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		<title>Mariners&#8217; sweep the series from Baltimore&#8230;Hernandez throws complete game in 3-1 come from behind victory!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, the Mariners had one of those magic seasons where they set the record for the most wins by a major league team in a regular season&#8230;. they quickly got eliminated in post season play and the team &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/mariners-sweep-the-series-from-baltimore-hernandez-throws-complete-game-in-3-1-come-from-behind-victory/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=256&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mariners defeat Orioles, 3-1&#8230;Solid pitching and timely hitting becoming a winning combination.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s team began the season under a cloud of uncertainty.  In the last couple of seasons the Mariners have gone through a major overhaul from the management down to the farm club.  Rising stars have moved on and veteran &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/mariners-defeat-orioles-3-1-solid-pitching-and-timely-hitting-becoming-a-winning-combination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=254&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mariners cage the Orioles 8-2&#8230; Fister records his second solid performance: 10 inning hitless string finally ends in the 7th inning&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mariners have a calm, calculated look to them these days.  you might say that they are taking after their coach, Don Wakamatsu&#8230;  After having their modest 4 game winning streak halted last night by Baltimore, the M&#8217;s stepped on the field &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/mariners-cage-the-orioles-8-2-fister-records-his-second-solid-performance-10-inning-hitless-string-finally-ends-in-the-7th-inning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=252&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle rolls to their fourth win in a row&#8230; 4-2 over Detroit&#8230; As predicted&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[this Mariner team is beginning to create its identity&#8230; solid, steady, and striving to bring it every evening&#8230;  Time will tell, but the chemistry on this team is  holding up as Bradley, Wilson, Kotchman, Figgins, Lee, and the new additions to &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/seattle-rolls-to-their-fourth-win-in-a-row-4-2-over-detroit-as-predicted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=250&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;M&#8217; is for Momentum as the Mariners capture 3rd straight win&#8230;11-3 over Detroit!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was about time&#8230; The Mariners had won both games that King Felix had started so far this season, yet Hernandez was on the mound still looking for his first victory.  Tonight, he would not be denied&#8230; The Mariners put the &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/m-is-for-momentum-as-the-mariners-capture-3rd-straight-win-11-3-over-detroit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=248&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mariners defeat the A&#8217;s 4-2.  Take first series of the season to begin their home stand!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The M&#8217;s are a modest 4-6 in their first 10 games of the season.  These aren&#8217;t number to write home to mama about, however, the team is beginning to gut some victories out despite having 2 of their starting aces on &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/mariners-defeat-the-as-4-2-take-first-series-of-the-season-to-begin-their-home-stand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=244&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Milton Bradley&#8230;passes go&#8230;collects 3 run homer to break 20 scoreless innings and lift Mariners overs A&#8217;s 3-0.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mariners bounced back from their 4-0 home opener loss against the Oakland A&#8217;s with the help of Doug Fister on the mound and the home run of Milton Bradley in the 8th inning to break open a scoreless ballgame.  For the &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/milton-bradley-passes-go-collects-3-run-homer-to-break-20-scoreless-innings-and-lift-mariners-overs-as-3-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=240&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mariners lose 4-0 in home opener&#8230; Randy Johnson throws out the 1st pitch&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Randy, it would have been nice to leave you in for about 79 more pitches&#8230; though today the hitting or lack of hitting was more obvious than anything else&#8230; I said that the first 3 games of the opening &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/mariners-lose-4-0-in-home-opener-randy-johnson-throws-out-the-1st-pitch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=238&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mariners limp home after a 9-2 loss today.  9 game homestand starts tomorrow&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next 3 games are against the Oakland A&#8217;s and I believe they will give us a significant forecast into this season&#8230;I know we have two potential aces on the disabled list in Lee and Bedard, but the great teams &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/the-mariners-limp-home-after-a-9-2-loss-today-9-game-homestand-starts-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=235&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too early for &#8216;must wins&#8217;&#8230; but today&#8217;s victory over the Rangers was a &#8216;much needed win!&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Felix Hernandez&#8230;.hang in there big guy&#8230; so far you don&#8217;t have a decision (win or loss) to your name, but it is no coincidence that you started both wins recorded by the Mariners&#8230;.  The M&#8217;s scratched, clawed, and overcame some &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/too-early-for-must-wins-but-todays-victory-over-the-rangers-was-a-much-needed-win/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=233&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why not&#8230;.the Mariners?  Why not this year?&#8230;Why not?  Mariners 5-3 final!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This might as well be the year as any year&#8230; If tonight is an indication, the Mariners will manufacture their runs via the timely hit and putting the pressure on the opposition by running, running, running!  Until the pitching gets &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/why-not-the-mariners-why-not-this-year-why-not-mariners-5-3-final/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=231&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easter is approaching&#8230;it held no significance for me til I was 18&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/easter-is-approaching-it-held-no-significance-for-me-til-i-was-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That was the day I made a rare visit to a small church in San Fernando, California where I heard the Easter story for the first time&#8230; I knew that day I would either leave from that place and never &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/easter-is-approaching-it-held-no-significance-for-me-til-i-was-18/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=227&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Health Care Reform&#8230;.&#8221;  The Real March Madness!</title>
		<link>http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/health-care-reform-the-real-march-madness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be brief&#8230; and I don&#8217;t know if this will make sense to many of you&#8230; but I pass it on, nonetheless&#8230; (not to mention that the number of readers that come by and read my blog&#8230; well&#8230;it is &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/health-care-reform-the-real-march-madness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=222&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Passion and the Pain of the game&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/the-passion-and-the-pain-of-the-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NCAA March Madness begins&#8230;  Kentucky inelgible???</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relax!  Kentucky is alive and well, but when I saw the video in the flash box to the right of the blog&#8230; well I just had to put it on here for your entertainment&#8230;  Have a laugh, then get your &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/ncaa-march-madness-begins-kentucky-inelgible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=196&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCAA talks about expanding brackets next year&#8230;.4,096 teams?&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty four teams in the big dance&#8230;. seems like that would be enough to keep from overlooking those &#8216;bubble&#8217; teams that either don&#8217;t have a strong enough schedule to give them the necessary RPI rankings, or those teams that get &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/ncaa-talks-about-expanding-brackets-next-year-4096-teams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=193&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smuggling in the truth&#8230;with a side of laughter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled upon this absolutely hilarious video clip that speaks volumes on President Obama&#8217;s approach to problem solving&#8230; Take a look at it in the flash box to your right&#8230; Whether it makes you laugh or makes you angry, it &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/smuggling-in-the-truth-with-a-side-of-laughter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=172&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men and Women&#8230; &#8220;They are&#8230; Different!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I teach a second semester 12th grade Marriage and Family class.  The course covers some of the various topics related to marriage; Self Image to Self sacrifice, flour babies to finance,  and communication to conflict resolution&#8230;students learn that marriage is &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/men-and-women-they-are-different/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=166&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HANNAH!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is your special day&#8230;. but your mom and I feel like we are the ones that got the birthday present, 21 years ago today! Hope you have a great day at Disneyland! love, Dad, Mom, and the crew!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=161&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art&#8230;is what you make it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postmodern came onto the scene in the early 70&#8242;s with a bang.  It ushered in changes to our society that will never be the same.  Absolute truth was replaced with the concept that societies were to create their own truth.  In &#8230; <a href="http://writingsfromron.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/art-is-what-you-make-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingsfromron.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12027116&amp;post=150&amp;subd=writingsfromron&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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