<?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-19814937</id><updated>2011-06-07T23:31:06.180-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane</title><subtitle type='html'>Every second Friday the most mundane writers in the blogosphere get together under a big tent and tell you their stories. Welcome to the Carnival of the Mundane!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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>63</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-9169052824537471826</id><published>2007-08-17T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-17T11:33:05.809-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXVIII</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://princessahah.blogspot.com/2007/08/its-carnival-time.html"&gt;Princess AhAh hosts this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;, on the theme of, The Ones That Got Away (or alternately, The Ones That Ran for Their Lives). She challenged bloggers to share their tales of old flames, lost loves, and crushes gone bad. Perhaps cautionary tales, if nothing else.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-9169052824537471826?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/9169052824537471826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/9169052824537471826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/08/carnival-of-mundane-xxxviii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXVIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-1087800816923280348</id><published>2007-06-08T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-17T11:36:23.365-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXVII</title><content type='html'>"Holmes?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, Watson?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Er, weren't you supposed to host a certain carnival this week? Something to do with, how shall I put it &amp;mdash; mundanity?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Indeed, Watson. Against all odds (absentee carnival masters, for one; intense Texas heat, for another) I managed to publish, on time, that literary spectacular known as &lt;a href="http://the-holmes.blogspot.com/2007/06/carnival-of-mundane-xxxvii.html"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Most excellent, sir!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Elementary, my dear Watson."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-1087800816923280348?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/1087800816923280348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/1087800816923280348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/06/carnival-of-mundane-xxxvii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXVII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-3519303809158136686</id><published>2007-05-25T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T12:54:50.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXVI</title><content type='html'>Michael Christelman's goal is to get a book deal from his blog, The Wonderful World of Nothing Worthwhile. He thinks hosting &lt;a href="http://thewonderfulworldofnothing.blogspot.com/2007/05/its-carnival-timeon-beach.html"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt; will help. I hope he's right!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-3519303809158136686?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/3519303809158136686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/3519303809158136686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/05/carnival-of-mundane-xxxvi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXVI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-7746046694790736757</id><published>2007-05-11T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-12T10:33:42.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXV</title><content type='html'>Some people need a hobby. Most people need to floss. Mist 1 needs to do both but first she hosts &lt;a href="http://mustgethobby.blogspot.com/2007/05/carnival-xxxv.html"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-7746046694790736757?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/7746046694790736757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/7746046694790736757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/05/carnival-of-mundane-xxxv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXV'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-688043833936633484</id><published>2007-04-27T18:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-28T19:02:12.819-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXIV</title><content type='html'>Secondhand Karl is on his way to Disneyland, but first he hosts the &lt;a href="http://www.secondhandkarl.com/2007/04/carnival_of_the.html"&gt;34th Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-688043833936633484?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/688043833936633484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/688043833936633484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/04/carnival-of-mundane-xxxiv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXIV'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-117666547706318865</id><published>2007-04-13T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-15T12:31:17.073-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXIII</title><content type='html'>Whoever came up with this notion that bad luck comes on Friday the 13th? And is it necessarily the case that close calls happen on Thursday the 12th? Cheryl hosts &lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/2007/04/carnival-of-mundane-xxxii.html"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-117666547706318865?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117666547706318865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117666547706318865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/04/carnival-of-mundane-xxxiii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-117666581179275028</id><published>2007-03-30T18:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-15T12:36:51.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXII</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/archives/475"&gt;This week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;, over at The Sam and BeckyBoo Show, is a two-for-one sale. Get 'em while they're hot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-117666581179275028?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117666581179275028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117666581179275028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/03/carnival-of-mundane-xxxii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-117409186441296006</id><published>2007-03-16T18:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T18:37:44.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXXI</title><content type='html'>Marisa of Apartment 2024 is our host for &lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/2007/03/16/means-of-procrastination-carnival-of-the-mundane/"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;, a task she takes on as a means of procrastinating from trying to figure out how make a short story for her narrativity theory class work.