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&lt;p&gt;What if all of this is a dream? And what if it isn&amp;#8217;t even our dream?  What if it&amp;#8217;s some dog&amp;#8217;s dream? Maybe we&amp;#8217;re just existing in his mind and all of a sudden he&amp;#8217;ll wake up and go drink out of the toilet and we&amp;#8217;ll be gone. What will happen to us if that dog wakes up? Will it all be over?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/38354057797</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/38354057797</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:53:13 -0500</pubDate><category>entertainment</category><category>love</category><category>family</category><category>pets</category><category>dreams</category><category>dogs</category><category>cats</category><category>christmas</category><category>animals</category><category>life</category></item><item><title>RE: Yaarrrr!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I think someone should invent a cereal called &amp;#8220;OOPS ALL MARSHMALLOWS&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37692051615</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37692051615</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:04:00 -0500</pubDate><category>breakfast</category><category>cereal</category><category>family</category><category>food</category><category>kids</category><category>life</category><category>morning</category><category>entertainment</category></item><item><title>Yaarrrr!!!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YoQS4OFsofQ/TvUauwbW1fI/AAAAAAAAA5U/4jVw4GOWfvM/s1600/oops-all-berries.jpg" width="400"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think the &amp;#8220;Oops&amp;#8221; part in Cap&amp;#8217;n Crunch Oops, All Berries! means, &amp;#8220;Oops, we should have done this sooner&amp;#8221;. That is all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-john&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37559678365</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37559678365</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate><category>cereal</category><category>christmas</category><category>entertainment</category><category>family</category><category>kids</category><category>life</category><category>morning</category><category>food</category></item><item><title>Rudolph Comes on Tonight</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="318" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOD2KsIBk5E/TuUn2aKGFeI/AAAAAAAAB-U/VgaqoSSl26g/s1600/zz+Clarice+and+Rudolph-Red-Nosed-Reindeer-001.jpg" width="470"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;Don’t forget everyone…Rudolph comes on tonight. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;Speaking of Rudolph…..I always loved it as a little kid, but now that I’m older I watch it and I can’t help but to think about certain things…..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;Like the island of Misfit Toys.  Remember them?  Those toys that were all broken in some way and no one to play with them.  At the end Santa comes by and picks them up and supposedly delivers them to little boys and girls.  Can you imagine the unlucky little kids who ended up with those things?  A train with square wheels?  That’s not gonna roll.  Can you imagine the look on little Johnny’s face Christmas morning……”Mom!!!  Santa screwed me!!!!!”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;Who made the misfit toys anyways?  The elves right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;And if you notice at the end when the credits are rolling it shows them dropping the misfit toys out of the sleigh by umbrella in mid air, supposedly to homes below?  Were they not even important enough for Santa to get out of the sleigh?  He didn’t even take the time to make sure they got to the right house!  “Here ya go, where ever you happen to land, that’s who owns you.  You’re their problem now.  Good luck.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;It wasn’t so much the fact that Rudolph’s nose glowed, but the how in the world did he get it to make that annoying whistle noise?   I think that was the real reason everyone hated Rudolph.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;And what about what the entire story was centered on?  Christmas was in danger of being canceled because of the snow storm.  Why not just postpone Christmas instead of canceling it completely?  What’s wrong with December 26?  Why not just go when the storm is over? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;Look for these things tonight if you get a chance to watch…..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv212662112MsoNormal"&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37217547685</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/37217547685</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:19:36 -0500</pubDate><category>christmas</category><category>holidays</category><category>cartoons</category><category>rudolph</category><category>winter</category><category>entertainment</category><category>television</category><category>childhood</category><category>animals</category><category>love</category></item><item><title>How did I get here?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LMyqMRT40LM/TLXrS9DT43I/AAAAAAAACPA/BAOXnBGgV8s/s400/images.jpeg" width="225"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you ever just looked at a moment, and wondered how you got there?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I look at beautiful mountains everyday and have to pause and wonder just that. I come from&amp;#8230; not the mountains. It&amp;#8217;s a whole different atmosphere from where I grew up. I think I&amp;#8217;m doing pretty well for myself. New places, new faces. I am building my roots. I never thought I would be in this situation. I thought I&amp;#8217;d be one of those dudes living in my parents basement (which is scary, because it is totally unfinished) eating Cheez its and playing Ms. Pac Man. Now I have kids, and when they get to the point where they are meeting people in different areas, when they are asked where they are from, the answer will be different than mine. I have different ideals from those I grew up around. My oldest goes to a different type of school than I did. I think I am part of one happy family. I don&amp;#8217;t know how I got here, other than the grace of God. I have to thank Him everyday. