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    <title>the Big Mattress - Freeform  Interactive Radio on the Net</title>
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    <updated>2008-07-04T18:39:26Z</updated>
    <subtitle>My picks: The best humor, web-sites and videos culled from cyberspace • An occasional song or two •  Your comments and opinions • Entertaining controversy from a parallax perspective </subtitle>
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    <title>Happy Fourth</title>
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    <published>2008-07-04T17:16:04Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-04T18:39:26Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Yankee Doodle Dandy! (Thanks to Al Perry and Dick Greenleaf for this.) and to Ron Stokes for this!...</summary>
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<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Yankee</strong></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Doodle </span><strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzVg6zueS1o&amp;feature=related">Dandy</a></strong><strong>!
<br /></strong><span style="font-size:8pt;">(Thanks to Al Perry and Dick Greenleaf  for this.)
<br />and to Ron Stokes</span><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iCz3BA-oNlY"> </a></span><span style="font-size:8pt;"><strong><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iCz3BA-oNlY">for this!</a></strong></span><strong>
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<entry>
    <title>Who is More Charismatic?</title>
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    <published>2008-07-04T16:14:27Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-04T18:26:56Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
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        <name>charles</name>
        <uri>http://www.bigmattress.com</uri>
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<img src="http://www.bigmattress.com/weblog/galileo.jpg" height="149" width="124" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Galileo" /><img src="http://www.bigmattress.com/weblog/images-1-2.jpeg" height="149" width="132" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Images-1-2" />
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<entry>
    <title>Penn Jillette Speaks Out</title>
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    <published>2008-07-03T17:25:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-04T18:23:50Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Being honest about not knowing enough of the science to make a judgment isn&apos;t the same as an outright denial. “..As far as I&apos;m (and most of the world&apos;s scientists and climatologists) concerned, the debate is over. I respect...</summary>
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Being honest about not knowing enough of the science to make a judgment isn't the same as<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oe-jillette3-2008jul03,0,5045324.story?track=newslettertext"> an outright denial</a>.
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<br />“..As far as I'm (and most of the world's scientists and climatologists) concerned, the debate is over. I respect and appreciate your right to say, “I don't know..” but please step out of the way while the rest of us tree-huggers try to do something about the problem.
<br />..and we'll just SEE about your </span><span style="font-size:9pt;"><em>charisma oddservation</em></span><span style="font-size:9pt;">.”
<br />-c</span>
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<entry>
    <title>Big Mattress Song of the Week</title>
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    <published>2008-07-03T09:10:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-03T20:53:28Z</updated>
    
    <summary> I hate rap. I hate hip hop. I love this song. Amy w/ Ghostface Killah More than you need to know, but it&apos;s here....</summary>
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<strong>I hate rap.</strong> I <em>hate</em> hip hop. <strong>I love </strong><strong><a href="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/Im_No_Good.mp3">this song</a></strong><a href="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/Im_No_Good.mp3">.</a>
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<em> Amy w/  Ghostface Killah</em>
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More than you need to know, but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Know_I%27m_No_Good">it's here</a>.
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<entry>
    <title>Editorial of the Week</title>
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    <published>2008-07-02T02:21:33Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-02T03:22:34Z</updated>
    
