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	<title>Enlightened Conflict &#187; Bruce</title>
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		<title>sauced</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[am i missing something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being sauced]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving and drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightening people on what not to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot sauced words poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[license plate announcing you are drunk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stupid vanity license plates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban dictionary great source for slang]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vanity license plates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. Urban dictionary should be bookmarked by everyone.  It is a priceless source for priceless sayings (and insures us old folk can keep track of the new folk slang). Why do I bring up the Urban Dictionary? Well. Knowshon Moreno (Denver Broncos running back and proud University of Georgia Bulldog graduate) gets pulled over for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>rome &amp; atlanta have something in common</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/rome-atlanta-have-something-in-common</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atlanta snowstorms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities with no snowplows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do your own shoveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freak snowstorms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giving shovels away]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the vatican envious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no snowplows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olymipic torch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rome italy and atlanta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoveling snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow in rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Whoda thunk Rome and Atlanta would have something in common. Not a Bernini statue (although Atlanta has a rusting Olympic torch). Not a square… albeit it is really a circle &#60;St. Peters&#62; (although Atlanta has a dome that would make the Vatican envious). Nope. Snowplows. Neither of them has any snowplows. This week Rome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>friends, feedback, influencing &amp; a new economy</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/friends-feedback-influencing-a-new-economy</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/friends-feedback-influencing-a-new-economy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a net education platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affecting people’s conflict behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning generational attitude and technology and consumer trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careful tweeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children and critical thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children out of school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children’s education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community individualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict and people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content dissemination trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating innovation attitude in children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating the next generation of thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating the next generation of thinkers using the web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowd clout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowds providing unsolicited feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing cross cultural skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing minds of next generation of thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing social and emotional competencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educating using the net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education to enlighten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective teaching globally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging curiosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encouraging understanding of choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance is the enemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influencers are still influencers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[measuring exclusion from primary education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[measuring generational behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measuring global education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meeting the challenges of concentration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online has quality communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pop up schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project global generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality versus quantity online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redefining children’s education with a global initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect for individual choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short term concentration capabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the economist e-communication and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the f-factor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trendwatching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter triumph of humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using cell technology for education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web based global education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. My thoughts on this topic were inspired by a trendwatching’s briefing called “The F-Factor.” Their briefing (another excellent one by the way) discusses focuses how the impact of influencers’ on purchasing has increased because of the web (and the dynamics associated with the web). By the way. Trendwatching has another excellent briefing called Crowd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>survival</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/survival</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/survival#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices leading to full life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices we make or do not make]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creation means destroying something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destroying the personal baggage you carry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear of choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gain some new identity aspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identifying who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intentions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just this once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lacking hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[managing perceptions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal creative destruction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[resiliency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[see your own reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smallest actions contribute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“it is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin I love this quote. Mostly because those with ‘brawn’ scoff at those with ‘brains’, and vice versa, when survival (and that doesn’t have to mean life &#38; death but rather success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>let the din of battle begin</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/let-the-din-of-battle-begin</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/let-the-din-of-battle-begin#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Quotes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awaiting glory in silence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the battle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brady and stillness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat wave brain stillness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gathering adrenaline but still]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imaging the brain for the moment before the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[let the din of battle begin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maybe it is me moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[more aware of yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pooh and Brady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resetting the brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stillness in leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super bowl stillness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[that i will be tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the moment before the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there was a moment just before]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[this i am today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thriving in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom brady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We await glory in silence, oh, let the din of battle begin” &#8211; A midshipman on Collingwood’s flagship wrote this in his diary as his ship sailed into battle at Trafalgar Tom Brady (yup … this is about him – in honor of the super bowl – and I am going to use this quote). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the unAmerican american tradition</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-unamerican-american-tradition</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th biggest beer day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america has lost its beers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american beer connoisseurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer and bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer is good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bud isn't american]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budweiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[champagne of beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no high falutin micro brews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super bowl beer tradition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the character of beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=1871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is about the American tradition (the super bowl) and an un-American aspect (the fact there just aren’t that many American beers left). The super bowl (according to Nielsen sales studies) is the 8th biggest beer day of the year. It is behind the 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Father&#8217;s Day, Christmas/New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wonder of birds</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/wonder-of-birds</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addictive songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bright as yellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fragile music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fragile voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great listening music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[husband and wife musicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karen peris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[songs that are nice to listen to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the innocence mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wistful alt pop music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wistful storyteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wonder of birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write songs like conversations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. I just heard another song and it made me think about &#8220;couples bands&#8221;  &#8230; like Over the Rhine or Weepies (a post to follow on their new cd) &#8230; and going back maybe K&#8217;s Choice (brother &#38; sister) &#8230; but the song I heard made me want to spend a minute talking about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>my thoughts on education inspired by The Wire</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/my-thoughts-on-education-inspired-by-the-wire</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project global generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a global education kids initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a net education platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affecting people’s conflict behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aligning generational attitude and technology and consumer trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beating the system]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community individualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict and people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content dissemination trends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[curiosity is the enemy of ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing cross cultural skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing minds of next generation of thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developing social and emotional competencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educating using the net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education and collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education is not always equal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education to enlighten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective teaching globally]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. Every time I walk into a high school I have a feeling that education … well … that it could be better. For everyone. Teachers &#38; all kids (no matter their socioeconomic status or whether they live in an urban or rural environment). Shit.  