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	<description>Not for the mearly gloomy or the slightly crabby, the gRumpcAst is for the professional grumps.  We feature rants, raves, dreams and some amazing music to provide a yang to the yin.</description>
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		<title>His name is Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a probably the best (and perhaps only) television advertisement for the Linux operating system.  It was produced for IBM and is, in my opinion, a classic in contemporary advertising history. A tip of the hat to my friend Stef who pointed me toward this story.]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=86</link>
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		<title>We need to be healthy to be competitive.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Orange &#8230; &#8230; is the color for National Security and has been since 911. There are any number of possible acts of terrorism that could cause a disaster that no individual, or groups of Insurance company could pay and we would be bailing them out again! U.S. Business has to compete in a World Market [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=73</link>
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		<title>Florence Nightingale &#8211; Health Care Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the talk from the &#8220;I hate my government&#8221; tea bagging  anti-health care crowd, I figured it was time to take a break from politics and revisit some of the hero&#8217;s from the past who advanced the concept of public health. The other night, at a party, a friend asked if I knew the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=63</link>
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		<title>Corned Beef Hash and Poached Eggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I count corned beef hash as one of the America&#8217;s greatest culinary contributions. It&#8217;s a balance of starch, protein and fat.  It&#8217;s crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. In short, the definition of deliciousness. For many people, &#8220;corned beef hash&#8221; means a can from the supermarket shelf. While I can understand the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=52</link>
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		<title>Extra Slutty Olive Oil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you can call the very first, softest pressing of olive oil, virgin, then pomace oil must be extra slutty. Olive oil ratings mostly have to do with how much pressure is placed on the olive pulp and seeds and how long it was pressed.  You load the press up with crushed olives, and start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=36</link>
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		<title>First campfire of the season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late Sunday night: I love fire. For 25 years, I was a fire fighter until I retired as an Assistant Chief. I have a fire ring in my yard, heat my house with wood, and consider myself one of the firedogs  at community bonfires. I really like making fire. Summer in Florida is all about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=28</link>
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		<title>Socialized Banking vs. Socialized Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, the financial system in the US has suffered a bit of a meltdown.  The politicans are all pointing fingers at each other, while riding to the rescue of ailing insurance companies, banks and brokerage houses to pay for their errors and, in some casese, criminal misconduct, with taxpayer dollars. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Bicycles and Death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ghost bike image from flickr user ( kurtz ) and is covered by a creative commons license. I just received word that a young friend and neighbor was killed this evening in a accident while riding his bicycle. In my city, and most of the US, there is not a whole lot of transportation planning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=19</link>
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		<title>The downside of bargaining.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The instrument on the left is a euphonium.  The instrument on the right is a tuba. A week ago, I wandered through one of the many salvage shops in Tallahassee and spotted what I thought was a small tuba.  I&#8217;ve been enamored with brass instruments after a visit to Festival International in Lafayette Louisiana a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Loafing on a Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long week and I even went into work for a bit this morning. It&#8217;s time to loaf. My favorite kind of loaf is turkey loaf. In honor of my brother Steve, who&#8217;s going to be older next weekend while I&#8217;m out-of-town, I&#8217;m cooking a delicious turkey loaf. Here&#8217;s my recipe: This image [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://grumpcast.com/?p=17</link>
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