    <summary> 200 days, but the Legacy will live on....</summary>
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<strong>200 days</strong>, but <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/01/what_bush_hath_wrought/">the Legacy</a> will live on.
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<entry>
    <title>Estrogen Wednesday (Part 1)</title>
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    <published>2008-07-01T10:45:44Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-01T11:47:08Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Recently, I have been getting a series of complaints from women readers of this blog saying that I have no concept of what women want- and that I am incapable of posting an Estrogen Wednesday which really captures the...</summary>
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<strong>Recently, I have been getting a series of complaints from women readers of this blog </strong>saying<strong> </strong>that I have no concept of what women want- and that I am incapable of  posting an<em> Estrogen Wednesday</em> which really captures the zeitgeist of feminine tenor. Because of this criticism (which I feel to be unjustified), I am going to try to recover my self-esteem; re-invent myself; shuck any remnants of a macho reputation; dig deep into my sensitive side and really try to get it right. These first three posts are, in my opinion, beyond reproach. <span style="color:#008080;"><strong>Maybe it was Mars in the past-</strong></span><span style="color:#ff6666;"> </span><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>but, now...  it is </strong></span><strong><a href="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/Nevertrustawoman.wmv">totally VENUS</a></strong><span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>!!!!!!!!!!!</strong></span><strong>
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<entry>
    <title>Estrogen Wednesday (Part 3)</title>
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    <published>2008-07-01T09:44:21Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-01T09:44:28Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Okay, okay- we&apos;ll stick with this one: Double standard...</summary>
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<strong>Okay, okay</strong>- we'll stick with <em>this</em> one: <a href="http://www.bigmattress.com/mt-archives/beach.html" onclick="window.open('http://www.bigmattress.com/mt-archives/beach.html','popup','width=288,height=385,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Double standard</a>
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<entry>
    <title>Estrogen Wednesday (Part 2)</title>
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    <published>2008-07-01T08:44:49Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-04T22:30:29Z</updated>
    
    <summary> (Just kidding!)...</summary>
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(Just <strong>kidding</strong>!)
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<entry>
    <title>Testosterone Tuesday</title>
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    <published>2008-07-01T08:12:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-01T09:43:52Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Give her the chance to show you how much she cares....</summary>
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Give her the chance to show you <a href="http://www.radiowavex.com/images/RCCooler.wmv">how much she cares</a>.
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<entry>
    <title>Geezer Monday</title>
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    <published>2008-06-30T07:20:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-30T07:20:41Z</updated>
    
    <summary> an oldie but goodie!...</summary>
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an oldie <a href="http://objflicks.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm">but goodie</a>!
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<entry>
    <title>The Filthy Critic</title>
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    <published>2008-06-30T07:20:16Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-30T07:20:23Z</updated>
    
    <summary> I think he liked Wall-E......</summary>
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I think <a href="http://filthycritic.com/filthy/">he liked Wall-E</a>...
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<entry>
    <title>New England Sports Fans</title>
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    <published>2008-06-28T16:33:53Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-28T16:34:18Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Enjoy this era! (it may not happen again for several generations!) ....</summary>
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<strong>Enjoy this era</strong>! (it may not happen again for several generations!)
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<img src="http://www.bigmattress.com/weblog/littlekid.jpg" height="252" width="400" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Littlekid" />
<br />.
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    <title>Big Mattress Weekend Concert</title>
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    <published>2008-06-28T07:38:28Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-28T08:42:51Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Pink Floyd live at the Filmore “I&apos;m not about to dis any of their later music because it&apos;s brilliant in its own right, but this show highlights Floyd&apos;s early creativity and experimental nature. You won&apos;t hear 32 tracks each...</summary>
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Pink Floyd <a href="http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/pink-floyd-concert/1143-5541.html">live at the Filmore</a>
<br /><span style="font-size:8pt;">“I'm not about to dis any of their later music because it's brilliant in its own right, but this show highlights Floyd's early creativity and experimental nature. You won't hear 32 tracks each polished to an incredible shine, you'll hear the rough makings of future brillance. We aren't talking about extremely talented musicians, we are talking about creative and visionary musicians forming the basis of their complex ideas with rudimentary tools. Listening to this its easy to picture how they launched these ideas into some of the most unique and captivating music in all of rock...”
<br />-Zoodle1
<br /></span>listen while     you        ...............  <a href="http://www.maninthedark.com/">float.</a>............
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<entry>
    <title>Theories, Conflicts, Dreams and those wacky Other Dimensions</title>
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    <published>2008-06-27T19:22:47Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-27T19:22:55Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Got QuickTime?...</summary>
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Got <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program_d.html">QuickTime</a>?
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<entry>
    <title>Political Science for Dummies</title>
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    <published>2008-06-26T20:16:37Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-27T02:44:44Z</updated>
    
    <summary> 2008 Updated Version...</summary>
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        <name>charles</name>
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<strong>2008 </strong><a href="http://www.jibjab.com/view/231702">Updated Version</a>
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