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		<title>A Balanced Approach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t need a balanced budget amendment.  We can have a balanced budget next Tuesday.  How?  Don’t raise the debt ceiling.]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2011/07/26/73/</link>
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		<title>A Day and a Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday, June 17, 2011 9:00 AM:             I begin my day with a conference call to facilitate an emergency software release at work. 10:15 AM:           My wife Diana, her mom and I leave Morgan Hill to go to a regularly scheduled 11 AM prenatal appointment in Mountain View. 10:55 AM:           We arrive at El Camino Womens’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2011/06/28/a-day-and-a-life/</link>
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		<title>As Good as It Gets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it’s been a long time since I did any blogging.  I’ve been a little busy. On June 10, I became a homeowner for the first time.  We bought a three bedroom home on a third of an acre in Morgan Hill, California.  We actually began the home buying process in February.  But banks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2011/06/27/as-good-as-it-gets/</link>
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		<title>Release Announcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the planned release of the latest entry to the Dudgeon family line, Richard Dudgeon 3.0.
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		<link>http://rickyd.com/2011/01/27/release-announcement/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Vote!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, don’t do it.  Don’t vote.  At least until after you’ve read this.  And maybe not even then.]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/11/02/dont-vote/</link>
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		<title>Really Deep Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This story of the Chilean miners is a great feel-good story.  But I think there are a number of lessons that can be learned from this story beyond “don’t work in a copper mine.”  I’ll write about what I learned.  I’d like to hear what you learned or what you think about my “lessons”.]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/10/17/really-deep-thoughts/</link>
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		<title>Confessions of a Craig Ferguson Fan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about Craig Ferguson. A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were in Los Angeles for a conference she was attending.  We’re big fans of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.  So we decided to stay an extra couple of days to play tourist and see if maybe we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/10/05/craig-ferguson/</link>
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		<title>Talking Trash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aren’t you sick of the negative political campaigns and the misleading TV and radio ads this election season?  Not that this season is any different.  I find them insulting.  They assume that we aren’t capable of thinking for ourselves. ]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/10/04/talking-trash/</link>
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		<title>The Torture is Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I’m not the first to say it.  But I can vouch for the accuracy of term torture when applied to the San Francisco Giants.]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/10/03/the-torture-is-over/</link>
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		<title>Dreams of My Father</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dad was always thinking.  He had a system  for doing everything.  Like his chess game, he was always thinking several moves ahead.  For any trip, he knew six ways to get from point A to point B, and knew which one would be fastest at any time of day.  He kept lists of everything.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he kept lists of lists.]]></description>
		<link>http://rickyd.com/2010/10/02/dreams-of-my-father/</link>
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