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		<title>Cloudy and Cold</title>
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Are we likely to &#8220;have a great day&#8221; if today&#8217;s weather is &#8220;cloudy and cold&#8221;?
The words seem rather dim and dreary, respectively and alliteratively.
I then started to wonder if they even bother to change the sign throughout the winter.  Seems like from November to April, the degree of coldness changes but it is almost always cloudy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soiling the bread knife</title>
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There has been a local debate raging for some time about whether or not a bread knife needs to be cleaned every time that it&#8217;s used to slice through bread. I argue that it doesn&#8217;t get that dirty and therefore only deserves a wipe down in most instances. Those on the opposite side of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/soiling-the-bread-knife/</link>
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		<title>The natural sounds of mechanical harmony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A well-oiled machine emits a certain sound that indicates it is running well. The smooth, almost elegant sound of mechanical gears and parts is a beautiful noise to some &#8211; while the click, clank, clunk of mechanical failure is hard on our ears. Without being engineers or mechanics, we need only listen to a machine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/the-natural-sounds-of-mechanical-harmony/</link>
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		<title>Korean word count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working on an article for a guest blog post that I was asked to submit, I had just about completed a first draft. Thinking to check my word count, I called up the word count tool in Microsoft Word.  What I saw rather surprised me.

The default language was set to UK English.  So, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/korean-word-count/</link>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s most technical products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Standing in the shadows of the Limerick Power Station, I saw an advertising poster that caught my attention.

Admittedly, the text is a bit hard to read with the window glare, so here are the salient words again:

ATTENTION!
ATENCION!
ACHTUNG!
ATTENZIONE!
Under Armour makes the world&#8217;s most technical products.
So, I think I have to disagree.  Surely a nuclear power [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/the-worlds-most-technical-products/</link>
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		<title>Google wags tongue at Olympics?</title>
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Is it just me or does this ice skater (part of the Google search page illustration) look like she has her tongue sticking out?  Is this a subliminal message about the Vancouver games?
Thanks to a sharp-eyed reader in Michigan for spotting this and submitting the screen-shot to chickenmonkeydog. We LOVE to get submitted pictures and stories [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/google-wags-tongue-at-olympics/</link>
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		<title>Year of the Meg</title>
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Dear Readers,
We have some big news to announce today! We wish we could say it is GOOD news, but let&#8217;s just say it is BIG!
Our brilliant friend and humorist Meg, who joined CMD as an author just about one year ago, is moving on to see what else the world of online creative writing has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/year-of-the-meg/</link>
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		<title>Awestruck by power</title>
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For the first time, I had the chance to see the Limerick Power Station as a reasonably close distance.  I found the shapely towers and plumes of steam positively hypnotizing. Watching the white clouds of steam climb further into the sky, I was filled with wonderment, awe and fear. I was within a short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/awestruck-by-power/</link>
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		<title>Circular postcard distribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overwhelmed by the magnificence of what lay before him, our foreign correspondent felt compelled to capture the grandeur of the Gateway to India in true chickenmonkeydog fashion.

And, dear readers, keep in mind that you too can capture the beauty around you with the red, yellow and blue hues of the chickenmonkeydog postcard. Just follow our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chickenmonkeydog.com/circular-postcard-distribution/</link>
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		<title>Unmapped in a digital world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week a good friend was unexpectedly without smart phone or GPS (or sat-nav) and trying to find his way across a new city by car. The amber warning light advising of an almost empty tank had reared its ugly head. Worried about finding his way home &#8211; and the nearest gas station &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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