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The current title is lifted from Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act I, Scene 2.</description><title>Adieu, valour! rust rapier! be still, drum!</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @grabbingsand)</generator><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>414k, Firefox?  Really?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc3aqpntg3RIJeyIBX_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;414k, Firefox?  Really?</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/40091282</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/40091282</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:12:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Docteur Qui!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DfMVFp-SAlQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DfMVFp-SAlQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Docteur Qui!</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35565651</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35565651</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:26:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Blog@Newsarama » I’m so hungry, Ego’s starting to look...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc396rs4tu5neSGNtv_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/05/19/im-so-hungry-egos-starting-to-look-good/"&gt;Blog@Newsarama » I’m so hungry, Ego’s starting to look good&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35326957</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35326957</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:38:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Live Remixing, straight outta Ontario.  (via WTR)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C-okN5fR1GI"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C-okN5fR1GI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Live Remixing, straight outta Ontario.  (via &lt;a href="http://whentheyreminisce.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/epitome-of-slick-ontarios-keys-n-krates/"&gt;WTR&lt;/a&gt;)</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35276877</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35276877</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:59:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>(via Media Assassin)
This puts me in mind of a song.   
Ochs...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="241" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/ shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://therealnews.com/permalinkedembed/mediaplayer.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /&gt;&lt;param name="menu" value="false" /&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="false" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="&amp;displayheight=253&amp;file=http://therealnews.com/permalinkedvideorss/videoembedrss.php?oneid=yes%26bw=300%26myrn=%26searchfor=1507%26campaigncode=&amp;height=272&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0x333333&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;lightcolor=0x666666&amp;screencolor=0xffffff&amp;autoscroll=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;shuffle=false" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://therealnews.com/permalinkedembed/mediaplayer.swf" width="400" height="241" allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="&amp;displayheight=253&amp;file=http://therealnews.com/permalinkedvideorss/videoembedrss.php?oneid=yes%26bw=300%26myrn=%26searchfor=1507%26campaigncode=&amp;height=272&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0x333333&amp;backcolor=0xffffff&amp;lightcolor=0x666666&amp;screencolor=0xffffff&amp;autoscroll=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;shuffle=false"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://harryallen.info/?p=673#more-673"&gt;Media Assassin&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This puts me in mind of a &lt;a href="http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/heres-to-the-state-of-mississippi.html"&gt;song&lt;/a&gt;.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ochs wrote originally of Mississippi, but “West Virginia” fits just as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35056891</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/35056891</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:08:48 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>butterflyeffect:  
desaturated:  PHD Comics: Vicious Cycle  HOW...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/O3GsKL5kN8xkc83esdoqMPOT_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://butterflyeffect.tumblr.com/post/34622540"&gt;butterflyeffect&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tumblelog.michaelhocter.com/post/34617998"&gt;desaturated&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1015"&gt;PHD Comics: Vicious Cycle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;HOW DID THEY KNOW?? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt; I need this in t-shirt form.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34646138</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34646138</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:17:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCqOMpPO2VY"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCqOMpPO2VY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34611533</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34611533</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:31:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Today’s International Marketing Lesson: 
“In Japan,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc38rqnjay9Z1052Pm_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today’s International Marketing Lesson:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;“In Japan, screaming bellies and hamburger phones put butts in seats.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34183716</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34183716</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:10:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"… but I hope Ms. Winehouse gets help. That way, in the future, when she sings her hit song,..."</title><description>““… but I hope Ms. Winehouse gets help. That way, in the future, when she sings her hit song, “Rehab,” we can all just have a good laugh and stop shaking our heads from crushing pity.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://harryallen.info/?p=565#more-565"&gt;Double-O Barkley? — Media Assassin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34126105</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/34126105</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:14:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>On the one hand, it’s Doctor Who.
On the other, it’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc38oigqrjZLNHiiId_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, it’s &lt;i&gt;Doctor Who&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other, it’s a licensed game.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other other, it’s still &lt;i&gt;Doctor Who&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the other other other, it is based on a collectible card game. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33930417</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33930417</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:58:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Turdus migratorius wishes to inform you of the significance of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc38gxr685fMDc2sYK_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Turdus migratorius&lt;/i&gt; wishes to inform you of &lt;a href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/First%20of%20May"&gt;the significance of today’s date&lt;/a&gt;.  Thank you.</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33423497</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33423497</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 09:43:53 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Reconciliation does not mean that blacks become whites or whites become blacks and Hispanics become..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;Reconciliation does not mean that blacks become whites or whites become blacks and Hispanics become Asian or that Asians become Europeans …&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And we recognize for the first time in modern history in the West that the other who stands before us with a different color of skin, a different texture of hair, different music, different preaching styles, and different dance moves, that other is one of God’s children just as we are, no better, no worse, prone to error and in need of forgiveness, just as we are.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/the_full_wright_transcript.php"&gt;Rev. Jeremiah Wright - The National Press Club Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m having a hard time disagreeing with the Reverend on this point.  And a few others as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33332293</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33332293</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:49:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc38fhhiwqhdhc7c9H_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33318881</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33318881</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“I’m a viking!”</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc38e2n2blAPdAYSXo_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Vs3IfH37Y"&gt;“I’m a viking!”&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33213745</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33213745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:37:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"This is just to say

