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		<description><![CDATA[Off to Morocco and Spain for a week!  Suffice to say I am really really excited to enter the Arab world again, this time in a total different capacity and within a totally different culture.  I am looking forward to &#8230; <a href="http://theculturalsponge.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/break-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theculturalsponge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27125500&amp;post=2309&amp;subd=theculturalsponge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SACRE BLEU! an essay contest!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys and gals!  I need your help.  The deadline is fast approaching for the Road Less Traveled Literary Magazine run by my home university and though I want to enter, I have no idea what I should submit.  According to &#8230; <a href="http://theculturalsponge.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/sacre-bleu-an-essay-contest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theculturalsponge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27125500&amp;post=2300&amp;subd=theculturalsponge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Thea B</dc:creator>
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		<title>Addendum to Valentines for the apathetic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thea B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few honest Valentine&#8217;s day cards for your viewing pleasure, collected from the internets. Filed under: In Transit Tagged: Greeting Cards, Honesty, Relationships, Valentines Day, Writing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theculturalsponge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=27125500&amp;post=2271&amp;subd=theculturalsponge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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