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		<title>Diet Valkyrie</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/03/11/diet-valkyrie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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Anna Nicole Smith Opera Taking the Stage
BBC News reports composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and writer Richard Thomas, along with London’s Royal Opera House will put on a stage performance about the larger-than-life former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007 of an accidental prescription drug overdose.
Donizetti composed &#8220;Anna Bolena&#8220;.  This could be &#8220;Anna Bulimia&#8220;.
Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hazards of Dukes</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/03/10/the-hazards-of-dukes-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 10, 1536: Thomas Howard Manages to Be Born Without Committing Treason

Is decapitation hereditary?
If Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, were here to celebrate his 474th birthday, I would ask that question. Surely he would have noticed that much of his family&#8211;Dad, Aunt Catherine, Cousin Anne, etc.&#8211; was dying in the Tower of London rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Slave For Details</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/03/06/a-slave-for-details-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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March 6, 1836:  Selectively Remember the Alamo
The Alamo might have been the first celebrity reality show…Tune in to see Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and their 187 roommates cope with the annoyances and stresses of living together under siege, bombardment and assault.
Unfortunately, the show would have had only 13 episodes and there were no possibilities for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States of Denial</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/03/05/states-of-denial-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Armenia]]></category>

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Turkey pulls envoy after U.S. vote on &#8220;genocide&#8221; label
Reuters
WASHINGTON — A congressional panel voted on Thursday to label as &#8220;genocide&#8221; the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Washington.
The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to approve the nonbinding resolution, which calls on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grooming Hints from the Vandals</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/03/04/grooming-hints-from-the-vandals-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you think that the words barbarian and barber were just phonetic coincidences?  On the contrary, etymology has more than its share of irony.
Barbarian originally comes from the Greek word for strangers: barbaroi. The Greeks applied it to anyone who had the misfortune not to be Greek. Of course, the Romans never thought that it applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Morbid the Merrier</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/26/the-morbid-the-merrier-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 26, 1564:  The Least Mysterious Thing About Christopher Marlowe
At least there is no debate as to when and where Christopher Marlowe was baptized.  It was in Conventry, England on this day in 1564, and the Anglican priest failed to observe the infant&#8217;s genius.  The date, nature, and cause of his death, however, are questions inciting civil wars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Pyro</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/25/st-pyro-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 25, 1570:  It Now Is Permissible (what is Latin for Kosher?)  To Assassinate Elizabeth I
Pope Pius V was not exactly your Barry Fitzgerald type of priest. Instead, just imagine if Josef Stalin had decided to stay in the seminary. Born in Italy, but with a Spanish personality, the young Antonio Ghislieri joined the Dominician Order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Birthday Card for the Man Who Has Everything</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/24/a-birthday-card-for-the-man-who-has-everything-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 24, 1500:  An Infant Inherits the Hapsburg Jaw and Europe
Monarchies do tend toward nepotism. Today, on the birthday of Charles V, I would hate to suggest that he did not deserve to be King of Spain and Southern Italy, Grand Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor. However, his resume consisted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Curmudgeon&#8217;s History of the Academy Awards</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/23/a-curmudgeons-history-of-the-academy-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This is my article in the current issue of Toastmaster Magazine.  I may have saved you a fortune in membership fees.)
 As March 7 approaches, you once more will torment yourself with the question &#8220;Will I really watch the Academy Awards again?&#8221;  There are good reasons to do so.  First, if you are a masochist, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Laid Plans&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://finermanworks.com/your_rda_of_irony/2010/02/19/the-best-laid-plans-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eugene Finerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is February 19, 1915 and you are invited on an all expense paid cruise of the Mediterranean. Tour the charming shores of the Dardanelles on our way to Constantinople! (Itinerary subject to change.)
Quite a change! How should I describe Gallipoli? Imagine if Gettysburg had lasted 11 months and every day was a disaster. Of [...]]]></description>
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