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		<title>Breakfast tea with a dash of sweet poem</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[7:30 a.m. Just woke up and made myself a pot of Tea Forte Cocoa Truffle with a teaspoon of sugar. (I ran out of coffee the other day which set me off into a mild panic but I made myself tea instead and that calmed me down pretty quickly. These gourmet teas are so delicious.) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=1067&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love music, new music, indie music, and often toy with the idea that I need to get satellite radio where all the cool new unknown underground bands and artists are playing. Then I listen to NPR in snatches, in the car, and again and always realize how much I love this old-fashioned radio station [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was craving sweet noodles and decided to make chapchae at my mom&#8217;s house tonight. I stopped by Fresh World after work to buy the ingredients. (Fresh World is a great international/ethnic market along Wiehle in Reston; vegetables are fresh and inexpensive though not organic. I go there when I crave Asian Food. Otherwise I still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=1031&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jackie and Diane get married in the heartland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little ditty about Jackie and Diane Two American lesbians fell in love in the heartland On Tuesday the courts overturned the ban limiting marriage between a woman and a man Oh yeah life goes on such a big thrill to choose a wedding song Oh yeah life goes on such a big thrill prejudice gone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=1016&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The earth that is bequeathed us</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great poems are like great friends, and vice-versa. Rare, precious, and if one is lucky, full of empathy and imagination. My good friend Jam is like me, poem-passionate, poem-stricken, poem-fatally attracted. She and I used to message each other endlessly with poems on Facebook and the ones she sends always speak to me. Now that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=1000&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alive with the sound of music, and some cool dance moves!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hahahaahah!!! You have to watch this video. It&#8217;s so much fun. Who wouldn&#8217;t want to dance to Julie Andrews&#8217; &#8220;Doe a Deer&#8221;? Tagged: Antwerp Belgium, Central Station, dancing, Sound of Music<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=995&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yummiest, Heart-Healthiest Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to go vegan a couple of times but never have been able to pull it off. The main culprits holding me back: cheese and chocolate, two of my most favorite foods in the world. The stinkiest, agiest, tangiest cheese in the world. And the richest, most decadent milk chocolate in the world. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=975&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outliers: The Story of Michelle and Barack Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes I heart the cardigan. And yes I heart her arms. Mostly I heart Michelle Obama &#8212; I&#8217;ll have to get in line behind half the world it seems these days (and who can blame them?) &#8212; because she is such a warm, positive force for good. Not to mention the fact that she and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=959&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Simple, local fare at the G20 dinner tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamie Oliver is feeding the Obamas and the rest of the G-20 band (along with some &#8220;huh?&#8221; people like Naomi Campbell) dinner tonight.  G-20 spouses dine close by, with Michelle sitting beside JK Rowling, I am so jealous! Here&#8217;s Jamie&#8217;s simple but delicious menu: Starter Organic salmon from Shetland, served with samphire and sea kale, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=933&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wild and wonderful: One more reason to love Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray! This just in: a breaking Associated Press story just announced that &#8220;The House has passed and sent to President Barack Obama a long-delayed bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness&#8221; and Obama will sign! More: Supporters said the bill would preserve national forests, parks, rivers, battlefields [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sienna.wordpress.com&amp;blog=107486&amp;post=905&amp;subd=sienna&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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