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	<description>The prince is dead, long live the prince!</description>
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		<title>By: Saffa Chick</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-324</link>
		<dc:creator>Saffa Chick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is a wet Sunday night and as my hubbie watches the olympics I trawl your archives... ah mate. This one&#039;s just top notch. Milord has told me the same on occasion: that the 12 year old is always critising the performance and sometimes messes the whole lot up.

Good to hear it elsewhere ;-). 

I&#039;ve been lucky not to have had bedroom snarking ever, but anyone who tried it probably wouldn&#039;t get any more action... how silly is that?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a wet Sunday night and as my hubbie watches the olympics I trawl your archives&#8230; ah mate. This one&#8217;s just top notch. Milord has told me the same on occasion: that the 12 year old is always critising the performance and sometimes messes the whole lot up.</p>
<p>Good to hear it elsewhere ;-). </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been lucky not to have had bedroom snarking ever, but anyone who tried it probably wouldn&#8217;t get any more action&#8230; how silly is that?!</p>
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		<title>By: K</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-306</link>
		<dc:creator>K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When I said &quot;freaky&quot; I meant the bizarre, weirdo&#039;s that don&#039;t have teeth that I usually attract...

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I AM missing a tooth...but I have a crown to replace it.  Where does that leave me on the freaky scale?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I said &#8220;freaky&#8221; I meant the bizarre, weirdo&#8217;s that don&#8217;t have teeth that I usually attract&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>I AM missing a tooth&#8230;but I have a crown to replace it.  Where does that leave me on the freaky scale?</em></strong></p>
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		<title>By: C W</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-297</link>
		<dc:creator>C W</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I concur with your commenters (minus the troll-doll)...Great post! Sheds a lot of light on the insecurities of some men...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I concur with your commenters (minus the troll-doll)&#8230;Great post! Sheds a lot of light on the insecurities of some men&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: trishatruly</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-172</link>
		<dc:creator>trishatruly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I came here from 2lazydogs post because I though your comments there were &quot;charming&quot;. 
  Wow! You write extremely well! This post should be published and handed out to every high school boy and girl! 
  I will definitely be back!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came here from 2lazydogs post because I though your comments there were &#8220;charming&#8221;.<br />
  Wow! You write extremely well! This post should be published and handed out to every high school boy and girl!<br />
  I will definitely be back!</p>
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		<title>By: Soapbox Diva</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-154</link>
		<dc:creator>Soapbox Diva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol...now I have read my second blog of yours....and have been equally delighted by it.  And while I cannot conceivably convince you of how wise I am (big smile), I can say I have a pretty good feeling I am much older I am than most everyone here.  Yes, I am female, and please don&#039;t judge my grammar....I fell asleep in &#039;Eagle Beak&quot; Farlow&#039;s class in 7th grade.  Missed the whole basis for the English grammar useage.....and that was back during a time when they still really taught one skills in school, not just how to perform well on measurable tests. 

But no matter what one considers &#039;normal&#039; these days or not.....I am fairly certain that even with just this small amount of reading time, any one of even semi- intelligence can see that both DC and TB ARE Real Men.....normal or not....nowadays, I&#039;m not sure guys.  But thank God you exist.  You give so many women hope that there are more of you out there.  Thank you for your services.

And Taoist, I WILL add this line to my quote book, giving you credit of course.  &quot;A man is marked by, among other things, the contradictory strength of admitting his weakness. If you can’t admit your own insecurities, then you’re a long damned way from overcoming them.&quot;

Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol&#8230;now I have read my second blog of yours&#8230;.and have been equally delighted by it.  And while I cannot conceivably convince you of how wise I am (big smile), I can say I have a pretty good feeling I am much older I am than most everyone here.  Yes, I am female, and please don&#8217;t judge my grammar&#8230;.I fell asleep in &#8216;Eagle Beak&#8221; Farlow&#8217;s class in 7th grade.  Missed the whole basis for the English grammar useage&#8230;..and that was back during a time when they still really taught one skills in school, not just how to perform well on measurable tests. </p>
<p>But no matter what one considers &#8216;normal&#8217; these days or not&#8230;..I am fairly certain that even with just this small amount of reading time, any one of even semi- intelligence can see that both DC and TB ARE Real Men&#8230;..normal or not&#8230;.nowadays, I&#8217;m not sure guys.  But thank God you exist.  You give so many women hope that there are more of you out there.  Thank you for your services.</p>
<p>And Taoist, I WILL add this line to my quote book, giving you credit of course.  &#8220;A man is marked by, among other things, the contradictory strength of admitting his weakness. If you can’t admit your own insecurities, then you’re a long damned way from overcoming them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: Taoist Biker</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-151</link>
		<dc:creator>Taoist Biker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoops, didn&#039;t know I was a pre-approved commenter until it was too late, heheh.  Oh well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoops, didn&#8217;t know I was a pre-approved commenter until it was too late, heheh.  Oh well.</p>
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		<title>By: Taoist Biker</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-141</link>
		<dc:creator>Taoist Biker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone who confuses the &quot;your/you&#039;re&quot; is already halfway to Dimwitsville in my book.  

