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  <title>Gems by Gemini!</title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:14:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Life&apos;s a beach!</title>
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  <description>&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;Watch this space!&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:55:05 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Just shoot me now....</title>
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  <description>&lt;table width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#DDDDDD&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who Should Paint You: Salvador Dali&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#EEEEEE&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.blogthings.com/whatartistshouldpaintyourportraitquiz/salvador-dali.jpg&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; width=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re a complex, intense creature who displays many layers.&lt;br /&gt;There&apos;s no way a traditional portrait could ever capture you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/whatartistshouldpaintyourportraitquiz/&quot;&gt;What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Go BEARS!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;navy blue&quot;&gt;GO&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;BEARS!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:28:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>mmm twizzlers...</title>
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  <description>&lt;table width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#FF9900&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Halloween Horoscope for Gemini&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#FFD79A&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halloween is a huge party for you, except you&apos;re never really sure what to go as.&lt;br /&gt;No matter what, your costume will make people&apos;s eyes pop out of their heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Costume suggestions: A sexy cop or a naughty animal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Signature Halloween candy: Twizzlers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/halloweenhoroscopesquiz/&quot;&gt;What&apos;s Your Halloween Horoscope?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#F88B8B&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;You Are 30% Boyish and 70% Girlish&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#A7CEFF&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if you&apos;re not a girl, you&apos;re very feminine.&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re in touch with your feelings, and your heart rules you.&lt;br /&gt;A bit of a emotional roller coaster, one moment you&apos;re up and the next you&apos;re down.&lt;br /&gt;But no matter what, you try to be as cute and perky as possible.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/howboyishorgirlishareyouquiz/&quot;&gt;How Boyish or Girlish Are You?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#B6B6C2&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;You Should Learn French&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#D7D6DE&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.blogthings.com/whatlanguageshouldyoulearnquiz/french.jpg&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; width=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C&apos;est super! You appreciate the finer things in life... wine, art, cheese, love affairs.&lt;br /&gt;You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/whatlanguageshouldyoulearnquiz/&quot;&gt;What Language Should You Learn?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;350&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#DDDDDD&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Your Hair Should Be Red&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#EEEEEE&quot;&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyourfunkyinnerhaircolorquiz/red.jpg&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; width=&quot;100&quot;&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passionate, fiery, and sassy.&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re a total smart aleck who&apos;s got the biggest personality around.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourfunkyinnerhaircolorquiz/&quot;&gt;What&apos;s Your Funky Inner Hair Color?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>CD Wright podcast</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:14:35 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>begrudingly</title>
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  <lj:music>hey hey holy mackarel</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">hey hey holy mackarel</media:title>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>&lt;font color=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;Waiting for auctions to end that have no bids is like sitting at a wake and hoping they&apos;ll rise from the dead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe it&apos;s a zombie movie.  &lt;font color=&quot;green&quot;&gt;Ah the grim humor of an auctioneer!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>If you knew the terrible history I have with a guy named Michael...</title>
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  <description>Only I would get this!&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;450&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#EEEEEE&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Where?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#CC00CC&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In your attic&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#EEEEEE&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;What will happen?&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#CC00CC&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;You will have your first experience of love at first sight – then realize it was a Bob the Builder mask&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Colors are weird though...</title>
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  <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quizilla.com/T/tanglemoondemon/1127256572_dbsgeminic.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;gemini&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gemini&lt;br&gt;May 22- June 21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Best matches&lt;br&gt;are Libra, Aquarius, Leo and&lt;br&gt;Gemini.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adaptable to most any situation,&lt;br&gt;you will find Gemini to be one of the most&lt;br&gt;versatile people you have ever met. You tend to&lt;br&gt;overcome obstacles and are a great puzzle&lt;br&gt;solver. You can make the most out of any bad&lt;br&gt;situation. You tend to be communicative and can&lt;br&gt;really articulate well. You are the brains in&lt;br&gt;your family usually, and seem to have a lot of&lt;br&gt;smarts! You are the one that will most likely&lt;br&gt;know the answer to that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Negative&lt;br&gt;traits- Nervous, tense,&lt;br /&gt;superficial inconsistent,&lt;br /&gt;cunning and inquisitive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://quizilla.com/users/tanglemoondemon/quizzes/which%20zodiac%20fairy%20are%20you%3F%3F%3FUPDATED%20detailed%20answers/&quot;&gt; which zodiac fairy are you???UPDATED detailed answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;brought to you by &lt;a href=&quot;http://quizilla.com&quot;&gt;Quizilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>Sun looks like I drew it meself!</lj:music>
