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		<title>Cygwin cron: Spurious Messages in Event Viewer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using Cygwin on my Windows partition to run a particular job every minute.  Cron (Vixie&#8217;s cron) works perfectly, except that messages like this one were appearing (every minute!) in my Windows event log:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron ) cannot be found. The local computer may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/cygwin-cron-spurious-messages-in-event-viewer/</link>
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		<title>Fixing minidom.toprettyxml&#8217;s Silly Whitespace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Python&#8217;s xml.dom.minidom.toprettyxml has a feature/flaw that renders it useless for many common applications.

Someone was kind enough to post a hack which works around the problem.  That hack had a small bug, which I&#8217;ve fixed; you&#8217;ll find the revised code below.
UPDATED Forget the hack; I&#8217;ve found another, better solution.  See below.  And please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/xml-dom-minidom-toprettyxml-and-silly-whitespace/</link>
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		<title>2 Become 3</title>
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&#8220;Leo loves you.&#8221;

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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/2-become-3/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Boy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please welcome our newest family member, Blake, into the world.

Blake was born in our home at 3:12 AM on March 3rd, 2008, weighing 35 pounds, 2 ounces.
The labor was long&#8211;almost 45 hours&#8211;but father and baby are now doing just fine.
I&#8217;d like to thank Blake&#8217;s godparents, Blaise T. and Jake H., without whom Blake could not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/its-a-boy/</link>
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		<title>Is Home Birth Courageous?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny.  I&#8217;ve recently been told&#8212;by more than one person&#8212;that Sara and I are &#8220;brave&#8221; for planning to deliver our baby at home.  This from people who are educated, intelligent and have my respect.  And yet, they couldn&#8217;t have picked a worse way to characterize the decision.  What&#8217;s going on here?
Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/is-home-birth-courageous/</link>
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		<title>Canada Trip: Posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally posted the itinerary and photos from our summer trip to Quebec &#038; Ontario.
Activities included:

Visiting friends
Cycling 100 miles of scenic converted rail line
Genealogy research in rural Quebec
Consumption of many and varied animal parts (not to mention: chocolate, cheese, poutine, et al.)
Ice wine tasting
Quebecois Folk music concerts
Watching Beluga whales from the breakfast table
Niagara falls in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/canada-trip-posted/</link>
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		<title>Baby Name Brainstorm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy coming up with names, so you take inspiration wherever you can find it.



Lunesta
Cymbalta
Strattera
Zetia
Chantix (Chanti)
Rozerem (Roz)
Humira
Boniva (Bonnie)
Zyprexa


Actos
Crestor
Zelnorm (Norm)
Vytorin
Caduet
Actonel



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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/baby-name-brainstorm/</link>
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		<title>CSA Inventory, Week 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Produce Roundup

This week&#8217;s vegetables.  (Click for larger view.)

Fresh, organic and local.  $12.
This week&#8217;s take:


Roma tomatoes: 5 lbs.
cherry tomatoes: 2 lbs.
heirloom tomatoes: 4 lbs.
cucumbers: 7
bell peppers: 3 purple, 2 green
summer squash: 4lbs.
eggplants: 2
Japanese eggplants: 5
red potatoes: 2 lbs.
onions: 1 lb.
leeks: 1 bunch
lettuce (Boston): 2 heads
basil

Not the most bountiful week so far, but not too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/csa-inventory-week-10/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip: Epilogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back home.  (Boo.)
We&#8217;ll post our photos as soon as we sort through [all 1500 of] them.
Update: the photos have been posted.


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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-epilogue/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 29: Leaving Khao Lak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heading to Phuket airport now.  A mere 32 hours after we board our plane (Phuket -> Bangkok -> Tokyo -> JFK), we&#8217;ll be back in snowy New York.
For this final travelblog entry, I wish I could write something witty or amusing.  But ending our trip has me so bummed that all I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-29-leaving-khao-lak/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 28: Khao Lak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s plan is to:

have breakfast on our private veranda
beachcomb
bask by the pool
eat as much coconut ice cream as possible
get a beachside Thai massage
order fruit drinks by the coconut-full
lament that this is our last day here

