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		<title>Again, been away for too long&#8230;</title>
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I have been really working on my lifestyle change and my weight loss.
I am now officially in 40 jeans for the first time in years.  Another 40 or so to go and I will be at goal.
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		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1198</link>
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		<title>Memorial&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, its that time of year again, and I really don&#8217;t like the 4th of July. Not that its a bad day, but its that kind of day that is etched in my memory.
Nine years ago on July 5th, my father died. While the pain has gotten easier to deal with and the memories have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1195</link>
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		<title>Is this going to work now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just had to re work the kneeling prayer post. Seems that the post had some major XML problems that were causing a problem with my feed and with my wordpress app on my iPad. Now that I have this sorted out I can now blog from my iPad. 
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		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1179</link>
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		<title>Three days of Darkness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well,
I had my three days of darkness.  The power was off due to a storm.  Killed my Low Carb diet, because meat is usually kept in the freezer and we don&#8217;t open it during outages.
So I ate what I could.  What does this mean.
Three days of very low carb, the atkins flu and I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1177</link>
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		<title>I lowcarb, but I bake</title>
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Well, this next couple of weeks will be the following throw-down.  I have decided that I want to learn how to make Croissants.  I understand that these can be difficult, we shall see.
The first salvo in the battle of the Croissants will be fired this weekend.  Wish me luck
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		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1173</link>
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		<title>Love my iPad&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok&#8230; call me a fanboi&#8230;

But after having this thing since the day it launched, I can tell you my laptop spends most of its time with the kids.  They still pester me to use the iPad and get miffed when I tell them to use the laptop.
For 90% of the stuff that I need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1160</link>
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		<title>Why I love the East</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the west you have the Hail Mary:

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
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.

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In the East we have:

O spotless, undefiled, incorrupt, immaculate, pure Virgin, Lady Bride of God, who by thy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1153</link>
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		<title>Pentecost Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not know that today, for my Church, is still Pentecost.  Since we have an older calendar which is different from the West.
Here is some info about the Eastern View of Pentecost.
In the Eastern Church, Pentecost is one of the Great Feasts and is considered to be the highest ranking Great Feast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1151</link>
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		<title>kneeling prayers</title>
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Today is the only day that we kneel during liturgy. During that time we will recite the kneeling prayers. Typically we will say the first one. These prayers are part of the Pentecost vespers that are said on Sunday evening.
1st kneeling prayer
Again and again on bended knee let us pray to the Lord
O Lord, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1142</link>
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		<title>Hey Bishop, the 70&#8217;s called&#8230; they want their theology back.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — An Austrian bishop who has disagreed with the Vatican in the past about needed reforms said in an interview published Wednesday that the Catholic church should drop its celibacy requirement for priests.
Eisenstadt Bishop Paul Iby told the Die Presse daily that it should be up to priests to decide whether they want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://expagan.com/blog/?p=1140</link>
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