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- John&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/35315279522</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/35315279522</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:03:20 -0500</pubDate><category>cheez its</category><category>food</category><category>life</category><category>family</category><category>love</category><category>parent</category><category>children</category><category>nature</category><category>mountains</category><category>politics</category><category>entertainment</category><category>deep thoughts</category></item><item><title>First Kiss</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="337" src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2009/06/18/entertainment/photos_galleries/G3291_photo10.jpg" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1233083526MsoNormal"&gt;I nervously stood by the swing set in the park that night.  And that beautiful blonde headed girl I had such a crush on was there gently gliding in the swing.  It was our first date.  And I finally built up enough courage to ask her….&amp;#8221;Can I kiss you?”  I am sure it was weird that I felt like I had to ask.  She glanced at the ground and said “I guess.”  So I leaned in….having no idea what to do.  I had never kissed a girl before.  But I just closed my eyes and went in.  It was sorta awkward and I couldn’t tell if she liked it or not.  Inside I was so nervous.  But also so excited…that was our first kiss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1233083526MsoNormal"&gt;Later that night….me and that same blonde headed girl were standing by the lake.  Nothing was said.  She stared out into the distance.  I stood directly behind her.  I reached my hand and brushed back her hair over her shoulder.  As I did this…she turned and gave me a look.  I will NEVER, EVER forget this look.  I could see it in her eyes…..I wasn’t going to have to ask for the second kiss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1233083526MsoNormal"&gt;And now 15 years and 3 children later….she’s still the only girl I&amp;#8217;ve ever kissed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1233083526MsoNormal"&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/33467990187</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/33467990187</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:08:00 -0400</pubDate><category>love</category><category>kiss</category><category>first kiss</category><category>family</category><category>children</category><category>life</category><category>Lloyd Dobler</category><category>Say Anything</category><category>marriage</category><category>entertainment</category><category>movies</category></item><item><title>Previously on Big Brother....(Season Finale)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts"&gt;&lt;img height="253" src="http://media.nola.com/tv_impact/photo/11592106-large.jpg" width="380"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1348179226_0"&gt;JULIE CHEN&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; Hi America…I’m Julie Chen.  Welcome to Biiiig Brother.  This is it.  The last episode.  An hour and 28 minutes of boredom followed by two minutes of mild excitement.  It all comes down to this…will it be Ian, the nerd with a photographic memory who will probably one day work for NASA…or Dan, the former football coach with Jedi mind powers so strong that even if he loses, he’ll convince us all that he won.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dan and Ian are shown sitting in the veto room.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAN-&lt;/strong&gt; Good evening, Mrs. Chen. (flashing his ORBIT chewing gum smile)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JULIE CHEN-&lt;/strong&gt; (blushing)..ohhh Dan.  (Gaining her composure) Um, ok let’s bring out all the former houseguests.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brittany, Shane, Jenn, Joe, Ashley and Frank all walk out.  The crowd obeys the “LOUD FAKE APPLAUSE” signs flashing on the monitor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Next, Danielle comes out…and there’s this awkward hug/kiss combo between her and Shane.  Yeah, this showmance isn’t going anywhere.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Next Julie brings out the people who did not make the jury.  In other words, these people played the game REALLY BAD.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Boogie immediately lets out a rant and has to be controlled by security.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MIKE-&lt;/strong&gt; You people think I lost?  You think I lost?  You ain’t seen nothing.  I know people.  I know people who know people, you understand?  I would so own all you guys at Monopoly.  I would even let you be the car or the dog.  Heck, I’ll be the freakin’ thimble and I’ll still win.  I’ll even give you Park Place to start off with!  You don’t want to test my Monopoly skillz.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Security guards settle Mike down…then Julie informs the jury that they can ask the two finalist a question before making their vote.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;First up, is Brittany.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BRITTANY-&lt;/strong&gt; I am smarter than all these other people, so my question is…..what did you both do in the game that you regret?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IAN-&lt;/strong&gt; For not getting to know Jenn more, because she’s one of the people who might not vote for me, and I’m trying to get her on my side.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAN-&lt;/strong&gt; For being mean to Frank.  I don’t have his vote anyway, and I don’t have to worry about alienating him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Next up is Jenn.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JENN-&lt;/strong&gt; Well, I tell you….(the rest could not be heard due to the fact that Julie came down with a sudden onset case of whooping cough).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ashley’s turn.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASHLEY-&lt;/strong&gt; I’m an idiot, but I’m a stupid idiot.  Wait..that used to go somewhere.  I had a whole speech setup.  Hold on, just give me a second.  