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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[100 Weeks past, 160 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012


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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[96 Weeks past, 164 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012

96 Weeks past, 164 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012
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		<title>the question of non-weekdays</title>
		<link>http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/the-question-of-non-weekdays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[weekdays vs new year&#8217;s day and the leap year day?
A common argument against proposed calendars focuses on the use of non-weekdays. In the case of theAbysmal Calendar, there are two such days. The New Year&#8217;s Day which falls on the equivalent of December 21st, between the last Friday of one year, and the first Saturday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1341&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 10</title>
		<link>http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/year-8xix-month-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[92 Weeks past, 168 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012


Posted in 9~XIX, calendar reform       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1037&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>born on the 4th of January</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babies born in Winter get short shrift.
a recent report notes that babies born during the winter months don&#8217;t perform as well (according to a number of metrics) as babies born during other months.
this relates to human gestation &#8211; where traditionally, babies would have been conceived near the full moon at the vernal equinox (humans most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1338&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 9</title>
		<link>http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/year-9xix-month-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[88 Weeks past, 172 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012


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		<title>Counting down &#8211; now with numbers!</title>
		<link>http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/counting-down-now-with-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1221 Days until 12~21~2012 and the launch of theAbysmal World Calendar.

That&#8217;s right folks. We&#8217;re closing in on the 3 year mark before the launch of the most elegant reform calendar proposal yet devised.
A wall calendar, online converter and almanac are all in the works. They shall be distributed starting this Year on Dec 21st (or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1333&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 8</title>
		<link>http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/yeaer-9xix-month-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[84 Weeks past, 176 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012


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		<title>Year 9~XIX Month 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[80 Weeks past, 180 to go theAbysmal Calendar&#8217;s launch: 21~12~2012


Posted in 9~XIX, calendar reform       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1028&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomsday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Honour of June 16th 1904 ~ a day in the life of Leopold Bloom

In case this has escaped your notice, today is the day on which the events in James Joyce&#8217;s Ulysses take place.
I read this noteworthy tale on and about Bloomsday 2004, and have to say it bears rereading. Fortunately, the work is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theabysmal.wordpress.com&blog=260799&post=1218&subd=theabysmal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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