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	<description>Art, Life, and Work</description>
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		<title>Shattering Icy Illusions</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/12/shattering-icy-illusions.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you just want to be in the familiar surroundings of home.Â  That&#8217;s exactly where I found myself yesterday morning &#8211; longing for home.Â  So, after a physically &#38; emotionallyÂ draining week away, I determinedly checked out of the hotel, stopped for some gas (despite my general policy of *not* buying gas in that area of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work ethic, deviance, and cougars &#8211; oh my!</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/09/work-ethic-deviance-and-cougars-oh-my.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last month, I&#8217;ve had the ultimate experience ofÂ interacting within an interesting subculture which has really laid down some really sharp demarkifications between Generation X (my generation) and Generation Y &#8211; that I find, personally, extraordinarily frustrating but equally interesting.
So, first, let me clarify the generational periods &#8211; because there is some overlap and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ant Philosophy</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/07/the-ant-philosophy.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(By Jim Rohn)
&#8220;The ants are a people not strong, yet they gather their food in the summer.&#8221; 
Proverbs 30:26

Over the years I&#8217;ve been teaching children about a simple but powerful concept &#8211; The Ant Philosophy. I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy.
The first part is: Ants never quit. That&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of Icons</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/06/death-of-icons.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has definitely been a long week for Hollywood, with the death of three icons (two in the same day). Â While some deaths may not have been suprising (because the icon had been ill for quite some time), another left the world asking &#8220;why?&#8221;.
Then, our little state lost its own icon in a tragic death [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cows and world ideologies</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/06/cows-and-world-ideologies.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two posts in one day?  I know&#8230;it rarely happens.
On my drive to the city today, I recalled an excellent explanation regarding world government/ideologies/societal structures that I read as a forwarded email years ago (see the last definition below to get a feel for when&#8230;it was highly relevant at the time I read this originally). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind Closed Doors</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/06/behind-closed-doors.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deephipps.com/?p=1138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing I understand to the core of my being, it is that a person should never make judgments of someone else based on what we perceive to be his or her life &#8211; because you do not know what happens &#8220;behind closed doors&#8221; in his or her world.
As I approach the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Peanut Butter, Hamster Dancing, &amp; Explosions</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/01/blue-peanut-butter-hamster-dancing-explosions.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger.
First, a few weeks ago, I read an article about blue peanut butter.  Yes, you read that right &#8211; BLUE peanut butter.  Apparently, someone decided that Blue Dye No. 2 *may be* chemically similar to compounds that bind to cancer-causing chemicals, limiting their ability to mutate DNA.
To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for our Daily Journal Writing prompts?</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2009/01/looking-for-our-daily-journal-writing-prompts.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of my &#8220;simplify&#8221; aspect of my 2009 goals&#8230;.I&#8217;ve chosen to combine my daily journal writing prompts blog (formerly at:  http://www.daily-journal-writing-prompts.com/)  with this one &#8211; that gives me one spot to write each day &#8211; instead of many.  The goal is, of course, to provide the journal writing prompts as often as possible, amongst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Confessions:  A Life not lived</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/12/2008-confessions-a-life-not-lived.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2008 review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best life challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oprah]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deephipps.com/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wait&#8230;..you may want to read this&#8230;.it&#8217;s not the normal 2008 in review&#8230;.nor is it a post full of platitudes about the upcoming year.  This is a real look at the life of this entrepreneur &#8211; one that I haven&#8217;t wanted to put into writing, but, feel compelled to do so as I&#8217;ve realized I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Writing Prompt:  Time</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-time.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Journal Writing Prompt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.
~Margaret Peters

Choose a few things that have happened in your life where time has shown you what really matters.  In your journal, record one or two of these, paying particular attention to what it was about the event or situation that really made &#8220;what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Writing Prompt: Belief</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-belief.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Journal Writing Prompt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief.
~Heidi Willis

In your journal, ponder today&#8217;s quote.?  Do you agree??  Disagree??  Is her idea too simple??  Too black and white??  Explore this in your journal.
Journal writing prompt bonus:  Examine your own life.?  Do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service 101 &#8211; for all businesses large and small</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/customer-service-101-for-all-businesses-large-and-small.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/customer-service-101-for-all-businesses-large-and-small.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I had to do something that I simply dread.  I mean, this is worse than trying on swimsuits after a long cold winter!
Jean shopping.
I tried to put it off as long as I could &#8211; honestly, I did!  But, with the temperatures what they are, and a 7:30 football game tomorrow evening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Writing Prompt:  Elephants</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-elephants.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-elephants.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Journal Writing Prompt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it&#8217;s best to let him run.
~Abraham Lincoln

Freeform journaling exercise&#8230;..?  In your journal, simply take this quote and &#8220;run with it&#8221; &#8211; write about whatever comes to mind &#8211; allow your writing to wander in whatever direction it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal writing prompt: Purpose</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-purpose.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/09/journal-writing-prompt-purpose.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Journal Writing Prompt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is our purpose:?  to make as meaninful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.&#8221;
~ Oswald Spengler

In your opinion, is this our life purpose??  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Writing Prompt:  Liberty</title>
		<link>http://www.deephipps.com/2008/08/journal-writing-prompt-liberty.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Journal Writing Prompt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
 ~George Lucas, Senator Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
US movie director &#38; screenwriter (1944 &#8211; )

In your journal, consider today&#8217;s quote in a today-oriented context.   What do you suppose George Lucas (via the Star Wars character) means by the [...]]]></description>
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