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		<title>Thursday, like any day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess I&#8217;m not done with the pneumonia. It&#8217;s hanging on a lot longer than my previous bouts with bronchitis. The most annoying part of it all is the way my heart seems to thump away inside me, pumping hard to make the most of the reduced oxygen. When I try to take a deep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your papers, please</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With my brother in law winging his way back to Wisconsin, the house is returning to normal, dammit. While he was here, everyone was on their best behavior; not like that was enough to mask a lot. But it masked some of the angst that permeates this place like condensation on a cold milk bottle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess it&#8217;s time to talk about online shopping again. At the moment I&#8217;m trying to figure out why I am dumb enough to think that online auctions might produce something worthwhile, given how many times I&#8217;ve been biffed. I&#8217;m a bit annoyed today because my trusty laptop which has served me so well since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What? You want me dead?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They came and took the oxygen concentrator quickly and quietly. Their policies, explained the hospice nurse about the subcontractor, is that the machine cannot be here if there are any smokers in the building at all. My hospice social worker helped her explain it to me. I asked if that meant that very few apartment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satisfaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in the midst of a coughing spasm when my phone started to ring. It took me a minute to collect myself and answer the phone. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been getting reports that you have smoked a cigarette in your room.&#8221; said the voice on the other end of the line. It was my hospice nurse. [...]]]></description>
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