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-117409186441296006?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117409186441296006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117409186441296006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/03/carnival-of-mundane-xxxi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXXI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-117346557649412882</id><published>2007-03-02T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T10:39:36.503-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXX</title><content type='html'>There's lots of sex and lots of deleting by the editors, as &lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/03/02/the-carnival-of-the-mundane-xxx-the-xxx-edition/"&gt;Neil Kramer hosts the Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-117346557649412882?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117346557649412882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117346557649412882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/03/carnival-of-mundane-xxx.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXX'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-117062020545195538</id><published>2007-02-02T17:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-04T12:16:45.463-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXIX</title><content type='html'>Heather Barmore hosts &lt;a href="http://heatherbarmore.blogspot.com/2007/02/carnival-of-mundane-part-xxix.html"&gt;this week's Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt; on her blog, No Pasa Nada. Rush on over to the big tent and check out her Foxxy Cleopatra hairdo.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-117062020545195538?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117062020545195538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/117062020545195538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/02/carnival-of-mundane-xxix.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXIX'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116924283941026508</id><published>2007-01-19T17:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T13:40:39.420-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXVIII</title><content type='html'>Fit&amp;egrave;na is our host for this week's Carnival of the Mundane &amp;mdash; or, "Papillon" La Maison du Bonheur, if you will. Brush up on your French and &lt;a href="http://rereadthis.blogspot.com/2007/01/carnival-of-mundane.html"&gt;check out what she's put together for us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116924283941026508?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116924283941026508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116924283941026508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/01/carnival-of-mundane-xxviii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXVIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116924309035633732</id><published>2007-01-05T17:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T13:44:50.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXVII</title><content type='html'>Country Goalie hosts &lt;a href="http://www.homesteadblogger.com/Affected/39750/carnival+of+the+mundane+xxvii.html"&gt;the first Carnival of the Mundane of 2007&lt;/a&gt;. Woo-hoo! Can you believe it &amp;mdash; we've been putting up and striking the big tent for a whole year now. It's so exciting, I'm getting all verklempt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116924309035633732?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116924309035633732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116924309035633732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/01/carnival-of-mundane-xxvii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXVII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116275633880553415</id><published>2007-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-08-31T09:25:59.737-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2007 Carnival of the Mundane Schedule</title><content type='html'>&lt;TABLE BORDER="2"&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Carnival&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Date&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Host&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homesteadblogger.com/Affected/39750/carnival+of+the+mundane+xxvii.html"&gt;XXVII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;January 5&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homesteadblogger.com/affected"&gt;To The Hilt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://rereadthis.blogspot.com/2007/01/carnival-of-mundane.html"&gt;XXVIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;January 19&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rereadthis.blogspot.com/"&gt;C'est La Vie!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://heatherbarmore.blogspot.com/2007/02/carnival-of-mundane-part-xxix.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXIX&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;February 2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://heatherbarmore.blogspot.com/"&gt;No Pasa Nada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2007/03/02/the-carnival-of-the-mundane-xxx-the-xxx-edition/"&gt;XXX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/"&gt;Citizen of the Month&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/2007/03/16/means-of-procrastination-carnival-of-the-mundane/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXXI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 16&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/"&gt;Apartment 2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/archives/475"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXXII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 30&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/"&gt;The Sam and Beckyboo Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/2007/04/carnival-of-mundane-xxxii.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXXIII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;April 13&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bread and Bread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secondhandkarl.com/2007/04/carnival_of_the.html"&gt;XXXIV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;April 27&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.secondhandkarl.com/"&gt;Secondhand Tryptophan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustgethobby.blogspot.com/2007/05/carnival-xxxv.html"&gt;XXXV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;May 11&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustgethobby.blogspot.com/"&gt;To do: 1. Get hobby 2. Floss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://thewonderfulworldofnothing.blogspot.com/2007/05/its-carnival-timeon-beach.html"&gt;XXXVI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;May 25&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://thewonderfulworldofnothing.