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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-28-khao-lak/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 27: Khao Lak (Similan Islands)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We snorkeled the Similan Islands today.  Remarkably, the breathtaking underwater landscape we saw (heaps of beautifully colored fish and coral) really did resemble the glossy posters in the tour company&#8217;s sales office!
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-27-khao-lak-similan-islands/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 26: Khao Lak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traveler&#8217;s Tip of the Day: When getting your hair cut in Thailand, don&#8217;t ask for it to be cut &#8220;short.&#8221;
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-26-khao-lak/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 25: Khao Sok to Khao Lak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a few more hours of kayaking this morning (had some great wildlife sightings), we headed to Khao Lak for the final leg of our trip.  We&#8217;re now at a 5-star resort just north of town, on a sparsely populated tract of white-sand beach.  The contrast from last night is stark&#8211;we no longer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-25-khao-sok-to-khao-lak/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 24: Khao Sok National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Besides kayaking, we&#8217;ve been doing some trekking here.  Today&#8217;s hike was through a deep limestone cave, through which two different streams run.  Thousands of bats, dozens of cave crickets, several large spiders, a few cave toads, and water deeper than our heads.  At some points, I had to swim with one hand, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-24-khao-sok-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 23: Khao Sok National Park</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we arrived at our quaint &#8220;floating bungalow&#8221; in the remotest corner of Khao Sok national park.  This is the third bamboo bungalow we&#8217;re staying at on this trip&#8211;and not the only one that hasn&#8217;t been on solid ground.  
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-23-khao-sok-national-park/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 22: Siem Reap to Phuket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we checked in for our flight to Phuket, the boarding passes which were printed had the wrong destination on them.  No problem; the check-in attendant just crossed out the wrong destination and wrote in the correct one.  I considered crossing that out in turn and writing &#8220;Hawaii&#8221; instead, but Sara convinced me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-22-siem-reap-to-phuket/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 21: Siem Reap (Preak Toal)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the day at the Preak Toal bird sanctuary.  (Or, more accurately, I spent the day traveling to and from the Preak Toal bird Sanctuary today.)  Sara was sick, so I went alone, and alone I was: the only other visitors were a group of Cambodian university students on a science class [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-21-siem-reap-preak-toal/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 20: Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a fun day, but it&#8217;s been an unpleasant evening.  Sara has some nasty food poisoning&#8211;from some jackfruit she snacked on this afternoon, we think.  Doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;ll let up any time soon. 
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-20-siem-reap-angkor-wat/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 19: Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last-minute change of plans this morning&#8211;we took a detour to visit Beng Mealea, the &#8220;Jungle Temple,&#8221; which was only opened to tourists in 2003 (after it was cleared of land mines).  Today, with the native flora encroaching into and intertwining with the half-toppled stone structures, the temple looks like something out of an Indiana [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-19-siem-reap-angkor-wat/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 18: Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ruins of Angkor are&#8230; overwhelming.  We spent the entire day exploring it by remork (cousin of the tuk-tuk), and we&#8217;ve barely scratched the surface.  The thing is, we haven&#8217;t even seen the main temple yet (which is a bit like visiting Agra and not seeing the Taj Mahal first)&#8211;we&#8217;re saving that for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-18-siem-reap-angkor-wat/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 17: Luang Prabang to Siem Reap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just arrived in Cambodia&#8211;how different from its neighbors!
I&#8217;m not sure which of today&#8217;s events is more exciting:

