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		<title>Holy matrimony!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Joyce Brothers Here comes the bride &#8212; and there goes the family&#8217;s life savings. Over the years, I&#8217;ve watched newly engaged couples spend months selecting elaborate floral arrangements, inspecting menus from caterers, auditioning professional musicians, and outfitting enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s advice to grads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who&#8217;ll decide where to go.&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Seuss It&#8217;s graduation season &#8212; the time of year when proud parents, teachers, and elected officials are compelled to pass along pithy words of wisdom to students who&#8217;ll be leaving home for college or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As others see us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s the first impression, and it will either open the door or close it. It&#8217;s that important, so don&#8217;t mess it up.&#8221; &#8212; Nicholas Sparks (on query letters) While many of us &#8220;meet&#8221; new people through blogs and online social networks, our person-to-person social skills remain a key factor in our careers and personal lives. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midlife and friendship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My father used to say that when you die, if you&#8217;ve got five real friends, then you&#8217;ve had a good life.&#8221; &#8212; Lee Iacocca By the time we turn 50, we&#8217;ve established a complex social network of neighbors, friends, relatives, coworkers, and colleagues. At some point during midlife, we begin to reconsider some of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressing my age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Reinterpreting what the younger generation is wearing leaves the margin for error wide open &#8212; and that may be the reason we are reluctant to change.&#8221; &#8212; Sherrie Mathieson, Steal This Style Even if you&#8217;re not a card-carrying AARP member yet, you might be starting to think about &#8220;age-appropriate dressing.&#8221; But what does that really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back from spring break</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Toto, I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re in Michigan anymore&#8230;.&#8221; Jet-lagged and buried in vacation laundry, Doug and I are back from eight gorgeous days in southern California. After I get organized, I&#8217;ll be posting some of the highlights of our visit.Â  In the meantime, it looks like I&#8217;ll need more than a weekend to get back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mattel&#8217;s Barbie turns 50</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.&#8221; &#8212; D.W. Winnicott Mattel&#8217;s Barbie turns 50 this month, and her devoted fans are throwing birthday parties right and left. Even her biggest critics are giving the iconic doll extra points for longevity. Barbie was a huge part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we lie about age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How old would you be if you didn&#8217;t know how old you were? &#8212; Satchel Paige Whether we use Nice &#8216;n Easy to hide our graying temples or refuse to show our drivers&#8217; licenses, most of us secretly hope to appear younger than we are. But why is it so hard for smart women to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine to France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.&#8221; &#8212; James Taylor, American songwriter Traveling in provincial France and Paris for our 25th anniversary, my husband and I had a rare chance to observe a lifestyle noticeably different from our own.Â  The best souvenirs we brought back home weren&#8217;t the trinkets we&#8217;d collected from [...]]]></description>
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