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		<title>Bad Ass RSS-Is It Bad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hardly!  With Bad Ass RSS, you can test niche markets profitability literally for free! This is the exact same software that I am using-Bad Ass RSS. Cheers!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hardly!  With Bad Ass RSS, you can test niche markets profitability literally for free!</p>
<p>This is the exact same software that I am using-<a href="http://www.badassrss.com/?offer=CFC6BFF25D52C5">Bad Ass RSS</a>.</p>
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<p>Cheers!</p>
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		<title>Wii Console Gaming System</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Christmas and I am really thinking about getting a Wii. I have not really been an advocate of any video gaming system since most of the time it’s a brain drain. With the Wii system I am thinking a little different. What changed? A little over a year ago a friend of mine who [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s Christmas and I am really thinking about getting a Wii.  I have not really been an advocate of any video gaming system since most of the time it’s a brain drain.  With the<a href="http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what" target="_blank"> Wii system</a> I am thinking a little different.  What changed?  A little over a year ago a friend of mine who works for Google took me into the game area in his office.  It’s no secret that Google offers a lot of toys for their hard working employees to keep them happy.</p>
<p>What I witnessed was the most tricked out gaming system in the world.  You can actually get a work out playing with this thing!  The Wii system has really brought the video gaming industry up to the next level and beyond.  I sure hope that my wife does not read this write up.   Gotta keep my kids away from reading this too.  If I get the Wii for me, I am going to have to lock it up.  It’s kind like how my parents hid the booze when I was growing up.</p>
<p>I found the game at Amazon for $199 with free shipping.  I threw in a price comparison module below.  Don&#8217;t be surprised if some prices are lower when you click on the links.  Amazon usually blows the doors off every vendor because they offer free shipping and usually no sales tax!</p>
<p>A final word of caution.  If you try the Wii out, you are going to buy it.  These things are addicting!</p>
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		<title>Make Money With Google Sniper</title>
		<link>http://www.markkeeler.com/make-money-with-google-sniper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever wished you could make more money from less effort, you need to drop what you&#8217;re doing and read this message IMMEDIATELY. You&#8217;re about to see how you can make a comfortable, *hands off* income, from simple websites that take less than 2 hours to setup and generate you cash for months, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wished you could make more money from less effort, you need to drop what you&#8217;re doing and read this message IMMEDIATELY.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re about to see how you can make a comfortable, *hands off* income, from simple websites that take less than 2 hours to setup and generate you cash for months, and even YEARS to come&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/snipergoogle" target="_blank">GoogleSniper</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m serious, this is the real thing&#8230;Check it out now, and you&#8217;ll see how an 18 year old ex-furniture remover has been using sites like this to quietly rake in an easy $15,000+ every month&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/snipergoogle" target="_blank">GoogleSniper</a></p>
<p>I know, I know&#8230;Usually when you hear about things having an autopilot income, it&#8217;s because you have to stuff it full of expensive Adwords traffic.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s definitely not the case here.</p>
<p>This is TRUE autopilot – real set and forget stuff. You could take a vacation for a month, and still be making the exact same cash&#8230;<br />
&#8230; and that&#8217;s with no input from you, and better yet, no expenditure either.</p>
<p>I know it sounds a little too good to be true, but I&#8217;ve seen it, it works, and yes, it can provide autopilot income.  What&#8217;s more, it will generate it&#8217;s own traffic.</p>
<p>Once you get your sites up, you basically get to sit back, and watch the money come in.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t expect you to take my word for that by the way, just check out all the proof on the page – some guys are already banking good money with this&#8230;</p>
<p>Check it out here:</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/snipergoogle" target="_blank">GoogleSniper</a></p>
<p>Think about this &#8211; once in a while, something comes along that can really change things for the little guy.</p>