using our Cambodian e-visas (ugh, people with regular visas got through immigration faster than we did; though, presumably, they spent more time/effort getting their visas than we did&#8211;at least they better have!), or
the delicious french fries we had with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-17-luang-prabang-to-siem-reap/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 16: Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Returned to Luang Prabang today by public bus.  Tomorrow, we fly to Cambodia.
This afternoon, I finished reading Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land, which almost made me cry&#8211;partly because Cambodia&#8217;s past 30 years have been so horrific, and partly because all of those horrors were man-made, and avoidable.  I&#8217;m feeling emotional about visiting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-16-nong-khiaw-to-luang-prabang/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 15: Nong Khiaw</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, our hosts held a Basi (bah-SEE) ceremony&#8211;funded happily by us&#8211;in honor of the new year.  Several of the village residents came to enjoy the eating, singing, dancing and most importantly, the drinking.  We consumed large quantities of lao-lao, a Laotian home-made rice whisky not unlike moonshine.
When they asked us to sing a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-15-nong-khiaw/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 14: Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we headed north for a two-day stay in Nong Khiaw, via a 6-hour boat ride on the scenic, blue Nam Ou river.
Our hosts in Nong Khiaw arranged the ride for us; this morning, they sent their friend to walk us from our hotel to the dock.  A &#8220;gourmet homemade lunch&#8221; was to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-14-luang-prabang-to-nong-khiaw/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 13: Luang Prabang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More cinnamon buns for breakfast.  (Doubled up this time&#8211;bought two.  )
Had a very Seinfeldian moment.  I was negotiating with a boatman for passage across the Mekong river (we wanted to take a short hike to an underground cave temple), and when all was said and done, we were paying more for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-13-luang-prabang/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 12: Luang Prabang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woke up early (6am) to see the &#8220;Saffron Circuit:&#8221; the striking procession of Louang Prabang&#8217;s 500 orange-robed monks as they walk through the Old City to collect their day&#8217;s food from local residents.
But my true motivation for getting up early was the freshly baked cinnamon bun I devoured after the monks&#8217; morning ritual.  Best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-12-luang-prabang/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 11: En Route to Luang Prabang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We got married (again) on the picturesque Mekong river today.  (I would marry Sara every day if I could.)
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-11-en-route-to-luang-prabang/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 10: Crossing Into Laos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We bade good-bye to our lovely new friends, Charlie and Chris, drove to Chiang Khong and crossed into Laos.  Our first observation about the country: that the tourists here are generally much more fit and attractive than those in Thailand.  (Chris and Charlie are a noteworthy exception.)
Had a long conversation with the interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-10-crossing-into-laos/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 9: Ban Thaton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We love it here in Thaton.  It&#8217;s quite cold at night (but warm during the day), so today we visited the &#8220;Monday Market,&#8221; where I bought a fleece jacket.  I think it&#8217;s quite fashionable; Sara thinks it makes me look like a Vietnamese rice farmer.  (Photo forthcoming.)
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-9-ban-thaton/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 8: En Route to Thaton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s lunch was at the all-you-can-eat buffet at the local orchid farm.
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-8-en-route-to-thaton/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 7: Last Day in Chiang Mai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent today sick in bed.  Danielle and Sara spent the day sightseeing and shopping, and discovered that everyone is much nicer to them when I&#8217;m not present.   (But maybe that&#8217;s because they overpaid for everything.  )
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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-7-last-day-in-chiang-mai/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 6: Chiang Mai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite it feeling like &#8220;DisneyWat,&#8221; we really enjoyed seeing the mountain temple at Doi Suthep.  But today&#8217;s highlight was actually the banana waffle I ate at the bottom of the temple.
We also inadvertantly pissed off a few locals today, by overpaying for the sangtheaw (small public bus) the were in.  This had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-6-chiang-mai/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 5: Chiang Dao Day Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On our way down the mountain (Doi Chiang Dao), we passed a small Thai military convoy headed up to destroy some nearby opium farms.  The army driver stopped us to ask for directions, and our guide told them the way.  (I didn&#8217;t ask how he knew the exact location of the opium fields. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-5-chiang-dao-day-trip/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 4: Chiang Mai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lunch today: best food of the trip, so far.  Khao Soi is a Northern Thai specialty consisting of a curry coconut milk broth with egg noodles and chicken, topped with crispy dried noodles.
We visited several of Chiang Mai&#8217;s temples today, and Danielle realized why velcro shoes are the footwear of choice for Wat-hopping.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-4-chiang-mai/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 3: Bangkok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spent the day with our guide, Tong, who was every bit as wonderful as we&#8217;d expected.  She made an indelible impression on us, taught us more about Buddhism and Thailand than we could ever hope to remember, and gave us a day full of memories.
We also made an impression on her.  Apparently, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-3-bangkok/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 2: Bangkok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spent today exploring the city.  I bought (and wore) a bright yellow shirt today, bearing the King&#8217;s crest and some other symbols which I hope don&#8217;t say &#8220;Kick Me&#8221; in Thai.  Follow the logic of this purchase:

The King of Thailand (King Rama IX) was born on a Monday
Monday&#8217;s color is&#8230; yellow.
Every Monday, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-2-bangkok/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip, Day 1: Bangkok</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t sleep.  The 22-hour flight has worn us down, and our very first sight in Thailand was the chaotic Weekend Market.  (Relaxing, it ain&#8217;t.)
Tonight&#8217;s dinner gets filed under &#8220;Unsuccessful International Dining.&#8221;  We went to a highly recommended pad Thai restaurant&#8211;it was bustling with locals (only) so our hopes were high.  Alas, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-day-1-bangkok/</link>
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		<title>Southeast Asia Trip: Intro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Thailand!  We&#8217;ve just arrived in Ban Thaton, an absolutely lovely little town on the Thai-Burmese border, and we finally find ourselves with enough time to log an entry here.  To keep the friction low, my goal is modest: a three-sentence blog entry each day we&#8217;re here.  I&#8217;ll try to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/southeast-asia-trip-intro/</link>
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		<title>Travel Insurance Is Looking Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know you&#8217;re in for an &#8220;exciting&#8221; vacation when&#8230;



&#8220;The thin helmets and pitiful life jackets&#8230; would have done nothing in the case of high speed impact at full throttle, which we came close to more than once.&#8221;
&#8211;technotrekker, Death Boats Down the Mekong



&#8230;you call a renowned travel clinic to schedule inoculations for your upcoming trip to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/travel-insurance-is-looking-good/</link>
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		<title>Separated at Birth II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For these celebrity look-alikes, choosing a Halloween costume must be a breeze:









Miss Haley


Ashley Olsen&#8230; or is it Mary Kate?


