<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Short Stories's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://shortstories.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:59:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 11:57:10 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Dedication Is What It Takes To Be A Mother</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On this mothers day I thought it appropriate to reprint much of an article that I released back in February that describes a story of a mother and child that in my opion tells of what it really means to be a mother like no other.&nbsp;To all the mothers on this day that has been&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11684059-dedication-is-what-it-takes-to-be-a-mother</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11684059-dedication-is-what-it-takes-to-be-a-mother</guid><category>child</category><category>children</category><category>mom</category><category>family</category><category>news</category><category>adoption</category><category>mother</category><category>mental-health</category><category>moms</category><category>autism</category><category>not-news</category><category>mothers</category><category>rads</category><category>mental-retardation</category><category>adopted</category><category>mothers-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:40:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683C2353B56-B8C8-E9A6-06D0-0A34325574B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683C2353B56-B8C8-E9A6-06D0-0A34325574B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mr. Johnson's American Government Class</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As a senior in high school I took and independent study course in American Government. Our school only offered one semester of this class and I had talked Mr. "J"&nbsp;into sponsoring me for a second semester as an advanced class. There were no set hours or curriculum for this c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/10/10634347-mr-johnsons-american-government-class</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/10/10634347-mr-johnsons-american-government-class</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>elections</category><category>schools</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>santorum</category><category>gop</category><category>economics</category><category>republicans</category><category>school</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>higher-education</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>rush</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>democrat</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>religious-right</category><category>teaching</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>palin</category><category>newt</category><category>barak-obama</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>tea-party</category><category>repbulican</category><category>bachman</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:35:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683FD686033-806C-9E2E-402D-4B4D4A9330B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683FD686033-806C-9E2E-402D-4B4D4A9330B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents - Are You Setting Yourself Up?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
While relaxing the other evening and reading my E-mails I opened one from a family friend that I would normally ignore.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10544438-parents-are-you-setting-yourself-up</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10544438-parents-are-you-setting-yourself-up</guid><category>teenagers</category><category>children</category><category>internet</category><category>kids</category><category>parents</category><category>teenager</category><category>facebook</category><category>parenting</category><category>not-news</category><category>youtube</category><category>twitter</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 04:18:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683611A6DD1-5C8C-2459-1623-EFA5084DEEB7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="450" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683611A6DD1-5C8C-2459-1623-EFA5084DEEB7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Children's Community Mental Hell Update</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Children's Community Mental Hell Overview:
We have had several personal E-mail requests for an update for the original three sets of articles that we published regarding how many of our children&nbsp;with disabilities are being funneled through the criminal justice system&nbsp;i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10438429-childrens-community-mental-hell-update</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10438429-childrens-community-mental-hell-update</guid><category>us</category><category>life</category><category>today</category><category>discrimination</category><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>abuse</category><category>health-care</category><category>police</category><category>michigan</category><category>victims</category><category>news</category><category>crime</category><category>newsvine</category><category>detroit</category><category>u-s</category><category>med</category><category>adoption</category><category>victim</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>mental-health</category><category>activism</category><category>pharma</category><category>autism</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>conflict-of-interest</category><category>advocacy</category><category>rads</category><category>childrens-health</category><category>mental-retardation</category><category>crime-courts</category><category>more-health-news</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>fetal-alcohol</category><category>reactive-attachment</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683C6A8A11C-0E54-B5A6-440A-9DA1E2BFFBDC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683C6A8A11C-0E54-B5A6-440A-9DA1E2BFFBDC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Can an Atheist be a Prophet?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Before both sides tee up to take a swing at this article let's, set some ground rules. This article is not opposing individuals being religious, it is not pro atheism, and it is not proposing one is better than the other.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10397703-can-an-atheist-be-a-prophet</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10397703-can-an-atheist-be-a-prophet</guid><category>us</category><category>church</category><category>democrats</category><category>religion</category><category>santorum</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>news</category><category>god</category><category>perry</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>religious</category><category>obama</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>catholic</category><category>birth-control</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>christian</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>contraception</category><category>democrat</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>atheist</category><category>palin</category><category>newt</category><category>barak-obama</category><category>chriistian-church</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:57:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683710E1A6B-BE98-381D-ED18-CB8450BFEE3E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TTruth3829683710E1A6B-BE98-381D-ED18-CB8450BFEE3E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Children's Community Mental Hell (Part 1 of 3)</title>
<description><![CDATA[The beginning:&nbsp;
This series of articles will be dedicated to documenting a journey of one unfortunate child who was a consumer of a Community Mental Health organization in MI that not only had his true disabilities denied for years by his local CMH, they also tried to have h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T1Truth]]></source><link>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/20/7426682-childrens-community-mental-hell-part-1-of-3</link><guid>http://TTruth3829683.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/20/7426682-childrens-community-mental-hell-part-1-of-3</guid><category>us</category><category>life</category><category>today</category><category>discrimination</category><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>abuse</category><category>health-care</category><category>police</category><category>michigan</category><category>victims</category><category>news</category><category>crime</category><category>newsvine</category><category>detroit</category><category>u-s</category><category>med</category><category>adoption</category><category>victim</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>mental-health</category><category>activism</category><category>pharma</category><category>autism</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>conflict-of-interest</category><category>advocacy</category><category>rads</category><category>childrens-health</category><category>mental-retardation</category><category>crime-courts</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>fetal-alcohol</category><category>reactive-attachment</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:46:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When She Kissed, The Earth Moved! 5.1 Earthquake Hits Oklahoma! </title>
<description><![CDATA[She was kissing me and it was full of passion. I felt the earth shake and thought that this had never happened before. Then she started licking my face! When she began to whimper, I opened my eyes and came out of my dream. I found the room shaking, HARD.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/13/5286161-when-she-kissed-the-earth-moved-51-earthquake-hits-oklahoma</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/13/5286161-when-she-kissed-the-earth-moved-51-earthquake-hits-oklahoma</guid><category>oklahoma</category><category>earthquake</category><category>us-news</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:45:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A rich man</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A couple of decades ago, in the most prosperous state of Brazil, a young man in his early twenties seemed to be doing well (by most standards), with a very bright and promising future. Then he turned his back on everything to follow the path his faith desired.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy Ryan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paddy Ryan]]></source><link>http://paddy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4754737-a-rich-man</link><guid>http://paddy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4754737-a-rich-man</guid><category>family</category><category>god</category><category>faith</category><category>ambition</category><category>short-story</category><category>values</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F4754963.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="510" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F4754963.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="204" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Earth and The Lion</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The old merchant ship cruised into the bay, slicing through cold blue water as smooth as glass. Sharp peaks of black stone towered above the harbor like the walls of a prison. Tiny icebergs bobbed up and down, reflecting their rainbow colors in every spectrum.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle]]></source><link>http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4576448-the-earth-and-the-lion</link><guid>http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/28/4576448-the-earth-and-the-lion</guid><category>science</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>environmental-disaster</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576735.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576735.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Images of Grytviken, South Georgia Island used courtesy of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.galenfrysinger.com/&quot;&gt;Galen Fry Singer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576748.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="332" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576748.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576751.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="594" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576751.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576753.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="204" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576753.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576756.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="379" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576756.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576758.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F4576758.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What Guys Do?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Being as bored as could be, I did what a lot of guys do. I slowly slid my hand into.......