<p>This is one of those things.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t want to, or can&#8217;t afford to pay for high quality traffic, this is for you.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t want to wait months or years to make money, this is for you.   If you&#8217;re tired of setting up sites and then spending every waking hour promoting them and hoping they get traffic, this is definitely for you.</p>
<p>Get over there now, and check it out- there are some killer bonuses for the first guys through the doors&#8230; you&#8217;ll be insane to miss them.</p>
<p>To your success,</p>
<p>Mark Keeler</p>
<p>PS- This really is perfect if you don&#8217;t have the time to spend months and months on your business – you can get this system setup, and making money in an afternoon&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/snipergoogle" target="_blank">Check out Google Sniper Now!</a></span></p>
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		<title>Vasque Blur SL Trail Running Shoe Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vasque Blur is real trail running shoe.  I have been wearing what I call &#8220;fake&#8221; trail running shoes for years.  Sorry Nike, but I gotta call it like it is. This weekend I snatched up a pair of Vasque Blur SL trail running shoes.  I needed a pair of shoes that were going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Vasque Blur is <em>real trail running</em> shoe.  I have been wearing what I call &#8220;fake&#8221; trail running shoes for years.  Sorry Nike, but I gotta call it like it is.</p>
<p>This weekend I snatched up a pair of Vasque Blur SL trail running shoes.  I needed a pair of shoes that were going to keep the rocks out of my shoes and sharp stones from cutting into my heals.  I have shied away from &#8220;real&#8221; trail running shoes for years because most of the time the shoes felt like I was running on boards.  Additionally, they were about a half pound heavier.</p>
<p>I ran a nice 3 hour trail run this weekend and my feet were sore from rock bruises.  My running buddy Steve ran through the rocks like a mountain goat.  He suggested that I try out the Vasque Blur.  Years ago, I had tried so many different trail running shoes and hated them all.  However, Steve was not having issues like I was having with the rocks.</p>
<p>I swallowed my pride and made the drive to REI to try on the Vasque Blur.  With me, I know within a few seconds if I am going to like the running shoes or not.  If they do not feel good when I put them on, then they never will feel good.  The Blur felt great immediately.  I wore them at home in the evening and then to work the following day.  All systems go!</p>
<p>My first run with the Vasque Blur was great.  I headed to the roughest trail around-the rail road tracks that have sharp stones packed to support the rail road bed.  I did not have to &#8220;tip toe through tulips&#8221; when crossing the tracks.  These shoes protected my feet.  Picked my favorite week day running trail that borders Alameda Creek in Fremont.  I ran an hour loap on a crushed gravel bicycle trail.   The shoes did not feel much different than any of my street running shoes.  No blisters or hot spots.  The Vasque Blur are keepers.</p>
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		<title>Building A Niche Site For Family Camping Trips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We really love going on family camping trips. We usually start planning for the next summer&#8217;s trip early in the fall. It gives us something to look forward to doing. With so much effort put into planning our camping trips, my wife started a niche blog on Blogger. She put in all kinds of cool [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We really love going on family camping trips.  We usually start planning for the next summer&#8217;s trip early in the fall.  It gives us something to look forward to doing.  With so much effort put into planning our camping trips, my wife started a niche blog on Blogger.  She put in all kinds of cool pictures and camping tips.  She built her first niche site without knowing that it was a niche site!<span id="more-607"></span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s been so much writing about what we enjoy doing that we are both in the process of putting up more niche sites about family camping trips on Squidoo.</p>
<p>This is my first Squidoo lens on <strong><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/familycampingtrips">family camping trips</a></strong>.</p>
<p>In order to succeed at building this niche website on Squido, I also wrote an article about family camping trips on Ezine.   Here is the copy.</p>
<p>Family camping trips are some of the greatest times ever for a family to experience.  As a young boy growing up in Minnesota, some of my best memories were the simple camping trips sleeping in a tent at local and state parks.  As our family progressed to more modern methods such as a trailer or the RV, it became more of chore.  We carried so much junk that it took forever to pack, set up camp, and clean up.</p>