Idiot….stupid idiot….leadership…something like that.  Hi Ian!  I’m going to write about you in my diary tonight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IAN-&lt;/strong&gt; Thanks, babe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time for Shane’s question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHANE-&lt;/strong&gt; Dan, you stabbed a lot of people in the back.  How do you live with yourself at night?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAN-&lt;/strong&gt; Well Shane, I do have a lot of blood on my hands.  If this were Survivor I would just climb up a big rock formation and all my troubles would be solved.  Plus, the camera guys would get to do that neat-o swirling aerial shot in the helicopter.  But I didn’t have that.  I was stuck in that room with the twisty circles for 24 hours straight.  They were all jealous of Me!  I’m the leader!  ME.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Frank’s turn to ask a question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FRANK-&lt;/strong&gt; Dan I’m going to kill you.  You swore on the bible.  You gave me your wedding ring.  You gave me the flower from your Grandmother’s casket.  You promised me your next born son.  It should be me up there instead of you.  I don’t even have a question, I just want to make you look bad.  But dude…the bible?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAN-&lt;/strong&gt; I understand your pain, but I really didn’t do anything wrong, except maybe lie and cheat, but that’s ok because it’s for 500 thousand dollars.  And in the gospel of ST. DANIEL, CHAPTER 4 VERSE 17 it states that “If thou are on thy reality show, thou canst stab thy fellow man in the back, and claim the riches that thou surely deserve.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Next up is Joe.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JOE-&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;screaming so loud I have to turn down the volume on my tv&lt;/em&gt;) Well guys, I kept telling everybody…..in order for alliance we all gotta Jambalaya Shish Kabob in the blender.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Everyone looks around in puzzlement, but then moves on because they realize it’s just Joe being Joe.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And Finally, Danielle.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DANIELLE-&lt;/strong&gt; I want all of ya’ll to know that out of all the losers..I lost the least.  Dan, why did you do this to me AGAIN!!?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Her mascara begins to run.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAN-&lt;/strong&gt; Danielle…look at me.  Look into my eyes.  Look deep into my eyes.  I did this for you.  I am your coach.  I am not going to win this game.  You are.  Understand.  You are the real winner and nobody can ever take that away from you.  How does it feel to know that I just won you 500 grand?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DANIELLE- &lt;/strong&gt;(blushing) ohhh Daaaan.  I wish I knew how to quit you.  I’ll give you ONE MORE CHANCE!  But if you ever do this again, I swear I’m going to get really angry and stomp off and have eye shadow run down my face.  And it will be at least 10 minutes before I forgive you again. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time to vote.  Everyone votes for Ian, except Danielle.  Ian wins!!!!!  Nerd is the new cool!!  Yessss!!!!  Quack Quack, baby!  Everyone comes out and fake hugs abound.  Confetti falls.  Much rejoicing.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;But in the corner of his eye…Mike Boogie spots Jeff and Jordan sitting in the audience.  He immediately gathers Janelle, JoJo, and Wil and tries to form an alliance to vote Jeff out.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;SEE YA NEXT SUMMER!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv206444679MsoNormal"&gt;-Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/31945065814</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/31945065814</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:19:00 -0400</pubDate><category>big brother</category><category>julie chen</category><category>cbs</category><category>reality tv</category><category>entertainment</category><category>mike boogie</category><category>dan gheesling</category><category>ian terry</category><category>quack pack</category><category>chill town</category><category>survivor</category><category>television</category></item><item><title>Quack Quack!!!!!!!!!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="386" src="http://www.tvgrapevine.com/forum/pictures/bb14_hgs/BigBrotherEp7_Ian.JPG" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/31902384991</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/31902384991</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:57:00 -0400</pubDate><category>big brother</category><category>cbs</category><category>entertainment</category><category>television</category><category>ian</category><category>dan</category><category>julie chen</category><category>reality tv</category><category>chill town</category><category>mike boogie</category><category>Dr. Will</category><category>society</category></item><item><title>Point/Counter Point:FACEBOOK (Lloyd's View)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://face.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/503165914_f8a5d293bc_o1.jpg" width="550"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;This actually won&amp;#8217;t be a POINT/COUNTER POINT to John, because I agree with every single thing he said. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;In fact, that was one of the main reasons why I deleted my Facebook.  I got tired of all the “fakeness”.   But while I was there, I came up with a list that describes the different types of Facebook people that I met.  Here it is&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;..&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;strong&gt; THE TOP 10 TYPES OF FACEBOOK PEOPLE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person whose default photo is from like 5 years and 150 pounds ago.  These are the people who you almost accidentally delete because you didn’t even recognize them in the picture.  They are also the same ones who use a photo that was only like 2 years removed from high school and everyone comments “Oh my, you haven’t aged a bit!