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		<title>My Christmas Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2010/12/21/my-christmas-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<title>#149: Quit Yer Bellyaching</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2010/06/01/149-dont-complain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HNTAO afficionados know that the whole point of this blog is to point out new ways of not acting old. We don&#8217;t warn against stereotypical granny behavior &#8212; covering your furniture in plastic, sucking on hard candies &#8212; because, duh, we all know we&#8217;re not supposed to do that, right? Right??? So why are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#144: Don&#8217;t Go Hatin&#8217; On Halloween</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2009/10/29/161-dont-go-hatin-on-halloween/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2009/10/29/161-dont-go-hatin-on-halloween/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to enumerate everything I hate about Halloween, but just picture scary teenagers pounding at the door, the kids crying because their trick-or-treating companions ditched them, and Mommy face down in a bag full of chocolate. Instead, I want to focus, young-like, on what&#8217;s unambigously good about Halloween, and that to me is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#139: Can The Burgers and Beer</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2009/07/31/144-can-the-burgers-and-beer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2009/07/31/144-can-the-burgers-and-beer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what summer weekends mean to you, but to me they represent an excuse to eat huge messy hamburgers, charred black on the outside and oozing red inside, with salty buttered corn and dripping watermelon and gooey deviled eggs, all washed down by an ice cold beer.  Or five. Except now the Evil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#125: Fall Is So NOT Your Favorite Season</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/09/29/125-fall-is-so-not-your-favorite-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/09/29/125-fall-is-so-not-your-favorite-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Favorite season of the old: Fall. Why? Because the colors are so lovely, and you get to wear clothes that cover your body again, and you&#8217;re forced to stay in the house and eat beef stew and apple pie and drink sidecars. Sounds pretty good to me, but not to the young. For young people, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#s105-116: How Not To Vacation Old, Part See Ya Later</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/20/s105-116-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-see-ya-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/20/s105-116-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-see-ya-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my last post until after Labor Day because I&#8217;m going on vacation. Well, I&#8217;m not going on vacation. In the second of eight straight years of paying college tuition, I can&#8217;t afford a vacation. But HNTAO is going on vacation. By itself. On a cruise. Except it&#8217;s pretending it&#8217;s going to Vegas. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#s94-100: How Not To Vacation Old, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/08/s94-100-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/08/s94-100-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, in the last installment, we got you carefully and finally out of the house. Whee! But you still have to make it to your vacation destination without acting old. Let&#8217;s go: 1. If you’re flying, do not get to the airport three and a half hours ahead of time. Yes, it takes a while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#s84-92: How Not To Vacation Old, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/04/s84-92-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/08/04/s84-92-how-not-to-vacation-old-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the age-challenged, the most difficult part of going on vacation can be getting ready. We&#8217;re nervous about leaving home, is the thing. We don&#8217;t like being away from all our routines, all our stuff. And then, we worry about what&#8217;s going to happen to the place when we&#8217;re gone. Here, how not to act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#s 54, 55, 56, 57 &amp; 58: Special 4th of July Oldness Alerts</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/07/03/s-54-55-56-57-58-special-holiday-oldness-alerts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/07/03/s-54-55-56-57-58-special-holiday-oldness-alerts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All right, I&#8217;ve got to leave you alone for a couple of days now, and I don&#8217;t want to catch you Acting Old while I&#8217;m away: #54: Don&#8217;t Call July 4th &#8220;Our Nation&#8217;s Birthday.&#8221; Outmoded holiday nicknames &#8212; Turkey Day, St. Paddy&#8217;s Day &#8212; are lame and old. #55: Don&#8217;t Hang One Of Those Flag [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#23: Don&#8217;t Send Greeting Cards</title>
		<link>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/16/23-dont-send-greeting-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hownottoactold.com/2008/06/16/23-dont-send-greeting-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Redmond Satran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when your grandmother would send you a birthday card with a dollar bill inside as a present? That&#8217;s what it still feels like when you send someone a greeting card: like it came from their grandmother. You can update the experience by making your own card, sending a postcard, or using one of those [...]]]></description>
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