<?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-629172531026769772</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:32:30.553-08:00</updated><category term='reform'/><category term='penny'/><category term='currency'/><category term='healthcare'/><category term='politics'/><title type='text'>Skrivener</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Phil</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02317643475959400591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629172531026769772.post-4853595861504740273</id><published>2009-09-05T16:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T16:56:54.941-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reform'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='penny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Unlucky Pennies</title><summary type='text'>I moved from Australia to America about 8 years ago now, and while many things are similar, many small things (and some big) are different. One thing I had to get used to was the difference in currencies.

At a purely aesthetic level the differences are obvious, Australian notes are colorful, polymer bills, whereas the US notes are more uniform, less vibrant, linen ones. The coins are also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/feeds/4853595861504740273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/09/unlucky-pennies.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/4853595861504740273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/4853595861504740273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/09/unlucky-pennies.html' title='Unlucky Pennies'/><author><name>Phil</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02317643475959400591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/133841040_6dd9201f10_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629172531026769772.post-1120112077031134637</id><published>2009-09-05T15:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T15:19:06.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Splitting Posts</title><summary type='text'>Just a quick note, if you're looking for a couple of tech posts that are missing, they have been moved to The Feature Mill, my technology and futurism blog, so Skrivener will remain more focused on skeptical issues.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/feeds/1120112077031134637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/09/splitting-posts.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/1120112077031134637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/1120112077031134637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/09/splitting-posts.html' title='Splitting Posts'/><author><name>Phil</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02317643475959400591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629172531026769772.post-2583080282360108018</id><published>2009-08-20T18:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T18:07:36.474-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reform'/><title type='text'>A Reasoned Look at Deception Surrounding the Health Reform Debate</title><summary type='text'>If you're at all interested in the health care debate, and it seems at least most everyone in the US is from one perspective or another, then you should check this out.It debunks some of the more misleading claims being thrown around about the issue, and will put you on good footing to inform others should these topics come up around the cooler.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/feeds/2583080282360108018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-second-test.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/2583080282360108018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/629172531026769772/posts/default/2583080282360108018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://skrivener.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-second-test.html' title='A Reasoned Look at Deception Surrounding the Health Reform Debate'/><author><name>Phil</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02317643475959400591</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
