<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14377137.post114834958481096843..comments</id><updated>2007-04-14T10:20:32.255-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on clever (in the pejorative sense): don't mind the tumbleweeds</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/feeds/114834958481096843/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/114834958481096843/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/2006/05/dont-mind-tumbleweeds.html'/><author><name>mel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10166609742110627314</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14377137.post-114858779431283275</id><published>2006-05-25T15:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T15:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't sweat it, Mel.  You're good enough, you're s...</title><summary type='text'>Don't sweat it, Mel.  You're good enough, you're smart enough, and doggone it, people like you!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'll be interested to hear what you think of the Richmond office.  I've considered going there myself.  Your co-workers can't possibly be as cool as they were last summer, but that's hardly a fair standard.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Re: the self importance, we noticed that too.  People behave that way because </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/114834958481096843/comments/default/114858779431283275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/114834958481096843/comments/default/114858779431283275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/2006/05/dont-mind-tumbleweeds.html?showComment=1148587740000#c114858779431283275' title=''/><author><name>Notes From the Muck</name><uri>http://notesfromthemuck.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/2006/05/dont-mind-tumbleweeds.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14377137.post-114834958481096843' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/posts/default/114834958481096843' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14377137.post-114841433962205007</id><published>2006-05-23T14:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-23T14:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>awww. our little mel is growing up.cbm</title><summary type='text'>awww. our little mel is growing up.&lt;BR/&gt;cbm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/114834958481096843/comments/default/114841433962205007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/114834958481096843/comments/default/114841433962205007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/2006/05/dont-mind-tumbleweeds.html?showComment=1148414280000#c114841433962205007' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://cleverpejorative.blogspot.com/2006/05/dont-mind-tumbleweeds.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14377137.post-114834958481096843' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14377137/posts/default/114834958481096843' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>