Not could &#8230; that it should be better. And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>never interrupt the enemy</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/never-interrupt-the-enemy</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte This is a follow up to yesterday&#8217;s “when you start to suck, stop.” Why? Well. Because that one was focused on your suckedness and this is focused on someone else’s suckedness. Simplistically. If your enemy is starting to suck … don’t interrupt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>knowing when to stop</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/knowing-when-to-stop</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“when you start to suck, stop” – Kristen Hersh So. This is so explanatory it needs no explanation. However. What I would suggest to everyone is that, in general, people don’t stop when they start to suck. And they don&#8217;t for one of two reasons: They are oblivious to their sucking. They recognize their suckedness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>confessions of an ad man</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. Maybe its because I get to talk with a lot of teen/20somethings or maybe its because all my friends are cynical bastards … but I seem to defend the advertising business a lot. And maybe because of that I thought I should take a moment and share some truths. Because the business (for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>rat girl thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. I wrote about Rat Girl (Kristen Hersh) awhile back … and have been meaning to come back to the book and some quotable/comment-able thoughts from Kristen and her book. Let me say this upfront. Rarely have I found so many quotable thoughts from one book. Anyway. There is no particular order for these thoughts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to be yourself or nobody</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stand for something within yourself]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[there is no formula for good choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trying to preserve will lead to stagnation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” - ee cummings Just when I think the battle to be yourself ends when you have gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sometimes you just have to wonder</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/sometimes-you-just-have-to-wonder</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/sometimes-you-just-have-to-wonder#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a great dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best companion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[best friend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casual intensity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up together]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inseparable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inseparable friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost but not lost]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moving on]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[never forgotten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great dog biscuit factory in the sky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the searching dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tigger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tigger the dog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[where is my owner look]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ok. This took me a couple of days to write … as I wrapped my head around it. So. The other day (the 24th of January). I am driving up to a traffic light and to my left I see a dog (a Rhodesian Ridgeback I believe) kind of chugging along the sidewalk. No owner. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hard choices</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/hard-choices</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/hard-choices#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[actions today make who i am tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astonish people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being soft in business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change begins in the head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change forces prioritizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change takes remarkable effort]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[changing objectives to make change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doing the right thing is hard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hard choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[knowing what is right is not enough]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[letting go is difficult]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[making changes personally]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moral fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[right is right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strength of character to make change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[truth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Let&#8217;s talk a minute about Kodak. And the fact that their demise had nothing to do with lack of foresight or inability to innovate (because they actually invented the digital camera). Kodak is about leadership, or the lack thereof, and people and decisions (or the lack thereof). When an iconic company and brand like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>jeep &amp; robert frost</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/jeep-robert-frost</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/jeep-robert-frost#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good Jeep tv ad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good tv advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard to say something different]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeep wrangler arctic and robert frost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry and tv ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it differently]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say it differently to be distinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart tv ad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stopping by woods on a snowy evening jeep ad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using the real author as voice over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. It is very difficult in the car advertising business to make your advertising stand out. Car manufacturers spend zillions of dollars (ok … only billions of dollars) and it is difficult to find something truly new and relevant and interesting to say. So sometimes you just have to find a different way of saying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>facts and creation</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/facts-and-creation</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/facts-and-creation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being interesting and relevant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[content matching value proposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversation in marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity overcomes clutter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dialogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disciplined chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discovery is messy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[original ideas are typically nuances of existing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people confuse process and disciplined thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[process is a means to an end]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the myth of original]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Without the hard little bits of marble which are called &#8216;facts&#8217; or &#8216;data&#8217; one cannot compose a mosaic; what matters, however, are not so much the individual bits, but the successive patterns into which you arrange them, then break them up and rearrange them.” - The Act of Creation I find it tragic to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>christian music musings</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/christian-music-musings</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/christian-music-musings#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[addictive songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazing songwriter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be open minded]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books about musicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[christian crossover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christian music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative innovators]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ignore at your own peril]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mainstream christian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music is a powerful medium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[POD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[switchfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the great commission and music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Letter Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the next generation of thinkers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tonya donnelly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Sunday and I thought I would write about church-going music. So let&#8217;s begin with a song my mother heard on the radio and a quote from my mother when she heard it: “did they get kicked out of the church?” – my mother The song? Flyleaf “Again”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdCeWoEH1U&#38;ob=av2e (little lead singer with a huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>somebody i used to song</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/somebody-i-used-to-song</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/somebody-i-used-to-song#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addictive songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian songer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good radio song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gotye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interesting music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kimbra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new zealand singer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[odd music video]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. How good is this song? (pretty damn good) Somebody That I used to Know: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY This is my next projected “addictive song.’ I heard it on the radio and had no clue who it was … it is a quirky catchy kind of alternative-pop song. Really interesting sound with a chorus using a woman’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>fearless work</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/fearless-work</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/fearless-work#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[amazing songwriter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architects of fate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[books about musicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[every one is an architect of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[every one plays a role in fate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gain some new identity aspects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting a new start means destroying some old things]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serious life decluttering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creativity is a tricky thing. Having been involved in the creativity business in some form for over 20 years I recognize that the best of the creative best are … well … part insecure … and part fearless. And it’s the fearless part that I am going to write about because I saw this quote [...]]]></description>
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