<?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-5090852317227844054</id><updated>2011-07-08T02:11:18.990-07:00</updated><category term='Smoking'/><category term='Diet'/><category term='Children'/><category term='cheating'/><category term='Obese'/><category term='The Globe and Mail'/><category term='Addiction'/><category term='Parenting'/><category term='School'/><category term='Post-Adoption Depression'/><category term='Food'/><title type='text'>Excuses excuses</title><subtitle type='html'>Because 'the dog ate my homework'is so old school..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-867404063080409768</id><published>2009-06-19T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T08:46:24.214-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Excuse # 7 - I didn't know the speed limit</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/news/victoria/Speeding+excuses+with+police/1670002/story.html"&gt;Top 10 excuses for speeding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-867404063080409768?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/867404063080409768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=867404063080409768&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/867404063080409768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/867404063080409768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuse-7-i-didnt-know-speed-limit.html' title='Excuse # 7 - I didn&apos;t know the speed limit'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-6815250426315166824</id><published>2009-06-18T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T05:55:05.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Excuse # 6 - I'm indecisive</title><content type='html'>Chronically indecisive? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need a place to turn?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go to &lt;a href="http://www.hunch.com" target="_blank"&gt;Hunch.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now you have no excuse for being indecisive!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-6815250426315166824?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6815250426315166824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=6815250426315166824&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/6815250426315166824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/6815250426315166824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuse-6-im-indecisive.html' title='Excuse # 6 - I&apos;m indecisive'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-2141738988452806876</id><published>2009-06-17T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T00:00:02.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How making excuses is wrong</title><content type='html'>I once worked for a manager who said that if you have to make excuses then something is wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out, he may have been right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.personal-development.com/chuck/excuses.htm"&gt;http://www.personal-development.com/chuck/excuses.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-2141738988452806876?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2141738988452806876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=2141738988452806876&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/2141738988452806876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/2141738988452806876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-making-excuses-is-wrong.html' title='How making excuses is wrong'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-3135909524018804897</id><published>2009-06-16T05:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T05:55:01.115-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Excuse # 5 - I'm a better parent when I don't have to be one</title><content type='html'>I wonder how his ex-wife truly feels about this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wpodfacts0428/BNStory/lifeMain/"&gt;http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wpodfacts0428/BNStory/lifeMain/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-3135909524018804897?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3135909524018804897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=3135909524018804897&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/3135909524018804897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/3135909524018804897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuse-5-im-better-parent-when-i-dont.html' title='Excuse # 5 - I&apos;m a better parent when I don&apos;t have to be one'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-3816559688700012854</id><published>2009-06-15T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T18:52:44.918-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obese'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Excuse # 4 - McDonalds made me fat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/nyregion/teenagers-suit-says-mcdonald-s-made-them-obese.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FW%2FWeight"&gt; Teenagers Suit says McDonalds made them obese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This lawsuit was eventually dismissed in 2003 but revived in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When will people take responsibility for their own actions?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-3816559688700012854?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3816559688700012854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=3816559688700012854&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/3816559688700012854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/3816559688700012854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/mcdonald.html' title='Excuse # 4 - McDonalds made me fat'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-5304509689203420214</id><published>2009-06-13T00:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T00:00:03.061-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cheating'/><title type='text'>Excuse # 3 - Everyone else is doing it</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/cheating/article4.html"&gt;Popular excuses for cheating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-5304509689203420214?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5304509689203420214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=5304509689203420214&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/5304509689203420214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/5304509689203420214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuse-3-everyone-else-is-doing-it.html' title='Excuse # 3 - Everyone else is doing it'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-6331417419132978057</id><published>2009-06-11T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T14:02:32.581-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Smoking'/><title type='text'>Excuse # 2 - Philip Morris made him do it</title><content type='html'>He thought it was cool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He didn't know it wasn't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He couldn't quit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's a person to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blame Philip Morris&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2001-05-18/article/4997?headline=Cancer-striken-man-sues-Philip-Morris-Inc"&gt;http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2001-05-18/article/4997?headline=Cancer-striken-man-sues-Philip-Morris-Inc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-6331417419132978057?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6331417419132978057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=6331417419132978057&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/6331417419132978057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/6331417419132978057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/philip-morris-made-him-do-it.html' title='Excuse # 2 - Philip Morris made him do it'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090852317227844054.post-5422185592140951611</id><published>2009-06-10T04:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T05:40:19.841-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Globe and Mail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Post-Adoption Depression'/><title type='text'>Excuse # 1 - Post adoption depression</title><content type='html'>Have you adopted a child recently? Don't like them anymore? Need an excuse to get rid of them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then self-diagnose yourself on the internet with &lt;em&gt;'post-adoption depression'&lt;/em&gt; like this person did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/these-boys-deserve-so-much-more-than-i-can-give-them/article1174325/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/these-boys-deserve-so-much-more-than-i-can-give-them/article1174325/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The depression has lifted since the adoption was disolved a month ago"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Problem solved!&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/these-boys-deserve-so-much-more-than-i-can-give-them/article1174325/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5090852317227844054-5422185592140951611?l=excusesblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5422185592140951611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5090852317227844054&amp;postID=5422185592140951611&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/5422185592140951611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5090852317227844054/posts/default/5422185592140951611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://excusesblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuse-1-post-adoption-depression.html' title='Excuse # 1 - Post adoption depression'/><author><name>Marilyn Braun</name><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>
