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		<title>Can a Bar Prevent You from Dancing Because You are too Fat?</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2012/05/14/can-a-bar-prevent-you-from-dancing-because-you-are-too-fat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are all kinds of amateur opportunities to prove your talent, many of which are provided free of charge, or sometimes in exchange for your having a drink or two at the bar. For example, there were many people who &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2012/05/14/can-a-bar-prevent-you-from-dancing-because-you-are-too-fat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=740&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Community Review</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2012/04/23/the-community-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we discover great television programs through the recommendations of our friends and family. My wife and I started watching The Big Bang Theory, for example, after being told by her parents that it was a great show for the &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2012/04/23/the-community-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=732&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Watching Thomas and Friends with Chaim</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2012/03/12/watching-thomas-and-friends-with-chaim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Gordon Davidescu, and I watch Thomas and Friends with my fifteen month old son Chaim Yosef. This is our story. It all started when he was six months old and my wife happened to notice that Thomas &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2012/03/12/watching-thomas-and-friends-with-chaim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=706&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Glee Review!</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2012/02/06/the-glee-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May of 2009, the life of my wife and I changed with the early premiere of the show Glee on Fox. We were both intrigued for different reasons. Elizabeth liked the idea of a show about people in a &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2012/02/06/the-glee-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=691&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The VTech Learning Sit to Stand Walker Review</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2012/01/23/the-vtech-learning-sit-to-stand-walker-review/</link>
		<comments>http://unitedstage.com/2012/01/23/the-vtech-learning-sit-to-stand-walker-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before really getting into this review I would like to state that it took awhile for my wife and I to even agree on the VTech Learning Sit to Stand Walker as the tool we would use to help our &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2012/01/23/the-vtech-learning-sit-to-stand-walker-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=681&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elvis Costello Does Not Want You to Buy His Album</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2011/12/19/elvis-costello-does-not-want-you-to-buy-his-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, when a musician puts in dozens of hours of work into writing, practicing, and then laying down the tracks on a new album, they want to do what they can to help push album sales &#8212; if they &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2011/12/19/elvis-costello-does-not-want-you-to-buy-his-album/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=669&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Speech Patterns of Psychopaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life, generally speaking, is nothing like the comics or movies when it comes to criminal activity. Whether it is Batman or Spiderman or any other hero, criminals are ultimately fairly traceable and every crime can be solved &#8212; and criminals &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2011/11/14/the-speech-patterns-of-psychopaths/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=654&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pan Am Review</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2011/10/10/the-pan-am-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child, I occasionally went with my parents on vacation and we would, when the price was right, use as an airline Pan Am. I distinctly remember thinking it was a shame that it went out of business in &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2011/10/10/the-pan-am-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=634&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Would Like Less Reality On Television</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2011/09/05/i-would-like-less-reality-on-television/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, watching television meant watching television programs that were written by creative writers, produced, and involved actors saying the words that those writers wrote and rewrote and deliberated over &#8212; sometimes pouring their hearts and emotions &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2011/09/05/i-would-like-less-reality-on-television/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=617&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dramatic Effect of English Pub Signs</title>
		<link>http://unitedstage.com/2011/08/08/the-dramatic-effect-of-english-pub-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Davidescu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was something disturbing I noticed as a teenager &#8212; seeing the small stores I loved going to as a kid shutting down and being replaced by cookie cutter stores owned by a dozen companies that were all uniform in &#8230; <a href="http://unitedstage.com/2011/08/08/the-dramatic-effect-of-english-pub-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unitedstage.com&#038;blog=13477609&#038;post=606&#038;subd=ustage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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