<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Recent posts for the category Friends</title><link>http://iseric.com/categories/Friends?rss=1</link><description>Recent posts for the category Friends</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>Copyright 2006-2013 Eric Swanson ALL RIGHTS RESERVED</copyright><managingEditor>rss@ericis.com</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><a10:id>ArchivedPostsByCategory-ArchivedPostsByCategory</a10:id><a10:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Recent posts for the category Friends" length="1000" href="http://iseric.com/categories/Friends?ignore=1" /><item><link>http://iseric.com/posts/default.aspx?id=27</link><title>High School Alumni</title><description>I realized my 10-year reunion is only a year away... &lt;a href="http://www.mpalumni.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mountain Pointe High School Alumni&lt;/a&gt;.  So many people have posted short summaries of what they've been doing since high school.  Let's see, what have I been doing?...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><a10:updated>2006-03-20T00:00:00-07:00</a10:updated><a10:content type="html">I realized my 10-year reunion is only a year away... &lt;a href="http://www.mpalumni.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mountain Pointe High School Alumni&lt;/a&gt;.  So many people have posted short summaries of what they've been doing since high school.  Let's see, what have I been doing?...</a10:content></item><item><link>http://iseric.com/posts/default.aspx?id=25</link><title>LOL</title><description>&lt;div style="background-color: white; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #999;"&gt;
&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/thbpt.gif" align="left" /&gt; I had a debate with Tyler, a sophomore at my son's high school, who claimed that "LOL" stood for "lots of laughs".  I was quick to correct him that it stood for "laugh out loud".  I realized that it could include his suggested 2nd meaning, but that the original was "laugh out loud" and continues to be the popular interpretation.  He was rock solid on his stance though and he threatened to prove it to me online...  Well Tyler, I beat you to it and here's the proof: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL_%28Internet_slang%29" target="_blank"&gt;LOL - "laugh out loud"&lt;/a&gt; ("or less commonly 'lots of laughs'")&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOY &amp;mdash; respect your elders!  You best recognize!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/thbpt.gif" align="left" /&gt; I had a debate with Tyler, a sophomore at my son's high school, who claimed that "LOL" stood for "lots of laughs".  I was quick to correct him that it stood for "laugh out loud".  I realized that it could include his suggested 2nd meaning, but that the original was "laugh out loud" and continues to be the popular interpretation.  He was rock solid on his stance though and he threatened to prove it to me online...  Well Tyler, I beat you to it and here's the proof: &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL_%28Internet_slang%29" target="_blank"&gt;LOL - "laugh out loud"&lt;/a&gt; ("or less commonly 'lots of laughs'")&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOY &amp;mdash; respect your elders!  You best recognize!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><link>http://iseric.com/posts/default.aspx?id=70</link><title>Ode to the Flounder</title><description>&lt;P&gt;Following is my ode to Flounder, one of my bestest, best friends:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to Flounder&lt;BR&gt;That not-so-flat fish&lt;BR&gt;He walks like a giant&lt;BR&gt;And will grant your every wish.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to Jimmy&lt;BR&gt;That oh-so-great guy&lt;BR&gt;He's a computer geek&lt;BR&gt;But, not all the time.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to my Friend&lt;BR&gt;Who likes to mountain bike&lt;BR&gt;He'll invite you to Burning Man&lt;BR&gt;Or, out on a hike.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SHOCKA BOOYAH JAMES!!!&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;Tranquillo Jimmy.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien.&amp;nbsp; Yeah baby!&amp;nbsp; Shocka booyah!&amp;nbsp; You know it!&amp;nbsp; Look who's talking now?!&amp;nbsp; Shocka kahn, shocka boob-job, shocka booyah!&amp;nbsp; Who's your daddy?&amp;nbsp; Esta bien... tranquillo.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien James.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien...&lt;/P&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate><a10:updated>2006-05-01T00:00:00-07:00</a10:updated><a10:content type="html">&lt;P&gt;Following is my ode to Flounder, one of my bestest, best friends:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to Flounder&lt;BR&gt;That not-so-flat fish&lt;BR&gt;He walks like a giant&lt;BR&gt;And will grant your every wish.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to Jimmy&lt;BR&gt;That oh-so-great guy&lt;BR&gt;He's a computer geek&lt;BR&gt;But, not all the time.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;Ode to my Friend&lt;BR&gt;Who likes to mountain bike&lt;BR&gt;He'll invite you to Burning Man&lt;BR&gt;Or, out on a hike.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;SHOCKA BOOYAH JAMES!!!&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;Tranquillo Jimmy.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien.&amp;nbsp; Yeah baby!&amp;nbsp; Shocka booyah!&amp;nbsp; You know it!&amp;nbsp; Look who's talking now?!&amp;nbsp; Shocka kahn, shocka boob-job, shocka booyah!&amp;nbsp; Who's your daddy?&amp;nbsp; Esta bien... tranquillo.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien James.&amp;nbsp; Esta bien...&lt;/P&gt;</a10:content></item></channel></rss>