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		<title>Message to My Downstairs Neighbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years of living in a three-story apartment, I have come to recognize the considerable advantages of residing on the topmost floor versus a lower floor. Yesterday I taped the following message to the door of my downstairs neighbor &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2013/05/message-to-my-downstairs-neighbor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Squirrel Catapult</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to think squirrels were cute. But when a bushy-tailed rodent scares the birds away from my feeder, rips the bottom out of my finch seed sack, and all but flips me the finger when I knock on the &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2013/02/the-squirrel-catapult/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life with My Lapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few minutes ago, Lisa walked into the living room holding a loaf of my favorite bread, Brownberry Oat Nut, and asked me if I had intentionally put it in the cupboard instead of the refrigerator. Now, bread could conceivably &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2013/02/life-with-my-lapse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Than Over and Above: Dispelling the Myth</title>
		<link>http://thecopyfox.com/2013/01/more-than-over-and-above-dispelling-the-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over means the same thing as more than. So does above. Saying that a symphony ticket cost you more than $100, above $100, or over $100 are all equally acceptable ways of saying that you must really love Mozart. &#8220;Uh, &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2013/01/more-than-over-and-above-dispelling-the-myth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Editing: The Hallmark of a Good Writer</title>
		<link>http://thecopyfox.com/2012/12/self-editing-the-hallmark-of-a-good-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his classic book, On Writing Well, William Zinsser opens with a personal story about his participation in a panel discussion about writing at a school in Connecticut. The panel consisted of just Zinsser and one other writer. As they &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/12/self-editing-the-hallmark-of-a-good-writer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Quick-Tip: Weed Out Empty Verbiage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten miles from where I live lies Shaw Lake fen, a rare and beautiful wetland where wild orchids and carnivorous plants grow and tamarack trees ring the tiny lake like an emerald necklace. When I first began visiting the place &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/12/writing-quick-tip-weed-out-empty-verbiage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Of Giraffe Tests and Swan Meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides Fox&#8217;s World, since 2007 I have also maintained a blog called Stormhorn.com dedicated to storm chasing and jazz saxophone. Ironically, two of that blog&#8217;s perennially favorite posts have nothing at all to do with either storms or jazz. Both are &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/12/of-giraffe-tests-and-swan-meat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chain Letter Madness</title>
		<link>http://thecopyfox.com/2012/11/chain-letter-madness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember chain letters? You&#8217;d receive one in the mail, unsolicited, and it would request that you make ten copies of it and mail them to people you knew. There were incentives for doing so, some positive and some negative. If &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/11/chain-letter-madness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Tip: Do You Overuse Parentheses?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know parentheses? (Those little crescent-shaped thingies?) Well, sometimes they drive me crazy (overuse, lack of clarity, fuzzy writing). I have nothing against parentheses in themselves. I&#8217;m just not so fond of them that I crave a steady supply. Used &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/11/writing-tip-do-you-overuse-parentheses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grrrls Don&#8217;t Need No Stinkin&#8217; Vowels: A Curmudgeonly Rant about Modern Words</title>
		<link>http://thecopyfox.com/2012/08/grrrls-dont-need-no-stinkin-vowels-a-curmudgeonly-rant-about-modern-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foxworld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his August 1, 2012, post in mental_floss, Lucas Reilly lists &#8220;35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary.&#8221; The dictionary in question is the British Oxford English Dictionary Online, and after looking over Reilly&#8217;s sampler of its newer members, &#8230; <a href="http://thecopyfox.com/2012/08/grrrls-dont-need-no-stinkin-vowels-a-curmudgeonly-rant-about-modern-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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