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		<title>What I Lost and Want Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time not too long ago when I had a voice. It wasn&#8217;t one you could lean your ear toward or catch on a breezy day downwind of me. It was stronger and much more silent. There was a time not too long ago when I was a writer. I spoke in consonants <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=288&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Halfway Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearing the Air]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should see my room. It&#8217;s disgusting. Clothes all over the floor, empty pizza boxes in the corner, dirty glasses on my nightstand. It&#8217;s seriously gross. Those of you who&#8217;ve ridden in my car know that it&#8217;s pretty much the same story in there. I don&#8217;t keep a check book registry. I never open my <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=284&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m a Shitty Blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Year of Betterment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time now I&#8217;ve been telling myself I want to be a writer. I&#8217;ve always had an active imagination and have done my best to indulge it while keeping just enough of an anchor in reality to be able to see if it might be changing for the better. So, out of nutritional concern <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=267&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Picking Dandelions by Sarah Cunningham</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care much for Christian literature. Even more passionately, I&#8217;ve grown tired of the &#8220;Christian memoir&#8221; genre. But through brief interactions I&#8217;ve had with Sarah via e-mail and twitter, she made me curious enough to see what she was about. Honestly, I wanted proof that she wasn&#8217;t just another author who happened to be <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=269&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Month 3 &#8211; Vegan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Year of Betterment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sickly and awkward. This is why I&#8217;m a writer and not an actor or public speaker. Gross. The last time I went to the doctor, I think I was in high school. It was to get a physical for the athletic year, I believe. This is probably one of the only doctor&#8217;s visits I&#8217;ll remember, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=262&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Month 2: Letters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Year of Betterment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laziness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am bad at keeping in touch with people. I am constantly thinking about others, but if they&#8217;re more than a day trip away, I usually just save up all my good convo for a long conversation or weekend getaway once every few months. Just ask my parents, who I&#8217;ve seen once since Christmas. Also, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=248&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Hate You</title>
		<link>http://ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/i-hate-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clearing the Air]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alex Noser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catholics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[and I&#8217;m really sorry about it. I don&#8217;t mean anything by it and I&#8217;m trying to change, but at some point in my life, for at least 5 seconds, I&#8217;ve hated you. I was talking with a friend the other night about tossing around the idea of writing a memoir about this year of my <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=240&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year(s?) of Betterment(s?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s insane the amount of feedback, encouragement, and advice I&#8217;ve gotten from all of you in the past two days. Seriously incredible. Thank you. I set up a Facebook Fan Page as well as a Twitter account specifically for TYOB, so if you&#8217;re looking for more info and updates on the year as it plays <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=218&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Hysteria</title>
		<link>http://ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/mass-hysteria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catholicism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally attended my first Mass service. Since I work every Sunday morning, I attended St. Agnes&#8217; Saturday evening Mass last night. In a nutshell: It was terrifying. Mostly I just worked myself up too much about it. My greatest fear with this part of my Betterment process is being disrespectful of a religion I <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=213&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot (Finally) &#8211; The Year of Betterment: Catholicism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott Paterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#8217;m not more attractive&#8230; Two weeks into the New Year, I finally introduce TYOB. The video gives an overview and explanation of TYOB as well as going into detail about how and why I chose to kick it off with becoming a Catholic. Also, be gracious, as it is my first ever attempt at <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ianscottpaterson.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3950150&amp;post=208&amp;subd=ianscottpaterson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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