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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>I’m known among my friends for having a slightly skewed take on life and they often call me a pessimist.  I don’t think I’m a pessimist!  I am a realist with a dark sense of humour - but I often find optimism in that darkness.   When life gives you lemons - make lemonade.  If not for that veiled optimism I’d be miserable! =)

As for the new name on the blog…  if I had a band, that’s what I’d call it.lol</description><title>Free Beer - No Bingo</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @ilene)</generator><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Naughty Santa!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://maryannaville.blogspot.com/2008/12/naughty-naughty-santa.html"&gt;Naughty Santa!&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/66771521</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/66771521</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:02:45 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What it looks like when fireworks explode inside of a storm...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/9xZRU1tajh68btj4T7UGKthKo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;What it looks like when fireworks explode inside of a storm cloud over a river on&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63407030</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63407030</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:54:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Got munchies?</title><description>BBC NEWS | England | Bristol | Police sorry for drug raid mix up 
An elderly couple returned from...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63394631</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63394631</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Wiltshire</category><category>Drugs</category><category>Cannabis</category><category>Bristol</category><category>moss phlox</category><category>Illegal</category></item><item><title>A Pre-Nupp for Christmas??</title><description>Image via Wikipedia
My jaw hit the floor when I saw one of the sites I frequent regularly promoting...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63027695</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/63027695</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Christmas</category><category>Martin Lewis</category><category>holiday</category><category>Gift</category><category>Shopping</category><category>New Year's Day</category><category>Money Saving Expert</category><category>NUPP</category></item><item><title>Winter in the UK</title><description> Once the sun comes out - most of the UK will probably look like this again. Image by yukatafish via...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62943799</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62943799</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Air band at it's best.   The Clones ::  The Hardest Button...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1V0Tq1KJR0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1V0Tq1KJR0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Air band at it's best.   &lt;b&gt;The Clones ::  The Hardest Button to Button&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62853311</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62853311</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>I Don't Own a Snow Shovel</title><description>When I was growing up outside of Chicago, I recall there being a pretty massive blizzard.  I’m...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62687676</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62687676</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Ferrybridge Power Station</category><category>Snow</category><category>James Herriot</category><category>Minnesota</category><category>Chicago</category></item><item><title>"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."</title><description>“Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.”</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62287656</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62287656</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:39:43 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>It's been a really tough day here for personal reasons, but...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/9xZRU1tajgwi7tugAFS2MIy2o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's been a really tough day here for personal reasons, but this hit the nail on the head and I think maybe I'm one step closer to being happy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62182669</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62182669</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:33:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why do I have this feeling that I could watch and play in that...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="314"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.wimp.com//mediaplayer.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.wimp.com//mediaplayer.swf" flashvars="width=560&amp;height=440&amp;autostart=false&amp;fullscreen=true&amp;file=/videos/3a358f7a7d1f91335e30b30d93873364_water.flv" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="314"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why do I have this feeling that I could watch and play in that for hours without getting bored?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62150749</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62150749</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Yeah…
Photo origin unknown</title><description>&lt;img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/9xZRU1tajgvajyqrtM4Dp15go1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yeah…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo origin unknown&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62068771</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62068771</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate><category>black friday</category><category>photo</category><category>motivational</category></item><item><title>Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Customers

By JACK HEALY...</title><description>Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Customers

By JACK HEALY...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62019705</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/62019705</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Black Friday</category><category>Christmas</category><category>Thanksgiving</category><category>New York</category><category>Wal-Mart</category><category>United Kingdom</category><category>holiday</category><category>UK</category></item><item><title>Found this on YT.   Just about to go heat me up some leftovers!</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ViLrAFKylXY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ViLrAFKylXY&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Found this on YT.   Just about to go heat me up some leftovers!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61998980</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61998980</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:50:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my..."</title><description>“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61736171</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61736171</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate><category>thanksgiving</category><category>jon stewart</category><category>quote</category></item><item><title>Tweetsgiving</title><description>Keeping with the Thanksgiving theme, I’m encouraging everyone to get involved with...</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61733510</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61733510</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate><category>TweetsGiving</category><category>Thanskgiving</category><category>Twitter</category><category>social networking</category></item><item><title>In honour of Thanksgiving tomorrow, I’ll start with a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/9xZRU1tajgs3s50q585ajPb8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;In honour of Thanksgiving tomorrow, I’ll start with a picture of a wild turkey I took last year when visiting my folks in the Black Hills in South Dakota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, I do live in England, but every year I drag my husband (and sometimes extended family and friends) through the gutbusting tradition of giving thanks.  It may even carry more meaning here as the British don’t have the same association with eating till you can’t stand up or discover you’ve got food poisoning and watching football or a parade or both and they actually put a bit of bemused thought into coming up with something to be thankful for.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61731886</link><guid>http://ilene.tumblr.com/post/61731886</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:38:41 +0000</pubDate><category>thanksgiving</category><category>england</category><category>black hills</category></item></channel></rss>
