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		<title>Retrospection</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/05/01/retrospection</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once knew a lady who felt everything. I&#8217;m not sure what her deal was but she seemed to feel so much, that she ended up needing a lot; a lot of love, a lot of attention, acknowledgment, security, acceptance, in order for her to be happy. It was as though attention, love and acknowledgment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Do book reviews help?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/02/27/question-do-book-reviews-help</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2008/02/27/question-do-book-reviews-help#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was updating my Facebook Visual Bookshelf two minutes ago and my eyes caught something that I&#8217;d never really noticed: the reviews (although I&#8217;ve written a few myself, I&#8217;d never even bothered to look at others). I have a habit. I never taste the food I cook. I like to take my first bite or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas, You</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/12/24/merry-christmas-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Malaysia, we celebrate four major holidays (among other smaller festivals and days of note): Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which is the Muslim holiday to celebrate the end of Ramadhan; Deepavali, the Festival of Lights celebrated by Hindus; Chinese New Year, aka the Lunar New Year and Christmas. While each festival has its religious and ethnic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You really cannot say anything about my weight that can hurt me</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/12/14/you-really-cannot-say-anything-about-my-weight-that-can-hurt-me</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/12/14/you-really-cannot-say-anything-about-my-weight-that-can-hurt-me#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, strangers who come to my blog to diss me about my weight should know that I love nothing more than a good fight. Ask my husband. I have been overweight for so long that I&#8217;ve seen and heard it all. &#34;You&#8217;re a car&#34;, &#34;you&#8217;re a cow&#34;, &#34;OMG how are you even alive?&#34; &#8211; like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequencing, schmequencing</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/09/26/sequencing-schmequencing</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/09/26/sequencing-schmequencing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent me a link to the Redmond chapter of Mothers &#38; More today and I could not help but notice the tagline: The Network for Sequencing Women. I had to Google &#8216;sequencing women&#8217; because I thought it was an association for women in genetics. Of course, the first hit was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entitlement</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/13/entitlement</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/13/entitlement#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I had an epiphany. It was the first day of DST, and turning the clock forward had somehow screwed up my internal clock and I had lain awake at 6am (when it was really just 5am), and part of my exhausted brain was crying for me to go back to sleep, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 years: Time for change</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/03/11/will-we-ever-change</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homesickness is a natural affliction even among those of us who have semi-migrated (as in we&#8217;re not sure if we want to remain away for too long, and yet have accepted that we won&#8217;t be going back anytime soon). Aside from the occasional yearning for the familiar, most of which has to do with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Super Columbine Massacre should not have been made: A gamer parent&#8217;s POV</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/01/09/why-super-columbine-massacre-should-not-have-been-made-a-gamer-parents-pov</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/01/09/why-super-columbine-massacre-should-not-have-been-made-a-gamer-parents-pov#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there&#8217;s been a medium (I won&#8217;t say &#8216;big&#8217; since quite a few people who read my blog won&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about) hoo-ha about the removal of a game at this year&#8217;s Slamdance festival, a part of which is dedicated to the making of independent games, called the Guerrilla Gamemaker Competition. AÂ few responses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby forever</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/01/04/baby-forever</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2007/01/04/baby-forever#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AsÂ parents of small children and babies, how many of us have looked at our four, five, six-year old, screaming, half-dressed kids today, and longed for the good old days when they were still itty bitty babies, who would wear whatever cute little outfits you bought for them, and survive on breastmilk and mush, and stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money or respect?</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/11/30/respect</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/11/30/respect#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suanie, one of Malaysia&#8217;s more prominent bloggers, made a couple of interesting posts recently. Female empowerment, sex in the media and real respect. These are very real issues which affect those of us who raise daughters, even if said daughters are still in preschool. We Malaysians are quite a conservative lot, even for Asians. Compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You there, in the bright orange vest</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/11/24/you-there-in-the-bright-orange-vest</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/11/24/you-there-in-the-bright-orange-vest#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my friends and I were still single, and not swinging as much as we&#8217;d like to, we often talked about two things: 1. How do we know if a guy is The One; and 2. Should we have kids right away after we get married. I&#8217;ve always sort of had a plan. Get married [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrabbling my brain</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/07/02/scrabbling-my-brain</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/07/02/scrabbling-my-brain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what is with the official Scrabble dictionary? Does anyone know what on earth is up with that? I was playing Scrabble, downloaded from Shockwave.com (of which I am, ahem, a member). Fancying myself a &#8216;whiz&#8217; at word-making, I started at that level (there was Novice, Student and then Whiz, after which was five more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The right NOT to choose</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/26/the-right-not-to-choose</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/26/the-right-not-to-choose#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world full of choices today, thanks in part to the advancement of technology and the evolution of mindsets and melding of cultures. Will it be nasi lemak or granola for breakfast?Â PC or Mac? Buy or rent? Terminate this pregnancy, or give up college? Evidently, some choices are more difficult to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something&#8217;s gotta give</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/25/somethings-gotta-give</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/25/somethings-gotta-give#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading this report of an interview Britney Spears had with NBC, and as much as I am NOT a Spears fan, I felt immense pity for the celebrity. Which the writer did predict but really, do you have to kick someone when she&#8217;s already down? And a new mother at that. It&#8217;s just&#8230;tasteless. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging: Everyone&#8217;s doing it</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/24/blogging-everyones-doing-it</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/24/blogging-everyones-doing-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to the latest Bloggercon (IV)&#39;s podcasts on ZDnet, and they had one called &#34;The emotion (sic) life of bloggers&#34;, which featured, among many semi-famous bloggers in the US, Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome fame (who&#39;d led another session called The User Complaint session, which turned out to be another mega-software corp bashing session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear New Moms</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/07/dear-new-moms</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/07/dear-new-moms#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had this really bitchy post up before this but decided that while it was really satisfying on my part (a girl&#39;s gotta be a bitch sometime, you know), it wasn&#39;t one of my best. It was also not very constructive. So then, I decided to write an open letter in my humble blog, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch what you say. Or not.</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/04/watch-what-you-say-or-not</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/06/04/watch-what-you-say-or-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking out and speaking right seems to be the underlying theme in today&#39;s Seattle Times. Browsing the 10-inch thick Sunday edition, I saw several truly engaging pieces, one of which struck a chord in me that resonates with all that I believe in the power of words. Especially racially charged ones. Fortunately, there&#39;s an online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s good to question</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/05/16/its-good-to-question</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/05/16/its-good-to-question#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 19:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe (John 20:19-29). That is one verse that is harder and harder to live by these days. Being one of the gullible, dim and sadly wayward Christians &#8211; if I can still claim that affiliation not having gone to church or picked up the bible in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Idol take</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/05/11/my-idol-take</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/05/11/my-idol-take#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 18:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay so I just got the news about Chris. Although I&#39;m also tired of the whole rocker thing after last season&#39;s Constantine&#160; and the whole INXS shindig, I honestly also thought Daughtry will sail through to the top. What a shocker, eh? Now there&#39;s no clear winner. Only Elliott is left in my top four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurting to heal</title>
		<link>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/04/13/hurting-to-heal</link>
		<comments>http://theimperfectmom.com/2006/04/13/hurting-to-heal#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennemede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is reading reports such as this, that makes me feel blessed. Sad, but blessed. I don&#39;t know how it feels to want to hurt myself physically. Of course, I hope I never will. I guess this is the blessing I speak of, not coming to a point where the only way to deal with [...]]]></description>
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