*RINGGGG* Phone rings.

"Hello?"

"Oh, hi Mom."

"Yes...I am fine. You?"

"That's good.

"Okay....Be safe on your drive to church. Bye."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4022980-what-guys-do</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4022980-what-guys-do</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>fiction</category><category>misleading</category><category>short-story</category><category>just-for-fun</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:26:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>An Unwanted Gathering</title>
<description><![CDATA[ This was my entry for A. Mac's and Sara G.'s contest, before trimming it down:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3994992-an-unwanted-gathering</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3994992-an-unwanted-gathering</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>vacations</category><category>sailing</category><category>dogs</category><category>bikini</category><category>felonies</category><category>short-stories</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:25:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A letter to my friend [fiction]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Paddy, I think I'm dying.

 I don't mean "dying" in the generic, fate-of-all-mankind way; not as in "we're-all-going-to-die-some-day" type of statement. I really think I'm getting to the end of the race, so to speak.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paddy Ryan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paddy Ryan]]></source><link>http://paddy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3873563-a-letter-to-my-friend-fiction</link><guid>http://paddy.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3873563-a-letter-to-my-friend-fiction</guid><category>death</category><category>marriage</category><category>humor</category><category>love</category><category>humour</category><category>fiction</category><category>irony</category><category>short-story</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:13:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F3873596.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F3873596.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">1</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F3873617.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fpaddy2F3873617.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">1</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Being Creative Isn't Easy</title>
<description><![CDATA[What do you write when you seem to be missing the humor that usually gets you writing a humorous article. For months I have been lacking and some have even commented that I have turned serious. Hmmm......I guess my Dark Half is showing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860522-being-creative-isnt-easy</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/05/3860522-being-creative-isnt-easy</guid><category>writing</category><category>meta</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:50:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Christmas Remembered - The Break In</title>
<description><![CDATA[After retiring from the USAF, I worked for a few years and then returned to college. I wasn't an ordinary student. Most students belonged to organizations such as Sigma Delta Pi, I belonged to the PTA.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/05/3594682-a-christmas-remembered-the-break-in</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/05/3594682-a-christmas-remembered-the-break-in</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>santa-claus</category><category>christmas</category><category>short-story</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 03:52:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3597796.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3597796.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/zanastardust/|Rosana Prada</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Christmas Poem - Holiday Humor</title>
<description><![CDATA[MY CHRISTMAS POEM

Twas two days before Christmas,

And I gather the gifts,

I had to wrap all,

And I had to move quick.

