<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from parenthetical.blog-city.com</title><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 parenthetical.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:49:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from parenthetical.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Why Does The Army&apos;s Combat Studies Institute Hate America So Much?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/why_does_the_armys_combat_studies_institute_hate_america_so.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/why_does_the_armys_combat_studies_institute_hate_america_so.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Fdoes%5Fthe%5Farmys%5Fcombat%5Fstudies%5Finstitute%5Fhate%5Famerica%5Fso</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which a couple of professionals in uniform represent a rocky start for the administration's plan to get redeemed by history when it comes to Iraq.]]></description><category>iraq</category><category>bush</category><category>history</category></item><item><title>Interesting Dual-Career Path.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/interesting_dualcareer_path.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/interesting_dualcareer_path.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=interesting%5Fdualcareer%5Fpath</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Has anyone ever seen these men in the same room?]]></description><category>donadoni</category><category>wayne coyne</category><category>doppleganger</category></item><item><title>Memos &amp; Snackeating Scofflaws.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/memos.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/memos.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=memos</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which a business trip, an office mystery, the writing skills of middle management, and a little grammar snobbery collide.]]></description><category>language</category></item><item><title>Picky, Picky.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/picky_picky.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/picky_picky.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=picky%5Fpicky</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In part one during what's become a critical selection season, we consider who should take the chair on Meet The Press.]]></description><category>russert</category><category>chuck todd</category><category>david gregory</category><category>meet the press</category><category>keith olbermann</category></item><item><title>From Shorpy To Schon.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/fromshorpytoschon.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/fromshorpytoschon.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fromshorpytoschon</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A cool photo blog, comparing and contrasting two perspectives from Journey, and checking out food at two of the most important places in the nation: Congress and the ballpark.]]></description><category>journey</category><category>ballpark food</category><category>photography</category></item><item><title>I Would Like A Way To Avoid Naming These Entries.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/i_would_like_a_way_to_avoid_naming_these_entries.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/i_would_like_a_way_to_avoid_naming_these_entries.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fwould%5Flike%5Fa%5Fway%5Fto%5Favoid%5Fnaming%5Fthese%5Fentries</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Any ideas? Five items in here, ranging from random website goodness to my interview with Emmylou to foreign policy to an linguistic oddity.]]></description><category>obama</category><category>emmylou harris</category><category>thomas dolby</category><category>pakistan</category><category>chum</category></item><item><title>Tom Waits For No One.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/tom_waits_for_no_one.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/tom_waits_for_no_one.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tom%5Fwaits%5Ffor%5Fno%5Fone</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And he won't wait for you. His tour dates are/were set, and here we prove that he enjoys talking to himself.]]></description><category>tom waits</category><category>owl and bear</category></item><item><title>Snark To Go.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/snark_to_go.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/snark_to_go.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 23:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=snark%5Fto%5Fgo</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A favored infotainment site and two bits of small humor realized while dogwalking. More entertaining than it sounds, if only slightly.]]></description><category>2008 election</category><category>obama</category><category>inflation</category></item><item><title>Desert Island Dozen - Bookmarks.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/desert_island_bookmarks.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/desert_island_bookmarks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=desert%5Fisland%5Fbookmarks</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Your internet is getting shrunk to twelve sites of your choosing. Go.]]></description><category>bookmarks</category></item><item><title>More Evidence That China Is Gaining On Us.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/more_evidence_that_china_is_gaining_on_us.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/more_evidence_that_china_is_gaining_on_us.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fevidence%5Fthat%5Fchina%5Fis%5Fgaining%5Fon%5Fus</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which Sharon Stone hands the Chinese the opportunity for a rare instance of cultural oneupsmanship.]]></description><category>sharon stone</category><category>china</category><category>earthquake</category><category>jerry falwell</category></item><item><title>The 2008 Reading List.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/the_2008_reading_list.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/the_2008_reading_list.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5F2008%5Freading%5Flist</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which we add two more books to the year's have-read list. One's about pivotal early moments in our country's history. The other is about pivotal moments in the history of our country and how it eats.]]></description><category>books</category><category>mindfulness</category><category>blackjack</category><category>gunaratana</category><category>mezrich</category><category>american creation</category><category>joseph ellis</category><category>united states of arugula</category><category>david kamp</category></item><item><title>Dear Diary ...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/dear_diary_.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/dear_diary_.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dear%5Fdiary%5F</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I joined the poli-junkie crowd and set up a little shop at TPM. The latest is about the MI primary and how HRC traded her shoes for flip-flops.]]></description><category>2008 election</category><category>michigan</category><category>clinton</category><category>tpm</category></item><item><title>Ain&apos;t No Books To Cook.