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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PZbTyPaCZ3gZEz350xsMSkzQ-kM/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PZbTyPaCZ3gZEz350xsMSkzQ-kM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SketchSoundsOff/~4/XVvWLg2rtg8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SketchSoundsOff/~3/XVvWLg2rtg8/does-government-really-want-to-solve.html</link><author>sketchsoundsoff@gmail.com (Sketch)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://sketchsoundsoff.blogspot.com/2009/03/does-government-really-want-to-solve.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507367660353441839.post-6785928894237790603</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-24T07:13:55.064-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">jokes</category><title>Shortest day ever</title><description>One morning a woman got out of bed, slipped on her robe, raised the shade, uncovered the parrot, put on the coffee pot, answered the phone and heard a masculine voice say:  "Hello honey, my ship just hit port and I'm coming right over." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the young lady took the coffee pot off the stove, covered up the parrot, pulled down the shade, took off her robe, got into bed and heard the parrot mumble "Kee-rist, what a short day that was!" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(from "The World's best dirty jokes")&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4507367660353441839-6785928894237790603?l=sketchsoundsoff.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFaacC063Jj31yICF9VXW48F4i4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xFaacC063Jj31yICF9VXW48F4i4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SketchSoundsOff/~4/c4OWBMT2beA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SketchSoundsOff/~3/c4OWBMT2beA/senior-dress-code.html</link><author>sketchsoundsoff@gmail.com (Sketch)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GRYyqNwZCqo/SZcm2fEDb1I/AAAAAAAAAGw/QwhUs1SzOg0/s72-c/daisy+duke.com" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://sketchsoundsoff.blogspot.com/2009/02/senior-dress-code.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4507367660353441839.post-119377702872063139</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-22T08:00:16.467-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Health - natural cures</category><title>End your sinus problems</title><description>You may have a cold that turned into a sinus infection. Or you may have a recurring sinus problem that appears to clear up, only to rear it's ugly head a few weeks or months later.  There's a reason why it never really goes away and why over-the-counter decongestants and even antibiotics don't help long term.  They tend to mask or suppress the problem, but the bacteria remains in your sinus cavities waiting for another incident such as a cold or allergies to set off the process all over again.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And with the overuse of antibiotics, super bugs such as the MRSA virus are becoming resistant or immune to antibiotics.  If you take antibiotics when not necessary they may not work when you really need them.  So it's a good idea to look into other alternatives for sinus problems, such as natural treatments.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have recurring colds, allergies and sinus problems, I recommend you read the following information on &lt;a href="http://www.howtogetridofsinusitis.com/?id=cwilhelm"&gt;natural sinus treatment&lt;/a&gt;.  In the upper left of the page you can register for their free course on sinus treatment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4507367660353441839-119377702872063139?l=sketchsoundsoff.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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