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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Follow this blog for a while, and you will find me talking about something about our terrestrial neighborhood.  This picture really stands out to me as the purest example of the word Solitary.  The moon just might be one of the most photographed solitary objects I know of.  My shot really holds me because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3922&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work Humor: 9/26/2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; HOW TO KEEP A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY IN THE WORKPLACE Page yourself over the intercom. (Don&#8217;t disguise your voice.) Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Always wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is a different gender than you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3972&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yeah Another Monday Rises</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/09/24/yeah-another-monday-rises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I could use a nudge this morning&#8230;saw these phrases on my digital &#8220;walk&#8221; around the web this morning and they really rang true. &#160; &#160; Motivation: Doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done when we WANT to do it. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Discipline: Doing what needs to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3929&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/09/21/weekly-photo-challenge-everyday-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I loved this shot of summer time around here.  Many enjoy taking in a game at the local ball park.  This candid shot of the mascot trying his best to fire up the crowd is offset by the clear boredom of the home team that has probably seen this routine a thousand times or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3919&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/09/14/weekly-photo-challenge-near-and-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camera in hand, following the leader, my youngest daughter is trooping forward on an adventure of her own.  This picture was taken at a nearby lake this past summer.  The dam frames the shot perfectly. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far (jinancitydailyphoto.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far (myjourneywithdepression.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Near [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3912&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Free Spirit</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/09/07/weekly-photo-challenge-free-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; For me the concept of the free spirit always draws me to nature.  On a recent camping trip this summer we were fishing on the bank as a family of Canadian geese slid by without a care in the world.  They were oblivious to all of us humans around their home.  The way they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3907&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/09/02/weekly-photo-challenge-urban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Sorry I&#8217;m a little late to the party with my weekly post folks&#8230; I had to really dig deep this week.  I had to go back into my photo archive to 2008 to find something I would consider right for this subject.  This is a photo from a trip my wife and I took [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3902&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/08/24/weekly-photo-challenge-merge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That morning commute is a killer.  All that jockeying for position.  That merge to the left is a real pain, everyone trying to hog their spot. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge (onthegypsystrail.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge (thewishfactor.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge (autumninbruges.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge (aboutgivingandreceiving.wordpress.com) Filed under: Media, Photography Tagged: fair, pig [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3878&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/08/17/weekly-photo-challenge-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You look at the picture, and then you look back at the challenge for this week.  Perhaps you are muttering to yourself; &#8220;Wrong? What&#8217;s wrong with this cute picture?&#8221;.  I had to dig deep into the metaphorical for my choice this week, so bear with me while I explain the reasons for my picture being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3866&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Keep Him Down</title>
		<link>http://mikes-take.com/2012/08/16/you-cant-keep-him-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lemons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; That&#8217;s right he&#8217;s back.  Did anyone really think that he would die falling off a cliff?  This is Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane for goodness sakes.  My only wish is to look as good as William Shatner does when I am 81 years old.  Yeah, let that sink in brah. Related articles Look [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikes-take.com&#038;blog=8639751&#038;post=3855&#038;subd=mikestake&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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