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;2.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The people who randomly post cryptic messages of anger towards some randomly un-named person.  It’s like the person writing the post is very angry at someone, and they want EVERYONE to know.  And they want that someone to know that they are telling the whole world too.  Meanwhile, the other 99 percent who didn’t make this person mad are wondering to themselves…”Is she mad at me?” and giving themselves an ulcer worrying about it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;3.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who wants pity.  This is the person who gives updates every 10 minutes from their dentist appointment asking everyone to pray for their survival.  This is also the person who finds out their 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; cousin from North Dakota who they once met at a family reunion is sick, and they post  “My cousin Billy Bob has cancer.  Please pray for me.  I don’t know how I’m going to make it through this.”  I just wanted one time to comment to them  “Are we praying for Billy Bob, or for you?  Which one is the sick one?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The parents who post pictures every time their kid takes a dump, because their kid is the greatest child ever invented in the history of the earth.  Their child can do no wrong.  This also relates to #3 when their child gets sick.  “Little Jimmy accidentally found some kryptonite in the back yard and now he’s sick.  Everyone pray.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;5.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who is married but “likes” your photo at 3am in the morning.  Never, ever trust that person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;6.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who post, but his wife hijacks his post and comments under everyone saying things like  “I love  you honey, you complete me”  I feel sorry for this guy.  He writes things like “My wife makes the best hamburger helper in the world” when what he really means is “Please help me, I’m so miserable…she’s watching my every move.  Hold on, here she comes&amp;#8230;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;7.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The love-sick middle school geek who embarrasses himself by writing love poems to his girlfriend online, and the poems are really terrible.  This is like Dr. Suess type stuff.  Then he gets upset because she hasn’t called him in the last 10 minutes and he writes another poem wondering where in life did he go wrong, and how can he ever win her back.  Then his Dad hijacks the post and tells the boy to go clean his room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;8.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who post pics from like every single party they go to every night of the week.  When reading it you are like, “When does this person ever sleep?”  Then you realize how sorry your life is because you’re stuck at home watching “CSI: Sheboygan.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;9.&lt;span&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who post updates every time they harvest their garden in Farmville.  Seriously?  I don’t care how many green cucumbers you just picked.  THEY’RE NOT EVEN REAL!  You just sat there and clicked buttons pretending to pick a fruit that you can’t even eat.  You’ll never get those 20 minutes back!’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;10.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The person who uses FB to post their political views.  And every post is either a joke, a cartoon drawing, or a political rant about how much you hate Obama, or whoever else happens to be president at the time.  “I’ll never support government ran healthcare.  If this passes I’m moving to Canada!!”  (and they have no idea that in Canada, the health care is government ran)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv224600361MsoListParagraph"&gt;&lt;span&gt;- Lloyd&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30111799491</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30111799491</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate><category>facebook</category><category>twitter</category><category>relationships</category><category>entertainment</category><category>politics</category><category>love</category><category>healthcare</category><category>social media</category></item><item><title>Point/Counter Point: FACEBOOK (John's View)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://face.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/503165914_f8a5d293bc_o1.jpg" width="550"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it hypocritical to express my distaste for social media&amp;#8230;.on a blog? If so, I am a hypocrite.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Facebook. At first, I thought Facebook was a sight where I would be able to contact and keep in touch with people I thought I had said my last goodbyes to. Maybe I could learn what they had done since we saw each other last, and where they are currently in their life. Little did I know, they were self centered pricks who wanted me, and all of their &amp;#8220;friends&amp;#8221; to know they had Lamb with an orange garnish over whole wheat wild rice and sides of scalloped potatoes and kale, washed down with an Italian white wine from 1963. Self-centered little pricks. Yippie! Well, actually, that&amp;#8217;s all fine. Now I have decided, if you were like this back then, I probably wouldn&amp;#8217;t have been your friend. Not that I&amp;#8217;m going to do myself the favor of &amp;#8220;deleting&amp;#8221; you, because then, you might not like me, or my status. Man, some people think they are important. Man, some people brag. Man, some people want our pity. Man, some people lie. Man, i just wasted 2 hours of my life trying to find something to connect with someone I have no other contact, nor share any of the same interests with. I think this is a bandwagon that is getting more and more crowded. I&amp;#8217;m neither the first or only to have this opinion, it is just starting to escalate, and I am just venting. Maybe I&amp;#8217;m just jealous that someone has 654 friends, and I don&amp;#8217;t even have 200. Maybe I&amp;#8217;m