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		<title>Paranoïa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s like everybody&#8217;s out to get me.&#8221; &#8220;How does that make you feel?&#8221; &#8220;Well, kinda helpless. And depressed. Even my best friends seem to be avoiding me. Heh, I must be imagining things.&#8221; &#8220;Even if you&#8217;re paranoid, it doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re not out to get you.&#8221; Psychoanalyst: Satan&#8217;s new hobby.]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;How does that make you feel?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Well, kinda helpless. And depressed. Even my best friends seem to be avoiding me. Heh, I must be imagining things.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Even if you&#8217;re paranoid, it doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re not out to get you.&#8221;</p>
<p>Psychoanalyst: Satan&#8217;s new hobby.</p>
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		<title>Noir, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The window behind me shatters, and I duck, narrowly avoiding a pavement stone. Third time this month.  I&#8217;m not surprised.  With my phone disconnected, it&#8217;s the second best way to send me a message. The dame didn&#8217;t react quickly enough, though.  Now she&#8217;s got a blackeye. &#8220;Duck,&#8221; I say, smiling.]]></description>
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<p>Third time this month.  I&#8217;m not surprised.  With my phone disconnected, it&#8217;s the second best way to send me a message.</p>
<p>The dame didn&#8217;t react quickly enough, though.  Now she&#8217;s got a blackeye.</p>
<p>&#8220;Duck,&#8221; I say, smiling.</p>
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		<title>Down to Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogger&#8217;s note: apologies for missing yesterday.  In an attempt to redeem myself, there will be two stories today. He wasn&#8217;t interested in fantasy, anymore. Reality had to be his focus. He had no patience for allegory anymore. Satire? Might as well waste everybody&#8217;s time by avoiding the point. No. What he would say next, he [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Blogger&#8217;s note:</strong> apologies for missing yesterday.  In an attempt to redeem myself, there will be two stories today.</em></p>
<p>He wasn&#8217;t interested in fantasy, anymore. Reality had to be his focus.</p>
<p>He had no patience for allegory anymore. Satire? Might as well waste everybody&#8217;s time by avoiding the point.</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>What he would say next, he would mean. No more dicking around.</p>
<p>He opened his mouth and said, &#8220;I&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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