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	<title>Peter's Soapbox &#187; Personal</title>
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		<title>Calorie Counting (or, &#8220;I Lied&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/19/calorie-counting-or-i-lied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I decided not to count calories anymore, and to just track my weight unless I felt the need to &#8220;diet&#8221; again.
That resolution lasted about 6 hours. I decided after 4 straight days of weighing in at 170#, enough was enough, and I needed to be more careful again, so I never stopped tracking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stiffness (Or, &#8220;The Peter Nikolaidis Total Body Workout&#8221;)</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/15/stiffness-or-the-peter-nikolaidis-total-body-workout/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/15/stiffness-or-the-peter-nikolaidis-total-body-workout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am, quite literally, sore and stiff from head to toe this morning. My recipe for this wonderful feeling is as follows:

Start by moving large quantities of trash and recycling to the landfill Saturday morning. This works those lifting muscles in the back that you don&#8217;t use all that much if most of your daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medifast: One Year Later</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/14/medifast-one-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Fitness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started the Medifast Diet one year ago. While I&#8217;m up a few pounds today (169#), I&#8217;ve managed to stay within 5 pounds of my goal weight of 165# for since October. I also decided that it&#8217;s safe for me to stop counting my calories every day, but I will continue to track my weight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My (Unsuccessful) Attempts to Get an iPhone 3Gs</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/10/my-unsuccessful-attempts-to-get-an-iphone-3gs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/10/my-unsuccessful-attempts-to-get-an-iphone-3gs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techspeak]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to get an iPhone 3Gs as soon as it was announced on Monday. I called my friend who owns a cellular phone store, and is an AT&#38;T reseller. In his words, &#8220;AT&#38;T would rather you buy it from Wal-Mart than me, so call me back and I&#8217;ll tell you how you can get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gogol Bordello: Lessons Learned in Caffeine, Punctuality and Randori</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/06/07/gogol-bordello-lessons-learned-in-caffeine-punctuality-and-randori/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aikido]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delayed blog post alert!
I saw Gogol Bordello, a gypsy punk band, perform in Burlington, VT on June 6. I learned a few things, and validated others which I already knew.
First, let be back up to that morning&#8217;s Aikido class, where lesson one of the day took place. Sensei told me, early during our first technique, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Scooter Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/25/electric-scooter-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric motorcycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scotter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Memorial Day, everyone.  Be sure to thank a veteran for their service.
In the tradition of Scotty on the Enterprise, today I took my scooter out for a spin and was &#8220;giving her all she&#8217;s got.&#8221; I still was gentle on the starts and accelerations, but did not hold back on the flats. The result was that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Scooter Update (Or, the Truth About Battery Powered Vehicles)</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/22/electric-scooter-update-or-the-truth-about-battery-powered-vehicles/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/22/electric-scooter-update-or-the-truth-about-battery-powered-vehicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 15:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I purchased an electric scooter from R Martin Limited with the intention of cutting my fuel costs. Unfortunately, I did not ride the scooter much last year, except in my 9 mile commute to the office because it was not capable of anything more than a 20 mile trip without draining the batteries. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aikido Seminar with William Gleason Sensei</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/19/aikido-seminar-with-william-gleason-sensei/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/19/aikido-seminar-with-william-gleason-sensei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aikido]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gleason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shobu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I attended an Aikido seminar with William Gleason Sensei at Shobu Aikido of the Berkshires. While it would be somewhat pointless to discuss much of the subject matter in this forum, it is sufficient to say that training with Gleason Sensei is, at the very least, awesome. His grasp of Aikido is unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Push Ups, Summer, and Aikido</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/13/100-push-ups-summer-and-aikido/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/05/13/100-push-ups-summer-and-aikido/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aikido]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been paying as much attention to my personal blog, but have been rather active over at the corporate one instead. 
My 100 Push Ups progress has stalled in week 4, but I&#8217;m still doing them (albeit, sporadically).
Recently, I&#8217;ve been enjoying Aikido even more. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of some private lessons with my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is My Mother Thinking?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/04/29/what-is-my-mother-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2009/04/29/what-is-my-mother-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, my dad handed me a piece of paper, from my mom. It was a page torn from a magazine. (Click the image below for a larger view.
It took me a bit to figure out what, exactly she was trying to say. My mind raced. Does she know something I don&#8217;t? Is she trying to [...]]]></description>
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