jealous my post only got 2 comments and 1 like, while someone else&amp;#8217;s post, which isn&amp;#8217;t as funny and has 3 grammatical errors, got 9 comments and 16 likes. Wow, that sounds convincing. Maybe that&amp;#8217;s the truth, i didn&amp;#8217;t want to admit it, and typing it made me realize it. I feel better now. I think I&amp;#8217;ll go &amp;#8220;See what my friends are up to&amp;#8221;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- John&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30111350643</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30111350643</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:41:44 -0400</pubDate><category>facebook</category><category>social media</category><category>friends</category><category>relationships</category><category>food</category><category>entertainment</category><category>twitter</category><category>debate</category><category>politics</category></item><item><title>YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="240" src="http://cdn.bigbrotheraccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/big-brother-14-6.jpg" width="300"/&gt;&lt;img height="240" src="http://ewtvrecaps.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/big_brother_ian_320.jpg" width="300"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30075613778</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/30075613778</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:11:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Janelle</category><category>big brother</category><category>britney</category><category>cbs</category><category>chill town</category><category>dan</category><category>dr will</category><category>entertainment</category><category>ian</category><category>mike boogie</category><category>reality tv</category><category>frank</category></item><item><title>NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/ce/73/ce732700361b5c6dae77f0346ed0c469.jpg" width="480"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/29589292633</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/29589292633</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:16:00 -0400</pubDate><category>ashley</category><category>big brother</category><category>cbs</category><category>chill town</category><category>entertainment</category><category>frank</category><category>gameshow</category><category>ian</category><category>reality tv</category><category>showmance</category><category>television</category><category>mike boogie</category></item><item><title>Bobcats Guard Matt Carroll: We’ll win 2013 NBA Championship




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&lt;div class="storybyline"&gt;By Lloyd Dobler&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jperson@charlotteobserver.com"&gt;martymcflyy85@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;h3 class="subtitle"&gt;Follows lead of Panthers center Ryan Kalil in predicting championship for city of Charlotte by taking out his own full page add in Charlotte Observer.&lt;/h3&gt;
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Dear Charlotte Bobcats fans: Get ready for an NBA Title to go along with that Super Bowl season.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;That is the message from Bobcats guard Matt Carroll, who took out his own full page add in the Charlotte Observer, after earlier in the week Panthers center Ryan Kalil took out an add promising a Super Bowl victory.  Carroll wanted to let fans know that their “unwavering support” would be rewarded this year.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;With what he calls a “One hundred-percent, sterling silver victory. Or whatever the trophy is made of.  I&amp;#8217;m not sure.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kalil, a three-time Pro Bowl participant, shared his 178-word open letter with an Observer reporter before buying the ad, which he called “a war cry to the fans.” In it, he predicts this Panthers season will end in New Orleans, with the first Super Bowl title in the franchise’s 18-year history.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And now Carroll, a two-time Bobcats bench warmer, is doing the same.  He did not tell anyone with the team about the ad, because he didn’t want to be talked out of doing it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Despite the secrecy, the sentiment with the team seems to be one of full support for the add.  Speaking to reporters outside Time Warner Cable arena, team mate Desagana Diop was quoted as saying &amp;#8220;I believe in Matt.  He&amp;#8217;s such a leader to this team.  And I tell you what&amp;#8230;I&amp;#8217;ll take it a step further&amp;#8230;.we&amp;#8217;re going undefeated.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many locals wonder after last years&amp;#8217; NBA record worst 7-59 record, how such a turnaround can happen so fast?  But the team seems to believe in itself, and there&amp;#8217;s a new coaching staff and a renewed sense of urgency. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oft injured Bobcats forward Tyrus Thomas also mentioned the possibility that next year&amp;#8217;s Bobcat team could possibly even defeat the much heralded 1992 US Olympic Dream Team.  One thing is for sure fans&amp;#8230;things in Charlotte all of a sudden just got a lot more interesting. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/28158462160</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/28158462160</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:38:00 -0400</pubDate><category>nba</category><category>basketball</category><category>sports</category><category>olympics</category><category>dream team</category><category>lebron james</category><category>charlotte bobcats</category><category>carolina panthers</category><category>super bowl</category><category>entertainment</category><category>michael jordan</category></item><item><title>Willie Hantz Got Ripped Off</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="333" src="http://content.onlinebigbrother.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Big-brother-14-cast-Willie-Hantz.jpg" width="600"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m blaming this one on Britney.  Willie made a mistake gamewise in the game, but the way he was being treated was unfair, especially by his own team members.  You could see it coming. He was holding all the anger in until he just lost it.  