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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:27:30 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/"><rss:title>Dimondites.com</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><dc:date>2009-01-08T21:27:30Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/marriage-equality-fundraiser.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/blogger-girl.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/its-burning-man-season.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/watch-out-for-those-postcard-emails.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/web-tip-self-syndication.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/quote-of-the-day.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/poem.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/tibetan-personality-test.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/time-waster.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/hee-hee.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/marriage-equality-fundraiser.html"><rss:title>marriage equality fundraiser</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/marriage-equality-fundraiser.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-09-20T19:54:50Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-block"><span><img  style="width: 520px; height: 410px;" src="http://dimondites.com/storage/ruth%20diane%20marriage%20equality%202008.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1221940629711"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2">Please join us in celebrating our Legal Marriage at our 
</font></font><br><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><strong>Wedding Reception /Marriage Equality Fundraiser</strong> </font></span><font size="2"></font></div><div>

</div><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><strong><br></strong></span></font></font></span><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"></span></font></font><div style="text-align: center;"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><strong>Sunday Sept. 21 4-8 pm<br><br></strong></span></font></font></span><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"></span></font></font></div><div>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2">Intertribal Friendship House </span></font></font></span><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"></span></font></font></span><br><span><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2">523 International 
Blvd, Oakland</font></font></font></font></span><br></div><p><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">
</font></font></font></font></font></p><div><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2">Join us for a&nbsp;celebration of 
the&nbsp;Legal Marriage of <span class="nfakPe">Ruth</span> and Diane and a Marriage Equality USA 
Fundraiser.&nbsp; This&nbsp;is a free event open to everyone and we will have a 
raffle with great prizes!!! We will be showing a short film Sa Hochifo&#8230;(My name 
is&#8230;)&#8221; by Miko Thomas about Marriage Equality and 
&#8220;Anyone &amp; Everyone,&#8221; a 
documentary film about families accepting their&nbsp;gay children,&nbsp;which 
includes a Cherokee family talking about&nbsp;our traditional ways of accepting 
2spirits. &nbsp;We&#8217;ll also be unveiling a ledger art 
piece&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;Horse created on our Marriage 
Certificate.&nbsp; Please bring some food to 
share.&nbsp;</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2">If you are unable to attend, please consider 
donating to <span class="nfakPe">Ruth</span> and Diane&#8217;s fundraiser at <a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/ruthvillasenor" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.firstgiving.com/<wbr>ruthvillasenor</span></a></font> .&nbsp; Our Goal is to raise $1,000. That can be acheived by 100 
people giving only $10.&nbsp;</font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="2" face="century gothic"><font size="2">Please&nbsp;help to&nbsp;keep 
our&nbsp;Marriage&nbsp; Legal</font></font></strong></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="century gothic">VOTE NO ON Prop&nbsp;8!!!! </span></font></font></font></font></span><font size="2"><span size="2" style="font-family: century gothic;"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" face="century gothic"></span></font></font></font></font></p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/blogger-girl.html"><rss:title>blogger girl</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/blogger-girl.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-12-04T20:13:36Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it seems my destiny is to blog. What was a personal hobby has since become more a career. I&#8217;ve blogged for <a href="http://thisnext.com" target="_blank">ThisNext</a>, and recently, I just launched the blog for <a href="http://elfster.com" target="_blank">Elfster</a>.&nbsp; The blog is called <strong><a href="http://blog.elfster.com" target="_blank">Elfing It</a></strong>, and it focuses on gift recommendations (surprise, surprise).