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		<title>Hey, Where Did the Summer Go?</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/09/hey-where-did-the-summer-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not the biggest fan of the summer. I don&#8217;t like being covered in sweat when I get to work. I don&#8217;t like being devoured by evil hungry mosquitoes. And I despise flying beetles sneaking into my home getting caught in my ceiling fan&#8217;s down draft and landing in my sleeping face. I also don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatherdad&#8217;s Summer Round-up So Far&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m not supporting public charter schools in the area of finance and accounting, building my non-profit (Black Dad Connection), publishing a book, designing a website, performing weddings, and just generally keeping busy as a father and husband I am, well, doing other things. For instance I read, play with toys, and generally don&#8217;t sleep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONE DREAM THAT WILL NEVER BE</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/05/one-dream-that-will-never-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 03:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think about the dreams of mine that have come true over the last few years and I am appreciative. I published a written work, I wrote a book on black fatherhood that I will be publishing as an eBook in the coming weeks, I am Executive Director of a non-profit that I started and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF FATHERDAD.COM!</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/05/celebrating-5-years-of-fatherdad-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UNSOLICITED ADVICE & SUPPORT]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatherdad.com/?p=989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago today I started this little blog. A lot has happened to me over the years since and many lessons have been learned. I can honestly say that I am a different person in the sense that I have grown up quite a bit, but I am still me. I can be no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APRIL 2011 REWIND&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/05/april-2011-rewind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 03:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 2011 was one of those months that I can look back on and smile. It was filled with love, vindication, and fun. The love part was when I had the opportunity to preside over the nuptials of one of my oldest friends. It was a chilly Sunday morning, Palm Sunday to be exact, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOU CAN WIN</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/03/you-can-win/</link>
		<comments>http://fatherdad.com/2011/03/you-can-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some reason Charlie Sheen thinks he is winning. It&#8217;s one of his catch phrases after all. Sure he&#8217;s rich and famous but he&#8217;s also fired, and kind of a jerk. Sadly he&#8217;s in denial about his seriously deep issues. In my book he&#8217;s losing. He&#8217;s losing big. He&#8217;s a dad and he needs to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I CAN DO MORE</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/02/i-can-do-more/</link>
		<comments>http://fatherdad.com/2011/02/i-can-do-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AAD ON RACE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Black History Month comes to a close for the 35th time I am left reinvigorated. The family and I went to Washington DC last week for four days to see the sights. It&#8217;s one of those things that I always wanted to do but like so many things in my childhood it was just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE PAIN OF PERFECTION</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/02/the-pain-of-perfection/</link>
		<comments>http://fatherdad.com/2011/02/the-pain-of-perfection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fatherdad.com/?p=927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard for me to be anyone but me. People have told me to tone it done in certain social situations and while my head agrees and knows that there are norms that should be generally followed it&#8217;s hard for me to do that. I feel this real compulsion to be me, and to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLK &amp; THE REGULAR PEOPLE</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2011/01/mlk-the-regular-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year around this time I say something about my personal hero, Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. This year is no exception. Of all the people I admire and respect in this world he is the one who has stayed consistent. Of course part of the reason for this is that his greatness has remained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I BELIEVE&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fatherdad.com/2010/12/i-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://fatherdad.com/2010/12/i-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[THE COACH]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That most people want to be happy but just don&#8217;t know how. In many ways it&#8217;s a life-long journey. But you have to want to take the journey and know what it looks like when you arrive at certain milestones along the way. That&#8217;s the hard part. Being a jerk is beyond easy. Sure it [...]]]></description>
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