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		<title>Niche Blog Friday: OfficeSupplyGeek</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/niche-blog-friday-officesupplygeek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dataduchess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlighting Niche Blogs was always one of the most fun and interesting parts of maintaining Infomavens Desktop. Sometimes, we found blogs that were highly specific or outrageous or hilarious. This time, I thought maybe we&#8217;d ease back into it with a site that is a little more standard. The OfficeSupplyGeek blog has actually expanded since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1615&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here We Go Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dataduchess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might seem like it&#8217;s been a long time since this blog was active. And, well, that&#8217;s sort of true. However &#8211; just because we haven&#8217;t been writing here doesn&#8217;t mean we haven&#8217;t been reading (a lot) and keeping an eye out for good stuff to share here. During our &#8220;vacation&#8221; (I&#8217;ll explain my use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1697&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Niche Blog: When Parents Text</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dataduchess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Ever get a text from your mom or dad, and think WTF? Maybe they said something ridiculous? Maybe it was something really mom-like and she shouldn&#8217;t have that kind of reach when you&#8217;re not home? I read about today&#8217;s niche blog this morning in Entertainment Weekly Magazine, and decided to check it out.  Some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1693&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Niche Blog Friday: I Can Has Babies!!!</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/niche-blog-friday-i-can-has-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, we&#8217;ve had babies on the brain here at Infomavens&#8217; Desktop, and in honor of the newest (and certainly most adorable) info-lover, today&#8217;s niche blog is a collection of silly baby photos from the folks over at I Can Has Cheezburger.  I&#8217;m only going to put up one of the pictures here &#8211; but do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1687&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Niche Blog Friday: Better Book Titles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/?p=1685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried to figure out what a book was about from its title? Have you ever read a book based on its title only to find out you were sorely misled? Well, this site: Better Book Titles, tries to remedy such situations by renaming books with literal (pun intended) titles. Check it out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1685&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Possible Best Literary Award Ever?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/?p=1682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I found out that the UK annually awards a &#8220;Bad Sex in Fiction Award&#8221;. Don&#8217;t you just love those randy Brits? According to Bloomberg.com, the award started in 1993 and was designed to, &#8220;draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1682&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Move over Neil Gaiman&#8230;Here Comes China Miéville</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/move-over-neil-gaiman-here-comes-china-mieville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/?p=1671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like Dataduchess and me, you often wonder what all the hullabaloo surrounding Neil Gaiman is about. I liked Coraline (graphic novel version) and The Graveyard Book (both more than Dataduchess), but still didn&#8217;t see what the BIG DEAL was about. Similarly, American Gods left me with the feeling that Gaiman was reaching for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1671&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Niche Blog : My Jello Americans</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/friday-niche-blog-my-jello-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dataduchess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too fun not to share: My Jello Americans. These women are artists who make lots of scrumptious-looking Jello treats&#8230; and lots of somewhat repulsive ones too. But whether you think they look delicious or disgusting, there&#8217;s no denying this: they are amazing! &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1640&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Age of Misinformation, Part 3: Debunking Hallowed Ground &#8211; Medical Research</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/the-age-of-misinformation-part-3-debunking-hallowed-ground-medical-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I experienced one of those small miracles where it seems like the entire universe has converged to say &#8220;Yes, I agree with you!&#8221; when I was e-mailed an article that expresses everything I have been examining and thinking for the last 8 months&#8211;&#8221;can any medical-research studies be trusted?&#8221; In recent months I have become [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Age of Misinformation: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/the-age-of-misinformation-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was recently an interesting conversation on (my new obsession) the Brian Lehrer Show (broadcast on WNYC and via XM&#8217;s NPR channel 134) on the prevalent and growing bias in news coverage. The host and his guest were discussing CNN&#8216;s decline in ratings over recent years due to, they surmised, the outlet&#8217;s attempt to remain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=infomavensdesktop.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9959425&amp;post=1648&amp;subd=infomavensdesktop&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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