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		<title>Faster Than I Write It Down</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/18/faster-than-i-write-it-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a year since I started writing without a net here on Stories Now Told. Twelve months, 158 posts (including this one), one poem, and over 170,000 words later and I still have a notebook brimming with ideas for new &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/18/faster-than-i-write-it-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=835&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Learned</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/15/lesson-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was given two great gifts in the summer of 1987. One was the opportunity to see the Drum Corps International finals in Wisconsin with my future classmates. I got the second gift the same week we piled in a &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/15/lesson-learned/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=830&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Promises, Promises</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/13/promises-promises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were basically two reasons I made my mom drive me across town to Magic Wheels skating rink every Friday night instead of the much more convenient Rainbow Roller Rink. Okay, truthfully, there were three reasons, but only two of &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/13/promises-promises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=824&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Sugar</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/11/some-sugar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[High School memories are funny things. Some people over romanticize them, and some dwell only on the unhappy ones (which is what I usually do, but mostly because they are funny). For most of my freshman and all of my &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/11/some-sugar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=821&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Reason to be Late</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/08/a-good-reason-to-be-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got my first real job when I was a junior in high school. I was terrified of tardiness, so I always left about twenty to thirty minutes before my shift even though we lived only five minutes from the &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/08/a-good-reason-to-be-late/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=816&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Short Exposition Upon the Different Treatment of Men and Women by Dental Professionals</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/06/different-treatmen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrisie and I have a good friend who also happens to be our dentist. On the plus side, he&#8217;s the first dentist I never thought performed unnecessary procedures. On the negative side, he knows us well enough to tell us &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/06/different-treatmen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=812&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Start Feeling It</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/07/04/start-feeling-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From about eighth grade on, I planned to teach music. It was what I Really Wanted To Do. I thought about it daily and even attempted to come up with innovative ways to impart the love of and technical ability &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/04/start-feeling-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=806&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Different Ovens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day at work a coworker and I were sharing amusing stories about our relationships when another coworker walked up. He listened for a moment, nodded his head in all the right places, and then said, &#8220;Well, I tell you &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/07/01/different-ovens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=802&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day I Knew</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/06/29/the-day-i-knew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will never forget the first day I saw the girl who eventually became my wife. I won&#8217;t forget because that moment is fixed in my memory and I consider it often, lest any of the details fade too much. &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/06/29/the-day-i-knew/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=798&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Saw Her Smile</title>
		<link>http://nowtold.com/2011/06/27/i-saw-her-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leighton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might want to read what essentially became part one and part two first. Before my alarm went off, I woke without opening my eyes. I stretched and grinned like an idiot. I let out a deep, contented sigh. I &#8230; <a href="http://nowtold.com/2011/06/27/i-saw-her-smile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nowtold.com&#038;blog=14623740&#038;post=795&#038;subd=leighton73&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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