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		<title>Susan Cain: The power of introverts &#124; Video on TED.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Cain: The power of introverts &#124; Video on TED.com. My post, Introverts Rock!, generated some discussion about what it means to be an introvert. This presentation, by Susan Cain, the author of &#8216;Quiet&#8217;, brings a little more light to the matter. It&#8217;s well worth watching. Filed under: Introvert Tagged: ambivert, extrovert, introvert, quiet, susan cain, susan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=369&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introverts rock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Introvert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You cannot imagine my glee at discovering an article entitled &#8220;The Upside of Being an Introvert (and why Extroverts are Overrated)&#8221;, Bryan Walsh, TIME magazine, Feb. 6, 2012. I loved it! I took the little innie/outie test and it turns out I&#8217;m an introvert. Who knew? Perhaps I&#8217;m not at the J.D Salinger end of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=270&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ring, ring</media:title>
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		<title>It takes a village</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2012/02/01/it-takes-a-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply cannot blog about anything until I get past this! On Monday, we got the best news! Barry was told his brain scan looked wonderful! Wow! A bit of background: 17 months ago, my husband (then aged 38 years) was admitted in to hospital for surgery to remove a brain tumour (glioblastoma multiforme &#8211; a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=253&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is my dog cuter than my kids?</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2012/01/13/is-my-dog-cuter-than-my-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted this picture of my dog on Facebook (the caption below is the one I used): Cute, right? I am the first to admit that my dog is super-cute but, since I&#8217;m not a general dog lover, I struggle to see how anyone else finds him cute&#8230;.he is, after all, just a dog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=234&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stuck for words</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/12/28/stuck-for-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I am stuck for words &#8211; not written ones, but spoken. I don&#8217;t know what happens. I have my thoughts and ideas perfectly laid out in my mind but they can&#8217;t seem to escape my mouth in an orderly fashion. The same happens when I draw &#8211; I know how I want the picture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=199&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The many mistakes of an airline passenger.</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/12/14/the-many-mistakes-of-an-airline-passenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure you’ll agree, the service industry differs widely. Primarily, it appears to be influenced by the demands of the culture in which the service takes place. The “barely look at the customer” approach taken by most supermarket check-outs in the UK, is friendly compared to the “you are an inconvenience to me” service in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=215&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If you could be friends &amp; hang-out with any actor/celebrity…who would it be?</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/11/23/if-you-could-be-friends-hang-out-with-any-actorcelebritywho-would-it-be/</link>
		<comments>http://annamongan.com/2011/11/23/if-you-could-be-friends-hang-out-with-any-actorcelebritywho-would-it-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to try something new (it&#8217;s all about staying out of that comfort zone, right?). I spotted on another blog &#8211; Miss Demure Restraint (superb if you get chance to take a look) &#8211; that Mindslam (yet another blog&#8230;.yep, I&#8217;ve been doing a spot of surfing &#8211; all in the interest of developing my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=191&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running free!</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/11/18/running-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Running]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I bailed. I was tired and it was cold &#8211;  what can I say?! Then I read a blogpost about how cancer patients don&#8217;t bail on their treatment no matter how cold, tired, sick etc they are feeling. I resolved to run long this morning. I decided it was a 9 mile kind of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=182&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Care Cards&#8230;..Really?</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/11/17/cancer-care-cards-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok&#8230;.I&#8217;m after some opinions here. I was in the greeting card section of the supermarket this morning (looking for a New Home card which they didn&#8217;t have!). I spotted a Cancer Care section &#8211; neatly slotted between the &#8220;Today you&#8217;re 10&#8243; and &#8220;Happy Thanksgiving&#8221; sections. There were about 4 different designs (but still not 1 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=168&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Game over! The Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline.</title>
		<link>http://annamongan.com/2011/11/15/game-over-the-tar-sands-and-the-keystone-xl-pipeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know people regularly complain about the news, but lately I find that Republicans and their debates are taking over the media. I&#8217;m not going to dwell on it for too long, but I am frustrated by the extensive coverage given to the candidates for the GOP party leader position. Yes, people need to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=annamongan.com&#038;blog=23398904&#038;post=158&#038;subd=annamongan&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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