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	<description>Of brokedom, semi-bumhood, and what keeps us from going overboard (or over bored)</description>
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		<title>Corpo Days of the Weak</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moanday. According to the Overlord herself, Moanday is the day of the week when you moan that you don’t want to go to work. You moan through breakfast that you will come down with the flu at any second (you even try a few coughs to hurry it along), you moan while waiting for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yuppie Updates: the Triumvirate discusses the Apocalypse, among other things</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Triumvirate of Evil (Rica, The Overlord, and I) have been working on, in and with the Internet long enough to know that: One. The surefire ways to be popular on the world wide web include posting porn, disgusting things, flamebait, and lolcatz. Unfortunately, we have none of those things or have serious issues with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories in 150 words or less: convos, status messages, and random thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, let me start this scalding Thursday post with an early morning convo; one of those typical exchanges I have with Rica once in a while: Rio: parang may kilala akong ganyan kadense Rio: hahaha Rica: ULUPONG Rio: hindi ikaw UNGAS Rica: ah buti Rica: akala ko ako na naman Rica: not everything is about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elections 2010: Oh, the Kafka-ness of it all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a country where surreal is everyday life, where the improbable happens once the right people will it, and where even the laws of physics are bent out of shape, and most of us have all come to accept it (well, not everybody, just most). To an outsider, our open acceptance and tolerance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories in 150 words or less: random thoughts and convos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M Rica Montenegro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become a habit for me and Rio to jot down random thoughts that show either how cool our thought processes can be or just how lame we really are underneath our well-guarded facades (Usually, it’s the latter.). The Overlord has permitted joined us in this week’s compilation of random thoughts and weird conversations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Yuppie Guide to Conquering the Universe: Small Business 102</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time, we discussed the basics of building a small business to augment your retirement fund. To recap, we discussed the requirements for starting a biz: time, capital, research, and balls. I assume that I didn’t have to say that like getting a part-time gig, you’ll also need to put in work into any business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stories in 150 words or less: random thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts are pretty much like falling stars; they occur almost always randomly, they are there then they aren&#8217;t, and most people think there is some measure of wonder in them. The fleetingness of random thoughts is where its magic holds, I think, and for that reason Rica and I have resolved to record some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Yuppie Guide to Conquering the Universe: Small Business 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of the Yuppie Guide, we’ll discuss something that most yuppies consider going into for extra income. There are several ways with which to go about setting up a small business and there are several kinds of small businesses you can try out. That said, we’ll limit each option to 500 words and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love According to Disney</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll admit, I thought I was all set for Valentine’s Day with the Rom-Com and Classics post but as random brain farts don’t usually follow a schedule, I’ll write this down now so my brain can get over what my friend Lei calls Barfintimes Day. Despite popular belief, Valentine’s Day isn’t only for lovers; it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yuppie Replay: Rom-Coms and the Classics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rio Siochi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the coming Hallmark-inspired non-holiday, I’ve busted out several sappy DVDs for a special singleton Valentine movie marathon. For the purposes of this marathon, I’ve decided to divide my viewing equally between the Rom-Com movies (romantic comedies) and the Classics. Arguably, the Rom-Com movies I have lined up can also be considered classics [...]]]></description>
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