<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><opml version="1.0"><!--MySmartChannels Channel Feed--><!--MySmartChannels is a service of MyST Technology Partners.--><!--See http://myst-technology.com for more information, including standard terms of service.--><head><title>The View from Blunderstone | Seidl Web</title><dateCreated>2005-09-22 13:59:33 EDT</dateCreated><dateModified>2008-05-31 13:31:30 EDT</dateModified></head><body><outline text="The View from Blunderstone | Seidl Web"><outline text="The Way We See It Here in the Blunderstone Rookery" isComment="true"/><outline text="Vowell Claims Nerds Would Win More Battles if They Lightened Up" type="link" url="http://seidlweb.com/public/item/242648?itemLink=open"><outline text="Sarah Vowell has much to say about nerds, being one herself, but leaves this nerd questioning whether nerds need to lighten up or get tougher." isComment="true"/><outline text="Wikipedia Entry for Sarah Vowell" type="link" url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vowell"/><outline text="An American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="War Correspondents' Sacrifice Equal to that of our Troops" type="link" url="http://seidlweb.com/public/item/228420?itemLink=open"><outline text="The Forever War is a fascinating account of the chaos facing American troops in the middle east that leaves the reader keenly aware of the extraordinary demands placed on the journalists seeking to bring us a true picture of the conflict." isComment="true"/><outline text="CNN's Prisoner of War" type="link" url="http://www.mensjournal.com/cnns-prisoner-of-war"/><outline text="He had been hunted, kidnapped, and told he was filming his own execution. But CNN correspondent Michael Ware had no plans to leave Iraq." isComment="true"/><outline text="The Forever War" type="link" url="http://www.dexterfilkins.net/index.html"/><outline text="Time Magazine Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year; New York Times Best Book of 2008" isComment="true"/><outline text="Los Angeles Times Book Review" type="link" url="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-rutten1-2008oct01,0,586471.story"/><outline text="[The Forever War] is likely to be regarded as the definitive account of how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were experienced by those who actually waged them." isComment="true"/></outline><outline text="Convincing Evidence that we Should Bail Out the Big Three Hasn't Been Presented" type="link" url="http://seidlweb.com/public/item/218699?itemLink=open"><outline text="Some say failing to bail out the US auto industry will have disastrous consequences. This worries me but not enough to put my support behind the current non-plan." isComment="true"/><outline text="Governors of Eight States Sign Letter Supporting Domestic Auto Industry" type="link" url="http://www.jennifergranholm.com/site/PageServer?pagename=jmg_home"/><outline text="Letter to Congress Signed by Granholm and Seven Other Governors Requesting $25 Billion for Auto Industry" isComment="true"/><outline text="Economy Is Only Issue for Michigan Governor" type="link" url="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/15granholm.html?ref=business"/><outline text="What a day looks like for Jennifer M. Granholm, the governor of Michigan, the state that sits, miserably, at the leading edge of the nation's economic crisis." isComment="true"/><outline text="Auto Industry Bailout Vote Cancelled by Senate" type="link" url="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/auto-industry-bailout-vot_n_145059.html"/><outline text="Senate Democrats canceled a showdown vote that had been expected Thursday." isComment="true"/></outline></outline></body></opml>