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		<title>Pancake Restaurant Was Nasty</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2012/01/06/ihop-was-nasty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I went to a pancake restaurant in a town that I don&#8217;t usually go to.  I met a friend there for brunch.  I ordered what I usually order at &#8220;my&#8221; local pancake house - fried potatoes, and poached eggs.  I asked that the potatoes be fried without any onions, because I don&#8217;t like onions!  Well, this place just could not seem to get it right!  It was awful.  Poached eggs are supposed to be soft and runny in the middle, and these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning I went to a pancake restaurant in a town that I don&#8217;t usually go to.  I met a friend there for brunch.  I ordered what I usually order at &#8220;my&#8221; local pancake house - fried potatoes, and poached eggs.  I asked that the potatoes be fried without any onions, because I don&#8217;t like onions!  Well, this place just could not seem to get it right!  It was awful.  Poached eggs are supposed to be soft and runny in the middle, and these were like hard boiled eggs.  The potatoes came out with more onions in them than potatoes, and the coffee and toast were stone cold!</p>
<p>When I complained to the waitress, she sent the breakfast back but still nothing was right.  She brought it back a piece at a time, and the potatoes still tasted strongly of onion, the coffee was still cold, and so were the eggs.  I was totally disgusted and left without eating any breakfast at all.  I won&#8217;t be going back to THAT place again!</p>
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		<title>Plus Size Clothing</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/10/20/plus-size-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are so hard on us since our parents left this world over 3 years ago now and it is always a struggle to please everyone in the family trying to accommodate each others wants, needs and feelings. My eldest sister has basically taken on the task of having the Christmas family dinner at her place, while others have been taking turns holding the Thanksgiving dinner and festivities at their homes, which so far has worked out fairly well. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The holidays are so hard on us since our parents left this world over 3 years ago now and it is always a struggle to please everyone in the family trying to accommodate each others wants, needs and feelings. My eldest sister has basically taken on the task of having the Christmas family dinner at her place, while others have been taking turns holding the Thanksgiving dinner and festivities at their homes, which so far has worked out fairly well.</p>
<p>For all my of eldest sister&#8217;s hard work I always try and buy her a present that she really likes and needs and will utilize instead of just some junky gift that was purchased with little or no thought involved. So I have been looking at some nice <a href="http://www.onestopplus.com/Plus-Size-Clothing.aspx?DeptId=11542">plus size clothing</a> online, trying to find her something that she will be able to wear to church on Sunday mornings. She takes a lot of pride in her hair, make-up and her clothes so I have to be careful to make sure that my choice is spot on, and returnable if needed.</p>
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		<title>The energy crisis</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/10/04/the-energy-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the cost of fuel increasing, and it is increasing once again, it is getting harder for the farm to be making enough money to pay for the fuel I need to run the tractors to tend the farm.   I&#8217;m growing enough crops to feed my own livestock, assuming that the weather cooperates I won&#8217;t have to buy too much winter feed. I&#8217;m thinking about putting in a windmill and some solar panels to try to generate some of my own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the cost of fuel increasing, and it is increasing once again, it is getting harder for the farm to be making enough money to pay for the fuel I need to run the tractors to tend the farm.   I&#8217;m growing enough crops to feed my own livestock, assuming that the weather cooperates I won&#8217;t have to buy too much winter feed.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m thinking about putting in a windmill and some solar panels to try to generate some of my own energy to cut down on electricity costs.  It&#8217;s hard to find ways to conserve energy when you are running a farm!  I&#8217;ve been reading articles on the Internet about how different plants like algae can be used to create biofuel instead of using corn (which I think is a great idea) and how many areas of the country are looking into wind farms and solar farms, too.  I think that all of these areas are good investments into the energy futures of the country.</p>
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		<title>Farm Humor for Twisted People</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/08/18/farm-humor-for-twisted-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good old farm humor, gotta love it!       Keeping it real down on the farm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good old farm humor, gotta love it!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-651" title="1" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/1.jpg" alt="1" width="278" height="322" />    <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-652" title="2" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2.jpg" alt="2" width="301" height="321" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-653" title="3" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3.jpg" alt="3" width="273" height="339" />  <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-654" title="4" src="http://toddbenatar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/4.jpg" alt="4" width="320" height="338" /></p>
<p>Keeping it real down on the farm&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s Sweet Tea</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/08/14/mcdonalds-sweet-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not been a big fan of McDonald&#8217;s for some time now. After eating so much of their food for so many years I got totally burned out on it some time back. I do have to say that their sweet tea is the best iced tea ever and you just can&#8217;t beat the price anywhere else, a large sweet tea anywhere else will cost you at least double that and if you dine in you can have free [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have not been a big fan of McDonald&#8217;s for some time now. After eating so much of their food for so many years I got totally burned out on it some time back. I do have to say that their sweet tea is the best iced tea ever and you just can&#8217;t beat the price anywhere else, a large sweet tea anywhere else will cost you at least double that and if you dine in you can have free refills as much as you like. Just don&#8217;t purchase it through the drive through or as take out because trying to get a refill that way is a real non-no. So as much as I like zipping through drive through it is worth it for me to go in and order and eat in the cool air conditioning and get as many free refills that I can guzzle down before heading out again into the summer&#8217;s heat.</p>
