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		<title>Lost, Found: White Rabbit</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-white-rabbit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Time to go down the rabbit hole, into an odd Wonderland. But what kind of hole, what kind of Wonderland? The kind we&#8217;ve been set up for, in the pilot, with a tabula rasa, a walkabout.
Jack goes out to save a drowning woman, finds Boone, who has already gone out to try to save [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: Walkabout</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-walkabout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Walkabout &#8212; as Locke describes it, &#8220;a journey of spiritual renewal where one bcomes one with the Earth and derives strength from it.&#8221; As the survivors are all lost and trying to find themselves and the island represents in so many ways the Earth, it seems the entire series is an epic walkabout.
Noise, rumblings [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: Tabula Rasa</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-tabula-rasa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Tabula rasa &#8212; the blank slate. The notion that people are born with nothing innate, &#8220;blank,&#8221; &#8220;clean,&#8221; and that everything we are comes from our experiences. Our modern conception of this comes mostly from 17th century philosopher John Locke, who also thought this meant that each individual is free to define the content of [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: The MacGuffin Theory</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-the-macguffin-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-the-macguffin-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  The moment with Charlie at the end of the pilot episode &#8212; where he asks his fellow hikers, in response to the French distress signal, &#8220;Guys, where are we?&#8221; &#8212; seems to be the question that launched a thousand theories. Indeed, one of the key phenomena surrounding Lost fandom is theorizing about what the [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: Pilot, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-pilot-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  The proper critics will scoff &#8212; I remember my Environmental Sociology professor being horrified that I was going to go through Titanic in chronological order rather than thematically. After seeing the look on her face, I did a rewrite, and I admit it&#8217;s a better way to write criticism and analysis. But chronological is [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Potluck Now Using PrimePress Theme</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/potluck-now-using-primepress-theme/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2008/08/potluck-now-using-primepress-theme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Over time, somehow some things had been getting a little quirky and error-prone here, plus I&#8217;d been thinking that a cleaner theme might be nice for the site.
Today, I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1 and switched to the PrimePress theme designed by Ravi Varma.
Things should run faster, and content should be easier to read. Hope [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: Pilot, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-pilot-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-pilot-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  (If you haven&#8217;t read the introductory Lost, Found post, you might get some value from doing so, but maybe not, it&#8217;s up to you!)
Right out of the gate, in only the first half of the pilot episode, we are exposed to most of the main themes and ideas that will run through the series. [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Lost, Found: An Ongoing Look at the Meaning of a Landmark Television Series</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-an-ongoing-look-at-the-meaning-of-a-landmark-television-series/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2008/08/lost-found-an-ongoing-look-at-the-meaning-of-a-landmark-television-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;d resisted watching Lost for a very long time. Television had become less important in my life, and other things demanded my time. Taking on another hour-long series just didn&#8217;t seem wise. I&#8217;d hear about it. And what I&#8217;d hear was intriguing. But I&#8217;d never seen J.J. Abrams&#8217; other lauded television work &#8212; like [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Abundance</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2008/08/abundance/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2008/08/abundance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  I think I&#8217;ve been too precious about this site.
Actually, I know I have.
It&#8217;s time for a change. Instead of being oh so careful about what I post and how I post it, I&#8217;m going to start taking advantage of this site more regularly and more casually. Plenty of opportunity still to put &#8220;finer&#8221; things, [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>New Offerings from Potluck Creative Arts</title>
		<link>http://potluck.com/2007/11/new-offerings-from-potluck-creative-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://potluck.com/2007/11/new-offerings-from-potluck-creative-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Meritt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  At long last, finally, Potluck Creative Arts has a proper home on the web!
http://potluckcreativearts.com





Along with the site comes a number of new and unique music, arts and creativity services offered by Mark S. Meritt. Many involve opportunities for you to participate, collaborate and learn, some from anywhere in the world. Several are based on [...] ]]></description>
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