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		<title>Excerpt from the Memoir in Progress&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following excerpt is taken from the middle of my memoir in progress, Learning to Submit: How Feminism Stole My Womanhood, and the Traditional Cowboy Who Helped Me Find It. I&#8217;ll be turning in the manuscript March 1. The book will be released from Gotham Books early next year. Later that night, over dinner, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3514&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing on a Deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! Have I ever told you guys how much I dislike the term &#8220;deadline&#8221;? I mean, c&#8217;mon! It&#8217;s a bit creepy, isn&#8217;t it? It has the word &#8220;dead&#8221; in it. (Cue evil voice) Write or die, bwa ha ha ha ha&#8230; Anyway, that said, I need to let you know where I&#8217;ve been, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3507&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Son Says Kate Upton is Pretty and Normal&#8230;and He&#8217;s Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you think people can&#8217;t be any crazier than they&#8217;ve already proved themselves to be, along comes a bunch of lunatics who think the new Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover model Kate Upton is&#8230;fat. That&#8217;s right. Fat. Fashionistas, bloggers, reporters, even the New York Times. All sorts of &#8220;experts&#8221; are chiming in about how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3496&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks and Guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since falling in love with a conservative cowboy nearly a year ago, some of my views have changed about certain hot-button issues. (Some of his views have also changed as result of meeting me.) Where I used to be a kneejerk &#8220;liberal&#8221; on just about every topic, I&#8217;ve listened to what his conservative side has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3493&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Grammys Should Be Ashamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been conflicted about whether or not to weigh in on the Recording Academy&#8217;s decision to feature not one but TWO performances by disgraced singer and woman-beater Chris Brown at the Grammy Awards this past weekend. Part of me was so disgusted by the move that I just wanted to stick my head in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3483&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Chocolate Valentine&#8217;s Cake with White Chocolate Glaze</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Valentine&#8217;s Day. Most of all, I love cooking with chocolate on Valentine&#8217;s Day. This year, I came up with a moist and yummy take on the usual chocolate cake theme. It&#8217;s a my Mexican Chocolate Valentine&#8217;s Cake with White Chocolate Glaze and Black Raspberries. What, you might ask, makes a chocolate cake &#8220;Mexican&#8221;? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3448&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Half of American Pets Are Obese</title>
		<link>http://learningtosubmit.com/2012/02/10/half-of-american-pets-are-obese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure which of the following facts disturbs me more. 1. The Assn. for Pet Obesity Prevention has released a new study indicating that half of all American pets are obese. 2. There is an Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. I have no doubt this information is true, however. A visit to the local [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3446&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The First Date</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hard at work polishing up the manuscript for my memoir, LEARNING TO SUMBIT, which is due to my editor at Gotham Books March 1. I&#8217;m so excited about this book! Having such SUCH a blast writing it. It marks a return to my journalism roots, but it&#8217;s also just really fun to go back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3359&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of My Los Angeles Trip with The Cowboy</title>
		<link>http://learningtosubmit.com/2012/02/08/highlights-of-my-los-angeles-trip-with-the-cowboy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday the cowboy and I flew to Los Angeles on business. Here are a few of the highlights. The cowboy drives four hours to pick me up and takes us to the airport in his Ford pickup, only to realize once we get there that he&#8217;s left his identification in the Dodge, back on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3336&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Use the Weekend to Prepare Bulk Foods</title>
		<link>http://learningtosubmit.com/2012/02/04/use-the-weekend-to-prepare-bulk-foods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mizvaldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I&#8217;m not exactly single anymore &#8212; happily for me I have a cowboy &#8212; I remain a single mother. I live in a small city with my son during the week, and at the ranch with the cowboy on the weekends (with my son joining us for one of those weekends each month). As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=learningtosubmit.com&amp;blog=28335521&amp;post=3334&amp;subd=learningtosubmit&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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