Most players would have probably lost it sooner.  Most people would have maybe broke down and cried to gain sympathy. But I&amp;#8217;m sure Willie didn&amp;#8217;t want to be seen as weak. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t get me wrong, once Willie got physical, then of course that was it.  And in no way am I condoning violence.  He must be responsible for his own actions.  So wrong is wrong and there is no getting around that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But there have been many other Big Brother players over the years who had a worse week than Willie (gamewise) but still didn&amp;#8217;t get treated like this.  This was utter humiliation.  Britney laid it on thick and she went after him to the core.  I don&amp;#8217;t believe that Britney thought Willie was that bad of a guy.  I think she was just upset because her own game was now jacked up.  And she took it to the extreme, not even giving Willie a chance to make amends, even with members of his own team.  I also believe that because of Willie&amp;#8217;s association with bad boy Russell Hantz, that he was given the short end of the stick as well.  There was no leeway.  The first mistake this man made and he was thrown under the bus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m just here to say two things&amp;#8230;..one, I don&amp;#8217;t believe that Willie is as evil-hearted a person as Russell&amp;#8230;and two, why couldn&amp;#8217;t he have punched Mike Boogie instead?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/27799558058</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/27799558058</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:15:00 -0400</pubDate><category>mike boogie</category><category>willie hantz</category><category>big brother</category><category>cbs</category><category>chill town</category><category>britney</category><category>entertainment</category><category>television</category><category>reality tv</category><category>fight</category></item><item><title>BIG BROTHER WILL’S GREATEST HITS
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&lt;p&gt;(I created this video to prove to Mike Boogie that no matter what, he will always be “Robin” to Will Kirby’s “Batman”)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/27521263846</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/27521263846</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:07:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Chill Town</category><category>Dr Will</category><category>Mike Boogie</category><category>big brother</category><category>cbs</category><category>entertainment</category><category>reality</category><category>society</category><category>will</category><category>will kirby</category><category>television</category><category>batman</category></item><item><title>Higgs Boson: What Came Before the Big Bang?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img height="227" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg/350px-CMB_Timeline300_no_WMAP.jpg" width="350"/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scientist now say they&amp;#8217;ve discovered the Higgs Boson particle or &amp;#8220;God&amp;#8221; particle.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As I am sure you all have read, Scientist have now discovered the long sought after Higgs Boson particle.  Its sorta like finding the missing link to scientist explanation of the origin of the universe.  According to yahoo, my most trusted news source (end sarcasm), the Higgs Boson &amp;#8220;appeared 13.7 billion years ago in the chaos of the Big Bang and turned the flying debris into galaxies, stars and planets.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Physicist Joseph Lykken says &amp;#8220;We think the Higgs boson is a manifestation of the fact that the universe is filled with a force that we haven&amp;#8217;t been able to detect yet that gives other particles mass.&amp;#8221;  So in other words, Higgs Boson appears to be that other force.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#8217;s where the debate begins between the Christians, the atheist, the physicists and the Scientologist.  The Christians believe that God created everything.  The Physicist believe everything came from the Big Bang.  Atheist believe that nothing came from nothing.  And Scientology believes that everything comes from a big space ship driven by Tom Cruise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But what came before the Big Bang?  We are told that you should never use terms like beginning and end when it comes to the universe.  We are to just believe that these things always existed, just like God&amp;#8230;has always existed.  Time did not exist before the big bang.  Time did not exist before God created everything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think its sorta cool that religion requires you to basically believe everything on &amp;#8220;faith&amp;#8221; while science requires proof of everything before it can be true, and then they call it a &amp;#8220;theory.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t claim to know all the answers, but I look at it this way.  Everything we see, hear, and feel is based on our senses.  Our sense of sight, smell, touch.  We believe what we see, yet we know sight can play tricks on us with optical illusions.  So we are bound by our finite minds and senses.  There&amp;#8217;s more out there that we will never know because our bodies aren&amp;#8217;t capable of knowing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And as for the answer to the main question&amp;#8230;.before the Big Bang Theory there was the King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and A Half Men.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/26384097495</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/26384097495</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:37:00 -0400</pubDate><category>higgs boson</category><category>science</category><category>big bang theory</category><category>christian</category><category>scientology</category><category>entertainment</category><category>education</category><category>astrology</category><category>religion</category></item><item><title>Friends are Friends Forever?