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/aint_no_books_to_cook.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/aint_no_books_to_cook.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=aint%5Fno%5Fbooks%5Fto%5Fcook</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which the Pentagon perfects a recipe for making millions of our tax dollars (and billions in Iraqi money) disappear. Well, at least we got a free, peaceful, liberated Iraq out of the deal.]]></description><category>iraq</category><category>rumsfeld</category></item><item><title>All Or Nothing At All.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/all_or_nothing_at_all.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/all_or_nothing_at_all.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=all%5For%5Fnothing%5Fat%5Fall</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An aside on Hillary, her decision to gut it out (for now, anyway), and the '12 theory.]]></description><category>2008 election</category><category>obama</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category></item><item><title>Just Another Roll Of The Dice.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/just_another_roll_of_the_dice.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/just_another_roll_of_the_dice.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=just%5Fanother%5Froll%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fdice</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which I find a novel path to a computer game and use up thirty seconds of my 15 minutes of fame. Everyone still gets 15 minutes, don't they?]]></description><category>2008 election</category><category>obama</category><category>mccain</category><category>baseball</category><category>red sox</category><category>backgammon</category><category>yiddish policemans union</category><category>michael chabon</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>This Week&apos;s List.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/this_weeks_list.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/this_weeks_list.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fweeks%5Flist</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Plus, another list. Neither necessarily in any particular order.]]></description></item><item><title>Grade The Expression, Part 251.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/gradetheexpression_part_251.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/gradetheexpression_part_251.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gradetheexpression%5Fpart%5F251</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On becoming better acquainted with the undercarriage of a mass transit vehicle.]]></description><category>language</category></item><item><title>Silver Linings &amp; Sugar Cones.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/silverliningssugarcones.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/silverliningssugarcones.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=silverliningssugarcones</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, and Justice Scalia, but he would've really brought down the vibe of that headline, no?]]></description><category>torture</category><category>scalia</category><category>imogen heap</category><category>ben jerrys</category><category>2008 election</category><category>democrats</category></item><item><title>Friday Night Double-Feature.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/friday_night_doublefeature.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/friday_night_doublefeature.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=friday%5Fnight%5Fdoublefeature</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two songwriters, one song, two Will Farrell movies, and my latest favorite marketing term (although it won't be making a customer out of me).]]></description><category>stranger than fiction</category><category>will farrell</category><category>blades of glory</category><category>rosanne cash</category><category>joe henry</category></item><item><title>Two Moments Of Clarity.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/two_moments_of_clarity.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/two_moments_of_clarity.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=two%5Fmoments%5Fof%5Fclarity</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Brought to you by two very different media.]]></description><category>bruce springsteen</category><category>stranger than fiction</category></item><item><title>&quot;Obama ... Osama ... Hmm ...&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/obama__osama__hmm_.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/obama__osama__hmm_.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=obama%5F%5Fosama%5F%5Fhmm%5F</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ignorance from the pulpit down in upstate SC. You've gotta read it to believe it.]]></description></item><item><title>The Pope Takes The Mound.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/thepopetakesthemound.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/thepopetakesthemound.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thepopetakesthemound</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which political discourse takes a double body-blow tonight, but hey, there's also beer and baseball content.]]></description><category>obama</category><category>clinton</category><category>baseball</category><category>nepal</category><category>olympics</category></item><item><title>Nothing But A Saturday Night LOLcat.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/nothing_but_a_saturday_night_lolcat.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/nothing_but_a_saturday_night_lolcat.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nothing%5Fbut%5Fa%5Fsaturday%5Fnight%5Flolcat</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seriously, that's all there is in here. If you have no patience for LOLcats, or are surfing too many cooler sites ON A SATURDAY NIGHT to look, then fine, keep moving. Otherwise, I'm watching the Red Sox and compiling stuff I'll tell you about later.]]></description></item><item><title>You Complete Me.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/youcompleteme.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/youcompleteme.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=youcompleteme</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I'm supposed to worry that Obama knew some guy from the Weathermen? Do we really want to get into which candidate in the general election associates how closely with which people who have done which bad stuff, and which stuff is worse? Well, OK.]]></description><category>bush</category><category>obama</category><category>2008 election</category><category>mccain</category><category>the hug</category></item><item><title>Amateur Hour.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/amateur_hour.htm</guid><link>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/amateur_hour.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://parenthetical.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=amateur%5Fhour</comments><dc:creator>Parenthetical</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In which I strive for a microsecond of accomplishment in the professionally authored portion of the blogosphere.]]></description><category>comedy</category></item></channel></rss>