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		<title>Dept. of (my) History: The Last Lecture</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don't usually write in memoir, but my dad's retirement, at the age of 88, made me think about how the generations look differently at the concept, and whether it's okay to retire 30 years before your father. Here, then, is a conversation full of questions and received wisdom ... ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bye Bye, Doll</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This may sound morbid, but I really don&#8217;t mean it that way&#8230; We are on this earth for a short time, and as Warren Zevon once said, you have to enjoy every sandwich. Zevon is among a very select group of artists who left us with great death albums. His disc, The Wind, was released [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dept. of (my) History</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/the-dept-of-my-history-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bodacious]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rodeo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuff Hedeman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, Penthouse sent me to Las Vegas to interview Bodacious, the meanest rodeo bull who ever lived. I found him biding his time in a Home Depot parking lot. What could go wrong?]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Dept. of (my) History. Part I</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/reflections-on-the-worst-school-shooting-in-american-history-19-years-ago/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In September 1999,  ESPN Magazine sent me to Littleton, Colorado, to chronicle the aftermath of what was then the worst high school shooting in American history. For a glimpse at how little has changed in the last 25 years, here's a look back at what I wrote about Columbine High School soon after the massacre.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Fast-Talking Billionaire</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/the-fast-talking-billionaire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear & Loathing in Cape Fear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[633 Days Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bribery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Equities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Lindberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Causey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Goodwin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's not surprising that Greg Lindberg has his eyes on longevity. Accused of pilfering $2 billion from policyholders at his insurance companies, the 53-year-old faces being in jail until he's 90.  But that hasn't dimmed his enthusiasm for his latest venture: Living forever through fasting.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dept. of (my) History</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/one-of-the-first-aids-stories/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 03:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[1982]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1982, I wrote a story about AIDS that mentioned 958 cases had been reported worldwide. Forty years on, the total is 75 million. I'm reposting the piece as a document of what it was like to be in NYC at the dawn of the crisis. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>How I Cut the Cord (&#8230;and learned about VPNs and IPTVs)</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/how-i-cut-the-cord-and-learned-about-vpns-and-iptvs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 17:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cord cutting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I found myself staring at my satellite TV bill and wondering why I was paying $120 a month. With only a few exceptions, its hundreds of channels were a wasteland. I cut the cord. And I've never been happier. A lot of you have been asking me how I did it. So I created thIs guide...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Storm Surviving: Three Days &#038; Nights With Florence</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/storm-surviving-three-days-nights-with-florence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear & Loathing in Cape Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilmington]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Sunday, after battling through 100 mph winds and tornado warnings, I thought the worst was behind me. Then I looked at the emergency text that buzzed on my phone. For the first time, I panicked.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Confederate Conundrum</title>
		<link>https://shaunassael.com/the-confederate-conundrum/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederate Monuments]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The power to dictate how white history gets taught in America lies at the heart of our fight over Confederate monuments.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Under Construction</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[shaun]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m taking a break to work on my new novel and non-fiction project. Be back soon! In the meantime, catch up on the Gen X Chronicles, Muck and other posts here.]]></description>
		
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