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	<title>The Itch</title>
	<link>http://www.scratchley.org</link>
	<description>The views of an Albertan Family</description>
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		<title>Social Media Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When gaming and social media collide, the ramifications can be amazing. Or terrifying. As game-lord Blizzard found out, the masses love and hate the theory, but in the end in any arena where ego can be built or bruised, those playing with real names are the first at risk. Simple clashes of personality, mis-communication, or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/08/26/social-media-games/</link>
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		<title>Telus TV &#8211; aka How to sell a product you don&#8217;t understand.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So &#8211; we&#8217;ve been subscribers of that beautifully marketed communications giant for a long time. Well over a dozen years. Internet, and phone. Now &#8211; to suggest it&#8217;s been a rosy relationship would be silly. Why just last christmas, we had an outage of a few days, which required a call for support. During that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/08/19/telus-tv-aka-how-to-sell-a-product-you-dont-understand/</link>
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		<title>Updates&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a little update today. Head on over to FiftyNorth.ca for a new post: Recycled Boats and New Memories Busy week ahead, but we&#8217;ll manage.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/08/16/updates/</link>
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		<title>BlogVerification</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EAVB_OLWKLLWNIA]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/08/01/blogverification/</link>
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		<title>Ward 12 Council battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TLDR: Candidates with obvious support in an election before any candidates have revealed their platforms have some ace up their sleeve.  Is it culturally derived?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/29/ward-12-council-battle/</link>
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		<title>#YEGWX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TLDR: Edmonton loves wild weather, and we tweet about it.  Let's all use #YEGWX rather than #YEGWEATHER cause it's shorter, sassier, and makes us look cool.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/28/yegwx/</link>
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		<title>Who said they were cute?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The two sweetest boys ever born. Originally uploaded by &#8216;Scratch&#8217; Now that the hurrah of the last 3 weeks is fading and mom has been released from the care of our nurses &#8211; we&#8217;re rapidly returning to normal. Kicking screaming fighting &#8216;no-saying&#8217; backtalking 3 and a half year olds are trying to run the place, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/27/who-said-they-were-cute/</link>
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		<title>One in the hand is worth two at home&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IMG_7942.JPG Originally uploaded by &#8216;Scratch&#8217; Seriously &#8211; I&#8217;ve got to shoot more. My camera(s) have been relegated to home duty for too long. I need to get out and shoot. I&#8217;ve had great opportunities on the trails, and on the hunt to shoot. Great opportunities to shoot my kids. (Don&#8217;t we all wish for that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/10/one-in-the-hand-is-worth-two-at-home/</link>
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		<title>Brothers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IMG_5233 Originally uploaded by &#8216;Scratch&#8217; A month has passed now since Max came home. I&#8217;m not sure where that time went mind you. Between the stresses of getting Mom healthy again, keeping a 3 year old on track, holding down a job, and trying to keep our house upright &#8211; the days turned to weeks, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/10/brothers/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IMG_5133 Originally uploaded by &#8216;Scratch&#8217; Just a quick birthday greeting for the Nation I call home. Cheers Canada. I know we&#8217;ve had our differences, but all in all, I&#8217;m pretty pleased to call you home. Now, if you could &#8211; can you do something about your caretakers? We&#8217;ve got some bonehead decisions being made in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scratchley.org/2010/07/02/happy-birthday-canada/</link>
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