<?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 2009 confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:58:00 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>Crappy Customer Service</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/crappy_customer_service.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/crappy_customer_service.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=crappy%5Fcustomer%5Fservice</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other day, I stopped in at a fast food joint to get something to eat.&nbsp; I gave my order to the person standing behind the cash register, who did not acknowledge the order in any way and made no move to enter it into the cash register.&nbsp; I]]></description><category>rants</category><category>life</category><category>customer service</category></item><item><title>Religion Salesman</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/religion_salesman.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/religion_salesman.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=religion%5Fsalesman</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It seems as if I have a homing device to attract the religious of all stripes.&nbsp; I don&#39;t know what it is; perhaps it&#39;s my air of disrepute that attracts them like moths to a flame.Recently, they hired a new guy at my place of employment,]]></description><category>religion</category><category>rants</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>Checking In</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/checking_in_1.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/checking_in_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=checking%5Fin%5F1</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve not felt much like blogging lately.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#39;ve not had much to say and not felt much like making an effort to come up with something to write about.&nbsp; My blog subcription here is about to expire, and I seriously thought of lett]]></description><category>odds and ends</category><category>rants</category><category>personal</category><category>blogging</category></item><item><title>Quiz From Goodreads</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quiz_from_goodreads.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quiz_from_goodreads.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=quiz%5Ffrom%5Fgoodreads</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I get bored, I go over to Bookreads and answer some questions from their &quot;Never Ending Book Quiz&quot;.&nbsp; One question I came upon made me smile; it was as if it had been written especially for me.&nbsp;The quiz follows below:Which of t]]></description><category>libertine</category><category>quiz</category><category>trivia</category><category>goodreads</category></item><item><title>Book Review: Highest Duty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/book_review_highest_duty.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/book_review_highest_duty.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=book%5Freview%5Fhighest%5Fduty</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was very much impressed with Chesley &quot;Sully&quot; Sullenberger when I first heard of the tragedy he and the rest of his crew averted back in January. After reading this book, I&#39;m even more impressed with him.&nbsp; Not just a recounting of]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviews</category><category>chesley sullenberger</category><category>news</category></item><item><title>What Do You Think I Fought For at Omaha Beach?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/what_do_you_think_i_fought_for_at_omaha_beach.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/what_do_you_think_i_fought_for_at_omaha_beach.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fthink%5Fi%5Ffought%5Ffor%5Fat%5Fomaha%5Fbeach</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The following is a transcript of a WWII veteran speaking out for marriage equality in Maine.&nbsp; I think this man&#39;s words speak eloquently enough for themselves, so I&#39;ll not add any comments of my own, except to ask for your thoughts after]]></description><category>samesex marriage</category><category>equality</category><category>social justice</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>Another Stupid People Anecdote</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/another_stupid_people_anecdote.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/another_stupid_people_anecdote.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fstupid%5Fpeople%5Fanecdote</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Late the other night, when making the turn for my street, I stopped to check the railroad tracks for any approaching trains, as I know they tend to pass behind my house at night more than during the day.This night, there was a train, lights blazing,]]></description><category>treains</category><category>idiocy</category><category>darwin award</category></item><item><title>Malpractice Insurance and Health Care Reform</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/malpractice_insurance_and_health_care_reform.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/malpractice_insurance_and_health_care_reform.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=malpractice%5Finsurance%5Fand%5Fhealth%5Fcare%5Freform</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last night I was listening to the radio and came upon yet another right wing talk show.&nbsp; I didn&#39;t recognize the woman&#39;s voice; all I knew was that it wasn&#39;t Ann Coulter, as I&#39;ve heard her voice, ad nauseum, on several different s]]></description><category>health care reform</category><category>politics</category><category>malpractice</category><category>rants</category><category>right wing talk radio</category></item><item><title>Is This 2009 or 1909?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/is_this_2009_or_1909.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/is_this_2009_or_1909.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=is%5Fthis%5F2009%5For%5F1909</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most people by now have heard of the justice of the peace in Louisiana who recently refused to marry an interracial couple.&nbsp; When I first heard the news, it boggled my mind, as I could not imagine such a thing happening anywhere in the United St]]></description><category>news</category><category>marriage</category><category>racism</category></item><item><title>A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/a_musical_trip_down_memory_lane_1.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/a_musical_trip_down_memory_lane_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fmusical%5Ftrip%5Fdown%5Fmemory%5Flane%5F1</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s post won&#39;t fit well into the space available because of several oversize picture, so I direct readers to read this post over at my Vox blog:A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane.In this post, I reminisce about the various French horns I&#39]]></description><category>music</category><category>memories</category><category>personal</category><category>french horn</category></item><item><title>Thoughts On Obama And The Nobel Prize</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/thoughts_on_obama_and_the_nobel_prize.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/thoughts_on_obama_and_the_nobel_prize.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thoughts%5Fon%5Fobama%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fnobel%5Fprize</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to find that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Prize, which left me scratching my head.Don&#39;t get me wrong, I voted for the guy and think he shows a lot of promise.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I think it&#39;s premature, to say]]></description><category>news</category><category>nobel prize</category><category>barack obama</category><category>opinion</category></item><item><title>I Hate &quot;Alot&quot; A Lot</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/i_hate_alot_a_lot.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/i_hate_alot_a_lot.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fhate%5Falot%5Fa%5Flot</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I haven&#39;t done a language rant in awhile, so here goes.The offense of the day is:&quot;Alot&quot;This spelling abomination is used by people to mean &quot;a lot&quot;.&nbsp; It&#39;s a mistake I didn&#39;t see years ago, even by people with gener]]></description></item><item><title>Misplaced Indignation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/misplaced_indignation.