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	<title>Steph Barnard</title>
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		<title>Customer service: remember the 99%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article from The Billfold pretty well sums up something I&#8217;ve been thinking about for awhile: why is social media the only way to get decent customer service these days? I&#8217;ve had similar experiences, most recently with Sprint, and previously with Cox Communications in Wichita. It&#8217;s as if we&#8217;re creating two classes of customers: tech-savvy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stephbarnard.com/2012/05/customer-service-remember-the-99/</link>
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		<title>Party like it&#8217;s 1999</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following things are happening lately: The Summerland Tour is coming to town. It features Everclear, Lit, Sugar Ray, the Gin Blossoms and Marcy Playground. My 13-year-old self has died and gone to heaven; my 26-year-old self has chosen to see the Beach Boys this summer instead. The Glee kids performed the New Radicals&#8217; &#8220;You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stephbarnard.com/2012/05/party-like-its-1999/</link>
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		<title>This needs to stop.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can we talk about this article on The Hairpin, a supposedly feminist/progressive site, called &#8220;Bridal Beauty: Five Things to Do to Your Face&#8221;? This is the kind of thing I&#8217;d expect to read in something from the &#8220;Women&#8217;s Interest&#8221; section on the newsstand. Hey, ladies, if you don&#8217;t want to look like total crap on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stephbarnard.com/2012/05/this-needs-to-stop/</link>
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		<title>Jalapeno-lemon marinade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not much of a food blogger, but here&#8217;s a little marinade recipe I came up with the other day. I can&#8217;t speak to what meat it would be good on. Chicken? Fish? I made tofu steaks with it; your mileage may vary. 2 tablespoons lemon juice (lime would work too, but then you&#8217;d have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stephbarnard.com/2012/05/jalapeno-lemon-marinade/</link>
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		<title>Flying Pig 2012: assorted thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First half marathon in the books. 2:36:14, for those of you keeping score at home. My goal was 2:30, so I&#8217;m not too disappointed. I found the guy running with a large inflatable Oral-B toothbrush easier to follow than the actual 2:30 pace group. (Cincinnati is Procter &#38; Gamble&#8217;s home turf; when you know this, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stephbarnard.com/2012/05/flying-pig-2012-assorted-thoughts/</link>
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