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		<title>The New and improved</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its time to update you bookmarks and RSS feeds ladies and gentlemen. On Monday, we began our migration to a newly designed site with a new address:
http://www.thedesk.org
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		<title>3 p.m. on a Monday?</title>
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N.C. State, hot off of four consecutive ACC wins, accepted a bid to play Rutgers in the Papajohns.com Bowl (they sell virtual pizza to Nintendo Wii Avatars) at 3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29. Yes &#8211; it&#8217;s a bowl. But 3 p.m. on a Monday?
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		<title>Losing-induced exhaustion</title>
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Tonight was exhausting.
I&#8217;ve never been as tired driving home from a Hockey game as I was leaving RBC Center after the Carolina Hurricanes&#8217; 5-2 lose tonight (Bear in mind, I play in a local adult league where we have games beginning at 11:40 pm).
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		<title>Just Say No! &#8230; To the Big Three Bailout</title>
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In fifth grade, I starred as the &#8220;pressured person&#8221; in our D.A.R.E. program&#8217;s finale play, clinching the famous line, &#8220;Just say no!&#8221; as my own. 
 
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		<title>Out with the old, in with the &#8216;older&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:
My interview with NBC17 in Raleigh concerning the coaching change: http://tinyurl.com/6eqqhu
&#8211;
Today, the Carolina Hurricanes have a new head coach.
Not too much of a surprise. The new sheriff in town? That&#8217;s a Zamboni of a different color.
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