<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>MISC @ desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</title><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/</link><description>(MISC) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>MISC @ desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Baby is here - finally!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/babyschuett.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/babyschuett.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=babyschuett</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After much fidgeting and fuming in all quarters, Tori Sue Schuett finally made it into the world yesterday afternoon at 1639.&nbsp; She's going to be taller than her grandma by kindergarten, I swear -- at 8lbs 13 oz, and 21 inches tall, she's already]]></description></item><item><title>In the CSM - again!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/in_the_csm__again.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/in_the_csm__again.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=in%5Fthe%5Fcsm%5F%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This time it's on retirement. Check it out here.]]></description><category>retirement</category></item><item><title>Today&apos;s the Anniversary of rock n roll!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/rocknroll_anniversary.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/rocknroll_anniversary.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rocknroll%5Fanniversary</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A group of young musicians gathered in a makeshift recording studio in New York City on this day in 1954 to make a record destined to change musical history.]]></description><category>rock n roll</category><category>music</category></item><item><title>Blogging may be light today</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/blogging_may_be_light_today.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/blogging_may_be_light_today.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blogging%5Fmay%5Fbe%5Flight%5Ftoday</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At this point I'm not sure. Husband is having hand surgery&nbsp; today; as we have no prior experience with this I have no idea how things will work out.]]></description></item><item><title>Another one gone - Gene Pitney dead at 65</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/gene_pitney.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/gene_pitney.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gene%5Fpitney</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It seems the favorite pop singers of my generation are all exiting at relatively young ages.]]></description><category>music</category><category>gene pitney</category></item><item><title>Blogger&apos;s Child Tags Before Speaking</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/blogger_child.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/blogger_child.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blogger%5Fchild</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rosemary Esmay, otherwise known as the Queen of All Evil, asks:

Is this just random? Am I reading too much into a bunch of coincidences? 

Read the whole thing -- it's sure to brighten your day!]]></description><category>tags</category><category>blogging</category></item><item><title>Bird flu -- a coming disaster or just more hype?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/bird_flu__a_coming_disaster_or_just_more_hype.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/bird_flu__a_coming_disaster_or_just_more_hype.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bird%5Fflu%5F%5Fa%5Fcoming%5Fdisaster%5For%5Fjust%5Fmore%5Fhype</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday at Dean's World:

...the currently hyped prospective Flu pandemic has long missed its chances. It has been hyped almost daily in the San Francisco Chronicle since November. But all that happened was a dead chicken in Nigeria, a hamster in]]></description><category>birdflu</category><category>pandemic</category><category>bird flu</category><category>who</category></item><item><title>What would you be willing to pay an airline extra for?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/what_would_you_be_willing_to_pay_an_airline_extra_for.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/what_would_you_be_willing_to_pay_an_airline_extra_for.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fwould%5Fyou%5Fbe%5Fwilling%5Fto%5Fpay%5Fan%5Fairline%5Fextra%5Ffor</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shepard Smith at Fox just posed this question a few minutes ago.
I had an idea -- how about delay insurance?
If your plane is late by x number of minutes, you get your money back. If not, then they keep your $20 or whatever the fee is.
That would]]></description><category>airlines</category><category>foxnews</category><category>insurance</category><category>marketing</category><category>studiob</category></item><item><title>e-books, reading, libraries</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/ebooks_reading_libraries.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/ebooks_reading_libraries.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ebooks%5Freading%5Flibraries</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As a writer, I can get what David Weinberger is saying about being able to see how people are reacting to your works.&nbsp; I've been hoping for good e-books for some time.
However, he loses me on point #2, where he says:Why have more than one libra]]></description><category>reading</category><category>books</category><category>libraries</category><category>everythingismiscellaneous</category><category>everything is miscellaneous</category></item><item><title>Now, that&apos;s livin&apos; on the edge!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/now_thats_livin_on_the_edge.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/now_thats_livin_on_the_edge.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=now%5Fthats%5Flivin%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fedge</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[SWAT teams at the ready!
Nuns to face librarians in spelling bee]]></description><category>nuns</category><category>librarians</category></item><item><title>Socialist Women&apos;s Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/socialist_womens_day.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/socialist_womens_day.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=socialist%5Fwomens%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This piece from One World South Asia discusses the roots of Women's Day:

The corporate sponsors of this new genre of IWD celebrations would probably blanche if they knew the radical origins of the day they now profit from. Ironically, it was from]]></description><category>russia</category><category>south asia</category><category>womens day</category><category>socialism</category><category>feminism</category></item><item><title>Politics 2.0</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/politics_20.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/politics_20.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=politics%5F20</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Weinberger's blogging the Politics Online conference in Washington.&nbsp; Some thought-provoking stuff there!

