<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Preacher's Kid</title>
	<atom:link href="http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>a NaNoWriMo novel - November 2007</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:11:11 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='preacherskid.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/52154d36ec9dde9b3c24cef90860cb90?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Preacher's Kid</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>November 29</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/november-29/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/november-29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/november-29/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite memories from this time was a concert.  I had been to lots of Christian concerts over the years, but the vast majority of these were very sedate and very low-energy events.  I had never been to an honest-to-god rock concert.  Well, ok, there was this one time Deeanne and I had, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=31&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/november-29/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 28</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/november-28/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/november-28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/november-28/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The traffic at our apartment began to pick up slowly but surely.  I remember seeing people sitting on our couch and using the phone to arrange drug sales or purchases and wondering “Who is that?”  It just wasn’t that uncommon.  My brother had a large set of scales in his closet and was regularly weighing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=30&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/november-28/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 27</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-27/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-27/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before we moved into the apartments Linda lived in I have one last blowout night with our house roommate, David.  His girlfriend, Denise, was out of town so we had a boys night out.  We stopped at 7-11 and I picked up a bottle of Mad Dog.  I think it was grape flavored.  We cruised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=29&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-27/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 26</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-26/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-26/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-26/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gary had some speed, and so did Linda.  Linda was a relative (cousin?) that my brother started dating.  She was almost my age.  She worked at an old-school car dealership named Jack Williams Automall and helped me to get a job there.  I was going to work in the prep shop where they checked in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=28&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/november-26/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 25</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-25/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-25/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again my dad helped me pay off the Georgetown D.A. for all the hot checks, and added this to my tab.  I attended a hot check/felony/*repeat offender* class, which was similar to the one before.
When my parents went on a trip where they were out of town for the weekend (a rarity) my brother [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=27&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-25/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 24</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-24/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-24/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I got to Austin I called Deeanne again.  But something was different, something had changed.  I could hear it in her voice.  She talked to me for awhile about what had transpired while I was gone this time.  I pieced it all together later but the basics went something like this.  First, she did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=26&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/november-24/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 23</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-23/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-23/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To offset my budget issues I relied partially on shoplifting.  I grabbed a carton of cigarettes from behind a counter at a grocery store, added a few fried pies and walked out the door.  I may not have been the stealthiest of thieves, but I was reasonably certain that I wasn’t spotted.  In fact, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=25&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-23/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 22</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-22/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-22/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I drove to a cheap motel in Austin for the night.  I began traveling around, with really no particular direction in mind.  I had not planned out my trip, so I had no cash.  I began writing checks on a checkbook from an old account that was no longer open.  I cashed a check at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=24&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/november-22/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 21</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/november-21/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/november-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/november-21/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At some point we saw Keith Green in concert in Austin, Texas.  The building was normally used for wrestling events, and they actually reinforced the canvas (with plywood, I presume) and put the piano in the ring.  Keith used the rather obvious prop as an analogy to spiritual warfare. “And in this corner…”  We were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=23&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/november-21/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 20</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/november-20/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/november-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/november-20/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We bought our first car that year, a Chevrolet Cavalier hatchback.  I loved that car!  It was very helpful for getting back and forth to Dallas Baptist that fall.  I also took turns driving the school bus and depositing the kids at the high school.  Unfortunately the buses were old and usually overcrowded.  One day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=22&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/november-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 19</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/november-19/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/november-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/november-19/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t recall the details of what happened after that.  I think she may have come up for a visit to reassert her place in my life.  But it was the first time I was to experience her possessiveness.  It didn’t get any better from there.
Her parents had wanted her to go to one of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=21&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/november-19/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 18</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-18/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-18/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had no car.  I somehow hooked up with a couple who were going to work there for the summer and hitched a ride.  We drove from Lake Worth up Hwy. 287 to Amarillo.  You can smell Amarillo about the time you can see it.  Lots of cattle stockyards.  Lots of cow shit.  Interesting aroma.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=20&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-18/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 17</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-17/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-17/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having grown up in Texas I never really noticed the humidity.  Larry did.  He would come home from his first class, take a shower, lie on the bed wearing just a pair of athletic shorts hoping for the air conditioner to cool him off.  Before bed he would shower again.  He really was not a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=19&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/november-17/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 16</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/november-16/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/november-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/november-16/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I also took journalism in school, at least for awhile.  Our instructor, Steve, had a very wry humor and was good at design as well.  He created a couple of vicious looking school mascots, one of which adorned the new gym floor, the other was painted on the town water tower that stood next to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=18&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/november-16/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 15</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-15/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-15/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a job throughout each summer, and I think during the school year too, part-time.  I worked at a Crystal’s Pizza Parlor and did a lot of food prep work and table bussing.  I’ve never been able to stand olives after all the olive-slicing I did there.
