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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:07:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is really informative if you are trying to learn about ontologies and description logic.  If you are not, stay away.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:10:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:09:44 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Took a while to get into, but good nonetheless]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:01:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was really interesting.  I never knew beach combing could be so interesting.  Next time I'm on the west coast I'm going to try and find a glass fishing float.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:53:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book wasn't as hilariously funny as I had hoped.  I laughed out loud a couple of times.  I think hearing Sedaris read excerpts over the radio spoiled the book for me.  His voice makes anything much funnier than it really is.  But, as I said before, what the hell.  It's summer.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:34:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was a fast read, but pretty interesting.  I like the way this guy thinks.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:53:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was really good.  It seems rather trendy now that it's a part of a series of books (COD and RATS and what not), but I have to say that I learned new things while reading this book.  I always new that salt was important because of it's use as a preservative, but I never thought about histor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56304087">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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