<p>I try to make our family camping trips as simple as possible.  We pack everything into our small Subaru station wagon.  I have a Thule cargo carrier for the roof.  Everything is totally organized.</p>
<p>I start my planning by developing a simple list of must have items:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tent</li>
<li>Sleeping bags</li>
<li>Air mattresses</li>
<li>Camp stove</li>
<li>Camp lantern</li>
<li>Basic cook kit</li>
<li>Pressure cooker</li>
<li>Basic eating utensils</li>
<li>Plates, bowls, cups</li>
<li>Toilet paper</li>
<li>Lighter</li>
<li>5 gallon water jug</li>
<li>Flashlights</li>
<li>Wash basin</li>
<li>Hatchet/hammer</li>
<li>Rope</li>
<li>Manual coffee grinder</li>
<li>Coffee drip cones and or French presses</li>
</ul>
<p>The more stuff that you take, the more of a hassle the trip becomes.</p>
<p>Storage</p>
<p>Every item that we carry is stored in rectangular Sterilite plastic storage boxes.  We pack 4 of them into the back of our station wagon.  It makes it so easy to set up camp.  We just pull the storage boxes out and grab what we need when we need them.  At night, we place them securely in the back of our station wagon.  All of our sleeping gear goes in the cargo box on the roof.</p>
<p>Cooking Kit</p>
<p>Our cooking kit is our pressure cooker.  We store our bowls, utensils, cups, and anything that is loose inside the pressure cooker.  Pressure cookers are awesome for car camping because things like beans and rice can be cooked extremely fast.  My wife adds a gourmet Kitchen wok for all stir fry delicacies.</p>
<p>Food</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t need special camping food.  We tend to eat about the same way that we eat at home.  We buy lots of fresh fruits and veggies at local markets.  We bring a various assortment of whole grain pastas, dried beans, brown rice, and our famous super porridge breakfast grains.  My wife calls this our pantry.  We have sea salt, whole pepper corns, soy sauce, hot sauce, and lots of our favorite things that we may not be able to buy on the road.</p>
<p>Cooler For Perishables<br />
My wife found this great Coleman cooler that keeps food cold for up to 4 days (honest!).  We buy fresh chicken, fish, beef, fruits, and vegetables on the road and store them in the cooler with a block of ice or dried ice.</p>
<p>When you have the right equipment, your family camping trips will be so much more enjoyable!</p>
<p>However, even if you have the greatest equipment available, your trip will not be fun if you don&#8217;t plan on doing things that your family enjoys.  The trip is not a race!  Take your time and slow down.</p>
<p>We have 2 young boys.  We bring bug catchers for them to play with.  My wife packs lots of small toys and books for them.  They watch DVD&#8217;s when we are traveling for extended periods of time.  We do all the junior ranger program for our boys.  They love them!  I take them for moon walks at night.  Even if there is not a full moon, the boys want the adventure of walking at night with flashlights.</p>
<p>We like to stay at each campground for at least 2 days.  It makes the experience fantastic when you are not setting up camp every day.  We bring some light weight lounge chairs for my wife and me.  Just kicking back, drinking coffee, and reading books is good enough entertainment for us.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Escape With Your Family On A Camping Trip That Costs So Little You&#8217;ll Think It&#8217;s FREE! </strong></span><a href="http://90adcgu8oi8i27tyhdseod2r3i.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top"><span style="font-size: small;">C</span>lick Here!</a></p>
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		<title>Cosmetic Dental Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.markkeeler.com/cosmetic-dental-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cosmetic Dental Surgery 101 Author: Sarah Pauer Your teeth are far too important to your features not to be taken care of properly. Some people aren&#8217;t lucky enough to be born with a set of symmetrical teeth, and others simply haven&#8217;t given them the attention needed. Luckily for those of you who are part of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Cosmetic Dental Surgery 101</h1>
<p><strong>Author: <a title="Sarah Pauer" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/sarah-pauer/78258.htm">Sarah Pauer</a></strong></p>
<p>Your teeth are far too important to your features not to be taken care of properly. Some people aren&#8217;t lucky enough to be born with a set of symmetrical teeth, and others simply haven&#8217;t given them the attention needed. Luckily for those of you who are part of the latter groups there are nowadays cosmetic options.</p>
<p>No longer are dazzling smiles the privilege of politicians, models and actors. Just as chrome polishing for your Chevy isn&#8217;t sold in Armani stores, dental surgery can be found at quite affordable rates. Dental surgery designed to meet almost every customer demand.</p>
