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		<title>Weekend in Denali &#8211; 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What a Difference a Year Makes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year ago yesterday, my life started to make a big change.&#160; It had been building up for more than a year, and I knew there was change coming, but NOTHING prepared me for what happened, especially in an EXTREMELY short amount of time. August 2009 will forever be one of the absolute worst times [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=170&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Keeps Me Up at Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Been awhile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sorry I have not blogged in a while. I have been quite busy, and dealing with office politics. Most of the office BS has been dealt with at this point.  The main reason I left the &#8220;normal&#8221; office work force was because of office politics.  I don&#8217;t like having a large number of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=138&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Miscellaneous Pictures from Cell Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chena Hot Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midnight Sun Run]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some pictures I have been taking that I finally got around to downloading to my laptop.&#160; These have been taken as I have been here in Alaska.&#160; You can click on any of the images to see them full size.&#160; They are exactly as I took them, no cropping or resizing.&#160; Enjoy. Above: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=163&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chena Hot Springs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I have had the last day and a half off.&#160; I go in in about 4 hours to head to Chena Hot Springs.&#160; You can see more about them at: http://www.chenahotsprings.com/.&#160; I wasn’t really expecting to have any time off, nor did I really want any.&#160; But, work was apparently not in the cards [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=146&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Me and Denali</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I was super excited again to take a group to Denali the other day.&#160; There were a total of 4 or 5 coaches going, with staggered departure times, at about a 15 minute interval.&#160; I was the last coach scheduled to leave the hotel at 10 AM, and arrive in Denali at 1:00 PM.&#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=145&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The week back to &#8220;work&#8221;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I got back to work about 5 days ago after my back pooped out on me.&#160; It has been a hectic week, with lots of different experiences.&#160; I have had some great tours with some great Tour Directors.&#160; I have had some not so great (thankfully short) rides with other Tour Directors, and rude [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=144&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bored out of my skull</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Simon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this was not supposed to happen.&#160; I was not supposed to be sitting still for any length of time.&#160; That is why we don’t have a TV or anything to entertain us at the apartment.&#160; There are only so many times a day I can get on Facebook and do anything.&#160; So, I sit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=143&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pain, Meds, and an unhappy camper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, I had the best runs.&#160; I head out to Denali after having a group all day.&#160; We went to the Riverboat, then to lunch, and them to Denali.&#160; It is a great trip, and usually a good sign when you have to stay overnight at Denali.&#160; The accommodations are not the best, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bradsimon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1931760&amp;post=140&amp;subd=bradsimon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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