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	<title>Ordered Chaos</title>
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	<description>A pile of organized miscellany.</description>
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		<title>Safari!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a  final  hurrah on this month-long saga, I took full advantage of the  opportunity to see African wildlife on a  4-day safari. Boy did we  go out with a bang! On thursday we boarded the cozy and sweat-ridden matatu for Nairobi to be ready for the next morning&#8217;s pickup. Our homestay was as  overstuffed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=110</link>
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		<title>Chillin&#8217; Like Villains on the Coast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend provided some much needed relaxation on beautiful beaches and in the company of laid back residents. Our trek began Friday evening as we made way for Nairobi. Being an hour&#8217;s drive from Kitengela, we budgeted two hours to ride in the matatu (think primitive van seating 14 but actually seating 24). So, when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=97</link>
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		<title>Hell&#8217;s Gate &amp; IDP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was a roller coaster of experiences, ranging from awe-inspiring nature-scapes to foreign dogpile-style transportation. Our Outreach Weekend started with an unremarkable BBQ that included loud, Irish frat boys and quadruple-shot drinks. You do the math. The next morning we departed for a KCC Project, which is a school setup by volunteers to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=89</link>
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		<title>Kitengela, Round Two!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After an inadvertent tour of Nairobi medical facilities, I&#8217;m back in the classroom getting my teach on. As you may have heard, my stomach went to battle with little Kenyan critters, and sadly lost. What started as a nauseous feeling at the end of the school day on Friday quickly turned to a need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=79</link>
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		<title>Jambo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official&#8230;I&#8217;m here! Twenty hours of travel split into three flights sure left me exhausted, but my low-energy state was nicely tempered by the warm welcome we received in Kenya. I arrived on Monday night in Nairobi from Amsterdam only to be greeted with a 40-minute line get my Visa. And, for the first time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=74</link>
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		<title>Thorn in My Toe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A decision to register for a 50-mile race comes with sacrifice. Of course, there are the obvious ones: 4- to 6-hour long runs on the weekends, after school hours on the trail, income allocated to running gear &#38; registration fees. Then there are the not-so-obvious: pricey grocery bills for elevated caloric needs, early weekend nights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=69</link>
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		<title>New Year, Same Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether under pressure at work, at home or via social expectations of a &#8220;new you&#8221;, a new year can really be bittersweet. &#8220;What&#8217;s your New Year&#8217;s resolution?&#8221; To never ask anyone that question. Okay, I&#8217;ve never been one to make resolutions myself, simply because I consider January 1st an arbitrary day to declare newness.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=63</link>
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		<title>Flavors of 50</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a week ago, I found myself taking part in an act of idiocy &#8211; I registered for a 50-mile race in Wisconsin on October 24th.  Though it fits into my long term plan to ascend the trail running staircase to a 100-miler, I still am left wondering why anyone would do this. Time will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=58</link>
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		<title>San Francisco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After being holed up in a plane for a bundle of hours, good ole Oakland welcomed us with open arms. Then we immediately left. Sorry, Oakland, you&#8217;re just a stepping stone to San Francisco.
Maybe out of habit from last summer&#8217;s trip to Europe, we hit the road on foot to explore The City. Because we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=57</link>
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		<title>California Dreamin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And we&#8217;re off! Yes, maybe California is still but a glimmer of hope in our crazy lives, but we are a state closer during our layover in Denver.
This morning Al got home from work at about 1am, and it wasn&#8217;t until I programmed our coffee maker that I realized I could get 2.5 hours of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chrisramey.net/?p=54</link>
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