<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:58:30.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Smith's Rather Extraordinary Blatherings.</title><subtitle type='html'>A worldly man of great intrigue, Mr. Smith's blatherings will leave you fatigued.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-108551062782365535</id><published>2004-05-25T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-05-25T11:49:04.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mr. PolitikoAnother addition from Politician land, Judy Turner.  I imagine she included no relevant information in her last post due to feeling hounded.  Oh well.MP Judy Turner:"thank you for writing, and for being so honest and yet kindly in your approach.My opposition to civil unions is not a judgement on your ability to be committed and caring father and partner, although there is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/108551062782365535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=108551062782365535' title='84 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108551062782365535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108551062782365535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2004/05/mr_25.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>84</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-108542276266046722</id><published>2004-05-24T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-05-24T11:26:01.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mr. PolitikoWell, under that heading I'll log all my dealings with political issues; currently this gosh-derned United Future Party.  I've written to Critic about it, but I doubt it will be published.  Quite sadly, I included a typo in my brief letter to the Members of Parliament that constitute this Party (re: comment in last post).Let me just record that, and some of the response I received</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/108542276266046722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=108542276266046722' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108542276266046722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108542276266046722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2004/05/mr.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-108542193030464381</id><published>2004-05-24T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-05-24T11:05:30.303-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From now on I swear to use correct grammar and spelling when blogging - that basically means that I actually bother to check for typos...  It's a grammatical bombsite below this post!LeavesI like leaves;they are something pleasant,and they whisperto my soulthat everything will beokayjust becausethey're green andshiny.Up LateI too have entered the realms of late night coffee</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/108542193030464381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=108542193030464381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108542193030464381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/108542193030464381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2004/05/from-now-on-i-swear-to-use-correct.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-107136906243663232</id><published>2003-12-13T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-13T18:31:51.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ha! Look at that last post would you!  Silly Mr. Smith!Sniffling a sobbing about loneliness like a teenage girl!Is he a teenage girl? No! Not one bit!He is a middle-aged umbrella, and he should not forget that!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/107136906243663232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=107136906243663232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/107136906243663232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/107136906243663232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/12/ha-look-at-that-last-post-would-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-106855741447163530</id><published>2003-11-11T05:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-11T05:30:11.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, here I am again... Posting... Posting, posting, posting...Blah!  What to say...  I'm gay and lonely.  Notice how that happens.Stoopid straight people!  Stoopid gay people!I've seen, albeit from afar, the perfect guy...  Or at least what could be... And he lives in Auckland... Typical...Anyway, I'm thinking of simply stopping, not dating anymore, trying to find something other than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/106855741447163530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=106855741447163530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106855741447163530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106855741447163530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/11/well-here-i-am-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-106524023389531284</id><published>2003-10-03T21:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-03T21:03:54.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free "-Bertrand RussellLaugh and hold each other, trust each other.  Peace, love and value!  Down with war, sex and apathy!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/106524023389531284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=106524023389531284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106524023389531284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106524023389531284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/10/men-fear-thought-as-they-fear-nothing.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-106523962318638717</id><published>2003-10-03T20:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-03T20:55:34.960-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hippy Culture; at least they were trying to things, to change some things!  "We are here to make a better world. No amount of rationalization or blaming can preempt the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on this planet. The lesson of the '60s is that people who cared enough to do right could change history. We didn't end racism but we ended legal segregation. We ended the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/106523962318638717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=106523962318638717' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106523962318638717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/106523962318638717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/10/hippy-culture-at-least-they-were.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-105922237265243353</id><published>2003-07-26T05:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-26T05:26:12.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, here is my first official post on this thing.Incidentally climb a tree should you be attacked by a black bear.If no trees are available THEN you should make lots of noise and violent motions.I bring this up because I've been arguing this point with my roomate (who I wil henceforth refer to as Phil). He is wrong. I am sure.Phil and I don't always get along, we are like two humming-birds </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/105922237265243353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=105922237265243353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/105922237265243353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/105922237265243353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/07/well-here-is-my-first-official-post-on.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561048.post-105792183745340507</id><published>2003-07-11T04:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-11T04:10:37.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A worldy man of great knowledge and stuff,Or else a man, head full of fluff.There's many a description to apply to Matt,Excluding of course that he is very fat...Welcome to my new little scribble page blog...It may on occasion make forays into ordinariness, so if this occurs I apologise...I hope you're well, and preferably not terminally ill or being ravaged by hungry wolves (which I hear </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/105792183745340507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5561048&amp;postID=105792183745340507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/105792183745340507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5561048/posts/default/105792183745340507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrsmithsblatherings.blogspot.com/2003/07/worldy-man-of-great-knowledge-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
