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		<title>My mouth and the ugly truth.</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/my-mouth-and-the-ugly-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My right side of my mouth starting acting up big time about 3 weeks. Today my neurologist got me on Neurontin and Lyrica. Business is sucking; it was failing before the stroke and the stroke put the nails in the coffin. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it....<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=3252&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on how NOT to try to grow a large IT Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor and Satire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[3. Based on the feelers put out on the phone, believe the other one-man IT shop might be receptive to do anything for  additional business.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=3189&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Managed Services – Buyer Beware</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/managed-services-buyer-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But in the past couple of years or so, there has been a new wave of  computer guys out there that are solely looking for the quick buck and easy money in a particular fashion.   And that quick buck is in the name of  "Managed Services".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=3193&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Options I would like to hear on a Phone Tree</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/options-i-would-like-to-hear-on-a-phone-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Dial 95</b>  “if You’ve already gone to our website and checked your balance, so we don’t need to play an endless loop of ‘Go to our website for all of your answers’ during the 45 minutes while you are on hold.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=3191&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m always Lost&#8230;well, sometimes.</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/im-always-lost-well-sometimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Medical Situation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stroke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St. Jude Valve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I'm always lost when talking to people,
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		<title>Breaking the Silence</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/breaking-the-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Medical Situation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stroke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking the Silence.

And Thanks to Bruce for being there with me and telling me my voice will come back.
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		<title>3 Strokes within under Two Weeks</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/3-strokes-within-under-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Medical Situation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["That was the first of the three strokes I had in two weeks. My mechanical aortic heart valve, turning 20 years on June 10, decided to break down and cause the strokes. "<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=2835&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for Your Support</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/thanks-for-your-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for Your Support<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=3075&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a 3.4&#8230;woohoo!</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/a-3-4-woohoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Medical Situation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["I'll keep the same regime for the next three weeks, test again, and if lucky I will still be in the target range of a 2.5-3.5 INR."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=2766&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Living longer but only if &#8220;The Price is Right&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jeffbales.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/living-longer-but-only-if-the-price-is-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Bales</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INR]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[warfarin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Which one of these home medical devices cost $59 and which one cost $1,600?......I was surprised but not shocked.  Our health care system is first and foremost about making money; saving lives is a distant second."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffbales.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6858042&amp;post=2618&amp;subd=jeffbales&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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