  <media:title type="plain">Sun looks like I drew it meself!</media:title>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:49:47 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>My kinda town...</title>
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  <description>&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;400&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; bordercolor=&quot;black&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#CCFFFF&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You Know You&apos;re From Chicago When...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;left&quot; bgcolor=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif&quot; style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You say &quot;Wanna go with?&quot; when you mean &quot;Do you want to come with me?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Edens, and Bishop Ford, have in common and curse one of them daily.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what &quot;the Hillside strangler is.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can name three or four extra taxes nobody else pays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know the difference between Richard J Daley and Richard M Daley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can use two or three Daleyisms in context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can imitate the Mayor&apos;s whine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You say Chicawgo and not Chicaago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You think going to a Bears game in single digit temperatures with a wind off the lake (and freezing rain) is fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da is a proper definite article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You expect corruption in local politics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You go to the Dells in the summer to get away from the other 20 thousand that followed you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve been caught speeding in Wisconsin because you had Illinois plates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You guard your shoveled parking space with an old chair and unusable broom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know why they call it &quot;the Windy City.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know dead people who voted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You understand the Democratic machine and don&apos;t fight against it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve never ever considered the idea of hiring non-union laborers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve never been to Springfield.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know a good gyros joint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what Giordanos, Lou Malnati&apos;s, and Gino&apos;s have in common.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know when the last time the Cubs won a pennant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know exactly how many cars are &quot;legally&quot; allowed to turn left after the light turns red.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&apos;t know which ethnic &quot;fest&quot; to choose on any given Summer weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your idea of relaxing and getting away from it all is Ravinia (with 10,000 others who have the same idea).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can recite many of &quot;The Blues Brothers&quot; lines and know where they filmed certain scenes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You consider paying someone to watch your car at a sporting event as just another &quot;city tax.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The &quot;Living Room&quot; is called the &quot;front room&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&apos;t pronounce the &quot;s&quot; at the end of Illinois. You become irate at people who do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You measure distance in minutes (especially &quot;from the city&quot;). And you swear everything is pretty much 15 minutes away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You refer to anything South of I-80 as &quot;Southern Illinois&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You refer to Lake Michigan as &quot;The Lake&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You refer to Chicago as &quot;The City&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The Super Bowl&quot; refers to one specific game in a series of 35 played in January of 1986&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have two favorite football teams: The Bears, and anyone who beats the Packers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You buy &quot;The Trib&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You think 35 degrees is great weather to wash your car!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what goes on a Chicago Style Hot Dog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what Chicago Style Pizza REALLY is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You understand what &quot;lake-effect&quot; means&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know the difference between Amtrak and Metra, and know which station they end up at. You have ridden the &quot;L&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can distinguish between the following area codes: 847,630,773,708, 312, &amp; 815&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You respond to the question &quot;Where are you from&quot; with a side&quot; example:&quot;WEST SIDE&quot;, &quot;SOUTH SIDE&quot; or &quot;NORTHSIDE.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what the phone number is to Empire Carpet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You wear gym shoes, not sneakers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your favorite melody to hum is &quot;Bang,Bang,Bang-Skeet,Skeet,Skeet!!!!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You faithfully attended Lil Louis parties at The Bismarck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You GOT to have spaghetti at your barbecue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are STILL a Bulls fan........