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	<title>Thiefhunters in Paradise &#187; Misc.</title>
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	<description>or, High and Dry on the Streets of Elsewhere</description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let the bedbugs bite!</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/04/bedbugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Violent sex in hotel rooms may or may not excite you, but it&#8217;s happening more and more often these days. &#8220;Traumatic insemination&#8221; is the correct terminology for the savage act these male perpetrators perform. Yes, I&#8217;m referring to bedbug reproduction, and it&#8217;s probably occurring in a bed near you. Hopefully, not your own. Hopefully, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac history</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/02/mac-history/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2010/02/mac-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the Mac laptops I never sold or gave away. Three are in current use. One is a backup. The others have occasionally saved the day by accessing ancient files. Once, not too long ago, I actually had to dig out a SCSI adaptor to attach an old Zip drive to one. Clockwise from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mac + paperclip = fire</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/mac-paperclip-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/mac-paperclip-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone remember this old relic? We were so thrilled with it. We&#8217;d spent a year in Africa and needed a laptop. Apple didn&#8217;t make one yet, so we had to buy a DOS machine. Shortly after we got home, Apple came out with a luggable. Bob and I were on a cruise ship with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy in park with dog</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/boy-park-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/boy-park-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Adult: &#8220;Nice dog. What&#8217;s his name?&#8221; &#8220;Thermidore.&#8221; &#8220;Hi Sermidore! Good dog!&#8221; &#8220;THERmidore,&#8221; child enunciates. &#8220;Oh, SIR Midore,&#8221; adult says. &#8220;An honorable dog.&#8221; &#8220;No, Ther-mi-dore.&#8221; &#8220;Shake, Sirmidore!&#8221; &#8220;Are you thick?&#8221; The boy is disgusted. &#8220;No, it&#8217;s just an allergy.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>What are bed bugs doing in hotel rooms?</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-bed-bugs/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/12/hotel-bed-bugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Traumatic insemination is worth mentioning as a follow up to my post on bed bugs in hotels. Male bed bugs, ScienceNews reports, &#8220;ignore the opening to the female reproductive tract and inject sperm with a needlelike appendage directly through the outer covering of a mate’s body.&#8221; Yikes! The report also explains that the male insects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Dragon RAM</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/golden-dragon-ram/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/11/golden-dragon-ram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hand Picked Golden Dragon&#8221; RAM wrapped in gold silk brocade! Cleaning the garage, I found these gorgeous packages perfectly preserved in an airtight box. What the hell are they? One package still holds a 512 MB memory chip nestled in a bed of rich, red, synthetic suede, with a pretty pink ribbon for conveniently extracting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faces of Papua New Guinea</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/papua-new-guinea/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/10/papua-new-guinea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[street crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Would a slathering of Dijon tempt the formerly (?) (supposedly) cannibalistic highland villagers? I couldn&#8217;t get myself to attempt the experiment. While on a visit to the north of Australia, Bob and I made a quick trip to Papua New Guinea. We were awed by traditional dancers from the highland villages. Only one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The mosaic sidewalks of Portugal</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/sidewalks/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/07/sidewalks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As usual, you can click the photos for larger versions. In time, shoes polish the mosaics to a slippery shine.]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling with luggage</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/luggage-2/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/06/luggage-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel Advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luggage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure it sounds obsessive to mention the necessity of onboard watchfulness when you fly. The likelihood of theft while on an aircraft is low, granted; but it’s unpredictable, and that’s the problem. If you’re carrying valuables, say cash, jewelry, even credit cards, you may as well continue with your precautions. The risks are to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to catch a lizard</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/05/lizard-catching/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/05/lizard-catching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lizard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While in Africa with cousin Ty, he showed me a jury-rigged lizard catcher he made from a long, pliable twig and a piece of dental floss. I was impressed. I didn&#8217;t realize how much better it could be. Ty took a group of us on a lizard-catching hike in the Malibu hills. Standing in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humor in the book business</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/04/book-business/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/04/book-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it humorous, or just pathetic? I got a letter in the mail this week from a literary agent. His letter was dated and postmarked April 2009. He was replying to a query I wrote in June of 2000. Yes, almost nine years ago. My book was published in 2003. Lucky for me, I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freak accidents (involving projectiles and trash cans)</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/03/freak-accidents/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/03/freak-accidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Traipsing through another airport—where were we, passing through Chicago, maybe?—we mounted a mile-high escalator, going up. (Which is the only way escalators should go, really, otherwise, you&#8217;re on a de-escalator? lowerer? why not just moving staircase?) The escalator was at least 100 feet long, maybe more. A man got on the parallel one beside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Requiem for a tree</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/01/requiem-for-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/01/requiem-for-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brother-in-law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a mesquite, 35 or so feet tall, graceful in an awkward way. Craving light, the poor thing crooked its trunk this way and that, having been stupidly planted under a roof and beside a wall. I&#8217;ve liked the tree a lot all these years, for its lush green foliage and shade—rare commodities in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fooling a monkey</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/12/fooling-a-monkey/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/12/fooling-a-monkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An entertainer friend of mine practiced magic as a kid. One day he went to Busch Gardens amusement park with his family. There he saw an organ grinder with a monkey trained to take coins from people and put them into a cup. My friend, a proud young magician back then, said with a wink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreigners in Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/07/foreigners-in-las-vegas/</link>
		<comments>http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2008/07/foreigners-in-las-vegas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bambi Vincent</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My Swedish brother-in-law came to visit us in Las Vegas. While Bob and I were off on a trip, he decided to upgrade our garden. He drove our car to the local nursery to buy some plants. As he approached the nursery, driving slowly, the car was suddenly rushed by a gang of shouting Mexicans. [...]]]></description>
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