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	<description>Caitlin through the Looking Glass</description>
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		<title>Ticking 2010 goals off the list already</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have many goals in 2010 but I have ticked one of them off already. It&#8217;s something that will help me with being a California-based travel writer. It&#8217;s something that most people do before they reach their early thirties. And it&#8217;s something that is harder to do in Australia than here. Can you guess what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2010/01/ticking-2010-goals-off-the-list-already/</link>
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		<title>Halloween and &#8220;the holidays&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I now know why Americans refer to this time of year as &#8220;the holidays&#8221;. I always thought that it was a politically correct term to avoid using the word &#8220;Christmas&#8221; and include other religious festivals such as Hanukkah. I was partly right.
It is also because Christmas is not the only holiday, even for Christians. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/11/halloween-and-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>Sunshine and symphonies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we had the first proper rain we&#8217;ve had since I moved to San Francisco in July. The lack of rain was notable &#8211; the closest we had got was fog so heavy that it was verging on drizzle. Then last Tuesday the skies opened and we had several months all in one go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/10/sunshine-and-symphonies/</link>
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		<title>October dispatch from the pumpkin patch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October is here already. We are having gloriously sunny days but there is a definite chill in the evenings. Pumpkins of all shapes and colours have appeared in the shops and sweet pumpkin flavours are on the menu at my local ice creamery. I&#8217;m sad to bid farewell to summer, though we should have nice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/10/october-dispatch/</link>
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		<title>Sesame Street&#8217;s Mad Men parody</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bit of Friday fluff&#8230; Do any of you watch Mad Men, set in a New York advertising in the 1950s and 1960s? I&#8217;m still on season one (via DVD) but I think it&#8217;s quite brilliant, probably one of the smartest things on television right now.
Fans of Mad Men and Muppets will appreciate this parody. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/10/sesame-streets-mad-men-parody/</link>
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		<title>Religion in the US, Canada, UK and Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve put together a comparison of religious demographics in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It&#8217;s not done to prove any kind of point &#8211; it&#8217;s for no reason other than the fact that I think it&#8217;s fascinating. If you do too, then enjoy&#8230;
One of my blogging friends Pam recently tweeted about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/09/religion-in-the-us-canada-uk-and-australia/</link>
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		<title>Playing tourist at Alcatraz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My in-laws are visiting from Australia for a few weeks. They&#8217;ve spent the past week in San Francisco with us and they are off to New York tomorrow. When they return, we may do some travelling with them on the West Coast but that is yet to be decided. My father-in-law is spending his 70th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/09/playing-tourist-at-alcatraz/</link>
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		<title>On weather, neighbours and guests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that autumn is officially here, San Francisco is finally having its summer. The infamous San Francisco fog rolls in and keeps the city cool and overcast for most of June, July and August, even while the rest of the Bay Area is roasting. Apparently an Indian summer in September and October is quite typical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/09/on-weather-neighbours-and-guests/</link>
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		<title>New directions for The Niltiac Files</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been spending most of my blogging efforts on my food and travel blog Roaming Tales. This site, my original blog project, has been sadly neglected. But I have been giving some thought to the future of this blog and I have come up with some good reasons why I should keep it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/09/new-directions-for-the-niltiac-files/</link>
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		<title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06</title>
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Saw Ponyo last night. As the credits rolled, a kid walked by saying &#34;what the hell was that?&#34;. LOL. I thought the movie was charming. #
Bookings have opened for the new YHA in central Sydney. A room with a view!  http://bit.ly/hf2gm #
Could travel actually be a catalyst to help you slim down on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.niltiac.net/2009/09/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-06/</link>
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