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		<title>What will you discover?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll, it sounds cheesy.
I get that.
Zing. Every blue moon someone says something that sticks. It changes you. Maybe it&#8217;s positive. Maybe it&#8217;s negative.
Crud. Maybe it just creates more questions in your life.
Really? Every blue moon someone writes something, or they sing something, or they do something. Or maybe it&#8217;s those things they refuse to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did All the Wisdom Go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to recently read a 500-page manuscript that changed the way I view life.
Late this year, a book will be published entitled The Wisdom of Generations. It&#8217;s written by a man named Tieman H. &#8220;Skipper&#8221; Dippel Jr. And although you may think his name alone is mouthful, just wait until the book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   
It’s where great adventures begin,
…where feared and fooled standby,
…what rocks and rivers still abide,
and faint of heart never realize.

But, at days end…
Just remember when…
tomorrow comes,
…great adventures begin.

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		<title>Ka-Boom! Zing! Thud!</title>
		<link>http://toddnordstrom.com/thoughts/?p=164</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dress me silly with a cape and a mask and you&#8217;ll hear these fantastic sound effects as I battle The Evil Doctor Nemesis.
Super héroes always find themselves in the predicament of competing against someone of equal or greater strength&#8212;somehow they need to overcome evil by exercising their moral fiber.
But, what if they didn&#8217;t face other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Odd of Todd: And Other Wicked Crazy Things You Can Discover on Social Media</title>
		<link>http://toddnordstrom.com/thoughts/?p=163</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media is an infant. Still, it already offers a window into people&#8217;s lives that I&#8217;m not sure we&#8217;re all prepared to digest&#8212;so many posts quite literally seem to create nausea with me.
Today, I learned that some of my &#8220;friends&#8221; were only 10 percent happy. Today, I learned that someone I know is quite disgusted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bum-Rushed by a Hummingbird</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun bounced brilliantly off the water in the canal&#8211;seemingly kissing my face from top and bottom.  I felt good as my feet pounded the dusty gravel of the bank.
Stride after stride my mind drifted in my own personal abyss&#8212;rolling with thoughts as my buds pumped lyrics into my subconscious.
I was gone. I was unaware. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Back-Up&#8221; Plan</title>
		<link>http://toddnordstrom.com/thoughts/?p=160</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 06:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was an innocent question. However, it took me off guard.
&#8220;Mr. Nordstrom, is this your back-up plan?&#8221;
This question was asked while I was giving a presentation to a room full of second grade students as part of career day.
&#8220;My what?&#8221; I asked, shaken by the question.
&#8220;Is writing books your back-up plan?&#8221;
I&#8217;ll admit that when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day Lila was Snargled</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   
   
It was Monday morning and just before school.
Lila awoke with her feet feeling cool.
But, her face was warm and her belly was queasy.
A hard day of learning would not make things easy.
 
She didn’t want to read—the thought made her woozy.
She didn’t want to ride the bus, and sit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something unexplainable about art&#8211;a written word, a painting, a song or sculpture. Or, maybe it&#8217;s a building, or a process, or a program.
No need to assume that I&#8217;ve lost my noodle. The arts in this world are a symbol of beauty. And, I don&#8217;t mean they are the beautiful people, or the stark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surely I&#8217;m From Minnesota, Right?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay so you might hear it in my inflection and accent. I&#8217;m originally from Minnesota.
However, sometime I worry that I&#8217;m losing my roots.
For example: The other day I was searching for a can of cream of mushroom soup.
A true Minnesotan wouldn&#8217;t have to search. They would have a pantry full.
I don&#8217;t even have a pantry.
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