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img height="451" src="http://ronazevedo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Lonely-Road.Geo2_.569c2WM.jpg" width="680"/&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friends are friends forever.  That is until they move..or they switch to a different school&amp;#8230;or they find a new job&amp;#8230;or they get arrested.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember it like it was yesterday.  It was the last day of 7th grade.  And I was having one of those &amp;#8220;Wonder Years&amp;#8221; Kevin Arnold moments.  I was moving to a different city over the summer, and this would be the last time I&amp;#8217;d ever see my best friends, the only people I&amp;#8217;d ever known my whole life. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I made it a point to NOT make friends in my new city.  I felt that my real true friends were back in my old town.  I did this because I had this belief that friends are supposed to be friends forever, no matter the circumstances.  And we&amp;#8217;d send letters to each other every week (this was before email).  But eventually the letters stopped.  I guess because after saying how much we missed each other, we ran out of things to say.  Our lives had changed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hate change.  But it seems no matter what you do..change is inevitable.  It happens again in high school.  You form a close knit circle of buddies who sit at the party table with you, making sarcastic comments about all the other people up dancing.  On graduation day you realize you aren&amp;#8217;t going to see many of these people again, and it hits you like a ton or bricks.  Then it happens on your job.  People get promoted, or move to a different building, or just move to a different company altogether.  And yet no matter how often change comes..it still hurts just as much.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But some friends become so special that you don&amp;#8217;t want to give them up.  Its like there is this long road&amp;#8230;.the road of life.  And you get to a point where you say &amp;#8220;OK, right here.  This spot.  Here is the spot on the road where I want to be.  And these are the people who I want to be there with.&amp;#8221;  And it hurts so bad when those friends want to keep traveling down the road, to see what&amp;#8217;s ahead in the next city.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Every time I make a new friend&amp;#8230;.I have this dream.  In the dream I walk outside of my house..my house that is on MY SPOT of the road of life&amp;#8230;and I look out to my mailbox.  Standing at my mailbox is my friend.  He/she is waving at me, but they are carrying a suitcase in their hand.  And I realize they are leaving.  I want to scream at them to tell them to stop.  But I can&amp;#8217;t.  And then ever day I go out to my mailbox, the friend  has walked a little bit further down the road.  This happens again and again until eventually they are nearly to the point I can&amp;#8217;t see them anymore.  And as I stare down that lonely road with my eyes&amp;#8230;I see they are still waving, but they are about to turn the corner around the bend.  And I know the next time I check my mailbox&amp;#8230;.they won&amp;#8217;t be there any more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The thing I can&amp;#8217;t understand is how &amp;#8220;easily&amp;#8221; people move on.  Are they not hurting too?  They move to a different city and boom, that quick&amp;#8230;they&amp;#8217;ve got a new best friend and they forget about you.  And with things like Facebook out now, you get to see how easily they&amp;#8217;ve moved on.  You get to see with each update and picture upload how happy they are. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And the worst one of all, is when it happens when change has NOT occurred.  For whatever reason, the person that you became close with, the person you confided with, the person you told your dreams and fears&amp;#8230;inexplicably stops the contact and finds someone better.  And then you have to actually see it and hear it everyday, just a cubicle away.  And then you realize that maybe you weren&amp;#8217;t as high up on their friend list as they were on yours.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that&amp;#8217;s life I guess.  You&amp;#8217;ve got your &amp;#8220;spot.&amp;#8221;  Everyone else has their &amp;#8220;spot&amp;#8221; as well.  And most times their spot is usually not the same as your spot.  That&amp;#8217;s why you&amp;#8217;ve got to cherish the friendships you have, while you still have them.  Its rare that friends are friends forever.  So enjoy it and memorize it. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And you&amp;#8217;ve got to roll with the punches.  You&amp;#8217;ve got to be willing to accept the change, and be willing to start over again and again.  Otherwise, one day you&amp;#8217;ll be some 70 year old drunk in a bar, talking about &amp;#8220;the good ole&amp;#8217; days.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/25334182106</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/25334182106</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:57:00 -0400</pubDate><category>change</category><category>facebook</category><category>friends</category><category>friendship</category><category>highschool</category><category>life</category><category>lonely</category><category>love</category><category>memories</category><category>moving</category><category>romance</category></item><item><title>King James Version</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="400" src="http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/wp-content/blogs.dir/885/files/lebron-james/115752674_10.jpg" width="600"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are 5 games deep into the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, with the 6th game being played tonight. Lebron James, as to be expected has had a couple of opportunities to close out games. He has not, and people, especially Celtics fans, love it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="yiv177668685MsoNormal"&gt;      Out of every hated player that has ever played any sport, Lebron James is the one I don&amp;#8217;t understand why people hate. It can&amp;#8217;t be just because of &amp;#8220;The Decision&amp;#8221;, can it?  