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		<title>My Paintball Book is Doing Well</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/my-paintball-book-is-doing-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My (non-fiction) book &#8211; A Parent&#8217;s Guide To Paintball, (published by Liaison Press) was released to Kee Action Sports on May 15th of this year. They&#8217;re a rather largish paintball product distribution and manufacturing company (one of the largest in fact). Liaison and I agreed to give them a bit of a grace period to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1054&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED HERE FROM A LINK</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This version of COF is NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. Over on the right is an RSS feed from the NEW version that IS being updated. Clicking on one of those post headlines will take you to the new version where you will find the new RSS feed link. I know it&#8217;s a pain &#8211; I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GO TO THE NEW VERSION OF THE BLOG</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/go-to-the-new-version-of-the-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and change your links/feeds. Today&#8217;s subject: Science Fiction Resources Posted in science fiction<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOHN CARTER LIVES!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s actually a quote from the Edgar Rice Burrough&#8217;s John Carter of Mars Barsoom stories. I won&#8217;t cite which one since I think it appears in all eleven novels, at least once. It&#8217;s no secret that Pixar is making a live action film &#8211; just about everyone is talking about it these days. Casting began [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1042&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUGO VOTE FIX</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SciFi Wire posted an entry to day that has got a few folks into an uproar. They basically suggested that it was possible to fix the vote, and then ran down the list of ways and means, concluding with a rated list of options (best bribe, best deal, etc). I have to take some responsibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1041&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HUGO VOTE FIX</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SciFi Wire posted an entry to day that has got a few folks into an uproar. They basically suggested that it was possible to fix the vote, and then ran down the list of ways and means, concluding with a rated list of options (best bribe, best deal, etc). I have to take some responsibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1040&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE PRISONER &#8211; CLASSIC OF CLASSICS &#8211; COMES TO AMC</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-prisoner-classic-of-classics-comes-to-amc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know they&#8217;re doing a remake &#8211; but that&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m talking about. AMC recently put all of the hour-long episodes up on their site and I&#8217;ve linked to it from the Classic Science Fiction Channel. If you have never seen this show &#8211; watch it. Forgive it the old technology, cars, 1960s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Likes and Dislikes</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/likes-and-dislikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose that the evidence of a half century suggests that I am the kind of person who is given to introspection. I may sometimes be as knee-jerk as the next guy, but more often than not I&#8217;ll also sit back (afterwards) and try to figure out why I feel the way I do about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1038&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel and Gaza</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/israel-and-gaza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that I have engaged in discussing politics here previously, I always hesitate to do so. This blog&#8217;s focus is not politics or the world at large but (tries) to restrict itself to a narrower focus on things that are fun. However, I feel compelled to weigh in on the current situation in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1037&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trying To Keep Up</title>
		<link>http://crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/trying-to-keep-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to find a mentor. One of these new-era &#8216;kids&#8217; who seem to be able to manage their time and their output in ways that totally mystify me. I seem to be operating in a serial mode while they&#8217;re getting along famously in parallel. Just to put a fine point on it &#8211; I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crotchetyoldfan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3491856&amp;post=1035&amp;subd=crotchetyoldfan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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