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		<title>The Value of fresh perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about how a coping mechanism I&#8217;ve learned is to just put off trying to solve my bad moods until the next day. By the morning my mood has improved considerably and I&#8217;ve regained my perspective. I think that works for a lot of things. It&#8217;s somewhat against human nature, but sometimes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confidence and Gen. W. T. Sherman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually find historical figures interesting, but I have to admit that Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman has not been at the top of my list of people to learn more about. He probably should have been, as it appears he and the protagonist in my novel have much in common. An article over at Forbes.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music and perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moments of beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend our family raided the local library. I wandered into the CD section for kicks and came away with four CDs. They have a world music section that I couldn&#8217;t resist. Specifically, I checked out &#8220;The Rough Guide to the Music of the Balkans&#8221;, &#8220;The Soul of the Digeridoo&#8221;, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo&#8217;s &#8220;Songs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discoveries in outlining</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three gentlemen (and lately a lady, too) over at Writing Excuses often talk about how some writers are &#8220;Discovery Writers&#8221;, people who just start writing and let the plot come to them as they go, and others are &#8220;Outliners&#8221;, people who need to sit down and draft out the structure of the novel before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Finland &#8211; A Lone Wolf &#8211; by Max Jakobson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thomstratton.com/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I was fortunate enough to marry a Finn, Finland has become my second country. It&#8217;s a beautiful country with a lot going for it. But it&#8217;s not a country I knew a lot about before I got married. I can&#8217;t say that I&#8217;ve learned enough to really appreciate the Finnish mind-set since. My wife&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The boy who cried racist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thomstratton.com/?p=1097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've maintained for some time that we are using the charge of racism too liberally, and that by continually dismissing those we disagree with as racist we only dminish the meaning of the word until it becomes a joke. What I didn't imagine is that it will also put people at risk.
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		<title>City Creek Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thomstratton.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Orson Scott Card recently visited Salt Lake City and reported on his experience at City Creek Center, the new shopping destination in downtown. His verdict was much the same as mine: It&#8217;s a lovely space, well designed, and I&#8217;ll never shop there. A middle-aged, middle-class male like me was obviously not their target demographic. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coaching and adaptability</title>
		<link>http://www.thomstratton.com/2012/05/coaching-and-adaptability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thomstratton.com/?p=1092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been coaching my youngest son&#8217;s baseball team for over a month now. It&#8217;s had its ups and down, certainly, but I&#8217;ve learned a few things along the way. A few thoughts: You can lead a horse to water&#8230; &#8211; The schedule I was given is very light on practice. We essentially got one practice, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Hunger Games &#8211; by Suzanne Collins</title>
		<link>http://www.thomstratton.com/2012/05/book-review-the-hunger-games-by-suzanne-collins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gale]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thomstratton.com/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard about The Hunger Games for awhile now&#8211;who hasn&#8217;t? Since I began a side-study of teen literature I&#8217;ve been trying to get my hands on it at the library. Who hasn&#8217;t? I&#8217;ve never been able to find a copy. I finally broke down and bought a copy of my own. In paperback, mind you. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real (Salt Lake) Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.thomstratton.com/2012/05/the-real-salt-lake-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable. We seem to be on a crusade to attend games for all the professional sports teams Salt Lake City has to offer. This weekend it was the Real Salt Lake soccer game against the New England Revolution. Our daughter got a free ticket for registering for soccer, plus our kids each got [...]]]></description>
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