&#160;



Vlad


Richard Tyson (the villain from Kindergarten Cop)


&#160;



Patricia (and a beautiful right eye)


Winona Ryder (and a beautiful right eye)


&#160;



The lovely Danielle


The lovely Jeanne Tripplehorn


&#160;



Steve


Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn


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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/separated-at-birth-ii/</link>
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		<title>Eating Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m planning on attending two food events next month.  Leave a comment below if you want to join me or just meet up afterwards for a debriefing.
I&#8217;m Cuckoo for Cocoa! (Hold the Puffs)


Update: We went.
See comments below and photos for details.

The first one (chronologically and gastronomically) is the 2006 Chocolate Show.  I missed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/eating-well/</link>
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		<title>Letter to Florence, April 16th, 1896</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is the opening of an 1896 letter to Sara&#8217;s great-great-grandmother Florence, from Florence&#8217;s aunt Mary.  We thought it contained some timeless advice (like, &#8220;never write to a boy or man if you can avoid it&#8221;), so we decided to post it. 






April 16th, 196
My dear Florence, 
Your very interesting letter received yesterday morning: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/letter-to-florence-april-16th-1896/</link>
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		<title>You Are What You Watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In decreasing order of preference, I&#8217;d like my fellow citizens to be:





&#8220;A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.&#8221;
&#8211; Benjamin Franklin


&#8220;Don&#8217;t be an ignoranus; don&#8217;t get your news [solely] from FOX.&#8221;
&#8211; Ron Rothman, NPR listener and decidedly not an ignoranus




1. informed:
&#8220;Iraq is a mess; here&#8217;s why&#8230;.&#8221;


2. uninformed:
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know enough about Iraq [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/fox-news-viewers-are-misinformed/</link>
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		<title>I Always Suspected As Much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[




From The Syrian Bride:

LIV
Did you know you could tell a lot about people just by looking at their teeth?  Especially men.
JEANNE
Really?  How?
LIV
Well for example, men with neat little teeth&#8230; stay away from them, they&#8217;re way too square.  And, men with buck teeth&#8230; are incredible in bed.
JEANNE
(purposefully)
What about men with a gap between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/i-always-suspected-as-much/</link>
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		<title>The Hunger, I Can Take&#8230; But *Somebody Get Me a Hamburger*</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we did it again; another juice fast.  This time, for 10 days&#8230; er, not counting the unfortunate hot dog I had to eat on Day 6.  We timed it to coincide with Sara&#8217;s wisdom tooth extraction, since she&#8217;d have to be on soft foods for several days anyway.
Our food log is below. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/the-hunger-i-can-take-but-somebody-get-me-a-hamburger/</link>
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		<title>Real Places</title>
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This is a map of our travels through Israel last September&#8211;ten months ago.
The purple line shows the routes we drove.
The red diamonds indicate some of the targets of recent Lebanese rocket attacks.
(According to The Guardian,
Hezbollah had fired at least 700 rockets into Israel as of July 18th, so I couldn&#8217;t display them all.  For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/real-places/</link>
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		<title>Separated at Birth?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You be the judge:









Irina


Maggie Gyllenhaal


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Lance


Donny Osmond


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Rami


Mark Ruffalo


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Eileen


Jenna Elfman


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Kartal


Bo Duke


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Eric


Brad Pitt


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G-Man


Yosemite Sam


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Evil Joe


Evil Spock


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		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/separated-at-birth/</link>
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		<title>You Know You&#8217;re Getting Old When&#8230;</title>
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&#8230;you spend an awesome evening at a concert with friends, and, the next day, can only remember that it was too loud and that you went to bed too late.




&#8230;the only club you want to get into now is your wife&#8217;s book club.  (Some things never change, though:
(a) clubs are still full of hotties, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/</link>
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		<title>Cognitive Elite, Apply Within</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face the obvious: yesterday we were nerds, today we&#8217;re the cognitive elite. Let&#8217;s conquer.
&#8212;Chester G. Edwards

Do the words &#8220;core dump&#8221; make you shiver with fear?  (My wife just giggles whenever she hears it.)
If I asked you to &#8220;debug an Apache vfork problem&#8221; (again, she giggles), would you know that I&#8217;m referring neither to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ronrothman.com/public/leftbraned/cognitive-elite-apply-within/</link>
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