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		<title>we&#8217;ve moved to allography.com</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/12/01/weve-moved-to-allography-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chicken flava</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of December 2010, we have moved to our new home over at www.allography.com Come join us.]]></description>
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		<title>breaking booze\/\/oh my god, mother, the demon</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/26/breaking-boozeoh-my-god-mother-the-demon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter crunkite</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pop cult]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[devil may cry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Mom, listen, I'm just going to kill the demon INSIDE you. Okay?" I guess this is what actor Michael Brea (Ugly Betty, Step Up, blah blah) was trying to say when he hacked his mother to death with a "samurai sword".]]></description>
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		<title>theavantguardian black friday special! or, the cost of each one of my fingers</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/25/theavantguardian-black-friday-special-or-the-cost-of-each-one-of-my-fingers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chicken flava</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black friday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Special today! Each one of my fingers! Check the low low prices below!]]></description>
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		<title>on staying over at a friend&#8217;s place when they have a cat and you are allergic to cats</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/22/on-staying-over-at-a-friends-place-when-they-have-a-cat-and-you-are-allergic-to-cats/</link>
		<comments>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/22/on-staying-over-at-a-friends-place-when-they-have-a-cat-and-you-are-allergic-to-cats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chicken flava</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FUCK YOU CAT. ]]></description>
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		<title>breaking booze\/\/four loko like a man</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/19/breaking-boozefour-loko-like-a-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>walter crunkite</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impermanence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I always knew you were a bitch, Massachusetts. With your stupid and difficult to spell state name, your arrogant universities, and your annoying sports fans, I can't believe I didn't see THIS coming.]]></description>
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		<title>this is how you lose your face to a polar bear</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/17/this-is-how-you-lose-your-face-to-a-polar-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chicken flava</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus man. Are you f-ing nuts? Image via: The Daily Mail Thanks to Vicki for the tip.]]></description>
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		<title>the thief and the tree \/\/ a short story</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/07/the-thief-and-the-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/07/the-thief-and-the-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andy reynolds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry/ lit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gnarled and twisting, with a reckless and unapologetic grace, the massive tree hunches there like a squatting giant with its massive halo of branches. Not a trace of order lies in the movements and twists of the branches – like hair that has become so tangled, so knotted, that its only future would be to shave it off and start from scratch.]]></description>
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		<title>good grief &#124; a brief exposition on the letter &#8220;g&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/06/good-grief-a-brief-exposition-on-the-letter-g/</link>
		<comments>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/06/good-grief-a-brief-exposition-on-the-letter-g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chicken flava</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“G” is a confusing letter to have to relate to for an internet post. My cellphone has 3 Gs, but fancier people’s have 4. Good AND gravy start with the letter “g”.]]></description>
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		<title>gurk &#124; i&#8217;m so scared i could spit!</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/03/gurk-im-so-scared-i-could-spit/</link>
		<comments>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/03/gurk-im-so-scared-i-could-spit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ari gratch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theavantguardian.org/?p=14866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more we progress technologically, the further we seem to get from the tangible world. Take for example the word &#8220;camel.&#8221; The word is a bunch of letters combined that have absolutely nothing to do with the sand-dwelling, hump-possessing mammal that has a penchant for spitting. I can only imagine that the word itself comes from the Hebrew word for the same animal,&#8221;גמל&#8221; (gammel). That word is also the name of the first letter of the word, &#8220;ג&#8221; and the letter from which we eventually get the letter &#8220;g.&#8221; Hebrew is an interesting language because it&#8217;s a sort of gateway language. It came about during the move from a pictographic form of writing to an abstract one. The letter ג was supposed to resemble a camel. It could then also stand in for the animal and at the same time represent sounds that were similar to the beginning sound of that common animal that is found in the Judean desert. Technology creates new things and new things require us to engage in new relationships, oftentimes in new ways. The Hebrew alphabet allowed for a bridging between a world that was becoming more and more spread out and that was learning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this week on the avant guardian &#124; the letter &#8216;g&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/01/this-week-on-the-avant-guardian-the-letter-g/</link>
		<comments>http://theavantguardian.org/2010/11/01/this-week-on-the-avant-guardian-the-letter-g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ari gratch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image Credit: super fun patrol; eus imaging; capricorn 007; Laura Hartmark; ohdeedoh; morning paper; nola.com;]]></description>
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