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	<description>Having an Identity Crisis</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been joining in with the seasonal Dutch tradition of pollarding. Trees form an important part of Dutch landscape seeing as there are few hills and boggy soil interspersed with water &#8211; tall trees with healthy root systems are a &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/02/20/gardeners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=268&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Should I be IPTV&#8217;ng?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a couple of hours on Sunday taking up the edging on the laminate flooring to run a TV cable from our bedroom to the spare bedroom/office. It’s seems all a bit old-hat doesn’t it? Taking up flooring. Running &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/01/23/should-i-be-iptvng/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=260&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading The Adventures of Augie March (1953, Saul Bellow) and finding it hard going. I lose focus as the book does and whilst I&#8217;m keen to find out what happens I have to suffer and suffer again as &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2012/01/12/the-trouble-with-augir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=252&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Compromise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year when I pull out the novel and dust it off to have a look at it. Nothing changes &#8211; only the season through which I view it and it&#8217;s limitations. There are times when &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2011/11/22/no-compromise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=250&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for Sun Kil Moon tab today and came across this version of Alesund by Half a Person. Not the first time I&#8217;ve stumbled across this channel on YouTube. Needless to say I would never have worked out the open &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2011/11/13/half-a-person/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=248&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
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		<title>Amsterdam Marathon 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Bown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s event was a lesson in what not to do when you&#8217;re preparing to run. Firstly don&#8217;t pull a muscle in your back the day before your event. For me, that&#8217;s pretty much it. Things were fine until about &#8230; <a href="http://masticate.com/2011/10/17/amsterdam-marathon-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=masticate.com&amp;blog=9518464&amp;post=245&amp;subd=thebasilisk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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