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		<title>March Madness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m praying for Ken Rivera, who is going to have surgery tomorrow to fix his heart, his liver, and a bunch of other stuff.  His wife Kim works in our tape library, and we have been praying for her as well.
He will get to really enjoy March Madness as he recouperates.  Lucky.
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		<link>http://stevievan.com/2010/03/08/march-madness/</link>
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		<title>writing letters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was musing on how many emails i&#8217;ve written in the last 10 years.  While I&#8217;ve had many memorable ones from some great friends, and I&#8217;ve written many to my wife and others, where are they?
now, if you go upstairs at our house, you can pull two shoeboxes:  one is full of letters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2010/02/23/writing-letters/</link>
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		<title>time to start blogging again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s now the end of February.  I&#8217;ve basically been at the office until at least 6pm everyday since January first. Except the days I was traveling.  Crazy busy time.  I thought things were supposed to slow down.  
Well, I keep telling myself I&#8217;m running a marathon.  And to pace [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2010/02/22/time-to-start-blogging-again/</link>
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		<title>Vegans&#8230;.beware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Am up early to head to team devotions in downtown Montevideo.  We are staying on the outskirts of the city, in a nice, smaller hotel.  Last night, our production manager, Diego, who lives in Buenos Aires, fed us at 11:00pm when we got back from the dedication service.  
See, Diego is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2009/03/19/vegansbeware/</link>
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		<title>Alive again, in Santiago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogging is just&#8230;a bunch of work.  Well, not really.   But after looking at my last post (September 2008), I began to feel guilty that I haven&#8217;t written anything on this page for quite a long time.  So, here I am again.
I guess most of my blogging time has been taken up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2009/03/16/alive-again-in-santiago/</link>
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		<title>Ode to my babe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Her name means love, and that&#8217;s what she is
the love of my life.
Her touch brings life and rhythm to my soul:
the love of my life.
She shows her strength in the joy of our kids
the love of my life.
Our home is the refuge I long to enjoy
the love of my life.
Her kiss is the sweetest and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2008/09/23/ode-to-my-babe/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;8 stars of gold on a field of blue&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Alaska&#8217;s flag, what it means to you&#8230;&#8221;  That is what I remember of the opening line of the pledge to the Alaskan flag.  I lived there from 1973 until I left for college in 1983.  My folks left Anchorage in 1991, and my sister in 1995.
As most of you know, our small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2008/08/30/8-stars-of-gold-on-a-field-of-blue/</link>
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		<title>Week of July 24 thru August 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week was a shocker and a sleeper.
The shocker was my admin, Melissa, has taken another job w/in BGEA at the Billy Graham Library.  It&#8217;s a promotion for her, and I&#8217;m glad that she is able to move up in the organization.   The library is getting a great admin, and a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2008/08/01/week-of-july-24-thru-august-1/</link>
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		<title>Ode to Sonny Boy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my in-laws said goodbye to their cat of 16 years:  Sonny Boy.  He was a Himalayan cat w/ sass and attitude.  Over the last years, his life became a series of spit up, late night whining, and a bladder that couldn&#8217;t hold its water.  He gave my father in law [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2008/07/24/ode-to-sonny-boy/</link>
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		<title>Reflections on July 14-18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, what a week.  Arrive home safe and sound from Romania on Saturday, July 12; waited for my luggage for 1.5 hours.  Nothing better to do when you want to get home&#8230;.at least I didn&#8217;t have a connection in Charlotte.  Came back to work and hit the ground running w/ a vengeance. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stevievan.com/2008/07/20/reflections-on-july-14-18/</link>
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