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		<title>Get your spice on!  Ghost Pepper Salsa.</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/get-your-spice-on-ghost-pepper-salsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So are you craving some spicy salsa? This salsa will definitely tingle your taste buds. Made with some seriously hot Ghost Peppers, a.k.a. Naga (Bhut) Jolokia, one of the worlds heavy hitters on the Scoville Scale. Here&#8217;s the video on how I make the salsa, following is the ingredients. Ghost Pepper Salsa: 1 &#8211; 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=519&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Never Forgotten.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Notebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/?p=513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often wonder what little pieces of information my boys will always remember from their childhood.  At some point I know someone has impressed them with some piece of advice that will stay with them forever.  Here&#8217;s one that has always stayed with me: I remember when I was about 9 years old, I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=513&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More than a book.</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/more-than-a-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Notebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good book]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of time has passed since my dad left a book for me to read. He thought I would enjoy it and set it with some other books in my downstairs hallway. The book just sat there. I really didn&#8217;t have any interest in reading the book. The book was written by an author [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=511&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waist sizes lie. Right Muffintop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4-hour body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body fat %]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure what exactly I was thinking when I thought my waist size is the same, so not a big problem.  Then I measured, no surprise my waist was 34 inches.  But my gut, my expanding bulge is an embarrassing 39 inches.  Ugh!  I&#8217;m a muffin top, just like the lady in the picture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=502&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 iPhones, 2 Apps, 1 Seven Year Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apps]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lil guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the lil guy was anxious to get his hands on my iPhone and my wife&#8217;s. It was about 7:30pm and his ploy was that they both probably needed to be charged and he was more than willing to bring them upstairs and charge them for us. Okay, I&#8217;ll bite. After about 20 minutes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=499&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 22:  Measuring for success</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/day-22-measuring-for-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4-hour body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quitting nicotine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smokless tobacco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[December 11th was the day I chose to stop using smokeless tobacco (equivalent to 4-packs of cigarettes a day) and start improving my health.  It&#8217;s not been an easy 3 weeks, but I&#8217;m still free from tobacco.  I really stopped in a great time of year, Christmas, New Years, long dark days&#8230;ugh. I&#8217;m constantly feeling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=492&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Simple Act of Kindness.</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/a-simple-act-of-kindness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I went to Dutch Bros on 4th &#38; Harrison in Corvallis.  I ordered a large 911 for me and a not-so-hot chocolate for the lil guy, the Barista told me the charge was $1.75.  He said, &#8220;the car in front of you paid for your drink.&#8221; What?!?  That is so cool.  And I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=487&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Always tell the truth. Really?</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/always-tell-the-truth-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[santa claus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telling kids the truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white lie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The truth is a great thing, it would be hard to get an argument against telling the truth from the average upstanding citizen. Usually I would agree. Then I was listening to a radio show on NPR about Santa Claus and I heard a lady going on and on how she never lies to her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=473&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting ready for a stress-less Christmas.</title>
		<link>http://simpletexture.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/getting_ready_for_a_stress_less_christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult only weekend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clam chowder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lincoln city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mcmenamins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress reducer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this month, my wife and I got away for the weekend&#8230;alone. Pictured above is the view from the tub in the suite we stayed in at the Channel House in Depot Bay. The view, the weather, the relaxation and an adult only weekend was just what the Doctor ordered. We stayed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=470&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I wouldn&#8217;t change a thing, would you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the Notebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it wonderful that making a really bad decision doesn&#8217;t result in a cascading effect of bad results? I&#8217;m very thankful for that. When people are asked &#8220;If you had the chance to do it again, would you change your life?&#8221; And they answer they would not do anything different, doesn&#8217;t that make you wonder [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simpletexture.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11751115&amp;post=463&amp;subd=simpletexture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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