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		<title>December 31, 2009</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm unemployed but overworked and very concerned about my parched creative side.  What do I do about this?  Only 2010 will tell. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/december-31-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Think &#8211; don&#8217;t feel &#8211; before you buy</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/think-before-you-buy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["Rodger Dodger" and I expound on why our society feels the need to spend so much money, during the holidays and always. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/think-before-you-buy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New cancer screening recommendations suck</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/new-cancer-screening-reccomendations-suck/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I saw my doctor for my annual annual pap smear in 2008, just before I lost my job, she and the billing department in her office were able to tell me what they knew about what to do for insurance while unemployed. It's just one of many issues I talk to her about every year, and just one of many issues that could fall through the cracks if women start following the new cancer screening guidelines. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/new-cancer-screening-reccomendations-suck/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Love while living life laid off 2 &#8211; Is looking for love worth it when you&#8217;re unemployed?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/love-while-living-life-laid-off-2-is-looking-for-love-worth-it-when-youre-unemployed/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wouldn't date me right now.  Why?  Because for as long as I can remember, even several years before I actually started dating, I had a deal-breaker in my selection criteria: whatever he brings to the table must be equal to or greater than what I bring to the table. Being unemployed has made me reevaluate what I bring to the table and what I require of someone else. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/love-while-living-life-laid-off-2-is-looking-for-love-worth-it-when-youre-unemployed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Love while living life laid off &#8211; What if I were married right now?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/love-while-living-life-laid-off-what-if-i-were-married-right-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If I had married the man I had been steadily dating a few years before I began living life laid off, today I would have carefree wealth.  Or a depressed husband and a strained marriage.  Or an encouraging husband and a strong marriage.  Or ... <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/love-while-living-life-laid-off-what-if-i-were-married-right-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>One Full Year of Living Life Laid Off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/one-full-year-of-living-life-laid-off/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's my one-year anniversary.  I haven't worked full time since October 13, 2008.  It's not a happy anniversary, but I'm alive, and there's still hope. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/one-full-year-of-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I learn something new about healthcare every day</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/i-learn-something-new-about-healthcare-every-day/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["So that's why people go to the hospital when they don't have health insurance," I said to myself.  A hospital has to treat everyone.  A private doctor does not.   <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/i-learn-something-new-about-healthcare-every-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy Sunday! A quick thought about the Christian stance on universal health care</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/happy-sunday-a-quick-thought-about-the-christian-stance-on-universal-health-care/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Those damn communists in the early church! If our much revered original apostles were among us today, many Evangelicals would have painted Hitler mustaches across images of their faces and hurled the insult "Socialist!" at them while attending their prayer meetings with guns.  <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/happy-sunday-a-quick-thought-about-the-christian-stance-on-universal-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sen. Mitch McConnell’s response to the concerns of someone living life laid off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/sen-mitch-mcconnells-response/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During the first full week in September I wrote a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, expressing my views and concerns about the national healthcare debate.  His response – or rather, his lack there of – is disappointing at best.  At worst, especially when I consider how poor in health and indigent the state of Kentucky is as a whole, McConnell’s “response” is the equivalent of him using the state he represents as a piss pot. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/sen-mitch-mcconnells-response/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s up with lackluster job recruiters?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/whats-up-with-lackluster-job-recruiters/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know the open job to unemployed ratio is out of control, but do recruiters at career fairs have to look so bored and annoyed with job seekers? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/whats-up-with-lackluster-job-recruiters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lives Unlocking Powerful Unexpected Strength</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/lives-unlocking-powerful-unexpected-strength/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While I have your attention, I'd like to use my blog to address something different. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/lives-unlocking-powerful-unexpected-strength/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Making the health care debate personal</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/making-the-health-care-debate-personal/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I shared a prayer request and call to action with my friends and family over the weekend that some felt should be shared.  As I said to them, I've been blogging a lot lately about health care reform, but I've been concentrating on insurance and leaving out details about ailments.  Under the suggestion that details make it more real, I'm posting some of what I shared with those who care about me, and some of what I shared in a rather angry letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell.  