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Wonderful World of Nothing Worthwhile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-holmes.blogspot.com/2007/06/carnival-of-mundane-xxxvii.html"&gt;XXXVII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;June 8&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-holmes.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Holmes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://princessahah.blogspot.com/2007/08/its-carnival-time.html"&gt;XXXVIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;August 17&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://princessahah.blogspot.com/"&gt;Princess AhAh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXXIX&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;September 14&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaplyinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kaply, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XL&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;September 28&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/"&gt;The Random Yak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;October 12&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snackiepoo.com/"&gt;Snackiepoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;October 26&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Host T.B.D.&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLIII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;November 9&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.piggyhawk.net/"&gt;So Anyway&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLIV&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;November 23&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Host T.B.D.&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLV&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;December 7&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Host T.B.D.&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;XLVI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;December 21&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Host T.B.D.&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116275633880553415?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116275633880553415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116275633880553415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2007/01/2007-carnival-of-mundane-schedule.html' title='2007 Carnival of the Mundane Schedule'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116752423155269506</id><published>2006-12-22T17:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T16:17:11.553-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXVI</title><content type='html'>Rick Sincere, who has the best name &lt;i&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt; for a gay, libertarian, Catholic, Republican author and theatre critic, hosts &lt;a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2006/12/carnival-of-mundane-christmas-2006.html"&gt;the last Carnival of the Mundane for 2006&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116752423155269506?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116752423155269506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116752423155269506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/12/carnival-of-mundane-xxvi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXVI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116564428914158623</id><published>2006-12-08T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T22:04:49.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXV</title><content type='html'>The Yaks over at Random Yak are wrapping up the &lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/?p=1628"&gt;second-to-last Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt; for 2006, and it tastes all tinsely. Don't you just hate it when that metal sticks to your teeth?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116564428914158623?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116564428914158623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116564428914158623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/12/carnival-of-mundane-xxv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXV'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116441666148518930</id><published>2006-11-24T16:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T17:05:39.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXIV</title><content type='html'>All the world's a skwib, and we, the carnies, are merely players. Mark A. Rayner is the host of the &lt;a href="http://www.markarayner.com/blog/archived/718/"&gt;24th Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116441666148518930?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116441666148518930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116441666148518930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/11/carnival-of-mundane-xxiv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXIV'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116321238236664006</id><published>2006-11-10T18:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T18:41:53.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXIII</title><content type='html'>It's midterm elections week in the U.S. and while diligent paper-pushers are brushing off chads and counting votes, Sam and BeckyBoo are scrambling to form committees at the &lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/2006/11/11/carnival-of-the-mundane-xxiii/"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane XXIII&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116321238236664006?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116321238236664006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116321238236664006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/11/carnival-of-mundane-xxiii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116262431468273495</id><published>2006-10-27T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T23:11:54.696-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXII</title><content type='html'>The &lt;a href="http://blujackit5.blogspot.com/2006/10/carnival-of-mundane-xxii.html"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane XXII&lt;/a&gt; has opened its tent flaps at Philly Transplant. Come one, come all, and please hold the flaps open for the midgets.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116262431468273495?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116262431468273495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116262431468273495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/10/carnival-of-mundane-xxii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-116080294405955013</id><published>2006-10-13T23:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-13T22:15:44.