During my freshman year I ended up in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=17&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-15/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 14</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-14/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-14/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I skipped a day.  Family in town, interruptions at lunch, etc.  So sue me.
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=16&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/november-14/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 13</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/november-13/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/november-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/november-13/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After we moved to Lake Worth we had them visit our church again.  The Cruse Family.  Their youngest son John could no longer sing the high notes on the song that used to highlight him, and the drummer was dating one daughter and the piano player was dating the oldest son.  Becky, the piano player, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=15&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/november-13/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 12</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/november-12/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/november-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/november-12/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[…We hung out together a lot.  He emulated me in several ways, playing the piano, and the drums, picking up what he could, where he could, but I’m pretty sure he played something else in band (clarinet?  I can’t recall for sure).  We dated girls we met at summer camp, I think I even ‘stole’ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=14&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/november-12/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 11</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/november-11/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/november-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/november-11/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was one other life-changing event that involved the Valiant, and that was when I lost my virginity.  It began as a bit of flirtatious note-passing during church service and then evolved into a serious discussion.  I guess it was about this time that I began showing symptoms of my black-or-white, with-me-or-against-me upbringing.  I would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=13&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/november-11/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 10</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-10/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-10/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not counting band, some other music memories I have from junior high involve the cafeteria.  At various points there was a radio in there.  The two tunes that always take me back to that cafeteria are Boston’s “More than a Feeling” and one song by B.J. Thomas which I can’t remember right now.
Summer almost always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=12&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 9</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-9/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-9/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My new best friend after Randy passed away would turn out to be John, from church.  His dad was a deacon and his grandfather was a preacher, so we were the perfect dysfunctional pair.  That we ended up friends is a bit of a mystery since one of my first encounters with him involved his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=11&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/november-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 8</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-8/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-8/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lake Worth had a somewhat unusual class schedule at that time, at least for the Junior High, which was trimesters.  It was a bit odd because the second trimester wrapped around the Christmas holidays.  But they also had classes I would never have been able to access in Big Lake.  One of my first trimesters [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=10&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 7</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-7/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-7/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My first summer in Lake Worth was one of astounding growth and wonder at the world around me.  We lived in a subdivision off of a semi-major road overlooking the rest of the town and the local drive-in theater.  Lake Worth wasn’t a large school system (I would have 76 students in my graduating class) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=9&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/november-7/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 6</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/november-6/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/november-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/november-6/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Big Lake had the usual assortment of churches, Baptist, Methodist, etc.  The two other churches that we had the most interaction with were the Assembly of God and Bethel Baptist.  I remember Bethel Baptist mostly due to a ‘concert’ they had with some sort of Jesus Movement music group.  To illustrate how out of sync [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=8&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/november-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 5</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/november-5/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/november-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/november-5/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m pretty sure that Tommy Woods was the one who also talked me into attempting to break my arm.  Normally that wouldn’t appeal to me, but the carrot at the end of the stick was the idea that if you broke something you wouldn’t have to go to school for awhile.  That was enough for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=7&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/november-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 4</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/november-4/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/november-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/november-4/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One constant companion in west Texas was travel.  Any sort of sporting event through school involved a lot of travel.  We would often travel to other towns for meetings of the regional Southern Baptist association or state associations.  One frequent stop was a visit to the Fortune’s in Sheffield, Texas, a town [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=5&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/november-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 3</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/november-3/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/november-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/november-3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So here I was, a rather naive, somewhat innocent preacher’s kid, living that peculiarly insulated life but I was surrounded by the children of ranchers and oilfield roustabouts.  In spite of that I only remember attracting the attention of one particular bully, Jimmy.  For reasons that I don’t remember (and I doubt he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=6&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/november-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 2</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/november-2/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/november-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/november-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My reading level was such that many of the church youth took it up as a challenge to try to trip me up.  Evidently some of them were convinced my dad had coached me into memorizing things so they would bring a current issue of a newspaper or magazine and thrust it in front [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=4&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/november-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November 1 &#8211; It begins</title>
		<link>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/november-1-prologue-and-intro/</link>
		<comments>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/november-1-prologue-and-intro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/november-1-prologue-and-intro/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;Preacher’s Kid&#8221; seems to have a special place in America’s lexicon.  When someone discovers that my father is a pastor there is a standard response.  The eyebrow’s arch, the eyes twinkle, a long drawn-out “aaaaAAAaaahhh” escapes the lips, the head begins to nod.  “So you’re a preacher’s kid!  That [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=preacherskid.wordpress.com&blog=2035176&post=3&subd=preacherskid&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://preacherskid.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/november-1-prologue-and-intro/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/1cf2dc6ae936d27e8d3d3736c32952a0?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">PK</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>