<?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 confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com</title><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:56:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>One Car Families</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/one_car_families.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/one_car_families.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=one%5Fcar%5Ffamilies</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, one didn&#39;t usually see as many cars per household as is common today.&nbsp; Many middle class families had just one car, even when another car could have been afforded.I&#39;m not sure of why this was so, but I would imagin]]></description><category>memories</category><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Everything Is In Working Order</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/everything_is_in_working_order.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/everything_is_in_working_order.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=everything%5Fis%5Fin%5Fworking%5Forder</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I went to the doctor to get a checkup.&nbsp;&nbsp; I hadn&#39;t been to the doc in eighteen months, so I figured I was overdue.Fortunately, I checked out just fine and I&#39;m good to go for another year or ten thousand miles, whichever comes f]]></description><category>health</category><category>personal</category></item><item><title>Autism Controversy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/autism_controversy.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/autism_controversy.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=autism%5Fcontroversy</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Far right radio talk show ost, Michael Savage, lived up to his pseudonym last Wednesday when he dismissed autism as a phony disease when he said, &quot;In 99 percent of the cases, it&#39;s a brat who hasn&#39;t been told to cut the act out...&quot;Wh]]></description><category>talk rado</category><category>right wing</category><category>autism</category></item><item><title>Not Everything Is Going Up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/not_everything_is_going_up.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/not_everything_is_going_up.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Feverything%5Fis%5Fgoing%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Gas prices are up, higher than they&#39;ve ever been in my lifetime.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I first bought my car in 2003, it took five dollars to to go from three quarters of a tank to full.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, it takes fifteen dollars.Food prices are likewi]]></description><category>rants</category><category>prices</category><category>salaries</category><category>economy</category></item><item><title>I Hate the Olympics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/i_hate_the_olympics.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/i_hate_the_olympics.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fhate%5Fthe%5Folympics</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Beijing Summer Olympics are nearly upon us, starting on 8-8-08.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I have absolutely no intention of watching any of the events.I have to admit that the Olympic Games bore me witless.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#39;ve never been all that much int]]></description><category>olympics</category><category>humor</category><category>rants</category></item><item><title>Cartoon of the Day: Bush on Marriage</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/cartoon_of_the_day_bush_on_marriage.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/cartoon_of_the_day_bush_on_marriage.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cartoon%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fday%5Fbush%5Fon%5Fmarriage</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><category>marriage</category><category>humor</category><category>bush</category></item><item><title>How to End a Drought</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/how_to_end_a_drought.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/how_to_end_a_drought.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fto%5Fend%5Fa%5Fdrought</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My area is in the throes of a long running drought.&nbsp; Local officials have encouraged people to stop watering their lawns and to sharply reduce how often they wash their cars.&nbsp; This isn&#39;t going to work, as we all know&nbsp;quite well tha]]></description><category>weather</category><category>humor</category></item><item><title>Deceptive Sales Tactics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/deceptive_sales_tactics.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/deceptive_sales_tactics.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=deceptive%5Fsales%5Ftactics</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While listening to the radio this evening, a commercial for a jewelry store came on.&nbsp; As I listened to the commercial and its hard-sell approach, I was reminded of something that happened several years ago.I was in a jewelry store, browsing arou]]></description><category>ethics</category><category>sales</category></item><item><title>Stupid Crook News</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/stupid_crook_news.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/stupid_crook_news.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stupid%5Fcrook%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One would think that one of the first rules for pulling off a successful crime would be, &quot;Don&#39;t Shit in Your Own Backyard&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; In other words, don&#39;t commit a crime in places where people know you.In Denton, Texas, one marri]]></description><category>crime</category><category>humor</category></item><item><title>Thoughts About Public Schools</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/thoughts_about_public_schools.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/thoughts_about_public_schools.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thoughts%5Fabout%5Fpublic%5Fschools</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As regular readers of my blog know, I frequently listen to the Neal Boortz radio show as a way to monitor what those on the Right are saying.Boortz often rants about public schools, which he always refers to as &quot;government schools&quot;.&nbsp;&n]]></description><category>education</category><category>elitism</category><category>neal boortz</category></item><item><title>Contender for the Darwin Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/contender_for_the_darwin_award_1.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/contender_for_the_darwin_award_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=contender%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fdarwin%5Faward%5F1</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><category>photos</category><category>humor</category><category>animals</category></item><item><title>Questioning Sacred Cows</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/questioning_sacred_cows.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/questioning_sacred_cows.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=questioning%5Fsacred%5Fcows</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[On Alternet, in the article &quot;Is Cheating Ever OK&quot;, the author addresses the question:If one partner refuses to have sex, does the other have the right to seek it elsewhere?My response to this article follows below:Perhaps the question shoul]]></description><category>marriage</category><category>monogamy</category><category>sex</category><category>sacred cows</category></item><item><title>Quotes and Comments</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quotes_and_comments_5.