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You think kicking it outside of White Castles parking lot, (79th and Stony Island) is the &quot;Freak Nik&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You go to Harold`s and order 4 pc wing, mild sauce, salt and pepper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have a picture of Harold Washington in your kitchen, living room, family room or basement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have ever waited in line at Home of the Hoagy on 111th for 30-45 minutes for a steak samich wit cheese&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have ever been to the Tiki Room lounge in Hyde Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have Y made a special trip downtown because you had a craving for Garrett&apos;s caramel and cheese popcorn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What!!! We don`t get a Fifty? Oh yeah....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You drink at bars called &quot;Bud on Tap&quot; or &quot;Milwaukee&apos;s Best&quot; -- no names, just beer signs out front.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s January and you see someone&apos;s kitchen chair in the street, and you know that if you&apos;re a responsible citizen and bring it back to the sidewalk you will be shot on sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You live two miles from work and it takes you two hours to drive there &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&apos;t flinch when you pay the fifth toll of your 45-minute car ride on the highway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you read a big story in the paper about mob ties in the city government, your first reaction is &quot;So, tell me something I don&apos;t know.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know Lincoln Towing is Satan incarnate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve paid $105 for towing, $30 for more than one &quot;street cleaning&quot; ticket, $58 for a city vehicle sticker, and $70 for a license plate sticker -- and chalk it all up to &quot;neighborhood taxes.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You pluralize grocery stores and retail chains: &quot;I&apos;m going to Jewels&quot;; &quot;I bought it at Targets&quot;; &quot;I couldn&apos;t find parking at Wal-Marts&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve taken the Red Line past the point where all white people get off and all black people get on -- or vice versa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;ve cursed at a cyclist, pedestrian, or in-line skater on the lakefront path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know the significance of State and Madison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You wonder if the fries will taste the same at Sammy Sosa&apos;s Restaurant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&apos;t miss Planet Hollywood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&apos;re not ashamed of wearing a big fur Russian hat, or a headsock with one hole in it, in public from November through March. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com/wherefrom.html&quot;&gt;Get Your Own &quot;You Know You&apos;re From&quot; Meme Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More cool things for your blog at &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogthings.com&quot;&gt;Blogthings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 02:19:26 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>BID BID BID!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;ORANGE&quot;&gt;ON EBAY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbyQ5fgeminiQ21&quot;&gt;Ebay!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;PURPLE&quot;&gt;YAHOO!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;The star! &lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/bigcuff.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/user/glyrics?aucview=0x70&quot;&gt;Yahoo Auctions! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;lime&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp; I&apos;ve learned color text!!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;violet&quot;&gt;I&apos;m happening, baby!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/bang.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 04:03:02 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Gemini</title>
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  <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/Gemini.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>Don&apos;t Speak</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2005 04:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fabulous 4th of July Sale!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;Come and See the wonderful jewelry bargains!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imageevent.com/by_gemini&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/fillgem.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/typesample-6.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Say Hi! to Maggie!&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>Yankee Doodle Dandy</lj:music>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:22:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>This Week&apos;s Featured Item at</title>
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  <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://imageevent.com/by_gemini&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/typesample-6.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Beautiful ZUNI inlay necklace &amp; (kinda) matching earrings.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/Zuni3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:40:55 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Just added!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imageevent.com/by_gemini&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/typesample-6.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;A beautiful Rose Quartz and garnet necklace,&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/pkqtz.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24&quot; with gold-tone clasp, with 3 carved rose quartz beads.  It&apos;s lovely!&lt;br /&gt;$10.00&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:39:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Major Update on my Image Event!!!!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imageevent.com/by_gemini&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/typesample-6.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Has wonderful new items!!!  Costume Jewelry, Silver pieces, and Infirmary items which need good homes!&lt;br /&gt;&amp; don&apos;t forget to say &quot;Hi!&quot; to Maggie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured item: SELINI demi, bracelet and earrings&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now featured on YAHOO AUCTIONS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b257/bygemini/selini.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosted by Photobucket.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <lj:music>All I Need</lj:music>
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