Carrying the tag, (not hash tag) Best In The World, comes with a lot of pressure. No one carries that tag better than Lebron. I don&amp;#8217;t know of any player who has been as self aware as he is. Maybe he is to self aware. Maybe he is to aware of the harsh criticism from the media when he doesn&amp;#8217;t close out games. No matter the case, he still plays HIS game. Most &amp;#8220;best in the world&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; would just HAVE to take that last shot. Most &amp;#8220;best in the world&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; would HAVE to prove the media wrong and make the last second shot to selfishly shut the media up. Lebron still defers to the guy who has the better look. Lebron does what is best for the team in his eyes. I love seeing him look vulnerable on the free throw line because he knows he has been struggling. He doesn&amp;#8217;t drive to try and draw the foul just because of that fact. It shows a lot of humility. The only thing I think Lebron wants is minutes. I honestly believe him when he says he can score 6 as long as the Heat win. Look at the lines he has put up in these playoffs. They are off the charts. Yet, he doesn&amp;#8217;t look comfortable. Maybe he won&amp;#8217;t until he wins a championship, IF he wins a championship. That&amp;#8217;s all he is worried about. Not closing games. Not hitting critical free throw shots. Not trying to prove the media wrong. Just winning a title. Can we fault him for that?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="yiv177668685MsoNormal"&gt;- John&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24635339704</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24635339704</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:02:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Boston Celtics</category><category>King James version</category><category>Lebron James</category><category>Miami Heat</category><category>basketball</category><category>nba</category><category>nba finals</category><category>sports</category><category>Olympics</category></item><item><title>Psychics Predict drop in Temperature this Winter</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="yiv1479747202MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Snowing_video_samye_ling_1.ogg/mid-Snowing_video_samye_ling_1.ogg.jpg" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1479747202MsoNormal"&gt;Dionne Warwick led a group of psychics in a press conference on the steps of the capital building in Washington DC today, where they announced that many psychics around the world are sensing that temperatures will be colder this winter than they were this past summer.  Apparently, the spirits want us to prepare for a drop in temperatures and also to look for many trees of the earth to start to change color around late October or early November.  During the conference, Miss Warwick reminded us of the ancient prophecies of the Mayan civilization which proclaims that around January a small white substance will begin to fall from the sky, and that people will use this substance to create little men and decorate them with clothes.  Authorities have urged residents not to worry about the white substance in question because it appears to pose no immediate threat to humans.  Some of these weather predicting psychics have gone as far as to boldly predict the next day’s temperature within 5 degrees or less.  Others have used their powers to predict an amazing 5 day forecast.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv1479747202MsoNormal"&gt;-Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24346181344</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24346181344</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:44:00 -0400</pubDate><category>2012</category><category>astrology</category><category>dionne warwick</category><category>earth</category><category>entertainment</category><category>psychic</category><category>snow</category><category>summer</category><category>weather</category><category>comedy</category><category>education</category></item><item><title>WHAT IF...........</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;What if &lt;strong&gt;HE HATE ME&lt;/strong&gt; played basketball……along with &lt;strong&gt;GOD SHAMMGOD?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://bangshift.com/assets/images/news/2010/Jan/10-16/rodsmart.jpg" width="300"/&gt; HE HATE ME&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://www.repurself.com/wp-content/themes/repurself/gx/shamm-02.jpg" width="300"/&gt; GOD SHAMMGOD&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;And what if they played a two on two game against &lt;strong&gt;META WORLD PEACE&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;WORLD B. FREE&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://answers.bettor.com/images/Articles/thumbs/extralarge/Tensions-between-Los-Angeles-Lakers-Meta-World-peace-and-coach-Mike-Brown-subside-NBA-Update-129746.jpg" width="300"/&gt; META WORLD PEACE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;img height="300" src="http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/464/335/worldb.free19_display_image.jpg?1319381920" width="300"/&gt; WORLD B. FREE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;Can you imagine the announcer in that game?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;“WORLD FREE to WORLD PEACE…..WORLD STOLEN BY GOD….. HE HATE ME TAKES IT AWAY THEN GIVES IT BACK TO GOD….GOD to HATE ME…..HATE BLOCKED BY WORLD PEACE&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;.WORLD PEACE IS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT!  BUT NOW WORLD PEACE IS REJECTED BY GOD!!!   WORLD STEALS IT BACK FOR FREE…..ME AND GOD TRYING TO STOP WORLD PEACE……HE HATE ME STEALS FROM WORLD!   ME PASSES TO GOD….GOD SLAMS IT ON WORLD!!   YOU CAN’T STOP GOD, YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="yiv361029452MsoNormal"&gt;- Lloyd&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24107466249</link><guid>http://meanstreetsofraerae.tumblr.com/post/24107466249</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 22:59:00 -0400</pubDate><category>basketball</category><category>football</category><category>he hate me</category><category>meta world peace</category><category>nba</category><category>nfl</category><category>sports</category><category>world peace</category><category>education</category><category>current events</category></item></channel></rss>