<p>Small quiz. Did you know that cosmetic dentistry is the fastest growing area among all when it comes to dentistry? Well the reason is to be found in the fact that when it comes to personal health and appearance your teeth are such a big part of them. That is the reason to why every day even more dentists are performing cosmetic dental procedures in addition to the traditional ones, such as the filling of cavities and cleaning of teeth.</p>
<p>The amount of different procedures available is large, and ever growing. After reading the background given above we will go through solutions to two of the most common problems presented to the cosmetic dental surgeon. Always consult a professional before making any decisions.</p>
<p>If you have problems with enamel discoloration there are different methods available for teeth whitening. One of them is bleaching, which can be achieved both at your dentists office and at home by yourself. An option to this is whitening through application of carefully designed strips.</p>
<p>When it comes to teeth whiting procedures the fastest method available is neither stripes nor bleaching, but a more high tech solution where a special dental laser treats your teeth after a carefully chosen mix has been applied to your teeth. The procedure is often a onetime appointment only!</p>
<p>Lastly we&#8217;ll have a look at dental bonding. This is a popular technique used to correct smaller flaws to your teeth. Sometimes also referred to as cosmetic tooth filling or tooth bonding this is a procedure which suits patients with relatively minor problems. These may be strains, spacing gaps or cavities. The technique can also produce less visible fillings instead of the silver colored amalgam ones.</p>
<p>So remember &#8211; even if you aren&#8217;t ready to beam a smile at your friends today you might be tomorrow!</p>
<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>
<p>Sarah Pauer is a medical professional with years of experience. She is also a freelance writer and authors several articles at the informational website <a href="http://cosmeticdentalsurgeryinfo.com">Cosmetic Dental Surgery Los Angeles</a>, such as <a href="http://cosmeticdentalsurgeryinfo.com/price-of-cosmetic-dental-surgery.htm">Price of Cosmetic Dental Surgery Beverly Hills</a>.</p>
<p>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> &#8211; <a title="Cosmetic Dental Surgery 101" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/cosmetic-dental-surgery-101-547392.html">Cosmetic Dental Surgery 101</a></p>
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		<title>How To Build An Affiliate Marketing Empire</title>
		<link>http://www.markkeeler.com/how-to-build-an-affiliate-marketing-empire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon a great secret for building an affiliate marketing empire.  It&#8217;s called using OPL-other peoples list.  How do you do this?  Partner up with other affiliate marketers using 2 tiered affiliate programs.  I do searches on the Internet for information courses being sold.  If they have a 2 tiered affiliate program that pays [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stumbled upon a great secret for building an affiliate marketing empire.  It&#8217;s called using OPL-other peoples list.  How do you do this?  Partner up with other affiliate marketers using 2 tiered affiliate programs.  I do searches on the Internet for information courses being sold.  If they have a 2 tiered affiliate program that pays over $100, I sign up.  Some will pay over $1000.</p>
<p>I send out a personalized email with verbage just like this:</p>
<p>Dear</p>
<p>I recently signed up for your affiliate program and I look forward to building my email list and marketing your products and services.</p>
<p>From one affiliate marketer to another, I just found another great affiliate program that you might be interested in.  They have a great f information product that sells for $1495 and pays 35% and 10% on the second tier.  That is $523 and $149 per sale.</p>
<p>In the last few years they have paid out over $50,000 in commissions to their affiliates.  And best of all, all their clients have kept the programs, so this is a high quality program with a great back-end service and support.</p>
<p>Because some of my other associates are marketing this program, I can verify that the commission are paid on time.</p>
<p>Click on this link to sign on as an affiliate today.</p>
<p>Again, I look forward to to marketing your products as well.</p>
<p>Have a great marketing year.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Mark Keeler</p>
