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		<title>My Personal Prime Time Television Lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217; been almost a year since I cut ties with my subscription television provider and migrated to free television.  I fully expected to have to have to sacrifice content or even watch less television, rather I have actually begun watching more television that I ever have in my adult life.  So much so that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=111&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back, Looking Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where exactly did the last year go?  The year 2010 was an amazingly productive year for me personally and professionally and I thought it important to reflect upon last year&#8217;s goals before I move forward with my 2011 resolutions.  So in no particular order let&#8217;s see how I did in 2010 and see what I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=96&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing Your Way to Health and Wealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that TV show, &#8220;Who Wants to be a Millionaire&#8221;?  It was a game show where you answered a series of questions and were rewarded with various amounts of money until you reached and answered the million dollar question.  Each time you chose to move on there was a risk of falling back to one of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=80&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas State Fair butter sculpture: ewe have to see this. #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sculptured by Sharon BuMann of Central Square, NY, this 725 pound sculpture features two sheep with a backdrop of a small sheep farm. While a little on the light side this year it is still worth a visit.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=75&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ye Old Mill at the Kansas State Fair. #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, it&#8217;s just not a fair until we have ridden the floating, wacky shack that is the Old Mill. This volunteer operated attraction has been around (between two locations) since 1915. It&#8217;s basically a stream that carries little boats through a maize of haunted house like characters whose primary mission is to scare you, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=73&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Step out of the rat race and into the pig races at the Kansas State Fair. #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite events at the fair is the pig races. Four cute little piglets race around a horseshoe track and the winner is rewarded with an oreo cookie. It&#8217;s 4 or so races of pure silliness. This year the run daily at the following times, 10am, noon, 2:30pm, 4pm and 6pm. Get there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=68&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy eating at the Kansas State Fair #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a calorie conscious person, like myself, the fair can be rather intimidating when it&#8217;s time to eat. The main thing to remember is that healthy eating options exist everywhere, you may just have to look for them. Case in point, the Tacone. (pictured) This hand carried delight is basically a taco salad [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=66&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arts &amp; Music Fest at the Kansas State Fair #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not into 4H or barn animals? Well there may still be something for you at the fair. My wife (Melissa) and I like to browse the various art exhibits or stop by one of the many sound stages scattered across the grounds with some great home grown music talent.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=64&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t wait in line, buy your tickets to the fair online. #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family always bought our gate admission to the fair at Dillions a week if so before the beginning if the fair. Last year we discovered the fair fun packs. They include gate admission and tickets to the must do activities like the old mill, skyride and even fair food. (at least enough food tickets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=61&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On our way to the fair! #ksf10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time again for our annual pilgrimage to the Kansas State Fair. Really this will be more like the first of several trips over the week as there always seems to be one more thing that we wanted to do. For instance, last year we returned mid-week for the first ever state fair tweetup. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jdpatton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9421373&amp;post=56&amp;subd=jdpatton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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