&nbsp; After eight years as the gift expert at <a href="ttp://redenvelope.com">RedEnvelope</a>, it would seem a shame to waste all the knowledge gained.&nbsp;</p><p> Check out the blog when you have the chance. Who knows, maybe you will find it useful?</p><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="full-image-float-none"><img src="http://dimondites.com/storage/elfing_it_screen_shot.png" alt="elfing_it_screen_shot.png" style="width: 354px; height: 264px;" /></span> <br /></div><p><br />&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/its-burning-man-season.html"><rss:title>It's burning man season!</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/its-burning-man-season.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-08-16T19:48:12Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tn_post"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><a title="Burning Man" href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/1973B279/Burning-Man?u=Kristine&amp;p=/list/1973B279/Burning-Man&amp;t=blog"><img src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/B3CD62B9.jpg" width="475" alt="Burning Man" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; border-left:1px solid #dddddd;border-top:1px solid #dddddd;border-right:1px solid #bbbbbb;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb;" height="485" /></a></div><p>Check out the nifty [and sometimes decadent] things I crave for Burning Man. (Some not appropriate for children.)</p><p>See my entire <a href="http://www.thisnext.com/list/1973B279/Burning-Man?u=Kristine&amp;p=/list/1973B279/Burning-Man&amp;t=blog">Burning Man</a> list.</p></div>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/watch-out-for-those-postcard-emails.html"><rss:title>watch out for those postcard emails</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/watch-out-for-those-postcard-emails.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-08-16T18:22:00Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve received hundreds of those postcard greeting emails, and you probably did too. It&#8217;s tempting to see what, how, why so many&#8230; </p><p>Don&#8217;t do it. Here&#8217;s some info why. <br /><br /></p><p>BAD VIRUS&#8230;IMPORTANT TO READ<br />Don&#8217;t open any &#8220;greeting card&#8221; /&#8221;postcard from a relative&#8221; e-mails unless you know who they&#8217;re from.<br /><br /><em>THIS WARNING HAS BEEN VERIFIED at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp">http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp</a></em><br /><br />               (last update 1 July 2007)<br /><br />Other variations used are: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;from a school-mate, class mate, neighbor, partner, worshipper, family member, college.<br /><br />       WORST VIRUS EVER &#8212;- CNN ANNOUNCED<br /><br />        A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive ever.  This virus was discovered by McAfee.  This virus simply destroys Sector Zero from the hard disk, where vital information for its functioning are stored. <br /><br /></p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/web-tip-self-syndication.html"><rss:title>web tip - self syndication</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/web-tip-self-syndication.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-06-22T13:38:14Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Improve Google search results ranking.<br><br>

There are a few tricks you can do to improve your site&#8217;s google search ranking. One of google&#8217;s criteria is the number of times your site has been linked to by other sites&#8230; This is one way to determine relevancy and popularity.<br><br>

There are several ways to achieve this yourself. It&#8217;s easy but requires a good chunk of your time.<br><br>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/quote-of-the-day.html"><rss:title>quote of the day</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/quote-of-the-day.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-06-21T05:45:20Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><sub>&#8220;I Used To Want To Change The World, Now I Just Want To Leave The Room With A Little Dignity.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp; - A Line From The Movie &#8220;Shortbus&#8221;</sub></h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3><h3 class="caption"><strong>Reader Comments  (1)</strong></h3><h3 class="caption">&nbsp;</h3><h3><strong><strong>        06.21.2007 |    <a title="Unregistered Commenter" href="http://dimondites.com/display/ShowAuthorProfile?unregisteredAuthorId=1081286&rootReturnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdimondites.com%2Ffront-page%2Fquote-of-the-day.html">   <img src="http://dimondites.com/layout/iconSets/dark/user-unregistered.png" class="inline-icon" alt="Unregistered Commenter" title="Unregistered Commenter" />Giovanni Linke   (giovanni@basebog.it)</a></strong></strong></h3><p><br />The line is originally by Lotus Weinstock.<br /></p>                          <div class="body" id="item873650">Justin Bond quote her in the movie.<br /><br />Ciao for now.<br /><br />      </div>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/poem.html"><rss:title>poem</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/poem.