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		<title>Spokavore: Day 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day left, and I plan on bowing out with pizza at Bennidito&#8217;s tomorrow night. I know I should try to make the full five days, but I haven&#8217;t finished a challenge yet. Why start now?
So here is what I ate today:
Breakfast: Granola cereal with milk.
Lunch: Pork and sweet potato hash, Cuban spiced pulled pork [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2010/02/18/spokavore-day-4/</link>
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		<title>Spokavore: Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Man, I need to think up more creative dishes. Here is day 3:
Breakfast: Pig in a blanket (Cascade Creek Farm sausage in a slice of Twisted Earth bread).
Lunch: Veggie Lasagna from Pilgrim&#8217;s Market deli
Snack: Bumble Bar
Coffee: DOMA with Spokane Family’s Farm milk (wish they had half and half)
Dinner: repeat of Day 2 dinner: Hamburger from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2010/02/17/spokavore-day-3/</link>
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		<title>Spokavore: Day 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick rundown of what I ate today. Maybe I&#8217;ll come up with a more interesting post tomorrow.
Breakfast: Breakfast sausage from Cascade Creek Farm, eggs from S&#038;P Homestead Farms, Twisted Earth bread.
Lunch: Blackened tofu wrap from Huckleberry&#8217;s
Dinner: Hamburger from Eaton Beef, eggs, toast (lame dinner, I know).
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		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2010/02/16/spokavore-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Here we go, another 7vs7 food challenge.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for another food challenge. This one is being dubbed &#8220;Spokavore.&#8221; To summarize: regionally grown, raised or produced food only. There are exceptions, see Spokane Food Blog for the rules. On Sunday I stocked up at Main Market and Huckleberry&#8217;s. Have a look at the results.

Here is Day 1:
Breakfast: Lifestyle Granolas cereal with Spokane Family&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2010/02/15/spokavore-day-1/</link>
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		<title>What I Learned From The 100-Mile Food Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The challenge is over, and as usual I didn&#8217;t make it all the way to the end. Coffee ended up being my &#8220;go out&#8221; item. That first sip was heaven. I learned a lot doing this challenge and will continue to practice many aspects of it.
The biggest thing I took away from the challenge was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/09/10/what-i-learned-from-100-mile-food-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Day Two of 100-Mile Food Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearing the end of the second day of the challenge, I&#8217;m feeling pretty good about how I&#8217;m doing. Going without coffee has probably been the hardest part. But after two days I&#8217;m not missing it too terribly. Here is a run-down of what I have eaten for the past two days:
Monday
Breakfast: Egg scramble with hamburger [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/09/01/day-two-of-100-mile-food-challenge/</link>
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		<title>100 Mile Challenge Starts Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time for another food challenge. Same kind of thing I did before, except this time around I can only eat food that was grown or raised within 100 miles of Spokane. The group doing it is much larger than before, 15 in total. Thankfully, with the local harvest in full swing, this is the perfect [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/08/30/100-mile-challenge-starts-monday/</link>
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		<title>My First Day Back At Work After SXSW: How Getting Laid Off Was a Good Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After returning from a great trip to Austin for the South By South West Interactive festival, I was just getting settled into work when I got the news. My company has been hit hard by the current economy and I thought I was going to be immune from the rounds of layoffs we had experienced&#8230;I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/03/22/my-first-day-back-at-work-after-sxsw-how-getting-laid-off-ws-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<title>My favorite Super Bowl XLIII ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In no particular order:




Oh yeah, the game was really good too.
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		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/02/01/my-favorite-super-bowl-xliii-ads/</link>
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		<title>Food challenge update: Processed Foods, How I Missed You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went out on Thursday night, exactly as long as I lasted on the last challenge.  I had to work late unexpectedly and had run out of natural foods to keep me going until I got home.  So a gyro and fries welcomed me back into the land of quick and convenient foods. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/01/31/food-challenge-update-processed-foods-how-i-missed-you/</link>
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		<title>Non-processed Food Challenge: Day 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Its the end of the third day of the challenge and I&#8217;m feeling pretty good.  On Monday I hadn&#8217;t taken the time to prepare a proper lunch to take to work.  So I ended up throwing a bunch of fruits and vegetables into a sack and heading out the door.  What seemed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/01/27/non-processed-food-challenge-day-3/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a New Year and a New Food Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may remember the food challenge I did last year.  Myself, and seven others, were only allowed to eat seven different things for seven days.  It was a grueling challenge and I only lasted five days.
This time we have challenged ourselves to only eat non-processed foods for a week.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/01/25/its-a-new-year-and-a-new-food-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Colbert Takes On Peta&#8217;s &#8220;Sea Kittens&#8221; Initiative.</title>
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		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/01/17/colbert-takes-on-petas-sea-kittens-initiative/</link>
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		<title>Why Do I Find This Clip From &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; So Damn Funny?</title>
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		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2009/01/17/why-do-i-find-this-clip-from-the-simpsons-so-damn-funny/</link>
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		<title>Time for a new Zeitgeist?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished watching a documentary called &#8220;Zeitgeist.&#8221;Â  It covers three main topics; religion, 9/11 and the central bank.Â  According to the movie, the relationship that these three topics have in common is the theory of the eventual creation of a one world government.Â  I won&#8217;t tell you what my opinion of the topics covered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2008/09/01/time-for-a-new-zeitgeist/</link>
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		<title>Interesting way to see local spending in action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I wanted to share this story I came across about a chamber of commerce that did something ingenuous to help people see the effects of spending locally:
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce uses $2 bills to track local spending
I would love to see Spokane&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce try this.
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		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2008/08/24/interesting-way-to-see-local-spending-in-action/</link>
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		<title>7vs7: Day Four (it&#8217;s all over folks)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who cares what I ate today, I&#8217;m out!Â  The thought of a three-day weekend eating the same old crap was too much for me, so I threw in the towel.Â  You can see me going out in style.Â  Ryan, you are a scoundrel.Â  Four days was long enough.Â  I get it&#8230;it&#8217;s hard!
While I thought it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2008/07/04/7vs7-day-four/</link>
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		<title>7vs7: Day Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today has been hard.Â  I am getting bored with the same stuff every day.Â  I think part of it is adjusting to not having as much carbs are I normally would.Â  I think this type of diet would be ok as long as I had more variety.Â  I&#8217;m ok with cutting out processed foods.Â  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2008/07/02/7vs7-day-three/</link>
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		<title>7vs7: Day Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Breakfast (almost the same as yesterday)

Scrambled eggs with cheese
Orange juice

Lunch (same as yesterday)

Cheese and rice
 Orange
 Edamame
 Hard-boiled egg

I need to start mixing it up for breakfast and lunch.Â  Otherwise, this could get boring REALLY soon.
Dinner

It&#8217;s blender night!

Actually I plan on having something before I head over to Remi&#8217;s for the blend-off.Â  More info on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marksimonds.net/2008/07/01/7vs7-day-two/</link>
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