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	<title>At the Kitchen Table &#187; personal</title>
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	<description>Life, Gaming, and Magic: the Gathering</description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m feeling much better now&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 07:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I should let everyone know that, although things will never be&#8221;back to normal&#8221;, I&#8217;m feeling great. I&#8217;ve been back to work for almost 2 weeks. The diabetes is under control and my blood glucose level is where they should be. Getting used to the new routine of finger pricks and injections hasn&#8217;t been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Waste It</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2008/04/17/dont-waste-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came close to death last week. Such a thing gives one pause to think&#8230; Life is too fragile to waste on bland food, bad music, cheap wine, weak coffee, unpleasant women, undue rushing about, and poorly written software. &#8230; I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;, is all. Carpe Diem]]></description>
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		<title>The times, they are a-changin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2007/09/12/the-times-they-are-a-changin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs isn&#8217;t the only one who can quote Dylan. &#8230; speaking of Steve Jobs and changin&#8217; times&#8230; I may be bumping into Mr. Jobs at the local Cupertino Starbucks before long&#8230; Next month I&#8217;m heading to California&#8230; Silicon Valley to be specific. After over 3 years of saying &#8220;I&#8217;m not interested&#8221; to Google, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live&#8230; from New York</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2007/07/25/live-from-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in New York doing some teaching this week. I&#8217;ve been before but usually only for day trips&#8230; once for an overnight. This is the first time I&#8217;m here for several days at a time. Tonight the weather was nice enough to get out for a walk after class. It&#8217;s such a blend on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obtiva</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2007/07/10/obtiva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing some work with Obtiva for a while. It&#8217;s been a good experience for everyone involved, and so we&#8217;ve decided to take the relationship to the next level. I&#8217;m happy to announce that I&#8217;m now part of the Obtiva team, doing project work and training (primarily Ruby and Rails based).]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2007/01/01/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s wishing everyone a Happy New Year. The last year had some high points (hanging out in Chicago with Aslak Hellesoy &#38; David Chelimsky, making the switch to working remotely from home full time and so having more time with Nancy and the boys, making the switch to fulltime Rails, rediscovering my Nintendo fanboyness), but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2005/03/03/personal-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is mostly for people who know me but might be behind on what&#8217;s been going on. To start with, my marriage (of 14 years) finally fell apart in summer 2003, in the midst of my sojourn working in Northern Virginia. Fast forward to March 2004. I decide to leave Adaption Software (which I started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independant Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.daveastels.com/2005/02/01/independant-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. My 2 week notice is given, I&#8217;m no longer with ThoughtWorks as of Feb 11. Due to changes in my personal life that make me not want to travel as much as was required, and a very compelling offer, I&#8217;ve decided to hang out my own shingle once again. For the foreseeable future [...]]]></description>
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