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		<title>So soon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[D and I were in the bath on Saturday, playing with his toys while I was surreptitiously trying to wash him and his hair (not his favourite thing).  Most of the bath toys are little animals that can squirt water.  He also has a traditional rubber ducky and a larger duck that suctions to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=537&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bah, Humbug &#8211; Xmas rant 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Christmas.  My enjoyment of Christmas varies.  And now that I&#8217;m in a generally negative period in my life, Christmas is even less of an enjoyment. I get irritated by people saying &#8220;Jesus is the reason for the season&#8221;.  The season is winter.  The holiday is a coalescence of pagan and ancient rituals that took [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=531&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The lazy bicycler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking for the solution to the problem of how to bicycle with my family.  I suppose for most people, that solution would be &#8220;get a bike&#8221;.  But peddling around up grades makes me tired, sweaty and bitchy. My sister has convinced me that electric bikes may be just that solution.  Except I don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=528&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Story time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went for our regular drive to visit my mother on Sunday.  She lives almost 2 hours away &#8211; it makes for a long day: 2 hours there, lunch and playtime for D, 2 hours back (or longer if we&#8217;re running errands).  In the back seat we keep a couple of books and small toys, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=519&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rambling Thoughts on Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I learned of Stella’s tumour I thought about D and the possibility of cancer – but this voice, this other voice in the back of my head said “drowning”.  The voice tends to be right about things. But it’s not psychic – it’s just intuitive.  So I’m not sure where “drowning” came from but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=510&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To bike or not to bike</title>
		<link>http://lynnontop.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/to-bike-or-not-to-bike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sold my bike on the weekend. I bought it last spring, and have ridden it exactly twice.  Once on the way home from the store, the second time was  around 5 months later.  During those 5 months I was at home with D during my parental leave. The atrophy of my leg muscles resulting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=505&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parental Leave</title>
		<link>http://lynnontop.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/parental-leave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was away from work for 5 months while I stayed home with the boy.  It was an interesting experience lived, largely, in 2 or 3 hour increments.  I lost track of time, I was unable to plan for anything that would take place more than 4 hours into the future.   Looking back, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=500&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breukelen Calling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I bought a bicycle &#8211; a 21 speed mountain bike type thing.  I had tried a few similar bikes and liked the fit and ride of this one.  It&#8217;s a great bike, and I amazed myself at being able to ride it up a steep hill at my crappy fitness level [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=496&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The end is near</title>
		<link>http://lynnontop.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/the-end-is-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a week and a half away from starting my parental leave. I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s coming up so quickly. I&#8217;ve been so busy at work, a week and a half doesn&#8217;t seem like enough time to get my files ready for someone else to take them over for a few months. Maybe I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=493&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not management material</title>
		<link>http://lynnontop.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/not-management-material/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[S and I were visiting friends and I was asked how I like my temporary gig as acting manager.  When I laughed and said I didn&#8217;t, I was asked what about it I didn&#8217;t like.  I gave the example of being told we had a briefing at 5:30, so staying late for it, then being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lynnontop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=878939&amp;post=491&amp;subd=lynnontop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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