<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - POaksitwithastick's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/</link><description>War does not determine who is right but who is left.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:26:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:37:24 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Food of the Dead</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zombies get back to the basics in two new cable series.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5372673-food-of-the-dead</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/29/5372673-food-of-the-dead</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>zombies</category><category>living-dead</category><category>walking-dead</category><category>dead-set</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:26:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How To Avoid Death on the Roadways</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I suffer from road aggression. Not road rage, aggression. Road rage is classified by actually DOING something like cutting people off, driving like a total maniac or actually killing someone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/13/5284485-how-to-avoid-death-on-the-roadways</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/13/5284485-how-to-avoid-death-on-the-roadways</guid><category>travel</category><category>driving</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>traffic</category><category>road-rage</category><category>road-aggression</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5284531.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5284531.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5284532.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5284532.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Night's Rebirth…An Ode to Vampires</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I left my house late last night

 To walk to the neighborhood park

 When came upon me a shocking fright

 Out of the dreadful dark

 Its face was ghastly, white as paste

 Fangs so long and deadly

 I turned to flee, to make haste]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5164522-the-nights-rebirthan-ode-to-vampires</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5164522-the-nights-rebirthan-ode-to-vampires</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>death</category><category>halloween</category><category>poetry</category><category>vampires</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:47:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5164534.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="521" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5164534.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Please Don't Read This Article</title>
<description><![CDATA[ You&rsquo;re not going to like it. It&rsquo;s all about love and hope and friendship and compassion and understanding and forgiveness. See? I told you so. No one likes those things anymore. I guess they&rsquo;re boring and out of date.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5123326-please-dont-read-this-article</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5123326-please-dont-read-this-article</guid><category>peace</category><category>love</category><category>friendship</category><category>understanding</category><category>forgiveness</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:59:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5123335.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="216" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5123335.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Nature of Hate</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Republicans hate Democrats. Christians hate Muslims. And Jews and non-Christians and gays. Muslims hate Americans. Americans hate Big Business, Big Oil, Big Brother, terrorists, taxes and traffic. Kids hate their parents and homework. Dogs hate cats. Cats hate mice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5070789-the-nature-of-hate</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5070789-the-nature-of-hate</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>muslims</category><category>republicans</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>spiders</category><category>illegal-immigration</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:07:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5070804.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="411" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5070804.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="123" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walking away from a mortgage comes with risks</title>
<description><![CDATA[The news is bad enough that three homeowners out of four in the Las Vegas Valley owe more on their houses than they're worth.

And there's no comfort in the prediction that the local real estate market won't recover for years.
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5039516-walking-away-from-a-mortgage-comes-with-risks</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5039516-walking-away-from-a-mortgage-comes-with-risks</guid><category>real-estate</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:20:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Music Soothes the Savage Viner</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The drive home from work today got me thinking about music. I love music. Not all of it mind you. But most of it. If I couldn't have it in my car I might go insane. I need to sing while I drive. And smoke. But that's a different article altogether. I belt it out when I drive.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5035526-music-soothes-the-savage-viner</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/02/5035526-music-soothes-the-savage-viner</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>u2</category><category>the-beatles</category><category>bruce-springsteen</category><category>the-cars</category><category>neil-diamond</category><category>the-eagles</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:29:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5035646.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="122" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5035646.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>God Is Stupid</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I&rsquo;ve been giving a lot of thought to the biblical belief that we humans were made in God&rsquo;s image. If that&rsquo;s the case how do you account for our less than perfect behaviors? Take for instance the seven mortal sins:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5002070-god-is-stupid</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5002070-god-is-stupid</guid><category>religion</category><category>god</category><category>satan</category><category>adam-and-eve</category><category>seven-mortal-sins</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:56:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5002088.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="196" width="139" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F5002088.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Best and Worst Vampires on Film and TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a countdown of the 10 best - and then the 5 worst - vampires in movies and television.

]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4983133-the-best-and-worst-vampires-on-film-and-tv</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4983133-the-best-and-worst-vampires-on-film-and-tv</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>television</category><category>movies</category><category>vampires</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Is That My Son Wearing A Dress?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm a progressive, supportive dad. Why was I so troubled by the sight of my little boy dressed as Snow White? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4969668-is-that-my-son-wearing-a-dress</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4969668-is-that-my-son-wearing-a-dress</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:50:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Chose To Be Gay!</title>
<description><![CDATA[ So I made the choice to be gay. I figured what the hell? They&rsquo;re getting all these extra rights these days. Sounds like a good deal. And having sex with another man? No big thing. I&rsquo;ll adapt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4968011-i-chose-to-be-gay</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4968011-i-chose-to-be-gay</guid><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F4968041.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="170" width="113" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F4968041.jpg&amp;width=120" width="113" height="170" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Help Stop &quot;Crush&quot; Fetish Videos</title>
<description><![CDATA[On April 20, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in U.S. v. Stevens that the "Crush Act," a 1999 federal law banning the creation, sale and possession of materials depicting genuine acts of animal cruelty, is unconstitutional and overbroad in its scope. 

]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/23/4954275-help-stop-crush-fetish-videos</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/23/4954275-help-stop-crush-fetish-videos</guid><category>animal</category><category>rights</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:20:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Report: Italian mafia sends coded messages via soccer show</title>
<description><![CDATA[Italian mafia bosses are suspected of using an interactive TV soccer show to send secret messages to their jailed cohorts, ANSA reported Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4939846-report-italian-mafia-sends-coded-messages-via-soccer-show</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4939846-report-italian-mafia-sends-coded-messages-via-soccer-show</guid><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:01:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Buffy vs. Bella: Would You Let Your Daughter Date A Vampire?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I love vampires. I can&rsquo;t help it. I&rsquo;ve loved them since I first read &ldquo;Salem&rsquo;s Lot&rdquo; by the great Mr. Stephen King when I was 10 years old. They&rsquo;re scary, yet sexy. Powerful, yet vulnerable. And the women they seduce are just like us.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4938659-buffy-vs-bella-would-you-let-your-daughter-date-a-vampire</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4938659-buffy-vs-bella-would-you-let-your-daughter-date-a-vampire</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>the</category><category>vampire</category><category>vampires</category><category>buffy</category><category>twilight</category><category>slayer</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:53:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F4938729.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbuffydevotee2F4938729.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pets for Dinner. Wrong or Just Plain Tasty?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it okay to eat your furry loved ones or "children" and get nothing more than what amounts to a slap on the wrist? Try eating a human baby sometime and see what happens. Are our pets "just animals" or something more?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4880312-pets-for-dinner-wrong-or-just-plain-tasty</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4880312-pets-for-dinner-wrong-or-just-plain-tasty</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:44:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gay Marriage Leads to Rape of Women</title>
<description><![CDATA[The only opinion that has any weight on this topic is that gay marriage can and will only lead to gay marriage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[POaksitwithastick]]></source><link>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4876811-gay-marriage-leads-to-rape-of-women</link><guid>http://buffydevotee.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4876811-gay-marriage-leads-to-rape-of-women</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:43:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
