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		<title>Things I Never Thought I&#8217;d Say, #7.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/things-i-never-thought-id-say-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Things: boys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By popular demand (mine), another installment of Things I Never Thought I&#8217;d Say As A Parent:
No, I really don&#8217;t want to see how slowly you can climb up the stairs.
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		<title>In Which We Finally Go Back To School.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The strike has ended here in Kent and tomorrow my boys both start at new schools. Chester moved into the &#8220;highly capable&#8221; program last year, which meant he was moved to a different school along with a few kids from several other schools. However, due to technical blahbedy-blah the kids from his home school (Park [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=360&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which My Plans Changed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[KSD strike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the &#8220;full force&#8221; rally by teachers and parents at the district office. I took the boys toward the end of the rally because I didn&#8217;t think they&#8217;d last the two hours. We apparently missed the Teamsters truck, but there were hundreds and hundreds of people.
It was a good opportunity for the boys to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=355&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Post For CyberSermon 2.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, while I was preparing a message for Crosspointe at Kent Covenant Church, I did an experiment where I asked for your thoughts. It was so much fun, I thought I&#8217;d do it again.
I&#8217;ll be speaking this Sunday in the youth service on the biblical story of Hosea, who was instructed by God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=348&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Receive A Response.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday night I sent a copy of my post below to the school board and Superintendent Vargas. Thursday morning, to my surprise, I received a response from Dr. Vargas. In the interest of the same transparency I asked them for, I&#8217;m posting his response here.

Mr. Fankhauser,
 
First of all, on behalf of the Board of Directors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=346&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I&#8217;m Dismayed By The Kent School District&#8217;s Action.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/in-which-im-dismayed-by-the-kent-school-districts-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yadda yadda disclosure: I am stating these opinions as a parent and not as a PTA member.

Kent School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from harassment, discrimination, intimidation, and bullying. Employees, volunteers, parents, and students can expect to be treated with dignity, respect, and understanding. [Kent School District Parent Handbook]
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		<title>Things I Never Thought I&#8217;d Say, #6.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/things-i-never-thought-id-say-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, internet. It&#8217;s been a long time. It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me. Been a bit distracted, not as motivated to write, and certainly not spending as much time in front of the computer as I did when I was working.
I&#8217;m not going to make any promises about whether this is a return to blogging, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=340&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which This Is Probably Something I Would Do.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/in-which-this-is-probably-something-i-would-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wise One and I saw this on the Today Show this morning; it was too good not to share. It&#8217;s always good to start your day laughing together, at someone else:
 
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		<title>In Which The Boys Play House.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/in-which-the-boys-play-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[boys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One game the boys play, as do most children, is &#8220;house.&#8221; I haven&#8217;t figured this one out, though, because it usually consists of them playing cars, legos, etc.; they stop in the middle of whatever they are doing, one of them declares, &#8220;Let&#8217;s play house!&#8221;, they pick roles and then they just go right back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theoutpost.wordpress.com&blog=2884188&post=329&subd=theoutpost&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things I Never Thought I&#8217;d Say, #5.</title>
		<link>http://theoutpost.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/things-i-never-thought-id-say-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Huh. I didn&#8217;t know you had a lizard collection.&#8221;
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