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King</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07885909085176901212</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0kQ3dPS5qM/Twz548nKcMI/AAAAAAAABQ4/RZciaRiH764/s220/IMG_8089bw.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-9121210694393391244</id><published>2012-02-03T22:59:21.233-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T22:59:21.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You are so awesome. &amp;quot;Big heads are inconvenie...</title><content type='html'>You are so awesome. &amp;quot;Big heads are inconvenient.&amp;quot; HA!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/9121210694393391244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/9121210694393391244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html?showComment=1328327961233#c9121210694393391244' title=''/><author><name>Lisa Schroeder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1X3uFTjmTFY/SrV66HYH2zI/AAAAAAAAAMU/0p9XpT1TBLo/S220/Schroeder,+Lisa_1299.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-5884804732075665145' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/posts/default/5884804732075665145' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1243474755'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-1730702326023627472</id><published>2012-02-02T13:52:24.152-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T13:52:24.152-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You do rock, though. Sorry, but you do.

The thing...</title><content type='html'>You do rock, though. Sorry, but you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing is, there are those who raise themselves up by tearing down those around them (Nader), and there are those who raise themselves up by lifting up those around them (Ginnny).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you meet the second kind, hold on to them with everything you&amp;#39;ve got, because they&amp;#39;re rarer than leprechaun piss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WV: Kingant - I could not have made that up if I&amp;#39;d wanted to.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/1730702326023627472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/1730702326023627472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html?showComment=1328208744152#c1730702326023627472' title=''/><author><name>Matthew MacNish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03080070448912297234'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q2E87ucUfu8/TuZQ1t1T4nI/AAAAAAAAAi0/HcGAfQvJXJA/s220/Braids.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-5884804732075665145' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/posts/default/5884804732075665145' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1651013198'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-440632598366499099</id><published>2012-01-29T17:18:08.351-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T17:18:08.351-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for this post. As a fellow YA writer who&amp;#3...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for this post. As a fellow YA writer who&amp;#39;s slogging in the trenches (agented, but no publisher), I dance in a realm of &amp;quot;crazy dreams,&amp;quot; too. I also 100% believe what you said about the flip side of egotism is deep-set insecurity. Dr. King&amp;#39;s drum major speech sends this message that wanting to be better, the best, is a drum major instinct that leads to racism and other violations of love. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And thank you for VERA DIETZ! Awesome book. Your others are on my list to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lyn</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/440632598366499099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/440632598366499099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html?showComment=1327875488351#c440632598366499099' title=''/><author><name>Lyn Fairchild Hawks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17413282639129747343'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sqp49aLumc4/TlZ0fqU4DOI/AAAAAAAAAGo/uGkhZk_HpJA/s220/DSCF1108.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-5884804732075665145' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/posts/default/5884804732075665145' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1667832447'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-7286388326547672900</id><published>2012-01-27T19:34:15.970-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T19:34:15.970-05:00</updated><title type='text'>From one freako to another, I&amp;#39;d definitely &amp;qu...</title><content type='html'>From one freako to another, I&amp;#39;d definitely &amp;quot;say hi to [you] if [we] were waiting at the same taxi stand and we were the only two there.&amp;quot;  Continue to be awesome you and write more super-wonder for us.  I&amp;#39;m going to share this post with my daughter and hope it makes her smile while it secretly soaks in.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/7286388326547672900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/5884804732075665145/comments/default/7286388326547672900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html?showComment=1327710855970#c7286388326547672900' title=''/><author><name>The REALLY Real Curious Crow</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03540879407267148397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05753852709397710619'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UnD1UkPFS2A/TqGQNJmlo0I/AAAAAAAAAM8/uDJUIp8GBEI/s220/newestcrop.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.as-king.info/2012/01/dont-stir-rabbit.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3736006212076627913.post-5884804732075665145' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3736006212076627913/posts/default/5884804732075665145' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-862214578'/></entry></feed>