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		<title>Enchanted Run In The Snow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up early this morning excited to lace up my shoes and run in the crusty snow of my childhood home in Minnesota.  There was plenty of snow on the ground and lots of ice on the streets.  My choice for running was across Lake Minnetonka which has nearly 100 miles of shoreline.  Not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I woke up early this morning excited to lace up my shoes and run in the crusty snow of my childhood home in Minnesota.  There was plenty of snow on the ground and lots of ice on the streets.  My choice for running was across Lake Minnetonka which has nearly 100 miles of shoreline.  Not that I was going to run 100 miles!</p>
<p>I hit the road at 750 AM and headed directly for Howards Point.  I had to  hop a neighbor&#8217;s fence to get on to the lake.  I felt like I had stepped 30 years back into time when the snow crunched under my feet.  The feeling was remarkable.  Snow is supposed to be soft and fluffy.  In Minnesota, it gets so cold that the snow freezes hard.  The snow was nearly virgin on the lake.  I did not see any foot prints or snowmobile tracks.    This made me nervous as I did not want to fall through the ice.  After 20 feet or so I was relieved to not have broke through the ice.</p>
<p>As my feet landed on Enchanted Island, my watch said 9&#8217;08&#8243;.  What a throw back in time!  The homes were old and very well kept.  It reminded me of the homes on Cape Cod.   With street names Shady Island, Island View, and Enchanted Lane, I knew that I was entering a beautiful place.</p>
<p>It was so silent and still.  One would think that at 8 AM there would be traffic on the road.   Silence.  The last time that I ran on this island was 1987.  I did not remember all the roads.  Getting lost was going to be the only way to figure out the island.  Lost I was!  The streets were so narrow and winding that many times I ended up back where I started.  This added to the excitement.  If I was seriously lost, all I had to do was run for the lake and look for water towers.  I could at least tell the direction for home.</p>
<p>The traffic started to pick up at 9 AM.  I was longing for the silence.  The lake was buzzing with snowmobiles.  Who was I to complain about the noise?  I was wishing that it was me on a snowmobile doing 100 mph across Lake Minnetonka!</p>
<p>At 930 AM, I ran out to the lake for the trip home.  My foot prints were filled in with drifting snow.  Car and snowmobile tracks zig and zagged across the lake.  What happened to my virgin snow?</p>
<p>I told my dear nervous mother that I would be back in 2 hours.  I was home in 2:02&#8242;</p>
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		<title>Fiddling With WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had one of &#8220;those&#8221; days.  But you know what?  It&#8217;s actually been great.  I am not a programmer or coder.  But truth be told, I am really enjoying being a ghetto coder.  I have become proficient at cut and paste! I am really loving to fiddle around with WordPress!  I finally have the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have had one of &#8220;those&#8221; days.  But you know what?  It&#8217;s actually been great.  I am not a programmer or coder.  But truth be told, I am really enjoying being a ghetto coder.  I have become proficient at cut and paste!</p>
<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">I am really loving to fiddle around with WordPress!  I finally have the freedom to be me and not really worry what somebody thinks.  Well, that is not exactly true.  I do care.  What I really mean is that I am having fun being me!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">It really has been fun installing new plugins, adding advertising, etc.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">I want to make this blog a resource for new bloggers and help people monetize their blogs.<br />
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		<title>Run On Alameda Creek Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Keeler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I will be running with my boys on the creek.  Probably will be looking for wild lions! Running with my boys is always such an adventure.  Today, the adventure was to run through as many puddles as possible.  My youngest son Zachary splashed through every puddle and was covered with mud by the time [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I will be running with my boys on the creek.  Probably will be looking for wild lions!</p>
<p>Running with my boys is always such an adventure.  Today, the adventure was to run through as many puddles as possible.  My youngest son Zachary splashed through every puddle and was covered with mud by the time we arrived home.</p>
<p>We stopped for our snack at the usual picnic spot.  My wife Idy packed some Trader Joe&#8217;s salt and pepper potato chips.  I admit that they are not the healthiest, but they sure tasted good!</p>
<p>Josiah had a fantastic wipe out as he was trying to ride on the side of a berm.  As his speed decreased, he started to roll down the hill side ways!  He landed with a thud in the gravel.  Since he did not need medical attention, he got up and finished the trip home.</p>
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