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		<title>A Bit of Silliness</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/05/a-bit-of-silliness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, spammers were MUCH more creative. They actually assigned themselves very amusing names. I am not sure if one person was generating the creative names or more than one. I made a list of them, as they amused me. Anything that amuses me is worth noting in the world of sourpusses. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes You Laugh?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/08/what-makes-you-laugh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the last time something struck you as really funny &#8230; and you could barely stop laughing? Does it surprise you to find out that the reasons people laugh have changed a great deal, over time? Have you ever analyzed those reasons? This past few months, we have attended several lectures that, more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What Makes People Laugh?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/08/12/what-makes-people-laugh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles E. Clark, Ph.D. asked himself, &#8220;What Makes People Laugh?&#8221; and then launched into a review of periodicals to find jokes and humorous stories published in early New England during the 1790s and beyond. His talk, &#8220;What New Hampshire Thought Funny Two Hundred Years Ago,&#8221; is a program sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Southern Treat</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/05/05/a-southern-treat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A favorite food in my family of origin was Lima Bean Soup. My mother claimed it was a southern dish to which she was partial because of her &#8220;heritage.&#8221; No matter that she spent only five years as a Georgia Peach! She made this soup often, usually with cornbread. The men all loved it. Any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Comedy Puts Things in Perspective</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/10/28/a-little-comedy-puts-things-in-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An American comedian who now works the British circuit has a few things to say in an online video. Two of his thoughts stick in my mind. The first regards the run for the American presidency. His assessment is that anyone who wakes up thinking that his country cannot exist without his leading it may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Good Evening, &#8216;Lady&#8217; of the House Speaking&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/01/02/good-evening-lady-of-the-house-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, how I love the British comedy, &#8220;Keeping Up Appearances!&#8221; I love it so much, I&#8217;ve modeled my behavior after the protagonist, &#8220;Hyacinth,&#8221; who answers the phone with &#8220;Bouquet (Boo-kkkkkk) Residence, Lady of the House Speaking.&#8221; When I engage in that kind of pre-conversation greeting, my friends laugh because they know me, my relatives are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Quilters, er&#8230;Pack Rats?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/08/22/calling-all-quilters-erpack-rats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look around your house. Do you see your family members standing around the kitchen counter to eat, rather than sitting down at the dining room table? If you are a quilter, and the answer to that question is &#8220;yes,&#8221; you may be one of the victims of HTMS syndrome. HTMS is characterized by having every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spot a &#8220;True&#8221; Yankee</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/08/19/how-to-spot-a-true-yankee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few tips on how to spot a true Yankee, that is, someone from northern New England, say, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine, preferably a born and bred native. If you are not already a true Yankee, consider this: too many years are required to &#8220;become&#8221; one, and by that time, you&#8217;d be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from a Reader on the Price of Gas</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/08/12/report-from-a-reader-on-the-price-of-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of gas has skyrocketed recently in North Pomfret, Vermont. See photo below, sent to us by Charlotte Croft.]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate Cake for Supper?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/06/04/chocolate-cake-for-supper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being old has its advantages. For example, we do not have to eat proper meals at proper times with proper ingredients, to set a good example for the children, although we do usually try to stay on the nutritious side of things. However, we both consider chocolate to be one of the major food groups, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Thoughts to Make You Smile</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/04/24/some-thoughts-to-make-you-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I found an online file of quotes from H.L. Mencken, a person who has been called one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. I delight in his way of looking at the world. He was quoted once as having said that if one wanted to make his ghost happy, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bit of Yankee Humor</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/04/04/a-bit-of-yankee-humor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you enjoy Yankee Humor, you will like reading the stories on this webpage from April&#8217;s edition of New Hampshire Magazine. Pat]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Comments of 1879</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/02/25/editorial-comments-of-1879/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Godey&#8217;s Lady&#8217;s Book, November 1879, the &#8220;editorial chit-chat&#8221; column featured these words: &#8230; (preceding text and then a quote) &#8220;Our mothers used to pride themselves on their housekeeping and fine needlework. Why should not we?&#8221; The editor answers: &#8220;To all which we say, &#8220;Why not?&#8221; Many a husband goes to ruin because his home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Types of Christmas Letters</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2006/11/26/two-types-of-christmas-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your email:&#160; For those who are prone to send out Christmas letters, one word of advice: don&#8217;t. Christmas letters are of two varieties: those associated with bragging, and those pain in the neck ones that literally describe in great detail every single bruise, injury, operation, disease, and malady known to man and make one wonder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Charmin&#8217; Decorations&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2006/11/02/charmin-decorations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, Jim and I were riding down a country road in a town that we do not usually visit, mainly because the seemingly only center of attraction there is a little post office. We had inadvertently taken a &#8220;wrong&#8221; road, and were trying to reconnect with a series of roads that would eventually bring [...]]]></description>
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