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		<title>Seriously, I&#8217;m busy&#8230;doing nothing?</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2011/01/25/seriously-im-busy-doing-nothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently my life has become a touch out of control lately, as I&#8217;m rather busy running around frantically doing&#8230;absolutely nothing. I wish I could say I have been busy writing a book, volunteering for a charity or cleaning out my closets but alas I&#8217;ve done none of those things. If I&#8217;m perfectly honest, I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1458&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, can anyone afford the price of fame?</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2011/01/19/seriously-can-anyone-afford-the-price-of-fame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet is a beautiful thing. It provides immediate access to a wealth of information, acts as a communication tool making it easier than ever to connect with people from all over the world, and it has the uncanny ability to turn a &#8220;nobody&#8221; into a &#8220;somebody&#8221; literally overnight. This past week, you pretty much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1446&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, the year I won&#8217;t forget.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the passing of each year, it sickens me how fast it goes by with no more than the sound of a whisper. Yet ringing loudly in my ears, are the adults&#8217; voices from my childhood mocking my naive frustration at how slowly my life was taking at delivering the requisite milestones of youth. However, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1432&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, God Bless Us, Every One!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few years, I&#8217;ve made it a habit to change my Instant Messenger avatar to the Grinch as my way of letting the world know how I truly feel about the holiday season. I have several reasons for dreading the month of December which thankfully isn&#8217;t the purpose of this post. However, despite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1412&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, why all the hostility?</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/12/15/seriously-why-all-the-hostility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now I&#8217;ve never been married, so I don&#8217;t know what it feels like to have a husband who works with, socializes with or finds himself in the company of single women. I&#8217;m sure if someone has trust and/or jealousy issues then this could be a big problem for their marriage. However, I do know what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=692&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, bald is better.</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/12/08/seriously-bald-is-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, a former male boss and I had would find ourselves having some rather random yet interesting conversations in lieu of working through a difficult project. On one particular day, we found ourselves discussing hair transplants and the process involved in restoring hair in places where there was none. Unfortunately, my supervisor was among the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1382&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, I&#8217;m grateful for the ability to be thankful.</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/11/24/seriously-im-grateful-for-the-ability-to-be-thankful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year at Thanksgiving, as part of my family&#8217;s tradition, we go around the table and take turns saying one thing that we are thankful for. Then we toast each person&#8217;s statement by taking a sip of Manischewitz wine. No, we are not Jewish, but again thanks to my mother&#8217;s upbringing in the projects of New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1365&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, I&#8217;m the fun size?</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/11/17/seriously-im-the-fun-size/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I was in the fabulous city of Chicago attending a compensation event sponsored by my former/new employer, Bank Director magazine. My job was to blog and tweet on the various sessions, record a few video interviews, and conduct some low level market research on the use of smart phones in the banking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1345&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, beware of a lyricist&#8217;s snare.</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/11/03/seriously-beware-of-a-lyricists-snare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a week ago while getting my weekly entertainment news fix, I came across an article revealing that the young pop-country &#8220;songstress&#8221; (and I use that term loosely), Taylor Swift had indeed written a song about her now shattered love affair with John Mayer. My first reaction was, is she old enough to be dating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, a birthday gift like no other.</title>
		<link>http://seriouslybymk.com/2010/10/31/seriously-a-birthday-gift-like-no-other/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mika</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, birthdays! The one time of year where your loved ones take the time to celebrate your life through parties, sweet treats, and let&#8217;s not forget, gifts. This past Friday was my 36th birthday, and not to be outdone by my family and friends, my own body decided to bestow upon me a few presents [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=seriouslybymk.com&amp;blog=5541556&amp;post=1311&amp;subd=seriouslybymk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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