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	<title>John Dilbeck And Friends &#187; Family</title>
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	<description>Observations and musings about things that tickle this big brain of mine...</description>
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		<title>Family or work &#8211; which is most important to you?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/06/26/family-or-work-which-is-most-important-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two things you should know about me, if you have any hope at all in trying to understand me. 1. I love my work. 2. I love my family. I love my work For the great majority of my life, those two things were most important to me. Instead of &#8220;I love my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outstanding advice from a beautiful woman</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2011/06/11/outstanding-advice-from-a-beautiful-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as I was saying, I was&#8230; (What? No, you didn&#8217;t miss anything. Stop. Don&#8217;t go looking back through previous posts. I&#8217;m starting a new story. What? Because, that&#8217;s the way I chose to start it. You know, like &#8220;Once upon a time,&#8221; or &#8220;A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving was the best in many years</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/11/27/thanksgiving-was-the-best-in-many-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, I celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends and, for several reasons, it was the best Thanksgiving I&#8217;ve enjoyed in many years. I&#8217;ll remember and treasure it for a long time. My oldest granddaughter, Courtnie, recently moved into her new home and volunteered to host our Thanksgiving celebration. I&#8217;m sure it was a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am happy to report that I&#8217;m feeling better!</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/08/03/i-am-happy-to-report-that-im-feeling-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is a long post, written following the end of surgeries related to treating my cancer and just now starting chemotherapy. Unless you really know me and are obsessively curious (or just have a lot of free time on your hands), you may not want to read all of this.) As some of you already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to deal with distractions</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2010/01/28/how-to-deal-with-distractions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On another of my blogs, I recently wrote about how broadband makes a huge difference in online marketing. In that post, I concentrated on the benefits of fast Internet access and how it helps to get more work done. In this post, I&#8217;m going to look at the other side of the coin and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I had a very Merry Christmas this year</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/12/26/i-had-a-very-merry-christmas-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a day late, but I wanted to take a moment and wish all of my family and friends a very Merry Christmas! I had a computer-free day, yesterday, and that&#8217;s very unusual for me. I spent the day with my daughter and her family and had a wonderful time. There are many holidays and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am very grateful for all that I have &#8211; even in a bad year</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/11/28/i-am-very-grateful-for-all-that-i-have-even-in-a-bad-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to lie about it. 2009 has been a very difficult year for me, but it could have been much worse. My home is not the home of my dreams, but it gives me a place to live until I can earn enough to buy or build the home I dream of. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Dena!</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2006/10/13/happy-birthday-dena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my daughter&#8217;s birthday. Happy Birthday, Dena! I hope this is your best year yet. I love you.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas 2005</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2005/12/26/christmas-2005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a great time at our Christmas get-togethers yesterday. I posted some Christmas 2005 Photos on Flickr and you&#8217;re welcome to view them if you are interested. I had a very good visit with Mom in the nursing home, where she&#8217;s recovering from a broken leg, and then visited my daughter and her family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Carols Under the Stars &#8212; A Nice Surprise</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/12/05/christmas-carols-under-the-stars-a-nice-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/12/05/christmas-carols-under-the-stars-a-nice-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few minutes ago, I heard someone drive up into our driveway, so I went to investigate. It turned out to be some of the youth from the Grape Creek Baptist Church, just up the road. They brought some chocolate-covered cherries to Mom and wanted to sing Christmas carols to her. What they didn&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to the Emergency Room</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/01/10/trip-to-the-emergency-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All day Friday, Mom was complaining of pain in her abdomen. After several calls to one of her doctors, she was advised to go to the emergency room, so about 4:00 pm we headed off to the hospital where she was diagnosed with gall bladder trouble. It&#8217;s been a rough couple of weeks for her, [...]]]></description>
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