<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:22:38.872-04:00</updated><title type='text'>EmpirE Empanada</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-116607436896100417</id><published>2006-12-14T00:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-14T00:32:48.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>requiem for a dream</title><summary type='text'>ever seen that movie?  it's all about addiction.  and not just crackhead type of addiction but rather addiction in general.  everybody's got one or maybe even more than one.  my top two addictions are fun and gear.  i love to have fun anytime anywhere.  some folks get off on being grumpy all the time wallowing in their perpetual perception of misery and self-loathing.  you wanna avoid these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/116607436896100417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=116607436896100417' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116607436896100417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116607436896100417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/12/requiem-for-dream.html' title='requiem for a dream'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-116542185179135742</id><published>2006-12-06T11:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T11:17:33.230-05:00</updated><title type='text'>long island, the birthplace of frozen nads</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/116542185179135742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=116542185179135742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116542185179135742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116542185179135742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/12/long-island-birthplace-of-frozen-nads.html' title='long island, the birthplace of frozen nads'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-116541979876902186</id><published>2006-12-06T10:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T10:43:19.820-05:00</updated><title type='text'>seasonal affective disorder</title><summary type='text'>i got it bad...especially when the weather starts getting gray, cold and windy but there's no snow yet.  don't mind the cold if there's snow outside but to have just plain cold, well, that kinda sucks.  only thing to really do when it's cold out is stay indoors and eat junk food.  and when you eat junk food you end up feeling shitty about yourself and vow to do those 17 push-ups every morning but</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/116541979876902186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=116541979876902186' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116541979876902186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116541979876902186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/12/seasonal-affective-disorder.html' title='seasonal affective disorder'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-116519079834859063</id><published>2006-12-03T19:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-03T19:06:38.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>4 months later</title><summary type='text'>damn, time flies when you think your life is moving forward and you find yourself in the same place as the last 10 years!!  alright, more blooooooooooooooging to come.  christmas time is here again and it's seems like everyone's in the frantic state of mind rushing to get all the junkyard gifts from the leftover stands at Marshall's that no one really uses anyway.  I mean, come on, when's the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/116519079834859063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=116519079834859063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116519079834859063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/116519079834859063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/12/4-months-later.html' title='4 months later'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115500339960546334</id><published>2006-08-07T22:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T22:16:39.616-04:00</updated><title type='text'>honolulu bound</title><summary type='text'>best thing about landing at the honolulu international airport is the sweet fragrance of the rain-kissed plumerias filling your senses.  definitely in the top five naso-mental connections in the world.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115500339960546334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115500339960546334' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115500339960546334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115500339960546334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/honolulu-bound.html' title='honolulu bound'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115480431584285789</id><published>2006-08-05T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T14:58:35.853-04:00</updated><title type='text'>stillwell</title><summary type='text'>just got back from taking the woman to ride her first mountain bike trail ever.  i must admit, for such a nyc city slicker, i was impressed.  she took some lumps and bruises but held in there like a trooper.  next stop moab, utah!  riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!    off to the beach.  small waves but good to wash off the trail dust and jump in the water.   ate a bagel for breakfast.  tasted like fresh </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115480431584285789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115480431584285789' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115480431584285789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115480431584285789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/stillwell.html' title='stillwell'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115472395127679654</id><published>2006-08-04T16:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T16:39:11.283-04:00</updated><title type='text'>to do list</title><summary type='text'>skate, surf, mountain bike, hike, snowboard, skurf.  top all of these activities off with a healthy heaping of filipino food and you're set!  nothing important to say.  drive back from balti was uneventful and it takes half as long just getting through nyc to long island.  tomorrow i'll test out the old surfboard i left for gerry but since he's become too much of a fat-ass sloth to use it, i'll </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115472395127679654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115472395127679654' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115472395127679654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115472395127679654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/to-do-list.html' title='to do list'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115469586145662122</id><published>2006-08-04T08:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T08:54:42.936-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bombs</title><summary type='text'>taaaaaaaaaaaaahiti!  ahhh, the smell of vanilla, eating poisson cru, mahi-mahi burgers at $10 a pop, burning firewood wafting in the am, big tattoos.  surf travel...go get some.  i'orana!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115469586145662122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115469586145662122' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115469586145662122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115469586145662122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/bombs.html' title='Bombs'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115469333428844980</id><published>2006-08-04T07:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T08:08:54.306-04:00</updated><title type='text'>still in baltimore</title><summary type='text'>sitting here in gerry's cave of a room dreading the drive back to nyc.  downloaded some good pics for his desktop that i just know he'll love!  this place is a frickin' disaster area and i'm actually amazed i haven't seen more bugs wandering around floors and walls but i guess even creepy crawlers have their limits.  let me tell you a little about how i see my friend gerry...does nothing all day,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115469333428844980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115469333428844980' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115469333428844980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115469333428844980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/still-in-baltimore.html' title='still in baltimore'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32153693.post-115465545591704068</id><published>2006-08-03T21:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T21:37:35.923-04:00</updated><title type='text'>welcome to the world of high tech!</title><summary type='text'>whooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!  graduated high school in '87 and can't believe that i have no idea how to do any of this stuff.  i like, i like, i like!  cool!  i can actually do this...you can do this...anybody can!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/feeds/115465545591704068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=32153693&amp;postID=115465545591704068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115465545591704068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/32153693/posts/default/115465545591704068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empirempanada.blogspot.com/2006/08/welcome-to-world-of-high-tech.html' title='welcome to the world of high tech!'/><author><name>nikki &amp;amp; neil</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_l8_HMk8DBTg/R5BLO-goyTI/AAAAAAAAAGc/6xNqhQQlj0A/S220/sunset.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
