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<copyright>Copyright (c) 2007, CheekyMonkey</copyright>
<entry>
<title>I just wanna be..</title>
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<modified>2007-08-11T05:58:25Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-11T05:53:33Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2007://2.282</id>
<created>2007-08-11T05:53:33Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">...Swiss! So I&apos;ll paint a chalet on my cow, I will. Because I am a proud resident on America&apos;s Little Switzerland....</summary>
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<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>...Swiss!</p>

<p>So I'll paint a chalet on my cow, I will.  Because I am a proud resident on America's Little Switzerland.</p>

<p><img alt="GlarusCowChalet.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/GlarusCowChalet.jpg" width="450" height="338" /><br />
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<entry>
<title>BYOA*</title>
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<modified>2007-08-08T04:32:20Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-08T04:31:00Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2007://2.281</id>
<created>2007-08-08T04:31:00Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">&quot;Specializing in Christmas and Lace&quot; Also, another fiberglass cow. *Bring Your Own Arsenic...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>"Specializing in Christmas and Lace"</p>

<p>Also, another fiberglass cow.</p>

<p><img alt="GlarusChristmasLaceCow.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/GlarusChristmasLaceCow.jpg" width="450" height="338" /></p>

<p>*Bring Your Own Arsenic</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>New Glarus Cow</title>
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<modified>2007-08-03T06:18:30Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-03T06:12:08Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2007://2.280</id>
<created>2007-08-03T06:12:08Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">How could take your town slogan, say, something like &quot;America&apos;s Little Switzerland&quot;, and make it more Wisconsin-y? The obvious answer, of course, is to convince every local business owner to buy a life sized fiberglass cow they can decorate to...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>How could take your town slogan, say, something like "America's Little Switzerland", and make it more Wisconsin-y?</p>

<p>The obvious answer, of course, is to convince every local business owner to buy a life sized fiberglass cow they can decorate to advertise.</p>

<p>This one, for example.  Because it's, like, a <em>Swiss</em> town, with a Brown <em>Swiss</em> cow, and you know, they sell <em><u>Swiss</u></em> Army Knives.  Get it? It is kinda subtle.  Feel free to take some time to figure it out.  We'll wait.</p>

<p><img alt="ShopSwissGlarusCow" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/ShopSwissGlarusCow" width="400" height="333" /><br />
</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Take a Journey</title>
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<modified>2007-08-03T05:58:32Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-03T05:52:12Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2007://2.279</id>
<created>2007-08-03T05:52:12Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">&quot;You&apos;ll wanna take the highway to the Self Mockery Trail exit, make a hard right, and well, after that you&apos;re on your own.&quot;...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Blasphemy</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>"You'll wanna take the highway to the Self Mockery Trail exit, make a hard right, and well, after that you're on your own."</p>

<p><img alt="IdiotsGuideToFaith" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/IdiotsGuideToFaith" width="400" height="300" /></p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Mouse with Cheese</title>
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<modified>2005-12-18T15:22:57Z</modified>
<issued>2005-12-18T15:16:14Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.278</id>
<created>2005-12-18T15:16:14Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Stolen cheese By June Goff Smith You may call that grey mouse Slightly dumb... But he justly knows Where his lunch comes from, He is smart, and mighty quick For he carries with him A tiny stick.... He can trip...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ocl.net/projects/poetrycontest/contests/jm_contest/1998poems.html">Stolen cheese<br />
By June Goff Smith</a> </p>

<p>You may call that grey mouse<br />
Slightly dumb... <br />
But he justly knows<br />
Where his lunch comes from,<br />
He is smart, and mighty quick<br />
For he carries with him<br />
A tiny stick.... <br />
He can trip that trap<br />
In a very short time<br />
Grab that cheese<br />
And quickly run<br />
So you can see that<br />
Grey mouse not dumb.<br />
<img alt="OrangeMooseMouse.JPG" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/OrangeMooseMouse.JPG" width="252" height="300" /></p>

<p>God help us all if Wisconsin ever teams up the town of Ingersoll, Ontario (Canada).  Which has a <a href="http://www.ocl.net/projects/poetrycontest/cheesepoet.shtml">cheese poet laureate</a>.</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Rock?</title>
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<modified>2005-12-08T23:01:51Z</modified>
<issued>2005-12-08T22:59:47Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.277</id>
<created>2005-12-08T22:59:47Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">I never thought I&apos;d live to see Fender do this. But wow....</summary>
<author>
<name>captbeer</name>

<email>Captain.Beer@snowplow.org</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Want</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>I never thought I'd live to see Fender <a href="http://www.fenderhellokitty.com/">do this</a>.  But wow.</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>On the Seasons</title>
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<modified>2005-12-04T20:13:29Z</modified>
<issued>2005-12-04T20:12:33Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.276</id>
<created>2005-12-04T20:12:33Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Radical commentary is no reason to forget to enjoy the seasons....</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Gumby</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Radical commentary is no reason to forget to enjoy the seasons.</p><img alt="Gumby_autumn.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/Gumby_autumn.jpg" width="200" height="195" />]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Lover of the Arts, Teenage Genious, Master Critic</title>
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<modified>2005-11-04T22:23:51Z</modified>
<issued>2005-11-04T22:16:07Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.275</id>
<created>2005-11-04T22:16:07Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Somebody needs to get Howard Tuttleman a book deal. Or, ideally, a job with Consumer Reports....</summary>
<author>
<name>whitey</name>

