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		<title>Nary a cross word</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two events were to bring home to me the fact that I had finally grown up in the eyes of my parents.
The first was a cri de couer from my mother: she needed my advice on arranging a dinner party for the family&#8217;s first meeting with my youngest sister&#8217;s prospective mother-in-law, who was a formidable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and stones</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2010/04/05/sticks-and-stones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following with interest the ongoing debate about what the headline writers are now calling &#8220;the R word,&#8221; as in retard. The issue was given new impetus when White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, who is famous for his foul mouth, referred to liberal activists as &#8220;fucking retarded.&#8221; He brought down on himself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So many books &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made three New Year resolutions for 2010.
The first was to maintain the weight loss I had accomplished last year. Losing weight and getting fit were my only resolutions for 2009 and I managed to shed a quarter of my body weight and have my doctor tell me &#8220;whatever you&#8217;re doing, keep doing it!&#8221; (Hooray) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English as she is spoke</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/12/02/english-as-she-is-spoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me state, right off the bat, that I&#8217;m no Lynne Truss. I don&#8217;t roam the land, armed with a magic marker, correcting apostrophes. Not that I haven&#8217;t been tempted, mind. I&#8217;m sure it is no coincidence that a street-wide banner in our town, proclaiming IT&#8217;S A DICKEN&#8217;S OF A CHRISTMAS, fell down during a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those were the days, my friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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The First Husband and I watched a DVD of this movie last night. In the interests of accuracy, I should clarify that the version we watched was the UK release, which was called The Boat that Rocked. Not sure why they changed the name for the North American release; either the distributors think we&#8217;re too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thy Tears Might Cease</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/05/22/thy-tears-might-cease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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I have taken my title from a wonderful book by an Irish writer, Michael Farrell, which was released in 1963. It was his one and only book, his master work, which he toiled over for years, never satisfied, even after it had been accepted by a publisher. I read it when I was living in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers. Gotta love &#8216;em</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/05/13/mothers-gotta-love-em/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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During one of my regular Sunday phone calls, a few years before she died, my mother bemoaned her rapidly fading grasp on reality. “I know I was never very bright,” she laughed, but with a slightly sarcastic edge to her voice. “Still, you’d think the good Lord would see fit to leave me a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still in a holding pattern</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/04/22/still-in-a-holding-pattern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally reached the point where the light I can see at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming express. The last few weeks have been just one damn&#8217; thing after another—none of them major or life-threatening, all of them just gumming up the works, to the point where I haven&#8217;t even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Normal service will be resumed shortly &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/04/18/normal-service-will-be-resumed-shortly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the meantime, for your edification and entertainment, a little amuse bouche

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		<title>That Was the Week that Was</title>
		<link>http://www.nutsandmutton.com/2009/03/21/that-was-the-week-that-was/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa</dc:creator>
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Unless you&#8217;ve been living in a cave (Howdy Osama!) for the last while, you&#8217;ll know that St Patrick&#8217;s Day came and, thanks be to goodness, went this week. I have complicated reactions to the tsunami of shamrockery that greets Ireland&#8217;s patron saint on this side of the pond. On the one hand, I can&#8217;t help [...]]]></description>
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