that I judge you

harshly, and perhaps

unfairly,

when you comment

on blog..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;This is just to say&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;that I judge you&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;harshly, and perhaps&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;unfairly,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;when you comment&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;on blog posts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though I know&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;you mean well, &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I cannot help it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Forgive me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your grammar is&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;so poor&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and so unfortunate.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;A parody of &lt;a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15535"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This Is Just To Say&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by William Carlos Williams, inspired by &lt;a href="http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1239"&gt;last week’s This American Life&lt;/a&gt;, further encouraged by &lt;a href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/atlarts/entries/2008/04/28/this_is_just_to_say.html?cxntfid=blogs_atlarts"&gt;a blog post on AJC.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33107528</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/33107528</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:03:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>There’s time on your hands, and then … there’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc386zug5tAJhaNRsC_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s time on your hands, and then … there’s a &lt;i&gt;lot&lt;/i&gt; of time on your hands. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href="http://etchasketchist.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Etch-A-Sketchist&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32741150</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32741150</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:45:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Soliloquy Alert!  Soliloquy Alert!  Thought Balloon at Maximum...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc384fcjpu62XIIp2n_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Soliloquy Alert!  Soliloquy Alert!  Thought Balloon at Maximum Capacity!  Outburst Imminent!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Panel from &lt;a href="http://comics.org/details.lasso?id=230049"&gt;issue #8&lt;/a&gt; (“Hamlet”) of &lt;i&gt;Famous Authors Illustrated&lt;/i&gt;, 1950.)</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32552277</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32552277</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:36:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Oh, praise be.  It must be Friday.  
Perfect weather for a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc37ypc4pssG9MOLbO_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh, praise be.  It must be Friday.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Perfect weather for &lt;a href="http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/vanga.cgi?userid=public&amp;dbs=vanga&amp;ini=vanga.ini&amp;action=retrieve&amp;recno=11&amp;rset=001&amp;numrecs=15&amp;format=cartoon"&gt;a little divine immersion&lt;/a&gt;, too.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32177461</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32177461</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:29:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Note to Humanity:  The ability to wear a bright red suit with a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc37x1wlunRPJWgo2t_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Note to Humanity:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;i&gt;The ability to wear a bright red suit with a madras liner was granted to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye"&gt;only one of your number.&lt;/a&gt;  So much raw fashion power will never again be known among your ilk.&lt;/i&gt; </description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32057297</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/32057297</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:45:57 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Corn is king and we are its subjects.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/sV3H8nkc37vvmxc2C5ECcAnW_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kingcorn.net/"&gt;Corn is king&lt;/a&gt; and we are its subjects.&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/31972343</link><guid>http://grabbingsand.tumblr.com/post/31972343</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:02:29 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
