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	<title>Adrift at Sea</title>
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	<description>Dan’s Blog about Sailing on a Telstar 28 named Pretty Gee, Friends, Family, Photography, Security, Technology, and other things.</description>
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		<title>Giving Credit</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/19/giving-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 00:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stupidity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris White]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading June&#8217;s Cruising World and there&#8217;s an article about the Gunboat 66 Gazelle. Herb McCormick, who wrote the article, describes a photo of the forward cockpit as a &#8220;signature, centrally located forward cockpit&#8221;. Too bad he didn&#8217;t do his research&#8230; Gunboat stole the idea from the Chris White-designed Atlantic Catamarans, which had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40 Months—Addiction, Alcoholism and Recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/14/40-months/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/14/40-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crying Out Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s another excellent post over at the Crying Out Now blog. It really addresses the idea that recovering from alcoholism and addiction are not one time events but a life-long process. There is no such thing as a cured alcoholic or drug addict—only alcoholics and drug addicts in recovery. Here is the post: It has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Sailing Season Starts</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/12/2012-sailing-season-starts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/12/2012-sailing-season-starts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[boat ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s/v pretty gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the official start of the 2012 sailing season for me and s/v Pretty Gee. I launched s/v Pretty Gee with the help of Dale and Merry. When I got down to the boat this morning, I loaded the mainsail, the bimini, some PFDs, the flares I bought yesterday, and a couple other boxes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Give Up</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/10/dont-give-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/10/dont-give-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hopes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope that Ellie is still reading this blog and sees this post. I have to ask Ellie: Does she really have any idea what she is giving up for the drugs and alcohol her addictions crave? Does she realize that her addictions are destroying her health, her future, her mind and her hopes, dreams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backgrounds</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/08/backgrounds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/08/backgrounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great post on the Crosswalk.com website by Mary Southerland. While it was written for Christian women by a woman, I think a lot of what it says is applicable to everyone. I am re-posting the entire article here for Ellie, who was a devout Catholic woman before her illness overwhelmed her. Today’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Advice For Ellie</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/08/advice-ellie-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/08/advice-ellie-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.&#8221; ~Denis Waitley I used to think that Ellie was one of the most courageous and brave women I knew&#8230; but I have begun to realize that she is a coward, or more accurately, whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delivery: S/V Hilarity</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/07/delivery-sv-hilarity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/07/delivery-sv-hilarity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bourne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cotter pins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairlead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hose failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jury rigging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monohull]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, I helped Dale and his sister-in-law Merry move S/V Hilarity from Fairhaven to Bourne. Dale bought S/V Hilarity at the end of last season and needed to move her from my marina, where she wintered, over to his mooring in Bourne, about 15 nm as the crow flies (shown on the image by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Advice For Ellie</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/05/some-advice-for-ellie/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/05/some-advice-for-ellie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 02:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good relationships don&#8217;t just happen. They take time, patience, and two people willing to face any obstacle thrown their way. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether the relationship is a friendship or something more—all relationships are hard work and require both people to be committed to working at the relationship. I’ve tried to tell her this so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Sit Beautifully</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/01/to-sit-beautifully/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/05/01/to-sit-beautifully/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crying Out Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alcoholic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consequences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s another amazingly powerful post on the Crying Out Now blog called &#8220;Gestating Elephants.&#8221; The article gets its title from the fact that it takes about 18 months of sobriety for a person in recovery to feel somewhat solid in their recovery and that 18 months is how long elephants gestate for. In the post, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabin Sole Lockers</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/26/cabin-sole-lockers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/26/cabin-sole-lockers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my major projects from this past winter was adding some additional stowage to the main cabin of s/v Pretty Gee. Stowage is very scarce on most trailerable trimarans and the Telstar 28 is no exception. My aim was to make the boat more comfortable, safer and more seaworthy while also giving the boat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anchor Locker and Bow Crash Compartment</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/26/anchor-locker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/26/anchor-locker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the last winter, I pulled the holding tank from my boat, s/v Pretty Gee. The tank had difficult to trace leak that turned out to be due to a couple of cracks in the side of the tank. When I pulled the tank, I noticed that there is a fairly large space in front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Called Love</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/20/3222/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/20/3222/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When people care too much, When anything you do affects them, When they look forward to what you will say to certain things, When they wait for the next day to arrive only so they can talk to you again, When they find a way to put you in every context of their everyday talk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Know Her Like I Do</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/18/you-dont-know-her-like-i-do/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/18/you-dont-know-her-like-i-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just added this to my cellphone’s music collection. Hey ole friend, thanks for callin’ Its good to know somebody cares And yeah, she&#8217;s gone, But I don’t feel like talkin’ Might be just too much to bear To hear somebody say I’ll stop hurting To hear somebody say she ain’t worth it You don’t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Hated, Love Someone&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/18/be-hated-love-someone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/18/be-hated-love-someone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adrian Tan spoke at the convocation of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in 2008. His speech was titled: Don&#8217;t Work, Be Hated, Love Someone. I found his speech on a blog post that was recommended to me by a friend. I am quoting some of his speech, as I believe it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scars and Imperfections</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/11/scars-and-imperfections/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/11/scars-and-imperfections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brad]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Salon.com has a really great article on scars, imperfections and differences&#8230; My favorite part is the concluding paragraph where it says: &#8220;I know life for Abigail – and Natalie and Johan and Frank and everybody else wounded or scarred or born different — is more complicated than that. The things that make us stand out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Sunday</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/08/easter-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/08/easter-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family & Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redepmtion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is