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		<title>Excuses, excuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn’t write a decent blog post this week, and here’s why: I was working on the new book. I was tired. I didn’t watch the State of the Union address, so I have no savvy political commentary. Don’t worry, I have it DVR’d. The kids were being cute. The kids were being cranky. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I didn’t write a decent blog post this week, and here’s why:</span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I was working on the new book.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I was tired.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I didn’t watch the State of the Union address, so I have no savvy political commentary.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Don’t worry, I have it DVR’d.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The kids were being cute.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The kids were being cranky.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I got distracted by something shiny.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Rear Window was on BBC, and I have a policy of watching that movie whenever it’s on.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Did I mention the new book?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I don’t have anything cute to say about the iPad that hasn’t already been said.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> It’s too cold.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I ate too many cookies.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I didn’t have enough coffee.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Space aliens took over my website as part of an effort at inter-galactic domination  and they wouldn’t let me post.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Okay, that last one wasn’t true.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> New book! Writing! Lots! Really!</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I couldn’t find my car keys. (The two-year-old took them. They were in the refrigerator.)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I wasted too much time following interesting-looking links on Twitter.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> You know you can follow me there &#8211; @cjohnsonbooks</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I was busy critiquing.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I’m reading a really boring book and it’s taking up too much time but I’ve  been a real slacker at book club lately and I think I need to step up my game this month.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> That last one was true.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Sequel-writing took up too much time.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> I’m lazy.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Lists are more fun!</span></li>
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