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		<title>In defense of Margaret Wente. Kind of.</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/03/19/in-defense-of-margaret-wente-kind-of/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/03/19/in-defense-of-margaret-wente-kind-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obvi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fridays suck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To address the &#8220;she said women suck at blogging&#8221; school of thought following a harsh explanation of her refusal to blog, I will readily admit that Wente&#8217;s piece has all the tact of an elephant in a logic shop.
But, I will give her this much &#8211; her basis of analysis is correct. Men blog more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=317&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy and Healthy, not Gay and Healthy</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/03/02/happy-and-healthy-not-gay-and-healthy/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/03/02/happy-and-healthy-not-gay-and-healthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.A. is A-OK!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puppies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questionable morals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same-sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex and the City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the drill. Either you find a job with good health benefits, or your partner does (or you move to Canada, shack up with a doctor, win the lottery, or follow the health regimen of Arnold Schwarzenegger.)

Well, as of Tuesday, that story changed for some as human rights were thrown out with this Monday&#8217;s garbage when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=308&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ugh, Twitter rumours</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/28/ugh-twitter-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/28/ugh-twitter-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missed memos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She said, he said]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Lightfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misinformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Lightfoot became dead to a lot more than just contemporary music critics last week.
A false death report spread like wildfire over Twitter on Thursday, proving once again that social media – while a useful tool – has its definite limitations; in this case, veracity.
This isn’t the first time that a lie has spread so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=299&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I liked Cyndi Lauper&#8217;s colour scheme better.</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/18/cyndi-vs-jim/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/18/cyndi-vs-jim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I quit Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[She said, he said]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ohmygoshyouhavetobekidding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Confessional time. I am in a rocky relationship with Jim Prentice.
I should have seen it coming, I really should have, as I suppose all good relationships must come to an end. Your true colours showed through, Jim, and not in a good, Cyndi Lauper kind of way.

The Honourable Jim Prentice began his speech to members [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=254&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It Doesn&#8217;t Grow on Trees</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/12/it-doesnt-grow-on-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/12/it-doesnt-grow-on-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I quit Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ohmygoshyouhavetobekidding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the only Forserious maven to live east of Montreal…or really anywhere outside of the Greater Toronto Area, I feel compelled to be the roving regional reporter, and not just because it rolls trippingly off the tongue. Today’s instalment takes me to Canada’s Ocean Playground.
Nova Scotia is currently embroiled in its very own MLA “spending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=249&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Omar Khadr and Embarrassing Regrets</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/04/of-omar-khadr-and-embarrassing-regrets/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/04/of-omar-khadr-and-embarrassing-regrets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missed memos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slippery slope]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I get that sometimes it&#8217;s easier to forget the horrible mistakes we made.  For example, adding a competitive poutine-eating station into the outdoor skating rink obstacle course in first year university. It doesn&#8217;t take a physics major to know that puke and ice don&#8217;t mix.
But in the case of one of our country&#8217;s biggest poutine-overconsumption-esque [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=241&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ForSerious Editorial Board: The National Post is still with us</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/02/forserious-editorial-board-the-national-post-is-still-with-us/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/02/02/forserious-editorial-board-the-national-post-is-still-with-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worst idea... ever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ohmygoshyouhavetobekidding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alanis Morissette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Can we vote you off the island?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorial board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this article first in order to maximize blog-reading experience.

If the circulation statistics, advertising sales, and voice inside my head are to be believed, the National Post is disappearing from many Canadians&#8217; coffee tables (though it does populate more and more fireplaces). Forgive us for being skeptical. We would wave good-bye without shedding a tear, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=212&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear John, It&#8217;s over. We&#8217;re scared of ulcers. Love, ForSerious</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2010/01/28/dear-john-its-over-were-scared-of-ulcers-love-forserious/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2010/01/28/dear-john-its-over-were-scared-of-ulcers-love-forserious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obvi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary geekdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slippery slope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This is too easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worst idea... ever]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;What does an ulcer feel like?&#8221; Zoe asked us aloud as she tilted her head for a split second and pondered the striking throb in her lower right stomach after a double cappuccino chug. &#8220;I could Google it,&#8221; she announced.
&#8220;Well that didn&#8217;t help me much, except to tell me that I probably &#8220;work too much&#8221;. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=191&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Compares Apples to Apples. Canada Wants Fruit Combo.</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2009/10/03/world-compares-apples-to-apples-canada-wants-fruit-combo/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2009/10/03/world-compares-apples-to-apples-canada-wants-fruit-combo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hotter than JTT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jodie Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonas Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s why I interrupted my frivolous YouTube watching of recent Glee episodes (which I watch primarily to life-plan for the day that climate change is solved and I can finally pursue my dream of amateur Broadway. It&#8217;s between that and becoming the Jodie Foster à la Contact):



It&#8217;s that time of month again. Alllll the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=164&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slit-leggings at American Apparel and Current Climate Policy in Canada</title>
		<link>http://forserious.ca/2009/09/27/slit-leggings-at-american-apparel-and-current-climate-policy-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://forserious.ca/2009/09/27/slit-leggings-at-american-apparel-and-current-climate-policy-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoë</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forserious.ca/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t stand either. (Read: Major gaps existing in otherwise quite good material and design.)
Among the most important memos of the 21st century (aside from &#8216;It&#8217;s highly respected to still know all the words to New Kids on the Block&#8217;s  &#8216;Step by Step&#8217;&#8221; and &#8216;No, it&#8217;s not okay to wear tights as pants, especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=forserious.ca&blog=8963163&post=125&subd=jsbond&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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