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		<description><![CDATA[God, what a magnificent specimen of a predator. If I were to play a word association game when I see this image: Sludge, grime, rank, simmering, glorious self-destruction, release, dangerous, yet irrisistable reckless abandonment. Who would ever have thought the sweet girl from The Social Network could turn into Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sbeneke.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8123880&amp;post=492&amp;subd=sbeneke&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To the one who let me go</title>
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		<title>The last genetic shred of Kurt Cobain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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