<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post9177124406394575556..comments</id><updated>2010-01-24T16:01:10.144-07:00</updated><category term='one word may'/><category term='one word april'/><category term='one word march'/><category term='sunday scribblings september'/><category term='one word november'/><category term='six sentences~june'/><category term='one word february'/><category term='sunday scribblings august'/><category term='one word january 2011'/><category term='one word august'/><category term='sunday scribblings july'/><category term='one word july'/><category term='one word september'/><category term='march'/><category term='one word december'/><category term='sunday scribblings~december'/><category term='carry on tuesday'/><category term='one word october 2011'/><category term='three word wednesday~august'/><category term='three word wednesday july'/><category term='one word march 2011'/><category term='three word wednesday may'/><category term='three word wednesday november'/><category term='words~december'/><category term='one word october'/><title type='text'>Comments on a gasping little voice: to top it off</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/feeds/9177124406394575556/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html'/><author><name>quin browne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09804746948797234402</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EaIyHxXlDds/SdkeeP_bTKI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/HTX8sNFhzus/S220/me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-1661487428651766586</id><published>2010-01-24T16:01:10.144-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T16:01:10.144-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny. Funny. Funny. I hate pineappled pizza. That...</title><content type='html'>Funny. Funny. Funny. I hate pineappled pizza. That&amp;#39;s not even pizza! I agree with a previous commenter in that the punctuation added to enlivening the voice, and what a voice in this piece! Maybe you were a bit quick to react with the fork, but I dunno...If you&amp;#39;d let him escape without making your drastic statement, he would just go and do that shtick with someone else.&lt;br /&gt;This was top-notch.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1661487428651766586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1661487428651766586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1264374070144#c1661487428651766586' title=''/><author><name>MDJB</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17793388758122524855</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01710332841175837878'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7913/4168/320/Teacher.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1329819901'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-1933794521961642366</id><published>2010-01-17T04:32:31.815-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T04:32:31.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>hmmmm, stab in the eye for looking into your wired...</title><content type='html'>hmmmm, stab in the eye for looking into your wired soul—obviously your soul is housed in your bosom—and not able to read your disdain of ham &amp;amp; pineapple pizza or get into the beer of pizza spirit but opting for wine—was the wine chilled?...I&amp;#39;ve kicked men to the  curb for less...Get out off my life you wine swilling ham and pineapple pizza eating table rapping, chest watcher!  Begone!  Oh, and by the way, you might want to update your profile pic</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1933794521961642366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1933794521961642366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1263727951815#c1933794521961642366' title=''/><author><name>Harper</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15164148666810818891</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10660852540515418961'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='17' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eg7v3Rgbb8Y/SzLbjPPxqHI/AAAAAAAAAV0/JIo928RKjMw/S220/greta-4-1-1-1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-831021299'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-4519998226448647</id><published>2010-01-12T03:48:34.133-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T03:48:34.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beer goes with pizza, sheesh what a nutjob. Great ...</title><content type='html'>Beer goes with pizza, sheesh what a nutjob. Great tale, funny even. You were funny. O.O</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/4519998226448647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/4519998226448647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1263293314133#c4519998226448647' title=''/><author><name>Carrie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08141340770315102039'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LcD10kkwi1k/SaIlVMIHidI/AAAAAAAACPU/25sB3PcpqmI/S220/profile.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-141732923'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-3580996157127290734</id><published>2010-01-08T23:45:46.911-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T23:45:46.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red wine with pizza?  Not on this side of the Atla...</title><content type='html'>Red wine with pizza?  Not on this side of the Atlantic.  I&amp;#39;ve had the &amp;quot;Hawaiian,&amp;quot; before...I could go without again.  The two things together?  Definitely time to dump &amp;#39;em.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/3580996157127290734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/3580996157127290734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1263019546911#c3580996157127290734' title=''/><author><name>Cormac Brown</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02990698766444728760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03281354365463240224'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l9iELOhcfa4/SZzB72ja8HI/AAAAAAAAAV0/4zaeChURH60/S220/Fear+The+%27Fro+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2106664669'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-7617833828794025557</id><published>2010-01-07T11:31:21.485-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T11:31:21.485-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Great details here.  I don’t get why people like p...</title><content type='html'>Great details here.  I don’t get why people like pineapple and ham on a pizza.  Don’t people realize what they’re sending out there when they state such a preference?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/7617833828794025557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/7617833828794025557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1262889081485#c7617833828794025557' title=''/><author><name>Christian Bell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03160609304010597116</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12852426567947235362'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TDSlDphF-fE/SpVtXApG7WI/AAAAAAAAABY/qYuKkqer584/S220/test2.bmp'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-936138920'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-1441984301226749395</id><published>2010-01-07T07:19:00.476-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T07:19:00.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wait for it...  wait for it...











BWAH HAH...</title><content type='html'>Wait for it...  wait for it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BWAH HAH HAH HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the tapping the microphone (I heard the tap!) to the last line, I was laughing.  At first I thought it was going to be a reality show, but you brought it to an even funnier place.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND THE VOICE! Pefect, Quin.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW, I also enjoyed how your punctuation in this brought it even more to life.  I know, you (or others) may say that&amp;#39;s silly to appreciate, but punctuation can take a story from words on the screen to a compelling voice and vivid picture inside the head.  This one work--&lt;br /&gt;   listen... do you smell something?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hmmm, pineapple (yes, all my senses were involved in this one.) And the victim typing on the table when he talked--what a perfect detail!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1441984301226749395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/1441984301226749395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1262873940476#c1441984301226749395' title=''/><author><name>peggy</name><uri>http://pegjet.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1904316501'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-3025828213605757386</id><published>2010-01-05T22:52:30.732-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T22:52:30.732-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ok, 
spicy sausage, bloody red sauce, and black sa...</title><content type='html'>ok, &lt;br /&gt;spicy sausage, bloody red sauce, and black salty olives, I&amp;#39;d take any day over pinapple it&amp;#39;s too sweet.  I married it anyway!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ha!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/3025828213605757386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/3025828213605757386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1262757150732#c3025828213605757386' title=''/><author><name>Dianne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18323454057921441274</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_co8flw9kKwE/SynfD4Zj2GI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ihIXfskExOo/S220/CIMG1264.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1138407297'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-6612361796399049060</id><published>2010-01-05T20:17:11.836-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T20:17:11.836-07:00</updated><title type='text'>unforgivable lack of taste...</title><content type='html'>unforgivable lack of taste...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/6612361796399049060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/6612361796399049060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1262747831836#c6612361796399049060' title=''/><author><name>Dee Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05077141911351737390</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_l0mCHz3HInE/R-LcgcZmzgI/AAAAAAAAAKo/ReXvFe6pfQE/S220/badhair.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2049903179'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-4534424678878080661</id><published>2010-01-05T12:15:34.254-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T12:15:34.254-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Love it!</title><content type='html'>Love it!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/4534424678878080661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/9177124406394575556/comments/default/4534424678878080661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html?showComment=1262718934254#c4534424678878080661' title=''/><author><name>Vesper de Vil</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09031370976246712353</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ddv_68F_kuc/Sz_B1nL0XHI/AAAAAAAACR8/guX2MAoKV8U/S220/Kristen+H%C3%A5vet+facebook.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.quinbrowne.net/2010/01/to-top-it-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218270884216778811.post-9177124406394575556' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1218270884216778811/posts/default/9177124406394575556' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-685188205'/></entry></feed>
