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		<title>YaoiCon was fun! Also, news for November.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello all! YaoiCon was a lot of fun. The big news, for those of you who haven&#8217;t heard already (presumably from someone who updates more than once a month) is that DMP (DMI, whatever they&#8217;re calling themselves this month) is taking over (read: probably bought) the convention. In order for them to keep a closer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/administrivia/20111116_yaoicon-was-fun-also-news-for-november/</link>
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		<title>The Return of Café Verführen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a one-year hiatus, Café Verführen is returning to YaoiCon! I&#8217;ve reviewed their events before, and they&#8217;re always one of my favorite parts of the con. Their website has gone through a gorgeous update, and I&#8217;m sure their service has some new surprises waiting for us. I&#8217;ve already made my reservations, so I&#8217;ll post a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20111002_the-return-of-cafe-verfuhren/</link>
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		<title>Lots of New Things to Explore, At Least!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving means there are lots of new things to explore. Special thanks to Ryuutsuki from Help_Japan!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110903_lots-of-new-things-to-explore-at-least/</link>
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		<title>The World Keeps Changing Under My Feet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone (anyone?). It&#8217;s been a while, hasn&#8217;t it? I keep putting off the next update &#8220;just a little longer&#8221;. I&#8217;m sorry. I suck, I know. It&#8217;s been a disorienting year. Back when I had the YaoiCon Anthology to write for, I remember always having something to write about. By the time I got home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110828_the-world-keeps-changing-under-my-feet/</link>
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		<title>Would you like to Super-Size that recovery?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Full disclosure: I am a McDonald&#8217;s shareholder. About a month ago, on April 19, McDonald&#8217;s held its first-ever nationwide hiring day. They planned to hire 50,000 people on that one day, but they were so pleased with the turnout that they wound up hiring 62,000 instead. At first glance, this sounds fantastic. 62,000 people is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110518_would-you-like-to-super-size-that-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Comments under temporary moderation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, As tiny as this little corner of the Internet is, I&#8217;ve been getting a couple hundred spam messages a day lately. Until it blows over I&#8217;ve turned on some moderation features on the website. If you&#8217;ve replied to me before, you should have no trouble posting, but if this is your first time, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/administrivia/20110419_comments-under-temporary-moderation/</link>
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		<title>The $15000+ Permaban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our hopes and support are with Japan, of course. Salon.com has a pretty good collection of ways to donate, and it&#8217;s a good idea to stick with reputable charities. Scams crop up after every disaster, and some of them, like United Way, just stick around forever. For some reason this is not common knowledge, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110317_the-15000-permaban/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[♫You take one step, and then another&#8230;♬ ♫Keep putting one foot in front of the other&#8230;♬ I just felt like sharing this today. =^.^= Always, ~Catboy]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110216_progress/</link>
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		<title>Elves, by Milli</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usually, when I commission an artist, I have at least a vague idea of what I&#8217;ll get back, some general sort of impression I&#8217;ve gleaned from a portfolio or a discussion. Once in a while I&#8217;m not so sure; I&#8217;m just impressed by&#8230; something. Sometimes it&#8217;s something about an artist&#8217;s expressiveness or flexibility that catches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110124_elves-by-milli/</link>
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		<title>Elves, by Andy the Octopus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a little bit hard for me to share my rough drafts. I think that&#8217;s a byproduct of my creative process, such as it is; an audience makes it harder, the same way that dreams, so vivid and real when you first wake up, start to fade and slip away once you try to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.1000gears.com/etc/20110114_elves-by-andy-the-octopus/</link>
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