<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine</title><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/</link><description>Epiphanettes</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:27:29 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Clocks</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
There are, at last count, 22 time-telling devices in my house, not counting the watches I stopped wearing several years ago, or the various phones, iPads and computers that litter my environment. &nbsp;The clocks are on every floor and in every room. The kitchen alone, where I &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280716-clocks</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280716-clocks</guid><category>time</category><category>aristotle</category><category>clocks</category><category>meaning-of-time</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clocks</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
There are, at last count, 22 time-telling devices in my house, not counting the watches I stopped wearing several years ago, or the various phones, iPads and computers that litter my environment. &nbsp;The clocks are on every floor and in every room. The kitchen alone, where I &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280724-clocks</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18280724-clocks</guid><category>time</category><category>aristotle</category><category>clocks</category><category>meaning-of-time</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:02:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Irritating Reads</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Few things are more frustrating--literarily speaking--than bad books by good authors, and it&rsquo;s been my ill luck to pick three in a row. You know the drill--the book is barely good enough to keep you reading, and even though it&rsquo;s a complete waste of your precious tim&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18155666-irritating-reads</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18155666-irritating-reads</guid><category>book-review</category><category>little-star</category><category>bad-books</category><category>the-panther</category><category>the-obriens</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:23:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Discomfort</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Most of us, from childhood, are prey to some sort of chronic discomfort. It&rsquo;s far short of agony or even pain; it is basically the feeling that something is amiss, not seriously so but just enough to be noticed. Splinters and ingrown nails, joints that twinge, knees that &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18088147-discomfort</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18088147-discomfort</guid><category>pain</category><category>addiction</category><category>discomfort</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 18:28:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Advice</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
I know a man who has an autistic child; he delights in retelling the story of being approached by a well-meaning neighbor who, seeing the child&rsquo;s state, suggested, &ldquo;You should bring him to a doctor.&rdquo; We live in a world full of advice.
 
&nbsp;
 
I noticed this&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042704-advice</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18042704-advice</guid><category>cancer-advice</category><category>advice-to-the-young-and-old</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 22:30:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Frenchies</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Time magazine this week announced its 100 Most Influential People in the World. Once more, I am not amongst them.&nbsp; I suppose I should have expected it; one doesn&rsquo;t really get noticed working from one&rsquo;s basement.
 
&nbsp;
 
This year, Time selected a Nigerian mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17896205-the-frenchies</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17896205-the-frenchies</guid><category>awards</category><category>time-100-people</category><category>frenchy-awards</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:32:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Three-fingered People I Have Known</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Years ago I remember going to a reception, one of those things where you meet two dozen people and can&rsquo;t remember a single name. I think it was to celebrate the twentieth wedding anniversary of a couple whose vows seemed threatened from the moment they were made. They had&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761082-three-fingered-people-i-have-known</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17761082-three-fingered-people-i-have-known</guid><category>people</category><category>three-fingered</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:03:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Heroes</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Two p.m., downtown Washington, D.C., where the road construction and repairs never stop.&nbsp; My friend Jim and I are sitting at a Chinese restaurant chopsticking our way through dishes of moo shoo pork and garlic beef. Jim is the best-read man I know, a former publisher and e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17692926-heroes</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17692926-heroes</guid><category>heroes</category><category>where-are-the-heroes</category><category>do-we-still-need-heroes</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:01:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ha, I Say!</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Just because you have cancer and 
 
you&rsquo;re getting all the attention
 
&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t mean you&rsquo;re better than me.
 
&nbsp;
 
That&rsquo;s what the card reads and it may be the best card I have received in many months. Sent by my friend Lisa who gave up life in &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17671612-ha-i-say</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17671612-ha-i-say</guid><category>cancer</category><category>cancer-humor</category><category>cancer-funnies</category><category>cancer-cards</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:41:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plots and Life</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
There are times when I feel opaque, almost transparent. All emotions I have had that could be expanded have been spent, for good or for ill, and whatever I believe I am capable of teaching has been taught ad nauseam. Maybe it&rsquo;s a function of age, this strange repetition o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633899-plots-and-life</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633899-plots-and-life</guid><category>for</category><category>life</category><category>and</category><category>plots</category><category>seven</category><category>novels</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 00:17:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>TB</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The nurse is tall and Teutonic, blonde with a head-circling braid remindful of Heidi in the Alps. I fear she might burst into song. She is in her early 30s, a single mother, and she comes from a center that specialized in pediatric urology. Today she is wearing a face mask and &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557374-tb</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557374-tb</guid><category>bladder-cancer</category><category>tb</category><category>bcg</category><category>list-of-famous-people-who-had-tb</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:13:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ah...</title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Well,&rdquo; said the The New Doctor, &ldquo;bladder cancer can be fatal.&rdquo;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ah. There it is, the statement never openly made before, never really even hinted at. &ldquo;We can take the bladder out,&rdq&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17432144-ah</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17432144-ah</guid><category>cancer</category><category>bladder-cancer</category><category>colon-cancer</category><category>fear-of-cancer</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:57:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In Memoriam</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Lately I&rsquo;ve been reading the death notices in the back of the Washington Post&rsquo;s Metro section. Morbid? Well, perhaps, but interesting, too.
 
