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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Conclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)(Part 2 is here)(Part 3 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
10:41 pm
As the white woman rifles through the Times, I skip town - over to the counter for a soy chai latte.
When I sit back down and begin trying to reconstruct the evening so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/06/22/powerless-in-the-entertainment-capitol-of-the-world-part-4/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to our Service Men and Women in Harm&#8217;s Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Members of the Armed Services,
We share your frustration with the MSM&#8217;s portrayal of both the fight and the fighters for our freedom there in the Middle East - Iraq and Afghanistan.  If we could only organize concentrated, consolidated marches or other visible signs of support for you, I would be there.
I try to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/06/21/an-open-letter-to-our-service-men-and-women-in-harms-way/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)(Part 2 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
10:00 pm
As I’m writing down my faulty thoughts and recollections of my conversation with Ava, surrounded by power outages all over “the Valley” here, the rabid white woman leans toward me and addresses me.  
Oh.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/05/10/21/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2, Continued (Part 1 is here)
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
9:12 pm
Giggly girls speaking in tongues and I can no longer write coherently.
			So I move to a different table up near the two &#8211; count &#8216;em, TWO sets of overstuffed chairs that give me comfort just to see.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/05/04/powerless-in-the-entertainment-capitol-of-the-world-part-2/</link>
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		<title>A Rose Is A Rose&#8230; Not!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #3
Starbucks, Brentwood Village, California
6:34 pm
I don&#8217;t know, I got stung by a beauty bee yesterday evening.  I went to get my mail from the apartment complex mailbox which is on the edge of a nice courtyard near the pool and there right in front of me was a perfectly opened and formed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/27/a-rose-is-a-rose/</link>
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		<title>Powerless In The Entertainment Capitol of the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog Entry #2
Starbucks, 12824 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA  91604
8:43 pm
“No running in the Pool Area!” Gilbert the barista calls out to the young woman running toward me at the back of this Starbucks, her two girlfriends walking, giggling behind her.  I ask them if they’re here because of the power outage.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/21/powerless-in-the-film-capitol-of-the-world/</link>
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		<title>But Wait!  There&#8217;s More!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi!
As I&#8217;ve been scrambling to recover from the stiff, I have been remiss in putting up new posts.  But count &#8216;em, I have three! (3) new posts almost ready.  They will be available starting tonight sometime.  Posts with the following titles:
Powerless In The Film Capitol of the World (posted!)
I Got Stiffed, part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/18/but-wait-theres-more/</link>
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		<title>I Got Stiffed Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, today I got stiffed. Are you a person who regularly has people renege on an agreement or promise?
 
This is the inaugural installment of this blog, CoffeeHouseBlog.com and man-oh-man, could I use a new beginning today. Now, I’m not a person like <em>that</em> – who regularly has people screw him (or <em>thinks</em> people screw him) - but today I allowed myself a few moments of feeling like God has it in for me. Of course, this also comes on a day I ...]]></description>
		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/11/2/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to CoffeeHouseBlog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just getting our order in, the milk is steaming, and I can smell the beans roasting.  Check out the About This Site for background information, what to expect, and how you can contribute.  Salut!
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		<link>http://coffeehouseblog.com/coffeehouseblog/2007/04/10/new-and-improved/</link>
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