I agree with ya, Charming, and I&#039;m pretty sure I&#039;m a man.  [*Grabs at crotch*]  Yep, still a man.

There&#039;s a distinct difference between &quot;man-bashing&quot; and &quot;asshole-bashing.&quot;  A man is marked by, among other things, the contradictory strength of admitting his weakness.  If you can&#039;t admit your own insecurities, then you&#039;re a long damned way from overcoming them.  

If &quot;real normal men&quot; are the kinds of people that Charming describes above, then I will gladly call myself anything but a &quot;real normal man.&quot;  If you think that&#039;s man bashing, so be it.  

[Hey DC, as an aside - feel free not to approve this comment if you&#039;d rather just let the whole thing die.  I understand that this may have the effect of stirring the hornet&#039;s nest.]

&lt;strong&gt;[EDIT:&lt;em&gt;It comes down to this:  If you&#039;re already a pre-approved commenter, who posts under a consistent identifier, and doesn&#039;t hide behind an insulting (and grammatically incorrect) fake name...well, then you get a lot of leeway in your comments.

For example, had Billy of Veggiemacabe (just picking a name at random) said basically the same things, I&#039;d have addressed his points.  Not so much for someone who just wants to troll for flames.  It&#039;s not a perfect system, but it&#039;s mine, and that&#039;s good enough.&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone who confuses the &#8220;your/you&#8217;re&#8221; is already halfway to Dimwitsville in my book.  </p>
<p>I agree with ya, Charming, and I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;m a man.  [*Grabs at crotch*]  Yep, still a man.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a distinct difference between &#8220;man-bashing&#8221; and &#8220;asshole-bashing.&#8221;  A man is marked by, among other things, the contradictory strength of admitting his weakness.  If you can&#8217;t admit your own insecurities, then you&#8217;re a long damned way from overcoming them.  </p>
<p>If &#8220;real normal men&#8221; are the kinds of people that Charming describes above, then I will gladly call myself anything but a &#8220;real normal man.&#8221;  If you think that&#8217;s man bashing, so be it.  </p>
<p>[Hey DC, as an aside - feel free not to approve this comment if you'd rather just let the whole thing die.  I understand that this may have the effect of stirring the hornet's nest.]</p>
<p><strong>[EDIT:<em>It comes down to this:  If you're already a pre-approved commenter, who posts under a consistent identifier, and doesn't hide behind an insulting (and grammatically incorrect) fake name...well, then you get a lot of leeway in your comments.</p>
<p>For example, had Billy of Veggiemacabe (just picking a name at random) said basically the same things, I'd have addressed his points.  Not so much for someone who just wants to troll for flames.  It's not a perfect system, but it's mine, and that's good enough.</em>]</strong></p>
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		<title>By: K</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-140</link>
		<dc:creator>K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well done!</description>
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		<title>By: Dead Charming</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-139</link>
		<dc:creator>Dead Charming</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To be perfectly clear, I edited OUT the remainder of his comment.  No, I have no remorse.  This isn&#039;t a debate club.  Anyone should feel completely free to disagree with me, but if you want to &quot;argue&quot; please take it to your own blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be perfectly clear, I edited OUT the remainder of his comment.  No, I have no remorse.  This isn&#8217;t a debate club.  Anyone should feel completely free to disagree with me, but if you want to &#8220;argue&#8221; please take it to your own blog.</p>
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		<title>By: Your really a Women right?</title>
		<link>http://deadcharming.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/secret-confessions-of-a-normal-guy/#comment-138</link>
		<dc:creator>Your really a Women right?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But you did bite.
So then defend your statements...&lt;strong&gt;[Edit:&lt;em&gt;Sadly my friend, you don&#039;t seem to understand the true nature of a personal blog.  I&#039;m not here to defend my statements, just make them in the first place.  Should you take issue with that, please feel more than free to post a rebuttal on your own blog and link back to this post.&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But you did bite.<br />
So then defend your statements&#8230;<strong>[Edit:<em>Sadly my friend, you don't seem to understand the true nature of a personal blog.  I'm not here to defend my statements, just make them in the first place.  Should you take issue with that, please feel more than free to post a rebuttal on your own blog and link back to this post.</em>]</strong></p>
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