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		<title>TechCrunch Discovers The Word &#8220;Millennials&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following the media in the past five years or so, you&#8217;ve read dozens of trend pieces about the so-called &#8220;Millennial&#8221; generation. If you have cultural awareness greater than that of a sea urchin, you&#8217;re aware that these stories are all so much meaningless tripe&#8211;the efforts of a dying industry to become relevant, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/10/11/techcrunch-discovers-the-word-millennials/</link>
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		<title>Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few years I&#8217;ve become something of a minimalist.* Partly it&#8217;s been out of necessity: I haven&#8217;t had a lot of disposable income, and I don&#8217;t like shipping things I don&#8217;t need when I move, or taking up a lot of space. These days my possessions consist largely of my bike, my clothes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Best</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday was the occasion of Mobius Cycle&#8216;s Core Whore 2010 alleycat race. It consisted of seven checkpoints, scattered throughout Seattle&#8217;s downtown core, and a die rolled at each stop. That die told you where you were going next, and represented how many Core Whore Dollars you received for that particular run. The race ran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elegy for an Unwelcome Guest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Nigel. I. You were the king of dingy bathroom tile, unafraid of discarded towels clustered hair or sudden lights and stomping feet. You stood there, just watching, as the world moved by your bathroom tiles. Your reign was silent and brief, your explorations infinitely vast, infinitely small, infinite. The world was yours, and you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/08/26/elegy-for-an-unwelcome-guest/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All Downhill From Here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dead Baby Downhill Race (14th annual!) was more of a parade than a race, at least for most people I saw there. The pack of cyclists was huge, and most of them were content to ride slow. It was probably the most fun I&#8217;ve had on a bicycle since I started biking again. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycle Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got back into biking a few weeks back, but today was the first day I was actually impressed with myself. Someone suggested that biking to Shoreline from Capitol Hill was unreasonable. I assumed it was just a dodge, but I took it as a challenge, so I looked it up on Google Maps, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Apology: R And Her Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear R, I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t laugh at your joke. You had pretty clearly planned for it in advance, and I feel like I disappointed you. This was September of 2008, I think. I was going off to Boston and decided to pay you a visit before I went. We met at the mall. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/08/05/public-apology-r-and-her-friend/</link>
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		<title>The Things I Carry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of urban explorers like posting their exploring kits. Maybe one day I will have a real exploring kit, but until that day, these are the things I carry with me pretty much anywhere I go. zombie attack messenger bag &#8211; this reads &#8220;during a zombie attack, please follow me.&#8221; It stores most of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/07/20/the-things-i-carry/</link>
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		<title>Rob Mason Tells You What To Watch: The Legend of Zelda Cartoons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Legend of Zelda has been around for as long as I&#8217;ve been aware of Nintendo, and I was a bit of a dork when I was a kid. (If you&#8217;re curious, I started playing Zelda around Ocarina of Time, and yes, it is still excellent. I&#8217;ve been playing Nintendo for about as long as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/06/10/rob-mason-tells-you-what-to-watch-the-legend-of-zelda-cartoons/</link>
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		<title>Public Apology: My Graduating Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear classmates from my graduating class, I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t bother doing anything for my graduation. I didn&#8217;t even record one of the little speech things that you all had. That second part isn&#8217;t exactly true, actually. I recorded something, and even then, at 18 years old, I bristled at the idea of saying the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rsmason.net/2010/03/26/public-apology-my-graduating-class/</link>
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