I am just one example among millions of others, and if you’re not already in a situation like mine, remember: you are just one pink slip away from becoming just like me.  I hope my words will spur them, and now you, to action. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/making-the-health-care-debate-personal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When medical treatment in the United States is among the best in the world and doctors here take an oath to treat you, what stops you from getting the treatment you need?  What did people do before health insurance existed? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/why-we-should-pay-for-health-care-but-it-shouldnt-be-about-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let’s talk about health care – Part Two: More concerns, especially for the ladies, working or living life laid off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-health-care-%e2%80%93-part-two-more-concerns-especially-for-the-ladies-working-or-living-life-laid-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“If a man will not work, he shall not have adequate health care."  2 Thessalonians 3:10, NOECV (New Ongoing Economic Crisis Version)

So you're employed full time and have group coverage.  You're still getting screwed in a lot of ways.  And to all women searching for individual health insurance plans, let me ask you this: Do you trust the very insurance companies that treat women unfairly to be honest without a public option, or without any reform at all? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-health-care-%e2%80%93-part-two-more-concerns-especially-for-the-ladies-working-or-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let’s talk about health care – Part One: Why health insurance sucks when you’re living life laid off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-health-care-part-one/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you know from the Tweets, I've been reading information on health care for days.  The White House's wavering on the public option has spurred me to speak.  I've experienced both inefficient private plans and inefficient group plans, and I have some observations and concerns that need to be addressed in reform. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/let%e2%80%99s-talk-about-health-care-part-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>More black college grads are living life laid off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/more-black-college-grads-are-living-life-laid-off/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The jobless rate for African Americans with four-year degrees was 7.2% in March 2009, up 4.5 percentage points since March 2007, before the recession hit.  Compare that to a jobless rate of 3.8% in March 2009 and 1.6% in March 2007 for white Americans with four-year degrees, and you have to ask, is education really the great equalizer or just a waste of money? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/more-black-college-grads-are-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Would you RATHER be living life laid off?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve had jobs I loathed so much that I would cry when my weekday alarm clock signaled the time had come to get up and get dressed to go to the office of misery.  Is unemployment better than that?  Definitely, but it’s only better because I can still afford all the food I need and like, and I can still pay rent and most of my monthly bills without familial or charitable assistance.  <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/would-you-rather-be-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Best places for living life laid off?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Forbes recently released its list of America's Best Cheap Cities.  These are U.S. cities where cost of living is low, but perks like salaries for college graduates and the number of cultural attractions are high.  Surprisingly, something else was high on this list too: the unemployment rate of many of those cities. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/best-places-for-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>That old feeling of uselessness is back</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why go for a four-year degree, or a career in writing for that matter, when you can get the jobs that will lift our country out of recession and launch us into the future with certificate from a community college?  Believe it or not, there is a valid reason. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/that-old-feeling-of-uselessness-is-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the unemployment compensation checks were in an amount that allowed me to have as much fun as I want to, or if I had a husband who made about five times that amount, maybe I would be content with my life as it is right now. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/living-life-like-a-housewife/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living life laid off complicates life in ways I never expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What do you do when safety – one of your most basic needs in the hierarchy of needs – is disrupted? After a strange man I've never seen before pounded on my door this morning asking for people I don't know, I see that living life laid off complicates things in ways I never expected. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/living-life-laid-off-complicates-life-in-ways-i-never-expected/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I have written the obituary to living life laid off</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed I haven't been updating this blog as much lately?  There are a few reasons for that. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/i-have-written-the-obituary-to-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keeping living life laid off in the headlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What was really starting to bring me down recently was the feeling that no one, save my inner circle, still cared.  That's why I want to publicly thank Louisville Magazine for keeping people in the land of living life laid off in the headlines. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/keeping-living-life-laid-off-in-the-headlines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The end of consumerism? Part 4 &#8211; Let us cease the devaluation of humanity</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/the-end-of-consumerism-part-4/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After my dad read my post about the lure of an easy life through a sugar daddy relationship, he expressed interest in hearing my thoughts on what he calls “the psychologically programmed consumerist commercialism at the root of the whole phenom and the possible social consequence of its relentless, vapid, amoral, vampirish soul rape of bling-blinded youth.” Hearing about affluent pre-teen prostitutes sparked some insights. