<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><channel rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/BlogRss.aspx/casinocat"><title>THE HAUNTING OF AN AMERICAN DREAM - Blogit</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/</link><description>I have moved from "News &amp; Politics" in an effort to lighten up.  Sort of Lo-Tech in a Hi-Tech world.  Rainy day projects, recipes, poems.....  </description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617957" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617841" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617677" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617531" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617295" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616914" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616766" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616605" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616460" /><rdf:li resource="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616128" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617957"><title>to leave you with some WHITE VELVET</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617957</link><description>Each morning dawns draping velvet, pure white And billowing gently, waiting as I lay Dispelling chills and terrors of the night, Destined to embrace my design for the day. Will I sketch in regrets for yesteryear Or pen deep frown lines meant for tomorrow? Certainly not huge ink spots dark with...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617841"><title>TOMORROW WILL BE MY LAST POST</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617841</link><description>I will miss every one here at Blogit. If you wish to contact me I'm at http://www.bevsbooth.blogspot.com/ Would love to have you. ~~~ Here are some quotes I hadn't thought about in a long time: You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~~Eleanor Roosevelt What contemptible scoundrel stole...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617677"><title>PLAQUE WISDOM</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617677</link><description>"I hope you Dance" "I'll have a Caffe Mocha Vodka Valium Latte, to go please" "Remember, as far as anyone knows, we are a normal family" "Diplomacy: the art of telling someone to go to hell, and having them enjoy the trip" "I love the nights I can't remember with the friends I can't forget" "Life...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617531"><title>FRAGILE BRIDGES</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617531</link><description>The children have gathered on the stage to begin Excited and eager for the curtain to rise, Lifetimes stretching ahead, In costumes quite varied, over-whelming old eyes, Like a great masquerade with grand prizes to win, A novel on one has read. The theater is hushed and the house lights have...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617295"><title>TEE SHIRT LORE</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/617295</link><description>First, I want to send a huge HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! to all the Dads out there: Thanks for still loving us, even when we were teenagers, and even when we knew everything. ~~~ TEE SHIRT TEACHINGS Life is good. Never go to bed angry, stay awake and plot your revenge I triple dog dare ya Everything I...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616914"><title>OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENT FROM JANET CONTRERAS (ON BECK)</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616914</link><description>Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation: One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616766"><title>GREEN CHILI ANYONE?</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616766</link><description>GREEN CHILI- Large batch Pork Roast - 3 to 3 1/2 pounds 3 cans (7oz) chopped green chiles or jalapenos (or a mix) 1 can (14.5 oz.) stewed tomatoes, chopped ( do not drain) 2 packets pork gravy mix 3 tsps. salt 1 tsp. black pepper 1 heaping tsp. garlic powder 2 heaping tsps. cummin Hot sauce to...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616605"><title>LAST OF THE KIDS' CRAFTS</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616605</link><description>SUN CATCHERS Waxed paper Crayons Using a hand-held pencil (or make-up) sharpener, shave various colors of crayons onto half a sheet of waxed paper. Fold over and press with a warm iron to melt the shavings. Cool. At this point it can be cut into the shape of your choice. Then attach thread,...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616460"><title>THE DIFFICULTIES OF WRITING</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616460</link><description>Some quotes: Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or,you might not write the paragraph at all. ~~Franklin P. Adams Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood...</description></item><item rdf:about="https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616128"><title>RESPONSES TO MY CRY FOR HELP</title><link>https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/casinocat/616128</link><description>SPECIAL THANKS TO ELINJO, TROOSHA AND BC_A for your most appreciated responses!! I am forever grateful!!</description></item></rdf:RDF>