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		<title>Defending LeBron&#8217;s 1-Hour Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. The LeBrultimatum is finally upon us, and with only two hours to spare until the premiere of the Lifetime Original Movie on his decision, I have a brief opinion on all the media controversy about the decision by ESPN to allow this 1-hr special to air. All across the sports media landscape, from TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real MLB Team Slogans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. The other day, one of my friends (and former editor) Blake Hurtik (better known as the creator, director, CEO, and commander-in-chief of The Hurtik Locker) showed me a Sporcle quiz he had created called “Can you name the MLB 2010 Team Slogans?” Before you do anything, take the quiz now, and see how many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Blame Joyce, Blame Selig</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. First there was Grover Cleveland. (And yes, damn straight I&#8217;m opening this column with a Grover Cleveland reference.) Then there was the German Military of the early to mid 20th Century. Later there was Ali, followed by Jordan. O.J. led the charge on the criminal front while David Chase took up the torch in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The LeBronchelorette: Courting the Biggest Free Agent in History</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . As the summer looms, the one of the most anticipated free agent signings in sports history will occur. There are tons of offers on the table, but in the end, only one will land the big one: Which professional athlete will Kim Kardashian sign with after her split with Reggie Bush? No, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Predictions: Based on the Novel &#8220;I Hope Avatar Loses&#8221; by Couch Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . Two things before I start: I’m terribly sorry it’s been three weeks since my last column. I’m currently struggling through an 18-hour class schedule while keeping a job. If any of my readers want more articles, I am open to help on Management Information Systems homework. To my rapidly growing base of fans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOST: How Could You Do This To Me?</title>
		<link>http://couchwriter.com/?p=295</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve said for years now that LOST is best TV show of all time. (I’ve also spelled for years “LOST” in all capital letters, but for the sake of this column, I will refrain from that.) Yeah, I wasn’t around during the heyday of I Love Lucy, the only scenes of Dallas that I’ve ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tale of Two Comedy Shows: My Experiences with Saturday Night Live and the Upright Citizen&#8217;s Brigade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the best of nights, it was the worst of nights, it was the age of Internet comedy videos, it was the age of broadcast comedy shows, it was the epoch of unexpected awesomeness, it was the epoch of gut-wrenching despair, it was College Humor’s Comedy show last Thursday, it was Saturday Night Live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Films of 2009</title>
		<link>http://couchwriter.com/?p=191</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outside of such cinematic masterpieces as The Pink Panther 2 and Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, I think it’s safe to say that I’ve seen just about every notworthy film this year. 54 to be exact. Yea, yea, yea, I just made a top films list, but that was for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conan O&#8217;Brien: A Man of True Class</title>
		<link>http://couchwriter.com/?p=162</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been watching TV since the very day I was born. Starting with Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and eventually working my way up to HBO, I’ve seen just about all the networks have to offer. My first memory of TV isn’t of a giant yellow bird or a purple dinosaur however. It’s of a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baseball Roulette</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball has been called many things. Skeptical fans from the steroid era may call it “dirty,” old sentimentalists may call it “hallowed,” and according to James Earl Jones in The Field of Dreams, baseball is “the one constant through all the years.” I have one word to describe baseball though. Random. That’s right, America’s pastime [...]]]></description>
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