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XXI</title><content type='html'>It's Friday the 13th, and triskaidekaphobic Everyday Goddess has &lt;a href="http://everydaygoddess.typepad.com/everyday_goddess/2006/10/very_superstiti.html"&gt;thirteen scary stories of the mundane&lt;/a&gt; to frighten us down to the very fibres of our dishrags. Not recommended for anyone who does not have a life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-116080294405955013?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116080294405955013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/116080294405955013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/10/carnival-of-mundane-xxi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XXI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115955102172779162</id><published>2006-09-29T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T10:32:30.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XX</title><content type='html'>It's the 20th Carnival of the Mundane, and host Kevin Apgar has us playing football under the big tent in his hometown of Chicago. He's outlining his game plan to win that Lombardi trophy. &lt;a href="http://kapgar.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/carnival_time_i.html"&gt;Read all about it here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115955102172779162?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115955102172779162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115955102172779162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/09/carnival-of-mundane-xx.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XX'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115834926813557121</id><published>2006-09-15T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T12:41:08.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XIX</title><content type='html'>Our latest Carnival of the Mundane has nothing to do with the recent bizarre death of Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin.  Almost. Nor does it have anything to do with playing bass. Nevertheless, if you've got a guitar or a harmonica you're welcome to bring them along. Come one, come all, to the &lt;a href="http://mommyplaysbass.blogspot.com/2006/09/carnival-of-mundane-xix.html"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane XIX&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115834926813557121?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115834926813557121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115834926813557121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/09/carnival-of-mundane-xix.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XIX'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115716369054839672</id><published>2006-09-01T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T19:21:30.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XVIII</title><content type='html'>The latest Carnival of the Mundane is crowding into the 865 square feet of &lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/09/01/carnival-of-the-mundane-random-and-ecletic/"&gt;Apartment 2024&lt;/a&gt;. Marisa says there's room for everyone, but I say, entering carrying a bottle of single malt couldn't hurt. After all, it's BYOB.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115716369054839672?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115716369054839672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115716369054839672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/09/carnival-of-mundane-xviii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XVIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115600857081483907</id><published>2006-08-19T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:21:41.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XVII</title><content type='html'>Bloggers, you may have been hearing about this trend called fauxtojournalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Random Yak explains in &lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/?p=1229"&gt;the latest Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115600857081483907?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115600857081483907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115600857081483907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/08/carnival-of-mundane-xvii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XVII'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115540688074029150</id><published>2006-08-11T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T11:21:20.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yakety Yak (Please Talk Back)</title><content type='html'>Are you Practical? Transitory? Ordinary? Do you blog about the world and life within it?  Does your blog look at the mundane in a manner which is (or isn't) anything but?   Do you like pot pies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If so, have we got a carnival for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Carnival of the Mundane is pitching its tents at &lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/"&gt;The Random Yak&lt;/a&gt; next Friday, August 18. Come one, come all, as we celebrate the mundane.  Send your submissions to randomyak at gmail dot com. Best get them in before Thursday at midnight, because you don't want all the good seats selling out before you get there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R. Yak, Mundane Ringmaster-of-the-week&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115540688074029150?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115540688074029150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115540688074029150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/08/yakety-yak-please-talk-back.html' title='Yakety Yak (Please Talk Back)'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115513441295933445</id><published>2006-08-05T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-09T07:40:14.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XVI</title><content type='html'>Leesepea is a teacher, and so in the 16th Carnival of the Mundane she makes us go to summer school. &lt;a href="http://leesepea.blogspot.com/2006/08/carnival-of-mundane-summer-school.html"&gt;Learn all about it here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115513441295933445?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115513441295933445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115513441295933445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/08/carnival-of-mundane-xvi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XVI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115420387055824060</id><published>2006-07-29T13:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-29T13:11:10.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane opens its tent flaps on Friday, August 4 and will be hosted by Leesepea at &lt;a href="http://leesepea.blogspot.com/"&gt;But Wait! There's More...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to contribute, please read the guidelines &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/guidelines-for-joining-carnival-of.