<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348186375239595093</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:33:36.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's The Day</title><subtitle type='html'>Come on in, lets sit and have a little chit-chat. I want to talk about it all, so bring your thoughts and take a few of mine. Today's the day we bust it all open.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8348186375239595093/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kathren Edwards</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08991270039930435896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlVM4Tkw6_0/SOvFe_4x5cI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Y0TOqxQaIPg/S220/womanhood.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348186375239595093.post-385212108123856970</id><published>2008-10-08T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-08T12:40:41.079-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Unfortunate Power Of Spam E-Mail?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;-Please read below e-mail in red first.-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;It's another one of those spam e-mails that everyone seems to be passing along. What I want to know is if I'm overreacting or if I am drawing a legit connection between what could be fictional propaganda and the over all mood of our country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I looked and looked and I honestly can't find out whether this e-mail is true or not. However, personally I am leaning towards it being untrue as Budweiser and a few other brands mentioned had nothing on it that I could find.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My problem with this e-mail is that it seems most people believe it; when almost 90% of these e-mails are hoaxes or inaccurate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My next problem is that it feeds the whole line of thinking that any dark colored Muslim "looking" individual might feel the same way as the men who owned the convenient store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That simply is not true, in all my dealings and friendships with people who actually are Muslim, they morned 9-11 because it goes against the true Muslim religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlVM4Tkw6_0/SO0MNXf1OiI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Gl7V18ZoPJw/s1600-h/muslim+woman1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254869763996596770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlVM4Tkw6_0/SO0MNXf1OiI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Gl7V18ZoPJw/s320/muslim+woman1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not saying there are not exceptions, I'm just saying that common sense and experience leads me to believe that people move to this country for a reason. That reason usually has a great deal to do with freedom. Why then is it so easy for so many people to believe that even though people live here for freedom and many other benefits the United States offer, that they would want this country to fall and loose their home and freedom?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have heard it said many, many times, this country is a melting pot. The United States of America is made up of a little bit of everything. Just like a good stew. So when do they stop being "they" and start being "we"? And when do stupid e-mails that spread this prejudice cease?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When do we accept our variety and in turn start focusing on building each other up?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;This is TRUE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those&lt;br /&gt;who died on the 11th of September, 2001...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thought you might like to know what happened&lt;br /&gt;in a little town north of Bakersfield , California&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After you finish reading this,&lt;br /&gt;please forward this story on to others&lt;br /&gt;so that our nation and people around the world&lt;br /&gt;will know about those who laughed&lt;br /&gt;when they found out about the tragic events&lt;br /&gt;in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.&lt;br /&gt;On September 11th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Budweiser employee was making a delivery&lt;br /&gt;to a convenience store in a California town&lt;br /&gt;named McFarland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He knew of the tragedy that had occurred&lt;br /&gt;in New York when he entered the business&lt;br /&gt;to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval&lt;br /&gt;and support of this treacherous attack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Budweiser employee went to his truck,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;called his boss and told him&lt;br /&gt;of the very upsetting event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He didn't feel he could be in that store with those&lt;br /&gt;horrible people. His boss asked him,&lt;br /&gt;'Do you think you could go in there long enough&lt;br /&gt;to pull every Budweiser product and item&lt;br /&gt;our beverage company sells there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll never deliver to them again.'&lt;br /&gt;The employee walked in,&lt;br /&gt;proceeded to pull every single product his&lt;br /&gt;beverage company provided and left&lt;br /&gt;with an incredible grin on his face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He told them never to bother to call for&lt;br /&gt;a delivery again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice&lt;br /&gt;for that community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just letting you know how Kern County&lt;br /&gt;handled this situation. And Now&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rest Of The Story:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man&lt;br /&gt;are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him.&lt;br /&gt;Pepsi called his boss who told him to&lt;br /&gt;pull all Pepsi products as well!!!&lt;br /&gt;That would include Frito Lay, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, word spread and&lt;br /&gt;all vendors followed suit! At last report,&lt;br /&gt;the store was closed indefinitely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8348186375239595093-385212108123856970?l=kathrenedwards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/feeds/385212108123856970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8348186375239595093&amp;postID=385212108123856970' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8348186375239595093/posts/default/385212108123856970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8348186375239595093/posts/default/385212108123856970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/2008/10/unfortunate-power-of-spam-e-mail.html' title='The Unfortunate Power Of Spam E-Mail?'/><author><name>Kathren Edwards</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08991270039930435896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlVM4Tkw6_0/SOvFe_4x5cI/AAAAAAAAAAM/Y0TOqxQaIPg/S220/womanhood.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qlVM4Tkw6_0/SO0MNXf1OiI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Gl7V18ZoPJw/s72-c/muslim+woman1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348186375239595093.post-6111764356845275461</id><published>2008-10-07T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T13:17:43.028-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Really? Then Let's Talk About It!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9XC6lG60jxw/SOvDfSfrfEI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1u-ZIi0jyGE/s1600-h/path+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254508332565888066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9XC6lG60jxw/SOvDfSfrfEI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1u-ZIi0jyGE/s400/path+1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello my friends. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, you're not actually my friends, but I hope you soon will be.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm about to embark on this writing adventure and heavens knows, when we embark on any adventure we need a friend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why is this an adventure? Simply put, because I am calling it one! For good reason mind you. You see, I see so many gosh darn amazing blogs out there, but they all seem to be about only one or two things. I want this blog to be about many things. Everything to be frank. I plan on writing about everything from why every woman on this planet seems to think she needs to loose a dress size to Aristotle's philosophies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;These sound like grand plans don't they? I know, hence the word "adventure". I can't do it without some input though. If you happen by, throw a topic my way. Trust me, I'll want to write about it. Weather for the sake of just discussing the topic, picking it apart, learning something new by seeing a different point of view or what have you, we'll discuss it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope that this blog can evolve into a collage of amazing topics and learning's, as well as a sandbox we all feel like digging into.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;More to follow, please stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8348186375239595093-6111764356845275461?l=kathrenedwards.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/feeds/6111764356845275461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8348186375239595093&amp;postID=6111764356845275461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8348186375239595093/posts/default/6111764356845275461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8348186375239595093/posts/default/6111764356845275461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kathrenedwards.blogspot.com/2008/10/really-then-lets-talk-about-it.html' title='Really? 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