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		<title>Service Battery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So yesterday I talked about decompressing and what it looks like for me as well as how it’s an integral part of rest. If decompressing is largely focused on giving your brain a break on the amount of information it receives, recharging is filling up your emotional gas tank. It’s doing something that gives you energy again.]]></description>
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		<title>Squished</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So this quarter has been tough. Not because Greek is exceptionally hard. Doing it as an intensive is just a bit demanding. Having one's brain so thoroughly focused on one thing all the time drains you. As a result, you need to do to things to keep yourself happy and avoid insanity: decompress and recharge. I'm realizing these two are very different things.]]></description>
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		<title>Pacing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks into the New Testament Greek Intensive and things are pretty crazy. Like really crazy. It's a back and forth pattern of getting up really early and sleeping in really late. I've accidentally figured out that I remember more Greek for the quizzes if I study it all that morning before. What makes that even better is that I can get the homework done faster if I do it that morning as well. So this week, I've gotten up around 4 am after going to bed at 9 pm. It gives me plenty of time to do all my work for class and be fairly well rested. By the time I get home, I'm ready for a nap. And I'm not just talking a nap, but a naaaaap.]]></description>
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		<title>#OneWord2011: Grow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So thanks to a genius idea from my friend @gritandglory, I'm joining in on a new way to look at New Year's resolutions. Let's be honest, they don't usually work. My original thought was to get so unspecific that it'd be nearly impossible for me to fail. Alece takes it to a new place with One Word 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Soccer Moms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom was never a soccer mom—both literally and figuratively. She did drive a mini van for much of my childhood. Neither my sister nor I played soccer. I do remember the first time I played soccer in elementary school PE. I was talk and lanky for most of my childhood, so the PE coach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live in California. Finally. I do have to remind myself a little bit every day. It's not hard. I walk outside and see foothills in the distance. Sometimes they're a little hard to see because of the smog, but they're there. The breeze is cool. It's in the 60s at night and in the morning.
I sort of feel like I'm on vacation. I sort of am...]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: Deus Ex Machina, an Epilogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deus ex machina is a literary device that introduces God or the gods into the plot to solve all of the problems at the story's conclusion. It's considered bad practice and the easy way out. It translates from Latin to mean "God in/from the machine." It's extreme form of divine intervention in storytelling. If deus ex machina is used in what ever story you are reading/watching/listening to, you feel a bit cheated in the end that your characters didn't have to earn their happy ending or work to triumph over evil.]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: Story That Burns Like An Olympic Flame, But With Four Arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People swear I'm part Canadian. I took six years of French and I love hockey. I thank Disney for that one. I don't know what I thought was so inexplicably cool about The Mighty Ducks. Maybe it was the Flying V—an impressive feat on screen, but maybe not the most practical hockey play. Maybe it was the coolness of Emilio Estevez. I don't know. Whatever the source, I've been hooked for 17 years, hockey pun intended.]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: Vampires, Dragons and Greek Gods</title>
		<link>http://blog.mattred.com/the-quest-vampires-dragons-and-greek-gods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On to one of the oldest forms of story—the written word. By far, the best gadgety purchase of 2009 for me was my Amazon Kindle. I convinced myself that I didn't need one. I have an iPhone. There's a Kindle app. I was good to go. After a week of my thumb feeling really tired from swiping pages every 8 seconds when reading on the little screen, I decided I might benefit from the 6-inch eInk wonder.]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: Why I Don&#8217;t Watch TV At Your House If Your TV Is Too Small</title>
		<link>http://blog.mattred.com/the-quest-why-i-dont-watch-tv-at-your-house-if-your-tv-is-too-small/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a TV addict. I have a tape somewhere of my second birthday. My parents came in to my bedroom toting a video camera. I think it was one of those over the shoulder numbers that used beta. So they wake me up in my crib with my fluffy red fro. I open my eyes, still filled with sleep,  and they say "Happy Birthday." I stare at them blankly. Cut to the living room. Camera is directed at the hallway. I come wandering out with my mom and head towards the front door. Then I turn and stop at the console television and say "TV! TV! TV!" motioning for them to turn it on. I sit down entirely too close and watch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133295/" target="_blank">Maya The Bee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: How I Got Here</title>
		<link>http://blog.mattred.com/the-quest-how-i-got-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'll see if I can make this relatively short. I was born in the West Texas minor city of Abilene. It's not too big, but not too small. My parents had their hands full with their two kids. Most of that was on my part. Hey, it's not my fault I have ADHD. I couldn't sit still. I asked a million questions and wouldn't shut up. Many would say not much has changed. Thankfully, my Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Pemberton, realized that I just needed to be challenged academically and had me tested for the gifted/talented program despite my affinity for eating the homemade peppermint play dough at "centers time."]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest: A Sort of Prologue</title>
		<link>http://blog.mattred.com/the-quest-a-sort-of-prologue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a storyteller. I haven't always described myself as such. I mean I went to film school and all. That should have made it pretty obvious that I liked telling stories. I've recently been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and what I'm supposed to do with my life. Am I doing it now? If I'm not doing it now, what does it look like? Is it vocational or recreational? Why does it matter?]]></description>
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