I'd say that what's changed is that we've decided we're fed up. Fed up with the same-old of politics, as reflected in the polls. Fe]]></description><category>media</category><category>politics online</category><category>politics</category></item><item><title>This is seriously creepy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/this_is_seriously_creepy.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/this_is_seriously_creepy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fis%5Fseriously%5Fcreepy</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is an e-mail I just got:

Here is a web site you might want to visit and share with your relatives and friends who have children.&nbsp;It is http://www.familywatchdog.us/When you visit this site you can enter your address and a map will pop up]]></description><category>sexoffenderregistry</category><category>familywatchdog</category></item><item><title>Maybe people are just sick of being preached at…</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/maybe_people_are_just_sick_of_being_preached_at.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/maybe_people_are_just_sick_of_being_preached_at.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maybe%5Fpeople%5Fare%5Fjust%5Fsick%5Fof%5Fbeing%5Fpreached%5Fat</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We don&rsquo;t bother going to the theatre to see first-run films anymore, so there&rsquo;s really not much point in watching the Oscar show either. So not having seen any of the films, I can&rsquo;t comment on them specifically one way or another, b]]></description><category>academy awards</category><category>brokeback</category><category>crash</category><category>oscars</category><category>oscar</category></item><item><title>I and the Bird</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/i_and_the_bird.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/i_and_the_bird.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fbird</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The 18th I and the Bird -- the birdwatcher's carnival -- is up at Birdchaser.]]></description><category>blogs</category><category>carnivals</category><category>birding</category></item><item><title>I&apos;m not the only one!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/im_not_the_only_one.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/im_not_the_only_one.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=im%5Fnot%5Fthe%5Fonly%5Fone</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of my buds here in Blog-City has also got this bug. She's a bit more graphic in her detail! But when your online people start coming down with the same thing you've got, you know it's really going around!]]></description><category>virii</category><category>colds</category></item><item><title>Who is my audience?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/who_is_my_audience.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/who_is_my_audience.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=who%5Fis%5Fmy%5Faudience</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scott Karp is actually talking about something a tad different here, and on the Blog-city discussion group we’ve been talking about why we blog. Both of these got me to thinking:
Who is my audience?
I think of my audience as probably being ov]]></description><category>audience</category><category>blogging</category><category>writing</category></item><item><title>Another Prolific Day!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/another_prolific_day.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/another_prolific_day.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fprolific%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I am still in the throes of what my mother used to call, &quot;the never-get-over-it,&quot; I'll be blogging lots today. Can't do much else!]]></description></item><item><title>Scots to reinvent the really hard stuff!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/scots_to_reinvent_the_really_hard_stuff.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/scots_to_reinvent_the_really_hard_stuff.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scots%5Fto%5Freinvent%5Fthe%5Freally%5Fhard%5Fstuff</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; A Scottish distillery said Monday it was reviving a centuries-old recipe for whisky so strong that one 17th-century writer feared more than two spoonfuls could be lethal.
Risk-taking whisky connoisseurs will have to wait, however _ th]]></description><category>scotch</category><category>scotland</category><category>whiskey</category><category>spirits</category></item><item><title>Maybe I can figure out what happened to our yellowheads</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/maybe_i_can_figure_out_what_happened_to_our_yellowheads.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/maybe_i_can_figure_out_what_happened_to_our_yellowheads.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maybe%5Fi%5Fcan%5Ffigure%5Fout%5Fwhat%5Fhappened%5Fto%5Four%5Fyellowheads</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every year around the first of February, we'd have swarms of blackbirds, about half and half yellowheads and redwings, swarming around the fields and the canal that runs behind our house. This was how we knew winter was over!
The last couple of year]]></description><category>birds</category><category>birding</category><category>hobbies</category></item></channel></rss>