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    <updated_at>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:12:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:46:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:32:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Really lovely book, and a quick read.  If you're ever thinking about starting a creative projecting, this is absolutely the kick in the ass to make you do it.  I will be referring to it again and again.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:09:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very easy to read, humorous, insightful book.  Ordinary, yet revolutionary.  The perfect book for a long flight.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:06:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wonderful.  Horrifying.  The food industry, it appears, is trying to kill us.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:46:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow.  You know, I *might* have been able to get the lessons of a vegan diet if I was wasn't CURSED OUT ON EVERY PAGE.  They lose the message in their incredibly vain attempt to try to appear cute.  Ugh. ]]></body>
        
    
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