<email>whitey@snowplow.org</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Misanthropy</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Somebody needs to get <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1KLNYFROE90OV/103-7904211-2722217?%5Fencoding=UTF8&display=public&page=1">Howard Tuttleman</a> a book deal. Or, ideally, a job with <a href="http://www.consumerreports.com">Consumer Reports.</a></p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>&quot;My First Vat of Quicklime&quot; Sold Separately</title>
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<modified>2005-11-03T06:45:21Z</modified>
<issued>2005-10-31T06:44:16Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.274</id>
<created>2005-10-31T06:44:16Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> Strictly speaking, this isn&apos;t likely to be anyone&apos;s FIRST skeleton. I&apos;m just sayin&apos;....</summary>
<author>
<name>whitey</name>

<email>whitey@snowplow.org</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Misanthropy</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p><img alt="92974559749_3300.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/92974559749_3300.jpg" width="300" height="226" /></p>

<p>Strictly speaking, this isn't likely to be <em>anyone's</em> FIRST skeleton. I'm just sayin'.</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Math may be hard...</title>
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<modified>2005-10-14T14:51:02Z</modified>
<issued>2005-10-14T14:49:53Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.273</id>
<created>2005-10-14T14:49:53Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">...but I&apos;m easy!...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Want</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>...but <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000A7S596/102-6657833-6791346?v=glance&s=toys&me=A3UN6WX5RRO2AG&vi=pictures&img=1">I'm easy</a>!</p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>See Also: Canaanites, Perizzites, Moabites</title>
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<modified>2005-09-30T22:12:16Z</modified>
<issued>2005-09-30T21:57:09Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.272</id>
<created>2005-09-30T21:57:09Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">The Times of London has confirmed what the Jews, God&apos;s Chosen People, have no doubt suspected for some time: societies tend to be worse off when they have God on their side. [cached]...</summary>
<author>
<name>whitey</name>

<email>whitey@snowplow.org</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Blasphemy</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>The Times of London has <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1798944,00.html">confirmed</a> what the Jews, <a href="http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbis-notebook/5762/vaera.html">God's</a> <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/antisem.html">Chosen</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/">People,</a> have no doubt suspected for some time: societies tend to be <strong>worse off</strong> when they have God on their side. <a href="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/cache/0,,2-1798944,00.html">[cached]</a></p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Because &quot;Kum n Go&quot; was already taken</title>
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<modified>2005-09-25T12:10:55Z</modified>
<issued>2005-09-25T12:09:42Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.271</id>
<created>2005-09-25T12:09:42Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"></summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>

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<![CDATA[<p><img alt="pumpnmunch.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/pumpnmunch.jpg" width="404" height="290" /></p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>&quot;our town&quot;</title>
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<modified>2007-08-03T06:24:51Z</modified>
<issued>2005-09-23T14:17:52Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.270</id>
<created>2005-09-23T14:17:52Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Sure, there oversized mice with cheese littering every street corner in Wisconsin. A diner with a cannabalistic chicken, on the other hand, really brings home the fiberglass horror anew....</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p>Sure, there oversized mice with cheese littering every street corner in Wisconsin.  A diner with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town_(The_X-Files)">cannabalistic chicken</a>, on the other hand, really brings home the fiberglass horror anew.</p><img alt="rooster.JPG" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/rooster.JPG" width="275" height="366" />]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>The house repealed the laws of gravity...</title>
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<modified>2005-09-17T18:22:43Z</modified>
<issued>2005-09-17T18:15:39Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.269</id>
<created>2005-09-17T18:15:39Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain">Ahhh, the Wonder Spot. Do the laws of gravity no longer apply, or is it a shanty built slightly askew on a hill? Visit the Dells and find out. Don&apos;t forget to check out the &quot;scientific essays&quot; in the gift...</summary>
<author>
<name>CheekyMonkey</name>

<email>hartzeld@yahoo.com</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Wisconsin</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<p><img alt="Wonderspot.jpg" src="http://www.shinycrap.com/archives/images/Wonderspot.jpg" width="334" height="239" /><p>Ahhh, the Wonder Spot.  Do the laws of gravity no longer apply, or is it a shanty built slightly askew on a hill?  Visit the Dells and find out.  Don't forget to check out the "scientific essays" in the gift shop.</p><p>Recommended traveling music: <a href="http://www.brave.com/bo/lyrics/mysterys.htm">The Mystery Spot Polka</a></p></p>]]>

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Nah.</title>
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<modified>2005-06-10T01:29:26Z</modified>
<issued>2005-06-10T01:25:57Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.shinycrap.com,2005://2.268</id>
<created>2005-06-10T01:25:57Z</created>
<summary type="text/plain"> Anthony conceded it &quot;sounds stupid&quot; that a man wielding what appeared to be a bloody chain saw could not be detained. But he added: &quot;Our people don&apos;t have a crime lab up there. They can&apos;t look at a chain...</summary>
<author>
<name>whitey</name>

<email>whitey@snowplow.org</email>
</author>
<dc:subject>Misanthropy</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<div class="blogquote">
Anthony conceded it "sounds stupid" that <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Chain%20Saw%20Border&searchdiff=1&searchpagefrom=1">a man wielding what appeared to be a bloody chain saw</a> could not be detained. But he added: "Our people don't have a crime lab up there. They can't look at a chain saw and decide if it's blood or rust or red paint."
</div><p>The picture is by far the best part.<p>]]>

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