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	<title>Brilliant Musings</title>
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	<modified>2008-11-22T02:02:08Z</modified>
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		<name>Ashley Lennon Thomas</name>
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	<copyright>Copyright 2008, Ashley Lennon Thomas</copyright>
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		<title>What a long, strange trip.....</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Well, I can&#039;t believe it is time for the holidays already. Time really does fly as you get older, doesn&#039;t it? Maybe its just as we get busier and as we get older, we get busier. I don&#039;t know. I can&#039;t believe that I released &quot;Sparkle Plenty&quot; this year, went to Europe and played throughout London, drove cross-country and moved to New Jersey..... this is crazy! I never would have imagined my life turning out this way. I&#039;m certainly not complaining because it has been better and stranger and harder and more rewarding and wonderful than any kid can imagine when we daydream about &#039;growing up&#039;...... but it is just so....weird. Life is so so weird. Getting older is really weird. Being a person is really weird. New Jersey is really weird..... maybe its just me. I am happy. I am marveling at life. Where it has taken me and god only knows where I&#039;m going. A lot to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!]]></content>
		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry081121-081722</id>
		<issued>2008-11-21T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-11-21T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>A Change Is Gonna Come</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<img src="images/vote.jpeg" width="127" height="106" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />I think the big picture is important. Our government, our leaders, our president, our vote. It is  our way of trying to build a community in which 301,139,947 people (and counting) can function together, live together, work together, and be well together. It will never be perfect. It will never make everyone happy. Our government is made of people like you and me, susceptible to all the pitfalls of human nature. So whoever wins tomorrow, let us take it as an opportunity to come together, one by one and make our own ideals a reality. Use your power as a consumer and make a statement each time you spend your hard earned money. Be kind to one another and help those in need. Or don&#039;t. But be the person you want to see reflected in the bigger picture..... I  guess what I&#039;m saying is that I&#039;m starting with the woman in the mirror.]]></content>
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		<issued>2008-11-04T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-11-04T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>Let It Snow?</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<img src="images/snow.JPG" width="512" height="288" border="0" alt="" />We had our first snowfall today! It was exciting, a little weird, a little scary (already??? I&#039;m not ready for winter!) and really really beautiful. ]]></content>
		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry081028-201138</id>
		<issued>2008-10-29T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-10-29T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>Life</title>
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		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry081023-092609</id>
		<issued>2008-10-23T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-10-23T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>Falling</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[October is my favorite month! Besides being my birthday month, it is when things start to cool down and calm down and the colors change and the holidays begin. I love pumpkin bread and apple pie and I am really excited about being here on the east coast where the seasons really mean something. I just love this time of year!!!]]></content>
		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry081005-104939</id>
		<issued>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>&amp;quot;__________________________&amp;quot;                                   </title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Be Yourself. Everyone else is already taken.&quot;<br />-Oscar Wilde<br /><br />Do you have any favorite quotes?]]></content>
		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry080916-221312</id>
		<issued>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>The Boss</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ok so everyone knows that Jersey is crazy about Bruce Springsteen, right?  Believe me when I tell you that crazy is not the word. Think more. Think Obsessive. Think Worshipful (is that a word?). Think about the proudest parent you know whose child can do no wrong, with all the adoration in the world in their eyes.... and multiply that by 8,724,560. OK, who <i>doesn&#039;t</i> like Bruce Springsteen? Everybody likes something about him, whether it&#039;s his anthemic &quot;Born to Run&quot; or his seductively lonesome &quot;I&#039;m on Fire&quot; or his red-blooded-every-man&#039;s-hard-working-butt on the cover of &quot;Born in The U.S.A.&quot; ..... but through much of the lauding and applauding, I have wondered what the <i>big f-ing jersey deal</i> is..... I am listening to a song that&#039;s new to me....  I am listening to him pour out his heart and soul and insides and all in the second verse of a song with 3 chords....oooohhh fire..... and maybe this is a glimpse into why. He is singing directly to me about his music &quot; You say you don&#039;t like it, But girl, I know you&#039;re a liar&quot;........oooh Fire!<br />]]></content>
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		<issued>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-09-17T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>Circles</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Well, here goes my first New Jersey rant. I would like to know WHO the MISANTHROPE is that invented the driving &quot;circle&quot;..... for those of us who might have been raised in a decent place that tries not to have its citizens killed, you might not know what I&#039;m talking about. So picture this- you are driving along at a normal highway pace when all of a sudden you get the (dreaded) YIELD sign and you find yourself waiting on the outer edges of this huge circular road in which cars are entering and exiting from all directions.... I mean, you can only go one way within the circle, but people are entering and leaving at like a million points on the circle. Have you ever had to jump on a moving merry-go-round?  Its kind of like that. you have to find an open spot and gun it and then try to get over to where you need to be without killing someone or yourself. It is the absolute dumbest thing ever invented. Dumber than the pet rock. Dumber than the chia pet. Dumber than pantyhose......ok, Circles are the second dumbest thing ever invented. ARGH!<br /><img src="images/tcircle.jpeg" width="130" height="129" border="0" alt="" /><br />Imagine this with a million crazy New Jersey drivers!!<br /><br />]]></content>
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		<issued>2008-09-15T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-09-15T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>A Girl &amp;amp; Her Dog</title>
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		<content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<img src="images/Rush23.JPG" width="512" height="683" border="0" alt="" /><br />Honestly, very impressive<br /><img src="images/Bad2744.JPG" width="512" height="384" border="0" alt="" /><br />The Badlands..... sounds cooler than they are...still, they&#039;re pretty cool<br /><br />]]></content>
		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry080829-070215</id>
		<issued>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-08-29T00:00:00Z</modified>
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	<entry>
		<title>Wall Drug</title>
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		<id>http://www.ashleylennonthomas.com/phpblog/index.php?entry=entry080826-104300</id>
		<issued>2008-08-26T00:00:00Z</issued>
		<modified>2008-08-26T00:00:00Z</modified>
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