</title><summary type='text'>It kind of makes sense that a country that can afford to put snow in the desert is now also hosting the largest ad ever. The spot is for Sorough Real Estate and covers over 20,000 square meters (the size of more than two soccer pitches).</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.adrants.com/2007/10/dubai-real-estate-ad-takes-record-for-big.php' title='Dubai Real Estate Ad Takes Record For Biggest Outdoor Ad Ever'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/4131278264138674256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=4131278264138674256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4131278264138674256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/4131278264138674256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/11/dubai-real-estate-ad-takes-record-for.html' title='Dubai Real Estate Ad Takes Record For Biggest Outdoor Ad Ever'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/R0Rzzzf4jzI/AAAAAAAAAMI/w6nXaTceOqU/s72-c/dubai_outdoor_ad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-906723551060354477</id><published>2007-11-21T12:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T12:42:34.961-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian'/><title type='text'>Bollywood mash-ups</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/906723551060354477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=906723551060354477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/906723551060354477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/906723551060354477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/11/bollywood-mash-ups.html' title='Bollywood mash-ups'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8220389813790756513</id><published>2007-10-31T10:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T10:46:02.596-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Concert'/><title type='text'>All hail the large pink menancing kangaroo</title><summary type='text'>So like, I went to see the Aussie Pink Floyds last night and can I just say... not bad.  Not bad at all.  Pretty freakin' good actually.  As usual I was excited and wanted to get there an hour early to beat the lines but either it was because we actually did get there an hour early or there was such good crowd management that I didn't actually wait in line.  We parked in the Shaw's parking lot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8220389813790756513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8220389813790756513&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8220389813790756513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8220389813790756513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-hail-large-pink-menancing-kangaroo.html' title='All hail the large pink menancing kangaroo'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6560014944589359023</id><published>2007-10-29T21:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T21:55:08.739-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>I want to be Johnny Kalsi</title><summary type='text'>More than I want to do him.  Is that so wrong?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6560014944589359023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6560014944589359023&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6560014944589359023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6560014944589359023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-want-to-be-johnny-kalsi.html' title='I want to be Johnny Kalsi'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7685493065549489062</id><published>2007-10-28T12:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T12:50:15.726-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>You know, I've just realized</title><summary type='text'>I like pretty much any movie that has the following words, phrases or characters:"It's on""Bring it""Eyeballs, what's the deal?""Dive! Dive! Dive!""You don't wanna fight me"PiratesS.W.A.T teamsHelicoptersAnybody with an accent that's not AmericanPersonal jetsCadillacsFat Italian menFat Italian womenAt least one entire scene of someone important cookingAnything in animal printsWill SmithWill Smith</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7685493065549489062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7685493065549489062&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7685493065549489062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7685493065549489062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-know-ive-just-realized.html' title='You know, I&apos;ve just realized'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-259190237037392308</id><published>2007-10-18T13:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T10:51:19.452-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog'/><title type='text'>I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while</title><summary type='text'>I've had to spend some time healing. I'm well on my way now so maybe I'll get on it shortly.I haven't been completely useless while I've been away. I have learnt the following:Physical therapists are all illegitimate children of the Devil who don't understand the meaning of the words, "don't do that, it hurts".Firemen are very hot and very chivalrous regardless of which precinct they belong to or</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/259190237037392308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=259190237037392308&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/259190237037392308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/259190237037392308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-sorry-i-havent-blogged-in-while.html' title='I&apos;m sorry I haven&apos;t blogged in a while'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-1347546147675884304</id><published>2007-10-17T14:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-17T14:22:17.164-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random'/><title type='text'>World news report from Black Cobra Hello</title><summary type='text'>Dad and I went to Karachi Darbar and got food... everyone at KD was quite pleased to see him. Dad sent the Citibank delivery fellow back because he came home and asked for proof of identity at which point Dad showed him the nameplate on the door but he wanted some other proof than that so Dad said no and then when he recounted the story at KD all the kabab makers agreed with him so Dad said from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/1347546147675884304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=1347546147675884304&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1347546147675884304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/1347546147675884304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/world-news-report-from-black-cobra.html' title='World