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then send your contributions to leesepea at adelphia dot net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to host an upcoming Carnival of the Mundane, we have openings on September 1, September 15, and October 27. Please &lt;a href="mailto:postmodernsass@gmail.com"&gt;email Postmodern Sass&lt;/a&gt; if you would like to host, and tell me which day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115420387055824060?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115420387055824060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115420387055824060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/07/calling-all-carnies-to-next-carnival.html' title='Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115411621390537058</id><published>2006-07-28T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-29T10:30:39.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival XV-The Better Late Than Never Edition</title><content type='html'>is up &lt;a href="http://www.deanabbott.typepad.com/"&gt;at my place.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115411621390537058?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115411621390537058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115411621390537058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/07/carnival-xv-better-late-than-never.html' title='Carnival XV-The Better Late Than Never Edition'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115343819288972040</id><published>2006-07-20T16:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:22:06.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.deanabbott.typepad.com/"&gt;I&lt;/a&gt; am hosting the Carnival this week, but it may not go up until Monday or possibly later depending on my circumstances.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115343819288972040?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115343819288972040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115343819288972040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/07/carnival-of-mundane-xv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XV'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115213828316903431</id><published>2006-07-05T15:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:22:27.360-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XIV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2006/07/matters-carnivalistic-and-not.html"&gt;Tiff&lt;/a&gt; is pulling together our next installment as we speak. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She's looking for a few good submitters. Why not help her out?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115213828316903431?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115213828316903431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115213828316903431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/07/carnival-of-mundane-xiv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XIV'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115115812789291173</id><published>2006-06-24T07:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:22:44.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XIII</title><content type='html'>is up at &lt;a href="http://hyperioninstitute.blogspot.com/2006/06/carnival-13th.html"&gt;The Hyperion Institute&lt;/a&gt;. This time when you go, bring a sweater.  It's a chiller.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115115812789291173?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115115812789291173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115115812789291173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/carnival-of-mundane-xiii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XIII'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-115067381177660864</id><published>2006-06-16T16:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-18T16:36:51.786-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all non triskadekaphobiacs</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane will be on a &lt;b&gt;Friday&lt;/b&gt; and will be the &lt;b&gt;thirteenth&lt;/b&gt; Carnival we've had.  In effect, it will be Friday the Thirteenth!  (Mwuah Ha Ha ha!)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;[Okay, that's lame, but work with me, I'm building a theme, here]&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Promising more thrills, more chills (and if we're really lucky, more Hayley Mills) than ever before, the Thirteenth Carnival of the Mundane will be unlike any party you've ever been to before. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Can't promise you'll live through it, but you will enjoy the downward spiral.  If you have what takes send your submission (note the lack of "s" ending that word) to Hyperion at hyperioninstitute at gmail dot com by midnight Wednesday.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;We'll see you next Friday at the &lt;a href="http://hyperioninstitute.blogspot.com/"&gt;Hyperion Institute&lt;/a&gt;.  (Don't forget to bring a candle.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-115067381177660864?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115067381177660864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/115067381177660864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/calling-all-non-triskadekaphobiacs.html' title='Calling all non triskadekaphobiacs'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114859057401937360</id><published>2006-06-15T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T22:03:09.850-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guidelines for Joining the Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The Carnival of the Mundane has been rolling along for six months now, growing and developing like an unruly chia pet, and picking up a little lint along the way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a truly wonderful thing, and we thank everyone who has joined our carnival to help make this happen. It is also a signal that it is time to impose some structure on our rather loosely defined child, lest she run wild in the streets and end up nothing more than a pile of chutney spread across the tarmac.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll forgive the mixing of metaphors?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Herewith, the rules (call them guidelines if you wish) for submitting:&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #1:&lt;/b&gt; Look up the meaning of the word mundane in the dictionary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #2:&lt;/b&gt; Before submitting, spend some time browsing the &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #3:&lt;/b&gt; Submit your contributions directly to the host of the carnival. The next host and details for how to submit to him or her will always be posted on the &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #4:&lt;/b&gt; Add the Carnival of the Mundane to your blogroll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #5:&lt;/b&gt; Mention, and link to, the Carnival of the Mundane before the next carnival, and encourage your readers to join, and on the day of the carnival encourage your readers to read it.