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	<title>Shafe Shifter &#187; Wierd Witty And Uncommon</title>
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		<title>Top offbeat vacation spots for 2010 Part 2 of 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part 2 of a 2 part series.  If you missed part one.  Check it out:  Top offbeat vacation spots for 2010 Part 1 of 3
Anyone else in desprate need of a vacation?  I know I could always use a break from the stresses of work and household responsibilities.  Being who I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top offbeat vacation spots for 2010 Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/06/08/top-offbeat-vacation-spots-for-2010-part-1-of-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone else in desprate need of a vacation?  I know I could always use a break from the stresses of work and household responsibilities.  Being who I am, I typically don't go for your usual vacation spots.  I'm happy to announce my part 1 of a 2 part series of my Top Offbeat Vacation Spots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T &#8220;You Will&#8221; Ads from 1993</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/06/01/att-you-will-ads-from-1993/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a bit old, but I just watched it again and still find it pretty cool.  These ads are interesting as they depict a 1993 vision of technology in the future.  Most all exists today and most is just commonplace now. The montage itself comes from a 1993 Newsweek CD-ROM. 

How many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Translations</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/04/30/bad-translations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine bought an ipod clone online. He got it from http://www.mp3playerbuying.com (which isn't loading for me now)..
The place was in china. The paypal account he paid to was a US account from a different company, the confirmation came from yet a different company and it was shipped from yet another company.
This thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1943 Guide to Hiring Women From Transportation Magazine</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/04/26/1943-guide-to-hiring-women-from-transportation-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/04/26/1943-guide-to-hiring-women-from-transportation-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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This is an old one, but the blatant sexism is worth re-posting:
The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II.
"Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees: There's no longer any question whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Credit Card Prank</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/04/21/the-great-credit-card-prank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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This is hilarious.. be sure to check out the great credit card prank II linked at the end of the article!

Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?

http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Journey Video Parody Final Cut</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/02/11/sex-hair-journey-video-parody-final-cut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who remember my recent post about my summer working on a web series, here are some end results.
The comedic "Air Band", Sex Hair does a remake of the classic video from the 80s: 'Separate Ways" by Journey.  All 88 shots were story boarded to match the original video. This video was shot in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Puppy</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/02/02/new-puppy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I ended up acquiring a puppy.  Here is a quick video of her...

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		<title>Wanna Get Abducted By Aliens?</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/01/25/wanna-get-abducted-by-aliens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/01/25/wanna-get-abducted-by-aliens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you've always wanted to be abducted by aliens, check out the service offered by Alien Abductions Incorporated.
The fact of the matter is that most people will probably never have the opportunity to be abducted by aliens. And even those elite few who are selected for abduction receive no assurances that they will fully remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20/20 Piece About Heavy Metal from the 80s</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2010/01/18/2020-piece-about-heavy-metal-from-the-80s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[20/20 Piece About Heavy Metal from the 80s


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		<title>Jello!</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/12/28/jello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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Liz Hickok is a San Francisco-based artist working in photography, video, sculpture, installation, and currently, Jell-O. Hickok received her Masters in Fine Arts from Mills College in Oakland, California. She earned a BFA and BA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Hickok lived and worked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number Stations</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/12/21/number-stations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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For more than 30 years the Shortwave radio spectrum has been used by the worlds intelligence agencies to transmit secret messages. These messages are transmitted by hundreds of “Numbers Stations”.
Shortwave Numbers Stations are a perfect method of anonymous, one way communication. Spies located anywhere in the world can be communicated to by their masters via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1967 Clip depicts using computers to shop at home&#8230; heh..</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/12/16/1967-clip-depicts-using-computers-to-shop-at-home-heh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills and using electronic mail from home.   Apparently women in 1999 still wouldn't be deemed to be up to handling tasks such as banking, bill-paying, and tax preparation, even with the help of electronic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is Exploding Whale Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/11/12/today-is-exploding-whale-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's November 12th again... and out of the time I've lived in lane county I'm still disappointed that no one told me about Exploding whale day...
And I couldnt help but to crack up...
This happened 39 years ago in Florence Oregon... Florence is a small fishing town on the Oregon coast which boasted a population of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wakka Chikka Wakka Chikka</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/11/06/166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just filed under the "You must be a freak" Dept...
I really can't imagine anyone just putting this on to listen to but in just in case you are one of those people who likes to listen to porn movie soundtracks... here's a best of.. .
Various Artists - Wakka Chikka Wakka Chikka Porn Music For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Cello</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/07/29/epic-cello/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty epic and absolutely a great vid.
The Final Countdown done with 3 Cellos and a full orchestra.

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		<title>Postsecret Archive</title>
		<link>http://www.brian-shaffer.com/2009/07/20/postsecret-archive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Shaffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've posted before about PostSecret.. one of my weekly sites I visit...
I came across more than 1200 postcards from this site (which aren't available on the site, as there are no archives). I've put em up so you can check em out.
Here:  http://shafe.kicks-ass.net/ps/

From The Site:
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in [...]]]></description>
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