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		<title>Working It Like The Wiener&#8217;s Circle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to share this because it makes me giggle everyday. There is a great hot dog joint in Herndon, VA, called The Wiener&#8217;s Circle. It&#8217;s a tiny little place in a strip mall on Spring St. with no seating but incredibly tasty hot dogs. The staff is sweet as pie. My husband works in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing the Love &#8211; Lovesac Customer Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, I love Lovesac furniture. It&#8217;s super sturdy, very comfy and is configurable to almost any layout you can think of. Many of you have commented on my previous posts &#8220;Fall in Love with the Sactional from Lovesac&#8221; and &#8220;LoveSac – It’s Not a Bean Bag Chair Dammit!&#8220;. In my post about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Gets Spooky &#8211; Roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is by far one of my favorite holidays. I love the costumes, the creepy decorations at Target and the feeling that something &#8220;ain&#8217;t quite right &#8217;round here.&#8221; I spend the whole week getting in the mood by watching Rosemary&#8217;s Baby, eating candy corns and thinking about my costume. But in this high tech world, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Athletes for Animals &#8211; Because It&#8217;s the Sporting Thing to Do</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Cohen, founder of AnimalAttraction.com, just told me about an interesting new campaign called AthletesForAnimals.com. As a huge advocate for educating pet owners and a big time sports fan, I love this effort. The program supports humane education for at-risk and inner city kids &#8211; kids that will likely experience dog fighting or animal abuse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Robert Henson, Are You An Idiot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to think that we should all be forgiven for doing something stupid in public. Give Kanye a break. He was drunk and highly entertaining and it was the VMAs so who really cares? Serena Williams &#8211; I&#8217;ve been THAT angry before&#8230;just not on international TV. But she apologized and went on to say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amex Can Suck It (Now My Mom Can Wash My Mouth Out with Soap)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry folks, but I have to vent a little to day. I have been an American Express card holder since 2001. I have 2 personal cards and 3 business cards that I use regularly and pay on time. I will admit that I have been a day or two late here and there but, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LoveSac &#8211; It&#8217;s Not a Bean Bag Chair Dammit!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dedicating this Friday&#8217;s post to my new favorite company, LoveSac. Aside from the fact that I think their marketing is genius (their bags say &#8220;Lovesac.com is not a dirty website&#8221;), they offer a quality, flexible product.  We went the LoveSac store in Tysons Corner, VA, because my parents were showing up for a visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media and Deodorant &#8211; An Unlikely Combination</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: Please file this under &#8220;too much information&#8221;. I use Peapod to do my shopping and about a week ago, I noticed that Secret &#8220;Flawless&#8221; deodorant was on sale. I can&#8217;t put into words how much I despise the commercial for this stuff (you know &#8211; the one with the young woman sniffing her armpit?), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you listen to when you work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my original plan for Friday was &#8220;Know Your Blogger&#8221; Friday, here&#8217;s a little more info about me. This question was posed a few weeks ago on a Listserv that I receive. It sparked a lot of discussion and people seemed to like it, so I thought I&#8217;d pose it here. What do you listen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources for Social Media iPhone Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth J. Bates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I jumped the shark and bought an iPhone over the weekend. Our new house is in the sticks and the only cell coverage available is ATT, so I figured &#8211; why not? So far, it&#8217;s a pretty cool little gadget. It took me two days to get everything set-up the way I wanted and am [...]]]></description>
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