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	<description>Notes from Michael Rickey</description>
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		<title>A word on contribution</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2009/11/05/a-word-on-contribution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I attended the OC SMUG.  This is nothing new for me, I&#8217;ve done this before.  Tonight, Jasime Star was our speaker and she spoke about netmaking as opposed to networking. She talked about how networking wasn&#8217;t her thing.  She would go to events, and even though she collected a lot of business cards, she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Possibility of Passion</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2009/11/02/the-possibility-of-passion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in Florida.  The trip was good and the meeting productive.  There were some challenges getting home, nothing too horrible. In the light of these challenges I started writing in my journal.  I wasn&#8217;t sure where it was going, but I felt the need to write.  I started writing about the need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Your Next Right Answer</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2009/10/18/finding-your-next-right-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right answer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended a workshop, maybe it was a seminar, or a retreat, I&#8217;ll stick with workshop, called &#8220;Finding Your Next Right Answer.&#8221; In the materials, they show the following under &#8220;who should attend&#8221;: Those seeking to deepen their own sense of possibility and creativity. In the &#8220;Workshop Details&#8221; section, the following: The workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Passionate About?</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2009/08/13/what-are-you-passionate-about/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2009/08/13/what-are-you-passionate-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Les Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I heard that Les Paul died today.  I didn&#8217;t know him, I&#8217;m not a musician, so his passing doesn&#8217;t personnaly touch me.  But, I read a CNN article about him, then a couple others, looked at some videos, talked to some people.  Now I&#8217;m sad. Les Paul was a great guy.  He was born in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Language of Ours</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2009/08/04/this-language-of-ours/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2009/08/04/this-language-of-ours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, 
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. 
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, 
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.. 
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, 
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice. 
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		<title>Coaching Update</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2008/11/20/coaching-update/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2008/11/20/coaching-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I can&#8217;t believe how coaching impacts me.  I was working with a client last night, we started talking about what he wanted to achieve and I thought we were getting off to a great start.  As we started exploring the different areas he started opening up about the things he didn&#8217;t want to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-n-Out FTW!</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2008/09/05/in-n-out-ftw/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2008/09/05/in-n-out-ftw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard that buy.com has the In-n-Out truck at their offices on the first Friday of every month.  The truck is there for 90 minutes and will make as many burgers as people can eat. How cool is that?  I think I&#8217;ll add this to my resume cover letter &#8220;&#8230;offers only considered if In-n-Out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a new blog</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2008/09/03/time-for-a-new-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2008/09/03/time-for-a-new-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conceptcreek.com/ccJot/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like Blogger, but I can&#8217;t help thinking that it would be nice to tie the blog into my web site.  I&#8217;ll have to look at the APIs and see if there&#8217;s a way to do this.  Otherwise, I&#8217;m going to write my own software and host the blog on Concept Creek. I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shuttle Busses</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2008/01/10/shuttle-busses/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2008/01/10/shuttle-busses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ces2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a view of the shuttle area at the end of the day. There are these big busses coming and going with seemingly little coordination. It&#8217;s amazing there aren&#8217;t accidents.]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Bezos is so cool&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2007/12/20/jeff-bezos-is-so-cool/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2007/12/20/jeff-bezos-is-so-cool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article about thought leadership. In it, they reference a speech by Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com), there was this one part that I found inspiring. So, I thought I&#8217;d share: Bezos describes this as a stable &#8220;customer-centric strategy&#8221; versus unstable &#8220;competitor-centric strategies.&#8221; For example, Bezos says: &#8220;We worry about pricebots like Boeing worries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with the auto industry?</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2007/11/29/whats-wrong-with-the-auto-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2007/11/29/whats-wrong-with-the-auto-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sidekick]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about cars a lot lately. My current daily driver is a GMC Suburban. I love my Suburban, but gas prices really make the 10-12 mpg a real bummer. Not to mention filling a 42 gallon tank. I can&#8217;t just sell the Suburban and get a Prius. I need the Suburban for towing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon.com</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2007/07/17/amazoncom/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2007/07/17/amazoncom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been purchasing things through Amazon since the beginning of time. I&#8217;ve always been pleased with their service. This is no exception. I purchased an item and it didn&#8217;t work out for me. This was the first time I&#8217;ve had to return something to Amazon. My initial thoughts centered around having to call somebody and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4-door fridge?</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/16/4-door-fridge/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/16/4-door-fridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[appliances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refrigerator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung has been branching out in way too many directions lately. I&#8217;ve associated their name with second rate home electronics, but they seem to be changing that. I&#8217;m now seeing cell phones and appliances from them. Take, for example, the RM255 series refrigerator. Yes, I said refrigerator. It has two doors, like a side-by-side and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Ten Commandments</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/13/the-new-ten-commandments/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/13/the-new-ten-commandments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ten commandments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Bernard Gert (as printed in the February, 2006 Playboy) Many people beleive the Ten Commandments are a universal moral guide to be displayed in classrooms and courthouses. But universal morality can&#8217;t come from a religion, because no religion is universally practiced. Many people learn about morality from their religion, which may explain why they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relegion</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/11/relegion/</link>
		<comments>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/11/relegion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.&#8221; Steven Weinberg (1933 &#8211; ), quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999]]></description>
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		<title>Raednig Tset</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/11/raednig-tset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg TEH PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn&#8217;t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, teh olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht teh frist adn lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From a Dog</title>
		<link>http://ccJot.com/2006/01/11/from-a-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrickey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To God from the Dog Dear God:Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another? Dear God:When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch&#8230;or is it going to be the same old story? Dear God:Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, [...]]]></description>
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