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		<title>Marley &amp; Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday, the day after Christmas, I took my family to see Marley &#38; Me, a delightful movie, though, I&#8217;ll have to admit, it was difficult. Without giving spoiling the ending, I had to fight not to break down and weep, out loud. Okay, maybe I just spoiled the ending. Marley &#38; Me is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=197&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The joy of being who I am</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A DOG HAS A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING of what it means to be a dog than you and I have for understanding what it means to be human. Not only that; they are happy about it. It is difficult to imagine a dog musing about being a dog, or writing about the “virtues of being me.” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=164&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye, Isabelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YOU HAVE RECORDED EVERY SOUND, the tap of her feet on your wood floors, the small sound of her breathing, the contentment she makes audible as she sits by you, or as she sleeps, happy at the mere fact you are there, and for no other reason. She celebrates your very coming and going, because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=118&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I prithee, sweet wag!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  THIS HOMAGE WE PAY to the dog is nothing new. She has maintained a presence in literature consistently since man was first able to record his thoughts. I suspect that an image of the dog, or something like the dog, was painted on cave walls. It seems we can’t get enough of them, these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=98&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let sleeping dogs, well, sleep.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: We received the following story from one of our readers [the picture above was included with it]. It was too good to pass up. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. —David ONE DAY A DOG WANDERED INTO MY YARD. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=93&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So inevitably dog</title>
		<link>http://davidteems.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/so-inevitably-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO WORRY THEM. Everything is NOW. If you don’t believe that, watch them eat. Immediacy is all. Dogs have an indifference to wealth that is difficult to understand, as well as an indifference to trends and fashions of the hour, even spiritual ones. Celebrity means nothing to them. They are unmoved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=89&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To err is human, to forgive is canine</title>
		<link>http://davidteems.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/to-err-is-human-to-forgive-is-canine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOGS ARE ABLE TO FORGIVE with an ease you and I seem incapable of. There may be many reasons for this, but I want to suggest that time, or rather the dog’s indifference to time, has something to do with it. Time is linear. It moves in a straight line. Past, present, and future can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=82&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Noselessness of Man</title>
		<link>http://davidteems.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/the-noselessness-of-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OKAY, SO YOU&#8217;VE DECIDED TO TAKE ROVER ON A NICE WALK. A little exercise. A little sunshine. It doesn&#8217;t get any better than this. The rhythm between you and the dog is a happy one. The leash, like life itself, is firm in your grip. And then, WHAM!, against all hope, that calm quiet walk is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=76&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s almost like being in love</title>
		<link>http://davidteems.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/dog-will-have-his-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 20:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Teems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She aches in the absence of her master. Sometimes she aches in his presence. This is the first post of a new blog on the devoted life as explained to us by dogs.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidteems.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858654&amp;post=1&amp;subd=davidteems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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