I grabbed all the tape, 

The boxes and bows,

Ran to my room,

But then stubbed my toe.

I yelped and hopped,

And jumped down the hall,]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/24/3541443-a-christmas-poem-holiday-humor</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/24/3541443-a-christmas-poem-holiday-humor</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>christmas</category><category>poem</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:01:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3541469.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3541469.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/darwinbell/|darwin Bell</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Rose Murder</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is my entry for this Scott Butki Challenge.

"RITA!" I yelled. Yet, I knew Rita could not hear me. Only other plants can hear a rose screaming, but I had to try.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3527052-the-rose-murder</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3527052-the-rose-murder</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>short-story</category><category>usaf-vet</category><category>scott-butki-challenge</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:02:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3527716.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F3527716.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Photo by Toni. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Talking To The Other Drivers</title>
<description><![CDATA[I head out the door on my way to another doctor's appointment at the VA . Back out, drive down the road and turn on Lindsey Street next to the car wash. From there I am one stop light from I-35.

As I hit the highway, the conversations begin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3418458-talking-to-the-other-drivers</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3418458-talking-to-the-other-drivers</guid><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:33:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taking a Trip</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is my entry for Scott's Random Words Writing Challenge:

 

The elderly man lying in front of me sucked on his oxygen and then pulled the mask aside as his eyes turned in my direction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/16/3391810-taking-a-trip</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/16/3391810-taking-a-trip</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>challenge</category><category>fiction</category><category>scott-butki</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:45:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>From the Files of Escape Velocity - 'New Tenants'</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA director Jason Garrett stared at the shimmering orb from the window of his office. The moon was vibrating in the sky, as if someone had attached it to a paint shaker. Just beyond its edges, the stars rattled in an unnatural motion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle]]></source><link>http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3356721-from-the-files-of-escape-velocity-new-tenants</link><guid>http://adventurebooks.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/08/3356721-from-the-files-of-escape-velocity-new-tenants</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>armageddon</category><category>fiction</category><category>ab-of-seattle</category><category>adventure-books-of-seattle</category><category>escape-velocity-magazine</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:08:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F3360817.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="424" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fadventurebooks2F3360817.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>When Government Health Care Almost Killed Me....(Part Three)</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is part three of my story of what happened to me. Part one and two are important to the whole story and I would ask tat you read those first. Thank you.

Part one maybe found here:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3087997-when-government-health-care-almost-killed-mepart-three</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3087997-when-government-health-care-almost-killed-mepart-three</guid><category>health</category><category>health-care</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:34:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When Government Health Care Almost Killed me......(part two)</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you have not read part one, you need to read that first to get the whole picture. Thank you.

You can find Part One here:

]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3084543-when-government-health-care-almost-killed-mepart-two</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/29/3084543-when-government-health-care-almost-killed-mepart-two</guid><category>health</category><category>health-care</category><category>usafvet</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:41:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When Government Heath Care Almost Killed Me.......(part one)</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the urging of several friends, the health care debates and in a hope that this might help someone, I am finally telling the story of what I went through. It is a true story, very long and covers many issues that maybe pertinent to the current health care debates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3082118-when-government-heath-care-almost-killed-mepart-one</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/28/3082118-when-government-heath-care-almost-killed-mepart-one</guid><category>health</category><category>medical</category><category>health-care</category><category>malpractice</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:21:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Stupidity</title>
<description><![CDATA[In this attempt at writing, please forgive me for my boo-boos. I am currently on pain meds for another stupid thing I did and hopefully it is coherent and funny.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/24/2999946-the-stupidity</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/24/2999946-the-stupidity</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>humor</category><category>satire</category><category>fun</category><category>life-stories</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:28:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Going To The Dogs</title>
<description><![CDATA[When we first got Austin, he joined our family with another dog, Frito. Both were puppies (Frito at about one year, Austin at about eight weeks) and full of fun and live. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/25/2862160-going-to-the-dogs</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/25/2862160-going-to-the-dogs</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>humor</category><category>usaf-vet</category><category>personal-narative</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 23:45:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2862700.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2862700.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Austin in his old age&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2862704.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2862704.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Frito in his old age&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Trip: Part II: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie</title>
<description><![CDATA[So, after kissing my wife and watching her climb back in bed, I flipped off the light and practically floated down the hall to the smell of coffee. I was sure I resembled a cartoon character following the aroma of my "go-go" juice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[USAF Vet-923294]]></source><link>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/10/2800428-the-trip-part-ii-let-sleeping-dogs-lie</link><guid>http://bad4.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/10/2800428-the-trip-part-ii-let-sleeping-dogs-lie</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>life</category><category>va</category><category>humor</category><category>usaf-vet</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 21:52:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2800688.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbad42F2800688.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bohdi Rufus posing for a pic&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
