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		<title>Why so mysterious?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people are aware that I enjoy Hidden Object games. Most of them are clever, in that there are intricate puzzles you need to figure out beyond the mundane part of finding items on a list. It seems safe to assume that market research shows that 18 &#8211; 25 year old white women are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/why-so-mysterious/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that I prefer, no, love summer. I like the heat. I adore days that seemingly last forever.  There is a reason I&#8217;d never move any place where it snows more than one day a winter. Somehow, this winter seems longer than others and I&#8217;m not too happy about that. I could blame [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/1959/</link>
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		<title>Achievement Addiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I read an article about people who only play Xbox to get achievements. I thought it was rather sad and depressing. From my point of view, life is too short to play bad games just because you can get points that mean and do nothing. Never in a million years did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/achievement-addiction/</link>
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		<title>iPad: Poll Numbers and Spin, or Why You Should Pay Attention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from Telecom TV with the screaming headline:
Oh dear! 52 per cent of consumers don&#8217;t want an iPad
I know, right? So I click the link and start reading. Keep in mind that Martyn Warwick will never be called a fan of Apple or Steve Jobs.

?Last month, before the new device was launched, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/ipad-poll-numbers-and-spin-or-why-you-should-pay-attention/</link>
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		<title>New York Times suggest gifts for the people of color in your life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On FriendFeed, I was alerted to the fact that the New York Time&#8217;s Gift Guide for 2009, included a whole section for the people of color in your life.
Yep.
I freely admit to being slightly amused by it. At first I thought it was a joke, but seeing articles and tweets about it, made me realize [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/new-york-times-suggest-gifts-for-the-people-of-color-in-your-life/</link>
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		<title>Circular logic hurts my brain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The kids want a Christmas tree. I tell them that we can&#8217;t afford a tree, so we won&#8217;t have one. The girl says, &#8220;Then we won&#8217;t get presents.&#8221; To which I reply, &#8220;Well, we can&#8217;t afford presents anyway, so yeah&#8230;there&#8217;ll be no presents.&#8221; Her response? &#8220;Get a tree and then there will be presents!&#8221;
THUD.
Then I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/circular-logic-hurts-my-brain/</link>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t always have to share</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The past few weeks on Twitter and Facebook, I&#8217;ve been privy to the rejection of my friends. They post things like &#8220;Coworker had a party. Invited everyone in my department, but me.&#8221; How are they finding out about these affairs? Through social networking.
One year, a coworkers hosted a holiday party at a local restaurant. She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/1932/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 questions people say when they hear you don&#8217;t want to have more kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across this article titled: 9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don&#8217;t Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them). Just from that you know that the author is one of those so-in-love-with-their-own-cleverness sorts. Not that&#8217;s bad, but you know&#8230;you can come off like a jackass. I should know. I&#8217;m that sort. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/top-5-questions-people-say-when-they-hear-you-dont-want-to-have-more-kids/</link>
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		<title>Hmmmm&#8230;something smells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 8th, I saw a listing on craigslist for a 3bd. home in Pasadena for $1050 a month. Sounds great, right? So, I emailed the listing asking when we can see the house. My husband, unbeknownst to me had made a phone call to the 626 number on the ad to ask the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/hmmmm-something-smells/</link>
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		<title>The almost definitive list of things couples should never share</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 10+ years of coupledom, one would either assume that I would get over some things or at the least, my husband will get the hint.  Well, neither has happened, so here we go:
Things Couples Should Never Share

Bath towels. If you didn&#8217;t take it out of the cabinet and put it on my shelf, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/the-almost-definitive-list-of-things-couples-should-never-share/</link>
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		<title>Course for LA Marathon 03.21.10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well&#8230;wish me luck. I just checked out the details of the map and WOW! That&#8217;s a nice chunk o&#8217; LA right there. I can see why people are excited about this course. The race is in 4 months, so it&#8217;s time to get serious with training on hills. Just looking at the map, I can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/course-for-la-marathon-03-21-10/</link>
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		<title>Great LA Walk &#8216;09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the 4th annual Great LA Walk. Began by Mike to mark his 10th anniversary in LA, it has grown to hundreds of Angelenos showing up to walk this great city. The walk started at the Shrine Auditorium and ended in Venice Beach. We met at Baja Cantina in Marina Del Rey to celebrate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/great-la-walk-09/</link>
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		<title>You talk funny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At FriendFeed, Derrick asked: Do you have an accent? The responses are interesting, in particular from those people I have spoken to or have heard recorded who said that they don&#8217;t have an accent when they really do. Funny thing about accents is that everyone has one, but no one thinks they do.
I&#8217;m from Kansas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/you-talk-funny/</link>
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		<title>Personality test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Jandy&#8217;s pretty charts and my boredom, I caved and took the test even though I knew what it would say:


Their breakdown of what these mean:
Organized
You like to think a task through before you embark on it. If it&#8217;s the slightest bit complicated, you make a list (even if it&#8217;s only in your mind) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/personality-test/</link>
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		<title>Pre-K Literacy Parade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some photos from today&#8217;s Literacy Parade (read: Halloween parade) for Pre-K. 


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		<link>http://faboomama.com/pre-k-literacy-parade/</link>
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		<title>The parent who doesn&#8217;t care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah&#8230;that would be me. I found enough pieces of the old doctor costume (meaning the top and the pants) to put on Alton. There&#8217;s a jacket, hat, face mask and medicine bag, but they&#8217;re all broken, dirty or missing. If I had tried, I could have made him new ones, but really that&#8217;s just expending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/the-parent-who-doesnt-care/</link>
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		<title>How do 9 &#8211; 5 parents do it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think my kid&#8217;s school is out to make life difficult to for working parents. Last year, I complained about the lack of timely information. This year is no different. 
Today, the boy was sent home with a slip of paper informing me that the &#8220;Literacy Parade&#8221; (read: idiotic name for Halloween Parade) for Pre-K [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/how-do-9-5-parents-do-it/</link>
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		<title>Broke and Trying to Move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is difficult. It&#8217;s not just the stress, anger, resentment and sentimental bits. This is an uphill battle I&#8217;m fighting alone. I&#8217;m trying to keep things at home as stable as possible for the kids. I think one day, I should tell them that they&#8217;ll be attending new schools&#8230;somewhere. Where is the issue.
I have no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/broke-and-trying-to-move/</link>
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		<title>How about a $50 check?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to be subtle about this at all. I HATE school fundraisers. One of my biggest joys at leaving behind elementary and middle school was not feeling forced into fundraising for the school. We had to sell chocolate bars for $1. My mother wouldn&#8217;t allow us to go door-to-door and she wouldn&#8217;t take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/how-about-a-50-check/</link>
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		<title>Her Name is Ceviche</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was this girl, yeah, Her name was Anika.
But everybody acted like she was some kind of freak, uh
One day&#8230;when she down at beach-y,
This dude asked her name,
She said, &#8220;Yo, they call me Ceviche.&#8221;
He said, &#8220;Hey that&#8217;s strange, do you smell like fish.&#8221;
Ceviche said, &#8220;No, it&#8217;s &#8217;cause I&#8217;m a kickass dish.
Im like all kinds of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/her-name-is-ceviche/</link>
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		<title>Goaltending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I have a bad habit of just throwing myself into things and then dropping them. Or worse, thinking of doing something and then never getting around to it in forever. I don&#8217;t have a support system like most. When I announce my ideas, they usually get shot down. Yet, I&#8217;ve learned that when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/goaltending/</link>
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		<title>NHRA Museum at the Fairplex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that there is an NHRA Museum on site at the Fairplex in Pomona? I didn&#8217;t. All these years and I had no idea. When we went to the LA County Fair on Saturday, we stumbled upon this place. It&#8217;s packed full of racing history. Admission was $1 for adults and frankly, should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/1897/</link>
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		<title>MMMMMM MMMMM bitch!</title>
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		<link>http://faboomama.com/mmmmmm-mmmmm-bitch/</link>
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		<title>*headdesk*</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just had the most painful conversation of the week:
Me: I&#8217;m calling to confirm that the appoitment for my son is today is at 1:30.
Receptionist: What&#8217;s your name?
Me: It&#8217;s a Anika, but the appointment is for my son
Receptionist: Oh. Okay. What&#8217;s your name?
I start spelling my name.
Receptionist: I can&#8217;t find it.
Me: You asked me for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/headdesk/</link>
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		<title>Cheating hair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we drove the streets of Oakland, I was discussing with a friend about why I keep my dreadlocks a certain length and had been considering cutting them a bit shorter. At a stop light we saw an older lady with long, grey dreadlocks.
&#8220;See, that&#8217;s what I want&#8221;, I said. &#8220;Grey dreadlocks. I live for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/cheating-hair/</link>
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