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-19T15:10:30Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This poem was given to me by my friend Heather. It touched me so. I would like to share it with you.</p><blockquote><p><em>The soul, like the moon,<br />is new, and always new again.<br /><br />And I have seen the ocean<br />continuously creating.<br /><br />Since I scoured my mind<br />and my body, I too, Lalla,<br />am new, each moment new.<br /><br />My teacher told me one thing,<br />Live in the soul.<br /><br />When that was so,<br />I began to go naked,<br />and dance.<br /><br />-Lalla (14th century, India)<br /><br /></em></p></blockquote>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/tibetan-personality-test.html"><rss:title>tibetan personality test</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/tibetan-personality-test.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-01-21T23:52:15Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a great little time waster, one of the better ones out there. Since I grew up with lots of myths around the meanings of animals, color, and numbers, this test was somewhat believable and valuable. I would challenge only a few results, but in general, it translates well.<br /><br />Now to the Kristine criticism. There are two parts of this site I dislike. First is the Schindler&rsquo;s List soundtrack. Pretty sappy and gets you all emotional before you even start the test. The second is the chain-mail guilt messaging at the end. Don&rsquo;t these people know about blogs and social ranking sites? One post and you&rsquo;re done with your chain email requirement. Chain-emails are so yesterday.&nbsp; But that&rsquo;s not all. This guilt messaging really bothers me. Reminds me of my Catholic upbringing - &ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t do this, you&rsquo;ll be damned.&rdquo;&nbsp; I doubt this is the persuasive ways of the Dalai Lama. <em>(Since we&rsquo;re at it, my number was 7, so will 7 people take this test? That way my wish will come true.) (I wished for East&rsquo;s hip dysplasia to heal with his holistic program, and I do not have to lose him.)</em><br /></p><p><span class="full-image-float-none"><a href="http://memoriter.net/flash/test.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://grenadefishing.com/storage/tibetan%20personality%20test.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1169422961874" alt="tibetan personality test.png" /></a></span>&nbsp;</p><sub><a href="http://memoriter.net/flash/test.html" target="_blank">memoriter.net</a></sub><p>&nbsp;</p><h5><strong>READER COMMENTS (1)</strong></h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>        02.19.2007 | <a title="Registered Commenter" href="http://dimondites.com/profile/dimondites?rootReturnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdimondites.com%2Ffront-page%2Ftibetan-personality-test.html"><img src="http://dimondites.com/layout/iconSets/dark/user-registered.png" class="inline-icon" alt="Registered Commenter" title="Registered Commenter" />k.</a>&nbsp;                           <br /></h5>                          <div class="body" id="item690298"><h5> Well, it looks like seven people took the test in time. I found out three days ago East does *not* have Hip Dysplasia! How fantastic is <strong>THAT</strong>? </h5></div>     <a href="http://dimondites.com/display/ShowJournalEntry?moduleId=689650&entryId=875574&editCommentId=690298"><br /></a><p><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/KRISTI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.jpg" alt="" /><br /></p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/time-waster.html"><rss:title>time waster</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/time-waster.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-11-18T14:51:33Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you are bored. This is somewhat quick and does not require sound. &nbsp;</p><p><u><strong><a href="http://www.brianhunt.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/102" target="_blank">Are you part of the 2%?</a></strong></u></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><sub>more <a href="http://dimondites.com/time-wasters/">time wasters</a>&nbsp;</sub></p><p><sub>via <a href="http://www.brianhunt.net/" target="_blank">BrianHunt.net&nbsp;</a></sub></p><p><br /></p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/hee-hee.html"><rss:title>hee hee</rss:title><rss:link>http://dimondites.com/random-stuff/hee-hee.html</rss:link><dc:creator>k.</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-11-16T08:30:59Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="main"> 		<p><img alt="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Grouchoicon.jpg" src="http://static.flickr.com/118/286909692_9d0ee1c6c3_o.jpg" /></p> <p>&#8220;Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men. The other 999 follow women.&#8221; <br /><br />&mdash; Groucho Marx</p><h5>via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.futilitycloset.com/2006/11/09/unquote-140/">futilitycloset.com</a></h5><p>&nbsp;</p> 	</div>
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