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		<title>Vinyl Report: Holiday Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the Yuletide season I acquired several new records (not counting the milk crate full of my dad&#8217;s records, which my aunt had been holding onto for years &#8211; that deserves a post of its own) through some online orders and a fruitful trip to that old mainstay, Half Price Books. Starting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=1019&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back and Kickin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;d be lying to describe my job in the lab as a &#8220;grind,&#8221; but it&#8217;s always a little strange to return to the office after any sort of hiatus. We have a couple of projects on the board to be completed before the semester starts and users get back on lab systems in a meaningful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=1012&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Six</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday morning (Boxing Day) would be the final chance to see the Biltmore house and estate. Since we had bought tickets for special tours of the house at 10am, we got up and moving early, packing the rest of our stuff and preparing to load it back into the van. We got down to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=982&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">ground-level carvings on the front of the house</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">ground-level carvings on a pillar in front of the house</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">ground-level carvings on another pillar in front of the house</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">one last stop at antler hill village</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">the architects</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">your blogger</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Five</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday morning I was awakened by my brother jumping on my bed shouting &#8220;IT&#8217;S CHRISTMAS IT&#8217;S CHRISTMAS&#8221; like a five-year-old driven mad by egg nog and holiday cheer. It was tongue-in-cheek, of course, but that didn&#8217;t make it any easier to get out of bed; I&#8217;d been finishing an earlier post in this series [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=946&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">the self-same stockings</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">i&#039;ll replace this with a real pic with some other stuff to show you the size</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Four</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-four/</link>
		<comments>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-four/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day four, Saturday, started at a pretty leisurely pace, but we eventually made our way downstairs to the main dining room for breakfast. And what a breakfast it was &#8211; panoramic windows around the tables provided amazing views of the estate below the Inn, and of the cloud-haloed mountains beyond. We were treated to fresh-squeezed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=937&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">probably wouldn&#039;t want to drink any of those now, i bet</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">that fancy white box on the right? a microwave oven used to soften the corks before bottling.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">the view from the side wasn&#039;t bad either</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">plants!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">and more plants!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">and even more plants!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">mom and dad with some plants!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">yes, that is the same sweater I had on earlier</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Three</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-three/</link>
		<comments>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By day three of our journey, we were a well-oiled get-up-and-go machine &#8211; showers, breakfasts, packing, loading, and check-out all executed with the frantic precision of a family on a mission. The knowledge that Friday would be our final day of travel to Asheville and the anticipation of getting to really kick back were a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=919&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">we thought about taking a picture in front of the alabama welcome center the previous night, but it was dark and the sign was terribly boring. we didn&#039;t really count alabama as a stop anyway.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">not to mention the expansive view of the valley below</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">you also know it wouldn&#039;t have taken five spoons to finish this</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">there aren&#039;t any people in this picture for scale, but trust me when I say that it&#039;s really, really big</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Two</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Two of our trip (probably day three by most people&#8217;s reckoning; computer scientists always start the count at zero) was more like part of a real vacation, with some sightseeing, historical learnin&#8217;, and gift shop browsing. Waking once again to the promise of a hot breakfast, we got up, packed, loaded and moving in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=906&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">brandon</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">serious attention to detail</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">all marble, all the time</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">the interior</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day One</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, I failed miserably in my attempt to author a post in the evening and have it published the following morning &#8211; so bear with me as I try to sort out the things that happened yesterday from the things that happened today, so that you can read about them both&#8230;tomorrow. Or something. Just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=893&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">howdy, er...bonjour?</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">also, haskell&#039;s donuts (they were closed)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">po boy...yum</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">less intimidating with my family standing there</media:title>
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		<title>Mad Dash for Asheville &#8211; A Christmas Road Trip Series, Day Zero</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/mad-dash-for-asheville-a-christmas-road-trip-series-day-zero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, my parents got their heads together and planned a big family trip for Christmas. Next year I&#8217;ll be graduating and getting a job out of state, Emily will be at school in Tennessee, and Michael will be finishing up his degree, so I guess they figured this might be the last opportunity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=884&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">not pictured: Vanderbilt&#039;s piles of money</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">like this, but with suitcases</media:title>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Mike Sherman</title>
		<link>http://bjarratt.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/an-open-letter-to-mike-sherman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brandon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You didn't deserve to go out this way, Coach. I'm sorry.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bjarratt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8499221&amp;post=874&amp;subd=bjarratt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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