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quotes_and_comments_5.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=quotes%5Fand%5Fcomments%5F5</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.--Ralph W. SockmanIt&#39;s all too easy to give up our convictions when we stand alone and it&#39;s all too easy to give in to our prejudic]]></description><category>quotes</category></item><item><title>Worked to Death</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/worked_to_death.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/worked_to_death.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=worked%5Fto%5Fdeath</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Those who have been reading my blogs for any length of time know that I take a &quot;work to live, don&#39;t live to work&quot; approach to life. Barring the minority of people who have creative, fulfilling jobs they&#39;d do for free if they could a]]></description><category>work</category><category>workaholism</category><category>news</category></item><item><title>Good News</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/good_news.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/good_news.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=good%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It seems as if what I&#39;ve thought all along is apparently true:When it comes to sex, the watchword for men is &quot;use it or lose it.&quot;In a study conducted among a thousand older Finnish men, those who had sex most often were at a lower risk]]></description><category>sex</category><category>older people</category></item><item><title>The Road Trip of Your Life</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/the_road_trip_of_your_life.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/the_road_trip_of_your_life.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Froad%5Ftrip%5Fof%5Fyour%5Flife</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Road Trip of Your Life     You see romantic love as what&#39;s most important in life. A deep connection with someone else is the primary thing you crave.  You live life at a fairly leisurely pace. You take time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life]]></description><category>quiz</category></item><item><title>Summer Doldrums</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/summer_doldrums.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/summer_doldrums.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=summer%5Fdoldrums</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#39;ve been pretty much MIA around here lately.&nbsp; I&#39;m having a bad case of the summer doldrums and my blogging get up and go, got up and went, as the old saying goes.&nbsp; I&#39;m the opposite of a bear -- I have more energy in the w]]></description><category>summer</category><category>winter</category><category>fall</category><category>seasons</category><category>rambling</category></item><item><title>Five Things That Could Get You Fired</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/five_things_that_could_get_you_fired.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/five_things_that_could_get_you_fired.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=five%5Fthings%5Fthat%5Fcould%5Fget%5Fyou%5Ffired</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Unless you work in the public sector (government) or belong to a union, your employment is &quot;at-will&quot; in every state except for Montana or Arizona.&nbsp; &quot;At-will&quot; employment means an employee can be fired for good cause  or no cau]]></description><category>work</category><category>law</category></item><item><title>Odd Flight</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/odd_flight.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/odd_flight.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=odd%5Fflight</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An Oregon man, Kent Couch, realized his dream on Satirday by flying in a balloon-suspended lawnchair from Oregon to Idaho.&nbsp; He flew 235 miles in nine hours in a lawn chair attached to 150 giant, helium-filled, party balloons.Flying about 100 to]]></description><category>odd news</category></item><item><title>Marriage Survey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/marriage_survey.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/marriage_survey.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=marriage%5Fsurvey</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Stolen from Chica X... 1. Do you believe in marriage? Do I believe that marriage exists Then, yes, of course I do. Do I believe in marriage for myself? Not as it&#39;s currently commonly understood and legally defined, no. Do I believe in marriage fo]]></description><category>marriage</category><category>survey</category></item><item><title>Man of the 70s</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/man_of_the_70s.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/man_of_the_70s.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=man%5Fof%5Fthe%5F70s</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a recent Alternet article, Seeking the Hairless Porn Star Ideal, the author laments the increasing ubiquity of women with hairless pubic regions. The article was prompted by a bad experience after having a Brazilian wax. As one who has long lament]]></description><category>grooming</category><category>sex</category></item><item><title>Claustrophobia</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/claustrophobia.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/claustrophobia.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=claustrophobia</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just a little claustrophobic, hmm? Apparently the owner of this tiny house on wheels doesn&#39;t mind. Dee Williams wanted to live a more environment-friendly life, and this 84 square foot doll house was one of the ways she chose. The small house, wh]]></description><category>environment</category><category>housing</category><category>claustrophobia</category></item><item><title>Barking Up the Wrong Tree</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/barking_up_the_wrong_tree.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/barking_up_the_wrong_tree.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=barking%5Fup%5Fthe%5Fwrong%5Ftree</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other day I got a curious email from one of the directors of a clearinghouse-type website that dealt with various types of health issues. I was invited to join this site as a featured blogger for their new sexual health section. The writer of the]]></description><category>writing</category><category>medical</category><category>libertine</category><category>sex</category></item><item><title>Too Busy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/too_busy.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/too_busy.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=too%5Fbusy</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My primary lover is going to spend a month up north with her parents.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, yesterday, we spent an extended period of time saying goodbye to one another.We got rather busy and I never got around to writing in here.&nbsp;(I&#39;m cheating by]]></description><category>rants</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>Driving Like It&apos;s 1975</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/driving_like_its_1975.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/driving_like_its_1975.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=driving%5Flike%5Fits%5F1975</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I&#39;m out driving my car around town, I&#39;ve noticed that most drivers around me drive as if gas is still fifty cents a gallon. Either unaware that gas is now four dollars a gallon or simply not caring, I see other drivers making little or n]]></description><category>driving</category><category>gas prices</category></item></channel></rss>