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		<title>That&#8217;s a BIG Burger!</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/06/09/thats-a-big-burger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This burger is the biggest grilled ground beef on a bun that I have ever seen. I can just imagine going to a restaurant and ordering &#8220;the biggest burger you can make,&#8221; and then having the server walk up to my table with THIS! I would definitely need a doggie bag with this order!]]></description>
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<p>This burger is the biggest grilled ground beef on a bun that I have ever seen. I can just imagine going to a restaurant and ordering &#8220;the biggest burger you can make,&#8221; and then having the server walk up to my table with THIS! I would definitely need a doggie bag with this order!</p>
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		<title>Full moon</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/05/14/full-moon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 23:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into some friends today at the Tractor Supply Store.  We hadn&#8217;t seen each other in a while, so we decided to have coffee together at the local diner before we all headed home again.   We started talking about how tonight was the full moon and swapping stories about how the full moon sometimes effects them or people that they know.  Bob said his wife is a nurse in the local Emergency Room and that they get a lot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I ran into some friends today at the Tractor Supply Store.  We hadn&#8217;t seen each other in a while, so we decided to have coffee together at the local diner before we all headed home again.   We started talking about how tonight was the full moon and swapping stories about how the full moon sometimes effects them or people that they know. </p>
<p>Bob said his wife is a nurse in the local Emergency Room and that they get a lot busier during the full moon than any other time of the month.  She said that they get more incidences of violence, saying the people&#8217;s tempers flare up more easily.  She also claimed that more babies are born during the full moon.</p>
<p>Gary said that his youngest daughter gets a lot crankier than usual during the full moon, and tends to start arguments with her brothers and sisters on full moon days.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d heard that the police department has more people scheduled to work during the full moon too, because they have more domestic disturbance calls during the full moon.  I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true or not&#8230;.  just something I&#8217;d heard.  I think it&#8217;s an interesting idea, that the full moon effects our moods in that way.</p>
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		<title>Cake Boss</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/03/07/cake-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe that I have been watching the new TV show on TLC, Cake Boss. It isn&#8217;t normally the type of show that I would enjoy watching, but I do like cake! The show is about a large extended 2nd generation Italian family that runs a very busy and well known bakery in New Jersey. The owner is an inspiring baker that enjoys making the most outrageous cakes that people request from and pay dearly for and it is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t believe that I have been watching the new TV show on TLC, Cake Boss. It isn&#8217;t normally the type of show that I would enjoy watching, but I do like cake! The show is about a large extended 2nd generation Italian family that runs a very busy and well known bakery in New Jersey. The owner is an inspiring baker that enjoys making the most outrageous cakes that people request from and pay dearly for and it is all filmed and narrated, an enjoyable hour to watch some times when there isn&#8217;t all that much on anywhere else.</p>
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		<title>Too Cold to Grill</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/01/28/too-cold-to-grill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I cook steaks I like to use my gas grill that is out on the deck. But it is pretty cold this week. I don&#8217;t think I want to stand in front of a grill out in this cold weather just to eat a well cooked steak. I might go down to the home goods store and buy one of those George Foreman grills that you use in your kitchen. I have heard several people say they got one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I cook steaks I like to use my gas grill that is out on the deck. But it is pretty cold this week. I don&#8217;t think I want to stand in front of a grill out in this cold weather just to eat a well cooked steak.</p>
<p>I might go down to the home goods store and buy one of those George Foreman grills that you use in your kitchen. I have heard several people say they got one for Christmas and that they love it. So maybe I should try that out. I don&#8217;t really see how an electric waffle maker looking appliance can cook steaks as good as a grill with open flame, but I&#8217;m willing to give it a chance just for the sake of not having to be outside when the temperature drops below 20 degrees.</p>
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		<title>Chili Dogs</title>
		<link>http://toddbenatar.com/2011/01/03/chili-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s cold out there and I have been working up an appetite. I thought I had something in the kitchen to fix for lunch, but nothing looked good. I ended up driving out to Sonic and getting two chili dogs with tater tots. Their coffee is pretty good, too. The thing about Sonic is that you get a foot long hot dog and a nice thick chili sauce on top. But if you want anything else, you have to be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s cold out there and I have been working up an appetite. I thought I had something in the kitchen to fix for lunch, but nothing looked good. I ended up driving out to Sonic and getting two chili dogs with tater tots. Their coffee is pretty good, too.</p>
<p>The thing about Sonic is that you get a foot long hot dog and a nice thick chili sauce on top. But if you want anything else, you have to be sure and ask for it when you place the order. I like cheese and chopped onions on mine, so that&#8217;s what I ask for. Every once in a while it&#8217;s nice to add some chopped jalepenos on there, too!</p>
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