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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:32:53 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Publicly Relating</title><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-12-11T21:58:53Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Say Again, Scott?</title><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/11/say-again-scott.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/11/say-again-scott.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-11T21:48:30Z</published><updated>2009-12-11T21:48:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: 110%;">"There are no second acts in American lives." <em>- F. Scott Fitzgerald</em></span>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Those Magnificent Men and Their Twitter Machines</title><category term="letterman"/><category term="olds"/><category term="twitter"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/10/those-magnificent-men-and-their-twitter-machines.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/10/those-magnificent-men-and-their-twitter-machines.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-10T18:30:29Z</published><updated>2009-12-10T18:30:29Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Dear Colleagues and Clients,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">This level of cluelessness is adorable when Dave does it; when you do it, I don't find it nearly as entertaining. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Well, do you smell veal and peppers?&nbsp; <a href="http://twitter.com/Late_show">@Late_Show</a><br /></span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Media Convergences</title><category term="convergences"/><category term="daily show"/><category term="muppets"/><category term="tiger woods"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/9/media-convergences.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/9/media-convergences.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-09T16:45:51Z</published><updated>2009-12-09T16:45:51Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-size: 110%;">A recurring theme with apologies to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/everythingthatrises.contest.html">McSweeney's brilliant Convergences Contest</a>, curated by&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Weschler">Lawrence Wechsler.</a>Convergences&nbsp;are submitted without comment, but you are encouraged to add your own thoughts.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 110%;">AND</span></em></p>
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<td style="padding: 2px 1px 0px 5px;"><a style="color: #333; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com" target="_blank">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td>
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<td style="padding: 3px; width: 33%;"><a style="font: 10px arial; color: #333; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.indecisionforever.com" target="_blank">Political Humor</a></td>
<td style="padding: 3px; width: 33%;"><a style="font: 10px arial; color: #333; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/tag/health" target="_blank">Health Care Crisis</a></td>
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</table>]]></content></entry><entry><title>How Real Moms Feel About Babywearing.</title><category term="babywearing"/><category term="contest"/><category term="moms"/><category term="ugc"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/8/how-real-moms-feel-about-babywearing.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/8/how-real-moms-feel-about-babywearing.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-09T03:30:00Z</published><updated>2009-12-09T03:30:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">This video is so awesome, I'm going to resist the temptation to even mention Motrin at all.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">This video was submitted as an entry to the Sakura Bloom Triathalon contest at <a href="http://www.adventuresinbabywearing.com/search/label/Sakura%20Bloom%20Triathlon">Adventures in Babywearing</a>. Congratulations on your winning video, <a href="http://www.marvelouskiddo.blogspot.com/">Leigh</a>!</span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Beatles Win The Superbowl.</title><category term="beatles"/><category term="documentary"/><category term="history"/><category term="parody"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/8/the-beatles-win-the-superbowl.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/8/the-beatles-win-the-superbowl.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-08T21:36:25Z</published><updated>2009-12-08T21:36:25Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">The next time you're watching one of those self-serious, historical documentaries, spare a moment for John, Paul, Greg and Scottie. That ought to put things in perspective.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">"Beatles 3000" was produced by the team at <a href="http://scottgairdner.com/2009/11/23/beatles-3000/">Scottgairdner.com</a>.&nbsp; I found it via the amazing blog <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/">Laughing Squid</a></span>.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>What Next Looks Like</title><category term="SI"/><category term="evolution"/><category term="magazine"/><category term="print"/><category term="tablet"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/3/what-next-looks-like.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/12/3/what-next-looks-like.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-12-04T04:28:57Z</published><updated>2009-12-04T04:28:57Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntyXvLnxyXk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntyXvLnxyXk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object></p>
<p>This sure is something, but is this a magazine?</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>You'll Never Look at a Ten Dollar Bill The Same Way</title><category term="history"/><category term="music"/><category term="spokenword"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/17/youll-never-look-at-a-ten-dollar-bill-the-same-way.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/17/youll-never-look-at-a-ten-dollar-bill-the-same-way.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-11-17T17:17:47Z</published><updated>2009-11-17T17:17:47Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Like many four-eyed, Brooklyn-dwelling culture nerds, I was tickled when the Obama White House hosted an evening of music, poetry and the spoken word last May.&nbsp; Somehow I missed this clip of artist and composer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> performing "The Hamilton Mixtape" until I saw it on <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/">clusterflock </a>last week.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Not since <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCuDDAPggw">They Might Be Giants venerated James K. Polk </a>has a dusty figure from American History received such a hip musical tribute. Now if <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-5-2009/sarah-vowell">Sarah Vowell would compose a marimba tribute to Roger Williams</a>, and Billy Joel would perform an a cappella ode to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/17/world/hungarian-who-led-56-revolt-is-buried-as-a-hero.html">Imre Nagy</a>, my life would be complete. </span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Convergences</title><category term="convergences"/><category term="post secret"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/16/convergences.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/16/convergences.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-11-16T15:37:53Z</published><updated>2009-11-16T15:37:53Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><em><span>A recurring theme with apologies to&nbsp;<a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/everythingthatrises.contest.html">McSweeney's brilliant Convergences Contest</a>, curated by&nbsp;<a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Weschler">Lawrence Wechsler.</a></span></em><span style="font-size: 110%;"><em><span>&nbsp;</span><span>Convergences&nbsp;are submitted without comment, but feel free to add your own thoughts. </span></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Today's convergences come from the <a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/">Sunday, November 15, 2009 edition of Post Secret</a>. Since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostSecret">Frank </a>ran these secrets next to each other, I can only assume he noticed the repition of the motif as well.</span></p>
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<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.nancymartira.com/storage/big ben lol.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1257974238241" alt="" /></span></p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Convergences</title><category term="convergences"/><category term="djhero"/><category term="mashup"/><category term="music"/><category term="video"/><id>http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/10/convergences.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.nancymartira.com/blog/2009/11/10/convergences.html"/><author><name>Nancy M.</name></author><published>2009-11-10T18:47:35Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T18:47:35Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">A recurring theme with apologies to&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/books/everythingthatrises.contest.html"><span style="font-size: 110%;">McSweeney's brilliant Convergences Contest</span></a><span style="font-size: 110%;">, curated by&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Weschler"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Lawrence Wechsler.</span></a><span style="font-size: 110%;">&nbsp;Convergences&nbsp;are submitted without comment, but feel free to add your own thoughts.&nbsp;</span></p>
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