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		<title>Life is a circus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends keep me in check.  They also tease me about some of my more memorable dating and relationship decisions.
A friend in New York recently called me laughing from a bar.  “Oh my God, Marna.  Magic Hat has a new hefeweizen out called “Circus Boy.”  What ever happened to that fucking tool?” he asked.
Pete remembers [...]


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		<title>My Prickly Valentine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Betty Ford Center will soon open a wing in my honor &#8211; for those suffering from unromantic Valentine&#8217;s Day addiction.  My bender began in 1974.  Mrs. Kessenger, my third grade teacher, engineered a project to get our class excited about Valentine&#8217;s Day.  Or was it just her way of getting rid of the red [...]


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		<title>Might as well face it, you&#8217;re addicted to&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real man]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my next life, I want to come back as a gay addict.  The habit is TBD.  All I know is these 12-step meetings are one-part sobriety maintenance and three-parts hookup.  The gays in West Hollywood don’t need to online date.  When they have free time, they go to a “meeting.”
My Main Gay is constantly [...]


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		<title>He’s just that into you</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american bulldog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courtship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m pretty sure I’m never getting laid again, and I’m ok with it.  Here’s why.  My dog is in love with me.
It was a long courtship of walks, parks, car rides, and movies on the couch.  He waited to sleep with me for six months.  Then one day when I came home on crutches from [...]


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		<title>Corrupting toddlers and cool old dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize for most parents, one of their early happiest days are when their kid can wipe their own ass and make a meal.  For me, it’s the two- to three-year old age bracket when they’ll repeat a cuss word unexpectedly.  I laugh, the parents cringe.
Today I was in Petco with Tex, my only begotten [...]


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		<title>The perfect holiday gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles bukowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Support online shopping and struggling Los Angeles writers by purchasing Sleeping with snakes:  Notes from the Los Angeles underbelly.
Give the gift of Marna.  My short story, &#8220;Talking Dirty,&#8221; appears alongside other fabulous authors observing life in Los Angeles.  Charles Bukowski, the granddaddy of dirty talk, is also included in the collection.
Also available on Amazon.


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		<title>You&#8217;ve got options, or not</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Layoff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[herpes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably just me.  My little problem, you know, because I was born before 1980.  But when a help wanted/job ad says &#8220;profitable online startup,&#8221; that is not a positive selling point to me.  It&#8217;s about as appealing as a partner telling me their Valtrex copay is only $5. 


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		<title>What would a pilgrim do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetarian food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had another one of those “oh fuck I do live in California” moments this week when I realized that 72 percent of my Thanksgiving guests were vegetarian or vegan.  It really called into question if I had to buy a turkey or if I could get away with making turkey burgers.
I haven’t made [...]


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		<title>Running on empty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my continuing effort to live a healthy, unemployed lifestyle, I decided now would be a good time to try one of those eight-week, Runner&#8217;s World couch-to-marathon training programs.  I started week two today and I think I&#8217;m going to flunk myself and repeat week one.
I knew this was going to be a harder [...]


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		<title>Nice guy my ass</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marna Bunger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Layoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With my focus on my career, I&#8217;m sure you were worried that I&#8217;d never write about guys or dates again.  Not to worry, this is Los Angeles, so there&#8217;s always going to be a story.  I just haven&#8217;t had the time to write this one.
Houston (let&#8217;s call him that instead of nutless) and [...]


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