<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:40:19.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ironical Chronicle</title><subtitle type='html'>I am becoming increasingly worried that there isn't enough anxiety in my life -- Anonymous</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-116253796383498506</id><published>2006-11-02T23:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:19:01.750-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Mr. President...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Mr. President...IMO, the most important song of this age.  Support Pink.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116253796383498506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=116253796383498506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116253796383498506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116253796383498506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/11/dear-mr-president.html' title='Dear Mr. President...'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-116253117317131897</id><published>2006-11-02T21:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:17:12.386-08:00</updated><title type='text'>And behind the curtain is the Great and Powerful Oz...</title><summary type='text'>And behind the curtain is the Great and Powerful Oz... ...but Kansas tornados aren't the worst of Dorothy's troubles, apparently.  But it seems there may still be more hiding behind that curtain.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116253117317131897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=116253117317131897&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116253117317131897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116253117317131897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/11/and-behind-curtain-is-great-and.html' title='And behind the curtain is the Great and Powerful Oz...'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-116236184990393127</id><published>2006-10-31T22:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:20:23.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't let them reroute the conversation, John!</title><summary type='text'>Don't let them reroute the conversation, John!John Kerry, I voted for you last election, but you are pissing me off right now!Whether or not you intended your words about education and getting "stuck in Iraq" to mean what they have been intepreted to mean is moot!  They ARE being interpreted as an insult to our troops and to straighten that out -- if for no other reason -- you need to address an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116236184990393127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=116236184990393127&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116236184990393127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116236184990393127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/dont-let-them-reroute-conversation_31.html' title='Don&apos;t let them reroute the conversation, John!'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-116210596121886134</id><published>2006-10-28T23:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:21:35.833-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Speech?</title><summary type='text'>Free Speech?In America?  Agree with them or not, we don't need another McCarthy era.SHUT UP AND SING TRAILERAdd to My Profile |  More Videos</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116210596121886134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=116210596121886134&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116210596121886134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116210596121886134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/free-speech.html' title='Free Speech?'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-116209876993817560</id><published>2006-10-28T22:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:27:50.480-08:00</updated><title type='text'>November 7th  is weighty…</title><summary type='text'>November 7th  is weighty...We may have to endure another two years of George W. Bush, but let us not make it easy for him.  It is time to change the color of power in the legislature from red to blue and send a message that we will not allow even the President of the United States to usurp the Constitution of the United States. This administration has gutted the very principles of freedom upon </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/116209876993817560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=116209876993817560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116209876993817560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/116209876993817560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/10/november-7th-is-weighty.html' title='November 7th  is weighty…'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-115445817012835418</id><published>2006-08-01T11:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T11:55:19.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Irony of the marriage debate...</title><summary type='text'>Found this on Andrew Sullivan's excellent blog.  Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115445817012835418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=115445817012835418&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115445817012835418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115445817012835418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/irony-of-marriage-debate.html' title='Irony of the marriage debate...'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-115145139981199766</id><published>2006-06-27T16:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T18:48:10.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's 'American' Enough?</title><summary type='text'>(From the St. Petersburg Times) This is a bit late in the day, but I wanted to post this when I came across it in the archives. The anxiety-laced immigration debate is framed in irony.By DIANE ROBERTSPublished June 12, 2006In 1990 British Conservative Party grandee Norman Tebbit famously invented the "Cricket Test." Britain was going through one of its periodic bouts of paranoia-cum-soul </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115145139981199766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=115145139981199766&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115145139981199766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115145139981199766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/06/whos-american-enough.html' title='Who&apos;s &apos;American&apos; Enough?'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-115144504365568363</id><published>2006-06-27T14:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T23:54:52.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange and tragic irony...</title><summary type='text'>Gitmo juxtaposed : from Andrew Sullivan's blog, Daily Dish. The more things change...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/115144504365568363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=115144504365568363&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115144504365568363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/115144504365568363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2006/06/strange-and-tragic-irony.html' title='Strange and tragic irony...'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-112516168157447754</id><published>2005-08-27T09:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T09:54:41.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Suicidal Madness</title><summary type='text'>After the first 500 American soldiers died in Iraq, we were told that we had to "finish the job or those deaths will have been in vain."After 1,000 American soldiers died, we were told we had to "stay the course or those deaths will have been in vain."Now, nearly 1,900 American soldiers have died, and we are told we "cannot cut and run or those deaths will have been in vain."Next year, no doubt, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/112516168157447754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=112516168157447754&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/112516168157447754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/112516168157447754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2005/08/suicidal-madness.html' title='A Suicidal Madness'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15696233.post-112477474492656436</id><published>2005-08-22T22:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T23:16:57.303-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What's it about?</title><summary type='text'>Whatever I want it to be about.On March 24, 1996 I answered the phone at my father's house.  I was there picking up some pajamas to take to him in the hospital. He'd checked himself in the day before because he "didn't feel right" and he hated the gown -- of course.  I thought I'd take him a milkshake and a cutting from his rose bushes since it was also his birthday. He loved his roses and a good</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/feeds/112477474492656436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15696233&amp;postID=112477474492656436&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/112477474492656436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15696233/posts/default/112477474492656436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ironydiary.blogspot.com/2005/08/whats-it-about.html' title='What&apos;s it about?'/><author><name>roni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01952403903180712391</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