&nbsp;
 
Death notices are paid for, unlike obituaries that are considered news by the paper, and generally written as such &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326736-in-memoriam</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326736-in-memoriam</guid><category>obits</category><category>death-notices</category><category>death-notices-parody</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:29:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Home and Office</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Where I live in northern Virginia, a few miles from the Nation&rsquo;s capital, is a vast, unincorporated tract of land called Tyson&rsquo;s. The area was once farmland, and I assume Mr. Tyson and his family sold it piecemeal to developers for a goodly sum of money. Mr. Tyson a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297470-home-and-office</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297470-home-and-office</guid><category>development</category><category>suburbs</category><category>tysons</category><category>empty-office-buildings</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:55:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Future Bestsellers</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;Like it or not, ebooks are the trend of the future. I have two books already posted, The Girl, the Drugs, and the Man Who Could Not Drink (http://tinyurl.com/aqsxq89) is a novel of crime and recovery, and Writing About People, Places &amp; Things (http://tinyurl.com/alg3n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272374-future-bestsellers</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272374-future-bestsellers</guid><category>ebooks</category><category>self-publishing</category><category>writing-ebooks</category><category>publishing-ebooks</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:10:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Horsefeathers</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Judging from the latest news, the consensus in the English speaking world is that it&rsquo;s permissible to chow down on Ferdinand or Babe the blue ox, but not so much on Flicka or Black Beauty. Elsie&rsquo;s okay for sliders but Man o&rsquo; War isn&rsquo;t. And let&rsquo;s no&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17132721-horsefeathers</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17132721-horsefeathers</guid><category>meat</category><category>horse</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:29:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Great Health Care Swindle</title>
<description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m tired of cancer, exhausted of thinking and talking about it, bored with my experiences and those of others.&nbsp; I am tired of having my ears perk up at the mere mention of the word, written or spoken, and I am really weary of the post-surgical listlessness that has ta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088018-the-great-health-care-swindle</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088018-the-great-health-care-swindle</guid><category>health</category><category>care</category><category>swindle</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:06:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>PSD</title>
<description><![CDATA[And so, four days after the latest cancer surgery, things remain a bit iffy. From hospital sign-in to release, the procedure was flawless. I counted a total of 27 people who came to speak to me. The most interesting of the lot was a lady who asked to see my driver&rsquo;s license&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17007339-psd</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17007339-psd</guid><category>cancer</category><category>surgery</category><category>depression</category><category>the-office</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:34:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Surgery and Housecleaning</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
I sweep the kitchen stoop, dust bookshelves, vacuum the living room and under the bed where there&rsquo;s enough discarded fur to make a spare cat. I empty the trash; scrub out the toilet bowl and Ajax the sink. I am going to the hospital in three hours for the fourth cancer su&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949115-surgery-and-housecleaning</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16949115-surgery-and-housecleaning</guid><category>cancer</category><category>surgery</category><category>housecleaning</category><category>anticipation</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:51:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Writing About People, Places &amp; Things</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 
So after writing some 500 blogs on varying subjects&mdash;some with a modicum of wisdom and others not&mdash;I recently culled what I thought were the best hundred or so entries and created a collection titled Writings About People, Places &amp; Things. I edited the thing, form&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917665-writing-about-people-places-things</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917665-writing-about-people-places-things</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:19:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gunaddiction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Not that long ago, moving the discussion from gun control to mental health would have been called diversionary, a silly attempt by the firearm pushers to avoid the real issue that yes, guns do kill people, and it&rsquo;s not only demented folks using guns who kill people. &nbsp;U&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16828845-gunaddiction</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16828845-gunaddiction</guid><category>guns</category><category>addiction</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 19:04:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Five Finger Discount</title>
<description><![CDATA[When I was much younger and still prone to drug and alcohol excesses, I used to steal stuff. It was sport, not necessity, and I stopped when I got caught. I had been eyeing a pair of Ray Bans at the local sports store and decided to try the old sunglasses-on-top-of-the-head ploy-&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822794-five-finger-discount</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16822794-five-finger-discount</guid><category>theft</category><category>cost-of-living</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 01:56:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Regrets (I've Hada Few)</title>
<description><![CDATA[But on the other hand, there are some things I don't regret at all. To wit: In 1981, an acquaintance whom I'll call Binky had recently inherited a sailboat and proposed that I and my girlfriend at the time help him smuggle 800 pounds of top-notch marijuana into Miami. He had it a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16738569-regrets-ive-hada-few</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16738569-regrets-ive-hada-few</guid><category>memories</category><category>regrets</category><category>drug-deals-gone-bad</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:09:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ten Ways to Deal with the Gun Madness</title>
<description><![CDATA[I know people who own guns. They&rsquo;re OK, I suppose; some hunt, others target-shoot, others still are persuaded they need firearms to protect their property and family though none, to the best of my knowledge, have ever been threatened in places other than their minds. I don&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16696577-ten-ways-to-deal-with-the-gun-madness</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16696577-ten-ways-to-deal-with-the-gun-madness</guid><category>guns</category><category>gun-crimes</category><category>gun-madness</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:47:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Many Causes, No Cures</title>
<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Do you smoke,&rdquo; asked The New Doctor (TND). &nbsp;I said no, I quit some 15 years ago when I gave up my beloved pipes, tampers, tobacco pouches, reamer, two kinds of tobaccos mixed just so, and the little fuzzy wire and fabric cleaners you can wrap around a finger and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Epiphanette]]></source><link>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16648200-many-causes-no-cures</link><guid>http://epiphanette.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16648200-many-causes-no-cures</guid><category>cancer</category><category>cancer-cures</category><category>thoughts-on-cancer</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:42:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>