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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Jojo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jojo was my cat. He loved me for 19 long years. He was extremely well traveled for a house cat who never went outside. This is a story of my beloved first companion.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=671&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Monkey Mind</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/my-monkey-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindfulness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peak experience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts on multitasking and being in the moment.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=620&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iParenting</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/iparenting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rituals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is my observation of how the Japanese people live in a web of mutual dependence.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=600&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">tomo edington</media:title>
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		<title>Trip to Japan, 1 — Smiles</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-1-%e2%80%94-smiles/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-1-%e2%80%94-smiles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[add sparkle in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following my father's death, I visited Japan for the first time in 11 years. The country looked and felt different. As Part 1 of 5, this section is about the politeness of the people.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=553&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Japan, 2 — Condensed!</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-2-%e2%80%94-condensed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My observation of Japan after staying away for so long. Part 2 of 5: Things are narrow in Japan!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=561&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Trip to Japan, 3 — Japanglish</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-3-%e2%80%94-japanglish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My observation of Japan after staying away for so long. As Part 3 of 5, this is about the weird practice of using English in slogans and product names.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=563&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Japan, 4 — Progress</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-4-%e2%80%94-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese bathroom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My observation of Japan after staying away for so long. As Part 4 of 5, this is about the Japanese obsession with high tech gadgets and its amazing transit system.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=565&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Trip to Japan, 5 — Work Ethic</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/trip-to-japan-5-%e2%80%94-work-ethic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My observation of Japan after staying away for so long. As Part 5 of 5, this is about the Japanese work ethic.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=567&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful Burden</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/beautiful-burden/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/beautiful-burden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sharing stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How would you feel when one of your closest friends decided to tell you his deepest secret? My experiences on sharing the life stories, and about connection, compassion, and empathy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=537&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dad&#8217;s paintings</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/dads-paintings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are 2 of my late father's paintings, and my thoughts on children in war-torn countries.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=527&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">図1</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">図2</media:title>
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		<title>Dad (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/dad-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/dad-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father died. An essay on my struggle with my family, and hope (part 1 of 2).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=470&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dad (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/dad-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[rituals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[death of a parent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father died. An essay on my struggle with my family, and hope (part 2 of 2).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=496&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 1—Conceiving</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-1%e2%80%94conceiving/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-1%e2%80%94conceiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn Heights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day I gave birth to my first child, I also lost half of my face. As Part 1 of a 6-part essay, this describes my quirky road to pregnancy. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=337&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 2—Baby&#8217;s Arrival</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-2%e2%80%94babys-arrival/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-2%e2%80%94babys-arrival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I lost half of my face on the day my first child was born. As Part 2 of 6, this is how my daughter was born.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=335&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 3—Half of Face Gone</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-3%e2%80%94half-of-face-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-3%e2%80%94half-of-face-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bell's palsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facial paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsay Hunt Syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertigo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How I lost half of my face and my smile, on the day of my first child's birth. Dark clouds engulfed me as the days went by. Part 3 of 6.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=330&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 4—RHS!</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-4%e2%80%94rhs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[facial paralysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New diagnosis but no new treatment... Dark clouds still covered me. Part 4 of 6.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=328&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 5—Crisis and Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-5%e2%80%94crisis-and-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-5%e2%80%94crisis-and-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[add sparkle in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[face]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facial expressions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mind growth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 months later, things start to change for the better. And now, 12 years later, I feel I have learned so much from this experience. Part 5 of 6.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=326&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half Face, 6—Mask</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-6%e2%80%94mask/</link>
		<comments>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/half-face-6%e2%80%94mask/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomo edington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[add sparkle in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I lost half of my face, it became clear that the Japanese way of wearing a social mask in public was making the core of me miserable. The conclusion of the 6-part essay.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=324&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa</title>
		<link>http://tomoedington.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 years ago, I spent 3 months in South Africa. This is part 1 of 7-part essay posts that recount my African adventure. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomoedington.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9278243&amp;post=240&amp;subd=tomoedington&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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