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/misplaced_indignation.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=misplaced%5Findignation</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This morning while idly surfing the net, I read one woman&#39;s rant about the latest sexual brouhaha du jour; that of David Letterman being blackmailed over the many sexual dalliances he&#39;s had over the years with women he&#39;d worked with.&nbsp]]></description><category>opinion</category><category>sex</category><category>david letterman</category><category>roman polanski</category></item><item><title>One Piece at a Time</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/one_piece_at_a_time.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/one_piece_at_a_time.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=one%5Fpiece%5Fat%5Fa%5Ftime</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[When I saw this picture, I was immediately reminded of the old Johnny Cash song, &quot;One Piece At a Time&quot;:Well, I left Kentucky back in &#39;49An&#39; went to Detroit workin&#39; on a &#39;sembly lineThe first year they had me puttin&#39; whee]]></description><category>photos</category><category>humor</category><category>music</category><category>tastelessness</category></item><item><title>More Faulty Logic</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/more_faulty_logic.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/more_faulty_logic.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Ffaulty%5Flogic</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While talking with a coworker recently, he stated that he was against health care reform because Nazi Germany had a nationalized, or &quot;socialized&quot;, health care system.Oh, where to begin with this blockheaded black and white thinking?First of]]></description><category>logic</category><category>stupidity</category><category>politics</category><category>history</category><category>conservatives</category><category>news</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>Faulty Logic</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/faulty_logic.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/faulty_logic.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=faulty%5Flogic</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other night I was changing stations while listening to the radio in the car.&nbsp; I happened upon a station where they were talking about a survey of Americans who had been married at least once and it said that out of that groups, 76% had been]]></description><category>logic</category><category>religion</category><category>marriage</category><category>life</category><category>statistics</category></item><item><title>Telling It Like It Is</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/telling_it_like_it_is.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/telling_it_like_it_is.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=telling%5Fit%5Flike%5Fit%5Fis</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This morning I was browsing on the Yahoo home page where I saw the title of an article &quot;10 Ways to Make Your Boss Happy&quot;.&nbsp; Rolling my eyes, I went to read the article but found out it was a video, which I cannot run on my slow, crappy]]></description><category>work</category><category>humor</category><category>sarcasm</category><category>cynicism</category><category>lists</category><category>rants</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>Stealth Bidding</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/stealth_bidding.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/stealth_bidding.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stealth%5Fbidding</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m an occasional shopper on Ebay&nbsp; Most of the time I prefer to use the &quot;Buy It Now&quot; function if the price is right, so I don&#39;t have to dick around with others trying to get the same item.&nbsp; Sometimes, however, I&#39;ll bid]]></description><category>ebay</category><category>bidding</category></item><item><title>The Holiday Season</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/the_holiday_season.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/the_holiday_season.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fholiday%5Fseason</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a kid, I&#39;ve considered the last four months of the year as &quot;the holiday season&quot;. &nbsp; Starting with Labor Day, the holiday season includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and ends on New Year&#39;s Day. Despite th]]></description><category>personal</category><category>holidays</category><category>summer</category><category>rambling</category></item><item><title>What Do You Need Most?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/what_do_you_need_most.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/what_do_you_need_most.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fneed%5Fmost</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[You Need Freedom You need to have full control of your life. You must make your own choices and decisions.Your confidence and self-esteem comes from being independent. It&#39;s very important that no one tells you what to do.You don&#39;t do well wit]]></description><category>personality</category><category>quiz</category></item><item><title>Memories in a CD</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/memories_in_a_cd.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/memories_in_a_cd.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=memories%5Fin%5Fa%5Fcd</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lately, I&rsquo;ve been turning to the library to fill in the gaps in my music collection. I&rsquo;ve been borrowing CDs to take home to upload into my Windows Media Player and will, at some point, load selected songs into my MP3 player.&nbsp; Money]]></description><category>music</category><category>memories</category><category>dave brubeck</category></item><item><title>Ludicrous Legal Fictions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/ludicrous_legal_fictions.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/ludicrous_legal_fictions.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ludicrous%5Flegal%5Ffictions</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently, I read about a pre-op transsexual prisoner in the UK, convicted of murder and attempted rape, who has won the right to be transferred from a male prison to a female one.&nbsp; The prisoner, who still has a penis, scrotum, and testicles, had]]></description><category>law</category><category>rants</category><category>opinion</category><category>transsexualism</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>An Observation About the Health Care Debate</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/an_observation_about_the_health_care_debate.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/an_observation_about_the_health_care_debate.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=an%5Fobservation%5Fabout%5Fthe%5Fhealth%5Fcare%5Fdebate</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other night, I tuned into the Dennis Miller talk show on the car radio only to find a guest, Dr Drew Pinsky, hosting the show for the night.&nbsp; It&#39;s a conservative show, but considering that this is all that&#39;s available in my area, I l]]></description><category>health care reform</category><category>rants</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>new</category></item><item><title>Odds and Ends</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/odds_and_ends_17.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/odds_and_ends_17.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=odds%5Fand%5Fends%5F17</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I used to be daily blogger,writing something every day, without fail.&nbsp; But for the last several months, it&rsquo;s been harder to come up with things I want to write about.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve also been busier in my offline life, plus the hea]]></description><category>music</category><category>rants</category></item><item><title>Quotes and Comments</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quotes_and_comments_7.htm</guid><link>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/quotes_and_comments_7.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://confessionsofalibertine.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=quotes%5Fand%5Fcomments%5F7</comments><dc:creator>--W--</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.&ndash;Russell Baker Perhaps this is a big reason why some people stubbornly oppose same sex marriage.No matter what side of the argument y]]></description><category>quotes</category></item></channel></rss>