news report from Black Cobra Hello'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-365813010337507208</id><published>2007-10-01T13:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T13:28:02.883-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog'/><title type='text'>All I got are expenses</title><summary type='text'>"...constant blogging strikes me as more than gratuitous self-promotion. Clinically, it's more like hysteria." – Steve Weiss, Scottsdale, AZ</summary><link rel='related' href='http://adage.com/whentrainsfly/article?article_id=120108' title='All I got are expenses'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/365813010337507208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=365813010337507208&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/365813010337507208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/365813010337507208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-i-got-are-expenses.html' title='All I got are expenses'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-6488450182007280941</id><published>2007-09-16T14:19:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T19:22:22.247-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Television'/><title type='text'>"Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun"</title><summary type='text'>It's a bit funny but I just noticed that the view out of my living room window looking at the blue sky with clouds looks EXACTLY like the opening frame in The Simpsons show.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/6488450182007280941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=6488450182007280941&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6488450182007280941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/6488450182007280941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/09/remember-you-can-always-find-east-by.html' title='&quot;Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fx4_70lMY3k/SAktFVsQpUI/AAAAAAAAAOc/-R_cF88Hr20/s72-c/simpsons2_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-8443074926825452499</id><published>2007-09-13T17:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T17:49:26.587-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weather'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>"My engineer spends 70% of his time on data and 70% on voice"</title><summary type='text'>So like, here I am again. The only time I get to blog is when I'm stuck at the airport waiting for a flight to land so mine can take off. And such is the case today. There was this teeny bit of torrential rainfall at 3:30 so my 6 pm flight is delayed 2 hours. This is because since it was raining, no flights could land in Atlanta. Which somehow means that no flights could take off from Charleston,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/8443074926825452499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=8443074926825452499&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8443074926825452499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/8443074926825452499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-engineer-spends-70-of-his-time-on.html' title='&quot;My engineer spends 70% of his time on data and 70% on voice&quot;'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5266656246812077777</id><published>2007-09-07T17:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-08T09:50:50.336-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>This road runs parallel parallel parallel parallel all the way to the highway</title><summary type='text'>Once in a while a flight leaves on time,Giving me a reason to rhyme!If I leave Atlanta at six,In a shake and two licks,I could possibly be home in time to dine!Sent via BlackBerry by AT&amp;T</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5266656246812077777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5266656246812077777&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5266656246812077777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5266656246812077777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/09/this-road-runs-parallel-parallel.html' title='This road runs parallel parallel parallel parallel all the way to the highway'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-7173262012785965201</id><published>2007-09-05T08:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-05T08:24:37.302-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work'/><title type='text'>People of Middle Georgia!  Unite!</title><summary type='text'>Overheard at the water cooler:Andy: Wolfe, why have you marked my project red? It's not overdue.Wolfe: Because there is a strong possibility that it will be and we'd rather know now than later.Andy: But that makes me look bad!Wolfe: Not delivering always makes people look bad. Wot's yer point?Andy: But it shouldn't be red, it should be amber.Wolfe: Are you going to deliver on schedule?Andy: Oh, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/7173262012785965201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=7173262012785965201&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7173262012785965201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/7173262012785965201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/09/people-of-middle-georgia-unite.html' title='People of Middle Georgia!  Unite!'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10812547.post-5942201799076958184</id><published>2007-08-30T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-30T17:28:01.957-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Opinion'/><title type='text'>Ah, Atlanta</title><summary type='text'>With its omnipresent fried chicken joints, most of them at the airport, assaulting my delicate nostrils with the aroma of all things bad for you.I'm hungry.On my way back home to Boston.  Sitting at the very busy AirTran gate.  Going white water rafting in Maine this weekend.  And also moving boxes from bedroom into kitchen to make way for Meg's things to move into my room so Kim can move into </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/feeds/5942201799076958184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10812547&amp;postID=5942201799076958184&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5942201799076958184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10812547/posts/default/5942201799076958184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://champagne-shoulders.blogspot.com/2007/08/ah-atlanta.html' title='Ah, Atlanta'/><author><name>Wolfe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10871391658485933614</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/213/3585/640/face_web.1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
