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		<title>Fiction on Twitter: From short short story to endless stream</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2013/05/09/short_short_stor_endless_streams_twitter_fiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that Ernest Hemingway once bet that he could write a complete short story in six words. He was Twitter-ready a half century before anyone conceived of tweeting. Last week Twitter announced that at the end of November the company will host a five-day Twitter Fiction Festival (#twitterfiction), &#8220;a virtual storytelling celebration held]]></description>
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		<title>Untitled Mural</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2013/01/08/mural-downtown-los-angeles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unusually affecting portrait at 617 S. Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles attributed to Jr and Vhils. The head was created by scraping the stucco down to the building&#8217;s brick wall and shaping the features of the face with paste. Resources: The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles Los Angeles Murals: Red Line Tour (DiscoverLosAngeles.com)]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road: Roll On, Bob</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/10/14/bob-dylan-tempes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 07:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heading east on I-40 toward Gallup. Bob Dylan&#8216;s great bluesy new album, Tempest, on repeat. Nobody cops licks &#38; embraces cliches with more gusto &#38; abandon than Bob Dylan. The band&#8217;s hot. The stories&#8217;re gripping. 50 years and counting. Amazing. You can get Tempest by Bob Dylan at Amazon.]]></description>
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Quick lunch</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/09/10/quick-lunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chopped a large heirloom tomato &#8212; keeping seeds aside &#8212; and sprinkled with lemon juice. Laid Spanish anchovies across chopped tomatoes and topped with tomato seeds. Served with cubed feta cheese and whole grain crackers (and a glass of Merlot).]]></description>
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		<title>Arbitrary Travel Taxes and Fees: Sock it to &#8216;em</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/09/08/arbitrary-travel-taxes-and-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[On The Road]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxation without representation Since tourists don&#8217;t vote in places they don&#8217;t live, it&#8217;s customary for local governments to gouge visitors with excessive and arbitrary travel taxes and fees tacked on to hotel rooms, airport, railroad and interstate bus transactions, car rentals, etc., at venues like airports, lodgings, and so on, where local voters are less]]></description>
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		<title>Beach, Rosa del viento eco-hotel, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/09/05/beach-rosa-del-viento-eco-hotel-tulum-quintana-roo-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://thedetourist.com/2012/09/05/beach-rosa-del-viento-eco-hotel-tulum-quintana-roo-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Uploaded by user via The on Pinterest Rosa del viento Hotel &#38; Resort, Tulum, Mexico]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtual Traveler: The photographs of Malcolm Kirk</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/08/20/virtual-traveler-photographer-malcom-kirk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Armchair Adventures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On your virtual travels, don&#8217;t fail to visit the site of New York-based photographer and fellow traveler Malcolm Kirk. Galleries on the site focus on Iconic Figures &#8212; revealing studies of prominent figures in the arts and sciences, from Marcel Duchamp and Saul Steinberg to Richard Feynman and Arthur C. Clarke, including the famous portrait]]></description>
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		<title>Books: In Bogota, rethinking access to the public library</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/08/09/books-in-bogota-rethinking-access-to-the-public-library/</link>
		<comments>http://thedetourist.com/2012/08/09/books-in-bogota-rethinking-access-to-the-public-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We read on buses (and trains and planes and subways*), so Bogota is doing the logical thing in putting books where we use them. Source: sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net via The on Pinterest One thing about travel, it opens your mind to new thinking even about common things that might seem settled until they are presented to you]]></description>
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		<title>Fish pedicure: Garra rufa, dead-skin-loving toothless carp</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/07/31/fish_pedicure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading, relaxing and removing dead skin: Fish pedicure is eating Asians and Europeans alive. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Fish pedicure, storefront window &#8211; Prague, Czech Republic (February 2010). Reading list: Garra Rufa &#8211; Skin Beauty Therapy from]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks book exchange: threat or menace?</title>
		<link>http://thedetourist.com/2012/07/19/starbucks-book-exchange-threat-or-menace/</link>
		<comments>http://thedetourist.com/2012/07/19/starbucks-book-exchange-threat-or-menace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: There&#8217;s an addendum to a 2010 posting about the book exchanges that you find at Starbucks in various parts of the world, although not, apparently, in Southern California: Roadside Assistance: Call the Starbooks &#8212; Starbucks book exchanges (The Detourist 2010-06-10).]]></description>
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