<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982165</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:51:41.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>new and now improved</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>virtualrealtime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780533858409741897</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982165.post-109283955423910129</id><published>2004-08-18T07:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-18T07:32:34.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I was stranded. On this small boat called life. With two dogs, one puppy and a lion. The lion was mine. He could have me all he wanted. But that was NOT the problem. The catch was this: The doggies had adopted me. I couldn’t abandon them. They had asked me not to. I was sure I did not want to. Then this lion gripped my heart with the familiar cold steely fear. Then I was not so sure. The fear of losing what I had never dreamed of had me a sucker. A winner, maybe, someday I’ll see….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;One doggy died. &lt;/span&gt;In spirit. But isn’t the effect painfully similar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ccccff;"&gt;One doggy was smart enough to find another warm pole&lt;/span&gt;. Hole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff99;"&gt;But I fear not for the doggies&lt;/span&gt;. I fear for the puppy. &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ffff;"&gt;Hope he grew up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;I have the lioness’ share of everything now. I should be happy.&lt;/span&gt; I am….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7982165-109283955423910129?l=virtualrealtime.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/feeds/109283955423910129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7982165&amp;postID=109283955423910129' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109283955423910129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109283955423910129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/2004/08/i-was-stranded.html' title=''/><author><name>virtualrealtime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780533858409741897</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982165.post-109279543803937483</id><published>2004-08-17T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-17T19:17:18.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reading, unreading and some more reading...</title><content type='html'>I've now read the book &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffccff;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; times. Cover to cover. I just can't seem to put it down. Sylvia Plath manages to get into your head....and she stays there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7982165-109279543803937483?l=virtualrealtime.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/feeds/109279543803937483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7982165&amp;postID=109279543803937483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109279543803937483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109279543803937483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/2004/08/reading-unreading-and-some-more.html' title='Reading, unreading and some more reading...'/><author><name>virtualrealtime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780533858409741897</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982165.post-109275169179035172</id><published>2004-08-17T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-17T07:08:11.790-07:00</updated><title type='text'>^_^</title><content type='html'>So the silence is shattered by faith...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7982165-109275169179035172?l=virtualrealtime.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/feeds/109275169179035172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7982165&amp;postID=109275169179035172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109275169179035172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7982165/posts/default/109275169179035172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://virtualrealtime.blogspot.com/2004/08/blog-post.html' title='^_^'/><author><name>virtualrealtime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07780533858409741897</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