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/the-end-of-consumerism-part-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The end of consumerism? Part 3 &#8211; If you only knew, you wouldn&#8217;t do it</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/the-end-of-consumerism-part-3/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As much I enjoy lifting my middle finger to Bank of America through my credit boycott—and even though lack of disposable income has forced me to sever my ties with retail anyway—I find myself tempted to use the plastic again, even though I know what credit card companies are capable of. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/the-end-of-consumerism-part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good news, wishes, and snafus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The good news is, I faced my fear of singing at auditions.  The snafus occurred ... where else?  The unemployment office. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/good-news-wishes-and-snafus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Doing Derby while living life laid off</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/doing-derby-while-living-life-laid-off/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite budget shortfalls, I'm finding ways to party on the cheap for Kentucky's state holiday and biggest party of the year. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/doing-derby-while-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The end of consumerism? Part 2 &#8211; Frugality ends when living life laid off does. Pity</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-end-of-consumerism-part-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've read it in more than one place: the economy is making people change the way they spend money.  The benefits and pitfalls to this are raging in my head so furiously that I have to address it in parts.  In part two, I'm wondering if our frugality is bad for the economy, how long our new habits will last, and if history will repeat itself again. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/the-end-of-consumerism-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living life laid off six months and counting</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/living-life-laid-off-six-months-and-counting/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Monday, April 13, 2009, was my six-month anniversary.  Six months to the day of being unemployed. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/living-life-laid-off-six-months-and-counting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>If you missed it &#8230;</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/if-you-missed-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you missed the discussion from April 8, 2009 on living life laid off, education, jobs in Kentucky, disillusionment, the arts, politics, the future of our country, and my ambitions and inspirations (wow, we covered a lot in an hour), log onto http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe and scroll down to "on demand episodes" to listen to the broadcast of "Staying Creative and Upbeat While Living Life Laid Off." <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/if-you-missed-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catch me tonight on &#8220;Tha Artivist Presents&#8230; W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News &#038; Radio</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/catch-me-tonight-on-tha-artivist-presents-we-all-be-news-radio/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catch me live TONIGHT 4/8/09 on W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News &#38; Radio.  Listen live at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2009/04/09/Tha-Artivist-PresentsWE-ALL-BE-News-Radio and call in at 646-652-4593 <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/catch-me-tonight-on-tha-artivist-presents-we-all-be-news-radio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The end of consumerism?  Part I &#8211; Living Life Laid Off Produces Tightwads</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-end-of-consumerism-part-i-living-life-laid-off-produces-tightwads/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've read it in more than one place: the economy is making people change the way they spend money.  The benefits and pitfalls to this are raging in my head so furiously that I have to address it in parts.  "Tightwads" is part one. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-end-of-consumerism-part-i-living-life-laid-off-produces-tightwads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Realistic faith while living life laid off</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m somewhat concerned about the people who will run to houses of worship in the midst of this economic crisis with sincere belief in a genie-god who will make a high-paying job or an unusually sympathetic banker appear.  I’ve been a Christian for nearly 17 years, and although I do believe that God is able to do “immeasurably more than [I] can ask or imagine” and that everything eventually works out for the best, I don’t believe he will always spare me from the worst. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/realistic-faith-while-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Get up to speed with &#8220;Living Life Laid Off&#8221; Q&#038;A on Velocity and Georgia Mae</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/get-up-to-speed-with-living-life-laid-off-qa-on-velocity-and-georgia-mae/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm everywhere, thanks to my friend Javacia Harris, a staff writer at Velocity Weekly, well-mannered feminist in pink, and colleague in the blogosphere.  Check out her Q&#38;As about me at http://www.georgiamae.com/2009/03/living-life-laid-off.html and http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/vel20/2009/03/living-life-laid-off.html. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/get-up-to-speed-with-living-life-laid-off-qa-on-velocity-and-georgia-mae/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Go Michigan State!  (That hurt a little bit)</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/go-michigan-state/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My team is out, but I'm happy for Michigan's -- and especially Detroit's -- morale boost. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/go-michigan-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Before you make higher education your sanctuary from living life laid off, consider this</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's the secret all those colleges and universities who flood job expos will never tell you: The well-educated are among those living life laid off, and they might be doing it longer than those with less education. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/before-you-make-higher-education-your-sanctuary-from-living-life-laid-off-consider-this/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Unemployment 1 America 0</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My story, and the stories of others affected by the dismal labor numbers, are featured in the latest issue of FLYP Magazine (www.flypmedia.com).  Click here to check me out on video in &#8220;Unemployment 1 America 0.&#8221;]]></description>
		
