<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658941249037959197</id><updated>2007-05-30T00:32:49.484-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Armchair Activist</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ben.ionadfilms.com/blog/blog.php'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/658941249037959197/posts/default'></link><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ben.ionadfilms.com/blog/atom.xml'></link><author><name>Just Ben</name></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-658941249037959197.post-4937488991494209484</id><published>2007-05-30T01:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T23:45:40.461-05:00</updated><title type='text'>About Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I like: Peter Pan creamy peanut butter and Smuckers low sugar grape jelly – Blueberry Hill burgers – steak fries – broccoli – my grandma’s chocolate chip cookies – Ted Drewes – Cardinals Baseball (but I miss old Busch) – Mythbusters Marathons – having dinner on a warm summer evening outside in The Loop/CWE/South Grand/Lafayette Square – Fiji apples – going on walks – riding my bike – driving a stick – cool pillows &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don’t like: litter bugs – mushrooms (but I’ll eat them) – SUVs – people who thank God when they win the Super Bowl or an Oscar – liars, bigots, and generally mean people – when people say something is “gay” meaning bad – working long hours (but I do) – high ticket prices at baseball games – being paid less then my coworkers &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other random tidbits: John Williams theme music to Superman gives me goose bumps - I think The Da Vinci Code is to religion what Jurassic Park is to genetics and cloning (try not to take it too seriously) – the smell of carmex and leather jackets makes me think of high school - I think cotton underwear is sexy – Thin Mints are best when you freeze them – I treat servers in restaurants well and so should you – I’m really, really worried about global warming and our need for oil &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And if you're from St. Louis. I went to Clayton. Class of '94. &lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ben.ionadfilms.com/blog/2007/05/about-me.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/658941249037959197/posts/default/4937488991494209484'></link><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/658941249037959197/posts/default/4937488991494209484'></link><author><name>Just Ben</name></author></entry></feed>