<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post403022483127441506..comments</id><updated>2008-04-10T15:44:20.491+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on FORTIFY YOUR OASIS: A pale and bookish lad ... Meme</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/feeds/403022483127441506/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html'/><author><name>Rowan Manahan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14419782365041965920</uri><email>rowan.manahan@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-7562873340060856610</id><published>2008-04-10T15:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T15:44:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous - wonderful! Thanks for sharing and for ...</title><content type='html'>Anonymous - wonderful! Thanks for sharing and for joining the conversation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Paraic - you'll need to tag the lucky 5 from your blog as there don't seem to be any links in that comment.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/7562873340060856610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/7562873340060856610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html?showComment=1207838640000#c7562873340060856610' title=''/><author><name>Rowan Manahan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14419782365041965920</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04286125404301434205'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-403022483127441506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/posts/default/403022483127441506' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-7765381728312971575</id><published>2008-04-10T13:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-10T13:57:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>From 'Ilario - The Lion's Eye' by Mary Gentle:"Her...</title><content type='html'>From 'Ilario - The Lion's Eye' by Mary Gentle:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"Her eyes widened. 'That's exciting. I never travel. Tell me! Tell me what it's like where you're from.'"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Needed sentence 9 for completeness.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Shane, Steven, Conor, Nobby and Bob - over to you guys!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/7765381728312971575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/7765381728312971575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html?showComment=1207832220000#c7765381728312971575' title=''/><author><name>Paraic</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-403022483127441506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/posts/default/403022483127441506' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-2203739761914651891</id><published>2008-04-09T19:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T19:06:00.000+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I just had to share, even though I wasn't tagged, ...</title><content type='html'>I just had to share, even though I wasn't tagged, because this sort of meaningful randomness is intriguing:&lt;BR/&gt;From the book "1001 ways to reward employees" by Bob Nelson (1994):&lt;BR/&gt;“The San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau awards the title Cab Driver of the Year to the driver who exemplifies outstanding hospitality toward both visitors and residents. The winner is feted at the city’s Annual Cab Driver Appreciation Day, and receives 500 business cards, an engraved dashboard plaque and a magnetic sign for the cab that announces the award. One recent winner, Montag Plank, says he provides riders with extras such as newspapers and information about local attractions.”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sentence 9: “No matter what your job is, if you’re courteous and do the job right, people will respect you for it,” he says. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Obviously, he doesn’t work where I work.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/2203739761914651891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/403022483127441506/comments/default/2203739761914651891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html?showComment=1207764360000#c2203739761914651891' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://fortifyservices.blogspot.com/2008/04/pale-and-bookish-lad-meme.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19070036.post-403022483127441506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19070036/posts/default/403022483127441506' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>