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		<title>In a state of unhappiness</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/recession-depression-state-of-unhappiness/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kentucky's dismal rank in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index gives me a few excuses to be in a foul mood.  It could be that I'm in a depressed state.  It could be a recession-induced depression.  Or it could be fear-induced procrastination. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/recession-depression-state-of-unhappiness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>So that&#8217;s how you get a job these days!</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/so-thats-how-you-get-a-job-these-days/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's headline news: a recent grad found a job by doing a specific and traditional job search.  Could following his technique yield the same results for me?  Perhaps, but only if I look outside the state of Kentucky. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/so-thats-how-you-get-a-job-these-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where did the silver lining to living life laid off go?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/where-did-the-silver-lining-to-living-life-laid-off-go/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The more depressing the nation's economic outlook, the more my silver lining erodes.  But I've found a few things to make me feel not quite so bad. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/where-did-the-silver-lining-to-living-life-laid-off-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Are you really that happy living life laid off?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/are-you-really-that-happy-living-life-laid-off/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've remained unusually positive for the past several months, but this week, I've had a few meltdowns. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/are-you-really-that-happy-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Living Life Laid Off to Working Artist?</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/living-life-laid-off-to-working-artist/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Americans, self-included, are reinventing themselves as artists, but where will they find jobs in their new fields? Would a Secretary of the Arts help in this effort?  Does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provide jobs for individual artists? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/living-life-laid-off-to-working-artist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Economy of Humility</title>
		<link>https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/an-economy-of-humility/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The economy is forcing the unemployed to try an extreme tactic: humility.  I'm not quite to the point where I have to abandon all pride, and there are good reasons for holding onto it. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/an-economy-of-humility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Monday Moment: A Few Complaints About Living Life Laid Off</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In honor of Monday, the day that most full-timers and nine-to-fivers loathe and mark as the end of their merriment in their blissful ignorance of their blessed situation, I briefly digress from my usual positive tone to create this list of things, people, events, organizations, etc. that have puzzled, dismayed, disheartened, or annoyed me, or otherwise pissed me off since I began living life laid off. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/a-monday-moment-a-few-complaints-about-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Greatest Time to be Living Life Laid Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was actually several weeks ago that I came to the conclusion that’s also the title of this post. Okay, so there’s never a “great” time to be laid off, but if I had to be drafted to team jobless, I guess now is a pretty good time in my life to get the call. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/the-greatest-time-to-be-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The promised receipts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In "Is living life laid off making you fat?" I promised that I would post real receipts soon.  Here they are. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/the-promised-receipts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is living life laid off making you fat?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[... the Pink-Slipped Girl [is] suddenly craving comfort food as both fulfilling full-time work and her Zumba instructor’s six pack look increasingly unattainable.  I blame my recent diet recklessness on the desire to quickly pacify bouts of doubt and anxiety, but many newly unemployed or underemployed workers could fault the economy for the same behavior.  <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/living-life-laid-off-and-fat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Maybe I could be a freelance kink worker … (a follow-up to “How far would you go to stop living life laid off?”)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon an idea between sugar baby-hood and street prostitution to eliminate my money woes: become a freelance kink worker.  Hey, I wouldn't have to stay in it forever, I don't have to be inherently kinky to make a profit from it, and I could even leave intercourse out of the equation. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/maybe-i-could-be-a-freelance-kink-worker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I made the list!  (But it&#8217;s a bad list &#8230; lots of us are laid off)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I congratulate myself for living in one of the 15 worst states to find work. <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/15stateswithhighunemployment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How far would you go to stop living life laid off?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam W.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There's nothing wrong with being a sugar baby, otherwise using people with a large amount of disposable income, or doing something else morally ambiguous when you're just trying to keep your head above water, is there? <a href="https://livinglifelaidoff.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/how-far-would-you-go-to-stop-living-life-laid-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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