Easter Sunday. In the Christian faith, it is a day of celebration, for Jesus Christ was resurrected from death on this day. The season of Lent is one of prayer, penance, death and resurrection. It is a season of hope, renewal and faith. Even though Easter holds some sad memories for me, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday To Three of My Favorite People</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/07/happy-birthday-to-three-of-my-favorite-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/04/07/happy-birthday-to-three-of-my-favorite-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grieve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mourn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is a very special day, since three of the people I care about most were born today. I want to wish my nephew Nick, my adopted big brother Brian and most of all, Ellie&#8211;the woman I love most of all&#8211;a very happy birthday. I hope that today finds brings them health, happiness and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Millions History</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-history/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/30/mega-millions-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Mega Millions jackpot is at a record-breaking $640,000,000 as I write this. I have to wonder how many of my readers bought a ticket for tonight&#8217;s drawing, and if they did, what would they do if they won? I bought a couple tickets, but not because I want the money for myself, but because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People In Our Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/27/people-in-our-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/27/people-in-our-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family & Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The people in our lives who love us are a gift to us. We don&#8217;t know how long we will have them for, and we should always make sure that they know how much they mean to us. In some cases, we lose them very suddenly, like I did my twin when he was killed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Million Hoodie March</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/21/the-million-hoodie-march/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/03/21/the-million-hoodie-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injustice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Million Hoodie March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trayvon Martin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=3087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a sad thing that the Million Hoodie March is necessary. The march is a protest to raise awareness of the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old black latino youth. He was killed by an older white man, George Zimmerman, who was captain of the local neighborhood watch. The basic facts of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I miss you</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/20/i-miss-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/20/i-miss-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[miss you]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wanna be with you]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[and I have to wonder if you miss me. I have loved you in some form for all of your life, and I will always love you. I hope you are getting help and getting better. God bless you and watch over you.]]></description>
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		<title>What I Wish&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/18/what-i-wish/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/18/what-i-wish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ellie— and I hope you’ve gotten help for your addictions and are getting better. I hope you’re studying hard and getting good grades, so you don’t lose your scholarship. If you want my help, all you need to do is make your amends and ask me. I am pretty sure you know how much I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/14/happy-valentines-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/14/happy-valentines-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brave]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gracious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valentine's day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wishing all my blog readers a Happy Valentine’s Day. More importantly, I want to remember the beautiful woman I married on what would have been her birthday. To me, today will always be first and foremost Gee’s birthday, and then Valentine’s Day. Remembering Gee’s birthday was always easy—since Madison Avenue makes sure I have six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rose Named Ellie</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/13/a-rose-named-ellie/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/13/a-rose-named-ellie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valentine's day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vows]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you—the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiddler&#8217;s Green Calling</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/11/fiddlers-green-calling/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/11/fiddlers-green-calling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cardiacpaul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sailing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Damn&#8230; two good ones sailed off for Fiddler&#8217;s Green. My friends Paul and John, both passed away yesterday. I knew the two of them through the sailing forums. Even though Paul switched to powerboats after he got an LVAD implanted, he was always a sailor at heart. I guess his heart finally gave out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What If&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/06/what-if/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/06/what-if/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twinless Twins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car accident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drunk driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grandmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hindsight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what if]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when you make decisions and the results make you ask &#8220;What if?&#8221; Those &#8220;What Ifs?&#8221; can drive you crazy. One such decision for me happened nearly 25 years ago, when my twin left on a drive back to San Diego, headed back to school. This is the first time I am writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Projects 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/06/winter-projects-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/02/06/winter-projects-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boat Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabin stowage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lockers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overhead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[replacement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;ll be starting the winter projects on s/v Pretty Gee. The two big projects are the new cabin sole lockers on the starboard side of the cabin and the new cabin overhead. Cabin Sole Locker The centerboard trunk on s/v Pretty Gee is offset slightly to the port side. As designed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom From A Fox</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/27/wisdom-from-a-fox/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/27/wisdom-from-a-fox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saying goodbye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the little prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walking away]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here is my secret. It&#8217;s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes&#8230;It is the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important&#8230;People have forgotten this truth. But you mustn&#8217;t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you have tamed. You&#8217;re responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etta James, RIP</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/20/at-last-etta-james-rip/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/20/at-last-etta-james-rip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with Gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[At Last]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etta James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Etta James, probably best known for her song At Last, just passed away. It&#8217;s sad to hear for me because Etta and At Last were what Gee and I picked for our wedding 12 years ago. We didn&#8217;t even have to discuss it&#8230;it was the first choice for both of us. Even today, over a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As I See Her</title>
		<link>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/13/as-i-see-her/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.dankim.com/2012/01/13/as-i-see-her/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giving up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life with ellie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waiting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.dankim.com/?p=2354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish Ellie could see herself as I see her. She doesn&#8217;t see what I see when I look at her and I wish she could. When I look at Ellie, I see one of the most incredible women I have ever met. I have been very fortunate to know some amazing women, including the [...]]]></description>
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