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	<title>Halfthoughts</title>
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	<description>By Eric Priezkalns.  About anything, everything and nothing.</description>
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		<title>Line in the Sand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The skin of the beach was perforated by my footprints. I walked along the stained path of least resistance, left behind by wave’s retreat. Then it returns, an insurgency, fighting for territory. It wanes again, just as quickly. At furthest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/05/20/line-in-the-sand/</link>
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		<title>A Conversation about Language with col-Eric</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last, I received some good news from the University of Berkhamsted. After rejecting my last twelve research proposals in a row, they finally turned the tables and sent me a list of research projects for which they already had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/05/13/a-conversation-about-language-with-col-eric/</link>
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		<title>Inside Valerie&#8217;s Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the story of Preston Dirges and Valerie Valencourt, we follow Valerie back to her studio apartment after her first day at work&#8230; INT. VALERIE&#8217;S STUDIO &#8211; NIGHT Valerie enters her studio flat, flicking the light switch. The bulb&#8217;s filament [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/05/06/inside-valeries-studio/</link>
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		<title>Nothoughts for Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a little while, Halfthoughts is on holiday, Which means you will find There is no thought for today. Though perhaps, you might quip, None were evident anyway. Tis rare when I completely forget To write a new weekly post, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/04/23/nothoughts-for-now/</link>
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		<title>Preston Dirges and the Lust for Audit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Montage: INT. DESERTED OFFICE FLOOR &#8211; DAY Preston walks, flanked by Valerie and Gordon. Music starts: &#8220;Lust for Life&#8221; by Iggy Pop. Thimbleby looks up from the files, finishes the last bite of his sandwich, and brushes the crumbs off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/04/15/preston-dirges-and-the-lust-for-audit/</link>
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		<title>Preston Dirges and the Lunchtime of the Soul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Int. Office Canteen &#8211; Day Gordon and Tina sit at a table, facing each other and chatting as they eat. Preston leads Valerie across the canteen to join them, carrying their trays of food. Preston sits alongside Tina, across from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/04/07/preston-dirges-and-the-lunchtime-of-the-soul/</link>
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		<title>Commencing the Audit of Preston Dirges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Int. Deserted Office Floor &#8211; Day THIMBLEBY (O.S.): Preston? Thimbleby is round the corner from the meeting cubicles, sat at a small round table in front of Preston&#8217;s desk. He keeps drumming his fingers on a lever arch file, laying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/04/01/commencing-the-audit-of-preston-dirges/</link>
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		<title>An Apology to Barack Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. President, You do not know me, but I feel compelled to write you a personal message. Whilst I realize you probably do not read this website, I understand that blogging is an increasingly effective way of contacting you, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/03/24/an-apology-to-barack-obama/</link>
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		<title>Preston Dirges Takes Valerie Into Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Int. Deserted Office Floor &#8211; Day Preston opens a door and leads Valerie on to the first floor of the building. It is seemingly deserted. There is no office furniture, only indents in the carpet where the furniture used to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/03/18/preston-dirges-takes-valerie-into-space/</link>
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		<title>Preston Dirges: Gordon and Tina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deep in the basement of Preston Dirges&#8217; office lurks the Business Intelligence team, two people who can afford to spend the day talking to each other, because nobody else talks to them&#8230; Int. Windowless Basement Office Gordon and Tina sit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halfthoughts.com/2012/03/11/preston-dirges-gordon-and-tina/</link>
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