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	<title>The Ramblings Of Richard Fife</title>
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		<title>Gender Bending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post comes courtesy of the very interesting rendition of Alanis Morrisette’s “You Oughta Know” by Jonathan Coulton, seen here.
It is hardly a new thing for members of another gender to sing gender charged songs. Tori Amos did it quite a bit with one of her albums, and listening to her rendition of ’97 Bonnie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/07/gender-bending/</link>
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		<title>Patriotism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know one thing I don’t know that I’ve seen addressed too much in literature? The worth of patriotism. I’ve seen stories that actually talk about worrying if your government is corrupt, or that have highly patriotic or apathetic characters, but not one that really had a person or people honestly question if patriotism is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/07/patriotism/</link>
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		<title>Change, I Hates It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I dislike change. I loath it, you might say. This is funny for someone born in the information era, someone who grew up embracing constant change as computers leapfrogged in what they could do. I remember when 32 meg of RAM was amazing, and a Pentium 2 processor was fast. I can’t even keep up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/06/change-i-hates-it/</link>
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		<title>A Smile That Doesn’t Touch The Eyes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried smiling in such a way that it doesn’t touch your eyes? Ever looked at yourself in the mirror when you do? If you haven’t, go ahead and do it. I’ll wait, honest. Just click past the fold when you get back to let me know, and we can continue.
Now, tell me, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/06/a-smile-that-doesn%e2%80%99t-touch-the-eyes/</link>
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		<title>The Language of Fans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading the book A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham. It was actually a pretty good book once I got into it, although it took me two tries. First time, I got about halfway through the prologue and was somewhat distracted and not into it enough to pick it up for some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/06/the-language-of-fans/</link>
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		<title>To What End The Movie?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just went and watched Prince of Persia. My first impression (and that of my friend who saw it with me) was “It wasn’t bad” and “Well, it was pretty.” The more I think, though, the more I realize we were fairly harsh on the movie. It had many of the makings of a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/05/to-what-end-the-movie/</link>
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		<title>A Subject of Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a man of faith. The very concept in being able to believe in something without proof is beyond me. Sometimes I think that it is a strength, but other times I think it is a defect. And yet, it is not from any topic of religion that my desire for faith arises, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/05/a-subject-of-faith/</link>
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		<title>New Goodkind Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First: I am blogging up a storm with interviews on Tor.com over the coming weeks. I won&#8217;t post each and every, so just check here occasionally.
About a year ago, I had the honor of getting to meet Tom Doherty, the publisher and top dog of Tor books. In the course of the conversation, I asked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/05/new-goodkind-books/</link>
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		<title>JordanCon Recap on Tor.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I was really busy this past weekend. Yup, I went down to Atlanta and had a hootin&#8217; hollerin&#8217; good time. Read all about it in the link.
In other news, I noticed Terry Goodkind has signed a three-book deal with Tor for more Sword of Truth type novels. That breaks my heart. I&#8217;ll explain why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/04/jordancon-recap-on-tor-com/</link>
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		<title>New Tor.Com Post, Firefly: &#8220;Safe&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the title says.  Also, going to Atlanta for JordanCon this weekend. Super-awesome times to be had. Dunno if I&#8217;ll get a &#8220;weekend&#8221; normal post up or not, but I will be posting a recap of JordanCon over at Tor.com next week.
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		<link>http://richardfife.com/2010/04/new-tor-com-post-firefly-safe/</link>
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