<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.5" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>The Gull Reef Club</title>
	<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:55:16 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Death Pool Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A hearty congratulations to nemov for scoring the latest point in the 2008 Death Pool.  
Good bye Senator Helms.  I can&#8217;t think of anything nice to say about Helms, so to honor Thumper&#8217;s mama, I won&#8217;t say anything at all.  
Again, congratulations nemov for joining Cyan and me in the Deuce Death [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/07/05/death-pool-update/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Chill Out, Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It must suck to be so negative.  That&#8217;s what I thought tonight as we were on River Street, completing our annual ritual of watching a great fireworks show here in Savannah.  The reason I had this thought is because of a very nasty old man who attempted (and failed) to ruin our fun.
As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/07/05/chill-out-child/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>My Friendshh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hard pressed to decide if the following email I received from the McCain campaign was a typo or just seriously delusional.  You tell me:

]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/30/my-friendshh/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Suck it, Jessica Alba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Revlon is running new ads featuring Jessica Alba in which she has the nerve to ask, &#8220;You know what I want?&#8221;
Of course, my mind starts running the gamut - what DOES Jessica Alba want?  World peace? A fair tax structure? Alternative energy solutions?  My goodness, there is so much that one can want.
Then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/30/suck-it-jessica-alba/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Stein vs the Power Supply</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned to you beachcombers in my last Reads post that Gertrude Stein was getting my attention.  Three Lives to be specific.  
I got through the first story, unimpressed.  As I attempted to make my way through the bigoted, condescending second story, I kept encountering problems with Microsoft Word (I was using [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/23/stein-vs-the-power-supply/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Used Cars: What I Understand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is so much that should have been my first clue.  The 1970&#8217;s paneling in the showroom.  The dealer&#8217;s lack of website.  The Hawaiian shirt sported by our salesman.  His over-forty-white-dude gold bling.  His straight-out-of-Key-West-circa-1983 mustache.  His business card in which he called himself &#8216;the Sheriff.&#8217;  So many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/21/used-cars-what-i-understand/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Natural</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark another book off the book sale list.  This time it was Bernard Malamud&#8217;s The Natural.
I&#8217;ve got mixed feelings on this one.  It started off really good, got weird, then ended as expected.  It had all the elements of the mystical sports story.  The exaggerated emotions of triumph and agony, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/03/the-natural/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Crash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I write mostly for posterity&#8217;s sake and a slim bit for your sympathy.  Yesterday Mike and I experienced something I hope none of you have - a head-on auto collision.  Not our fault, of course.  Mike&#8217;s a very safe driver.  With the exception of a few bruises and sore muscles, we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/06/01/crash/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Tammy?!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike just sent me this article, A Ben By Another Name: Dan.  I empathize with Dan, er, Ben.  I wouldn&#8217;t have 7 years ago, but now that I live in the south things have changed.  
When I lived in the midwest and introduced myself to strangers, the biggest mixup they may have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/05/27/tammy/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>The Great Sweet Bippy in the Sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is with much sadness that I write of this update to the Death Pool.  Score one for me, comedy legend Dick Martin has passed.
Martin&#8217;s death is a little sadder for me to report than the others so far this year.  In my own way, I had a special connection to Mr. Martin. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jaimesblog.americasdebate.com/2008/05/27/the-great-sweet-bippy-in-the-sky/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
