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</description><generator>Tumblr (merlin)</generator><item><title>"Listening to Garrison Keillor try to sing doo-wop is like watching a dog try to open a gate with its..."</title><description>“Listening to Garrison Keillor try to sing doo-wop is like watching a dog try to open a gate with its paws.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/mccreath/statuses/808769960"&gt;David McCreath&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34455514</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34455514</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 14:19:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>ManBabies.com - DAD?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8rg91dyIQp4r9wh_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://manbabies.com/"&gt;ManBabies.com - DAD?&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34164533</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34164533</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:19:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>First, when there’s nothing… by MaggieMason</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8r6xhqdsOoy4NMO_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiemason/2476617712/?addedcomment=1#comment72157604950611266"&gt;First, when there’s nothing…&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiemason/" title="Link to MaggieMason's photostream"&gt;MaggieMason&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34143047</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34143047</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Beacon of Hope</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8pkosyjsBBL0b2f_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratio/2473114254/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beacon of Hope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34009234</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/34009234</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:48:06 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>This one time, at band camp : Wacky Archives

[via]</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8ozwcx1gG2iQ6FP_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/this-one-time-at-band-camp.html"&gt;This one time, at band camp : Wacky Archives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://glass.tumblr.com/post/33961210"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33965196</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33965196</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 01:05:54 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Saturday Night!

Strong contender for the greatest photo of all...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8o9hic6vUSagNdG_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nerdtech/2349828259/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday Night!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Strong contender for the greatest photo of all time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sorryimissedyourparty.blogspot.com/2008/04/aging-gracefully.html"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33909951</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33909951</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:46:56 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Producers - “I’m Hysterical!”

One of my favorite movie...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERAV57bqaU"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3ERAV57bqaU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ERAV57bqaU"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Producers&lt;/em&gt; - “I’m Hysterical!”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of my favorite movie scenes ever, with one of my all-time favorite lines:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Ooooo…I fell on my keys.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Man. That Zero Mostel had one of the proudest and most self-aware combovers in Hollywood history.  &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33899295</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33899295</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:52:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Bon Jovi - “She don’t know me”

I unironically...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5SAhoK_7Ow"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X5SAhoK_7Ow" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=X5SAhoK_7Ow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bon Jovi - “She don’t know me”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I unironically love this song.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Great power pop tune that thinks it’s a metal ballad. (One thing: Neil Schon called, and he wants his pull-offs from “Don’t Stop Believin’” back.)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And the video. Well. The video is a semiological tour of unfortunate 80s decision-making.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33889880</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33889880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 09:07:34 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>R.E.M. - “Sitting Still” (Germany, 1985)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2ocaJ36ajk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2ocaJ36ajk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=x2ocaJ36ajk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R.E.M. - “Sitting Still” (Germany, 1985)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33710182</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33710182</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:47:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>R.E.M. - “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville”...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgh0y9vTgY"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4zgh0y9vTgY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=4zgh0y9vTgY"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R.E.M. - “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” (live)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Had this ep. of &lt;a href="http://www.tv.com/the-cutting-edge/show/5026/summary.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Cutting Edge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on VHS and watched this song over and over.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looks like somebody’s Mom was cutting both Peter and Mike’s hair in exchange for lawn care.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33710031</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33710031</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:44:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ellie’s First Solid Food</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8k18iv6QmzNQ2Z1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/2461369921/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ellie’s First Solid Food&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33632338</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33632338</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 13:44:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>At Ikea on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Gold.</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=49235" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=0efc719436&amp;photo_id=2450715899&amp;show_info_box=true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=49235" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=49235" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=0efc719436&amp;photo_id=2450715899&amp;flickr_show_info_box=true" height="300" width="400"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&#13;
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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruber/2450715899/in/photostream/"&gt;At Ikea on Flickr - Photo Sharing!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gold.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33443008</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33443008</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:13:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>in Hamilton Center

Took Eleanor and Mad to New College...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8dhnp2vplphCYN4_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merlin/2449587209/in/photostream/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in Hamilton Center&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Took Eleanor and Mad to New College today.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the student union where an extraordinary amount of my early 20s was spent eating cafeteria food, checking my mail, listening to the jukebox, laying things out in Aldus PageMaker, and drinking one thing or another.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also — for one amazing semester in 1989 — had the uncanny ability to defecate in the Ham Center Men’s Room precisely at noon every weekday. It was a gift. An extraordinary gift.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33174187</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/33174187</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:50:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Flat iron steak</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs8ahpxb3NaJIDMUP_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_iron_steak"&gt;Flat iron steak&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32972368</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32972368</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:29:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>French Fry Holder


  Cars now come with several cup holders,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs86xrjg9HOloF8Sl_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/25124-french-fry-holder.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French Fry Holder&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;Cars now come with several cup holders, and this innovative accessory helps you make the most of them! French-Fry Holder holds one order of fries (and its cardboard container) close at hand! Even has a clip-on ketchup cup! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tip: You can also use the clip-on ketchup cup to hold what’s left of your human dignity. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32736247</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32736247</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:47:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>YLNT Uniform Comprehensive by fred.andres</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs86sk8mhQ2qWFKxO_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredandres/2438244688/"&gt;YLNT Uniform Comprehensive&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredandres/" title="Link to fred.andres' photostream"&gt;fred.andres&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32726210</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32726210</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:21:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>joco030 by joco_gamh</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs85id5d53sVxDE9f_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24070670@N07/2288076210/"&gt;joco030&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24070670@N07/" title="Link to joco_gamh's photostream"&gt;joco_gamh&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32628560</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32628560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:48:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>chuck norris action jeans - Google Image Search</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs82tkywr31F7ZWUY_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=chuck+norris+action+jeans&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi"&gt;chuck norris action jeans - Google Image Search&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32430160</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32430160</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:39:00 -0400</pubDate><category>you look nice today</category></item><item><title>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs81q8e9lN0Ks9p46_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_of_the_ancient_mariner"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Rime of the Ancient Mariner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32351629</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32351629</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:17:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Salvador Dali on “What’s My Line?”</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/34GrgyzUs81hzvb6An2A1kKH_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXT2E9Ccc8A"&gt;Salvador Dali on “What’s My Line?”&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32338266</link><guid>http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/32338266</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:27:23 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