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the rules for hosting:&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #1:&lt;/b&gt; If you'd like to host the Carnival of the Mundane, look at &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-carnival-schedule.html"&gt;the schedule&lt;/a&gt;, pick a date, and send an email to Dean or Postmodern Sass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #2: &lt;/b&gt;The enforcement of the submission rules is entirely within the discretion of the host of the Carnival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #3:&lt;/b&gt;The host may, but need not necessarily, accept all submissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #4:&lt;/b&gt;The host may, but need not necessarily accept multiple submissions from one blogger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rule #5:&lt;/b&gt;The host may make up his or her own rules for submissions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;We're calling them rules because "Rule #1: You don't talk about Fight Club" sounds better than "Guideline #1." But guidelines they are, in the sense that you may break the rules when you submit to the carnival, so long as you bear in mind that the host ultimately decides what to include.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114859057401937360?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114859057401937360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114859057401937360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/guidelines-for-joining-carnival-of.html' title='Guidelines for Joining the Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114995681157166356</id><published>2006-06-10T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T09:26:51.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XII</title><content type='html'>Our host for the Carnival of the Mundane XII is Beej at Kiss My Sass, and you can read it &lt;a href="http://www.kissmysass.org/?p=352"&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell all your friends. Link to the &lt;b&gt;Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/b&gt; from your blog, and stay tuned to this Web site for news about upcoming carnivals, bearded ladies, and midgets.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114995681157166356?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114995681157166356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114995681157166356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/carnival-of-mundane-xii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114926355645347058</id><published>2006-06-02T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T14:13:35.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane will be hosted by &lt;a href="http://www.kissmysass.org/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kiss My Sass&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on Friday, June 9. If you would like to contribute a story of everyday life send a short blurb and a link to the other Sass at webmaster at kissmysass dot org.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to host an upcoming Carnival of the Mundane, please have a look at &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-carnival-schedule.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;the schedule&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and contact Dean (deansblog @ yahoo dot com) or Postmodern Sass (postmodernsass @ gmail dot com) with your preferred date. If you're already one of our carnie crew—that is, if you've previously hosted or contributed—please link to this site and help keep the only blog carnival to have its own blog growing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114926355645347058?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114926355645347058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114926355645347058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/06/calling-all-carnies.html' title='Calling all Carnies'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114865516398486115</id><published>2006-05-26T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T08:06:43.970-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane XI</title><content type='html'>Jenny Amadeo is beyond &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia"&gt;coulrophobic&lt;/a&gt;, she's carnival phobic. It takes a brave, brave woman to overcome that fear and dive into the mad ramblings of the carnival freak show. Maybe we all oughtta be in cages. We're all afraid of something, as Jenny explains in the &lt;a href="http://www.runjenrun.com/archives/2006/05/carnival_of_the_1.php"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane XI.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;* * *&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Carnival of the Mundane is a biweekly blog carnival where bloggers who write about everyday life get together to share their stories. It's also the only blog carnival to have its own blog. View the &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-carnival-schedule.html"&gt;2006 schedule&lt;/a&gt; for links to past carnivals. If you'd like to join our group of carnies, contribute to the carnival, or host an upcoming carnival, please contact Dean (deansblog @ yahoo dot com) or Postmodern Sass (postmodernsass @ gmail dot com). If you're already one of our carnie crew&amp;mdash;that is, if you've previously hosted or contributed&amp;mdash;please link to this site and help keep the only blog carnival to have its own blog growing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114865516398486115?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114865516398486115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114865516398486115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/carnival-of-mundane-xi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane XI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114822753555761618</id><published>2006-05-19T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T07:53:35.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Run, run, run to the next Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The Carnival of the Mundane is heading north again, this time to the Windy City, where &lt;a href="http://www.runjenrun.com/"&gt;Run Jen Run&lt;/a&gt; will be our carnie host next Friday, May 26. Send your posts about life, the universe, and everything mundane to Jenny at jenny at runjenrun dot com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114822753555761618?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114822753555761618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114822753555761618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/run-run-run-to-next-carnival-of.html' title='Run, run, run to the next Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114744297749498478</id><published>2006-05-12T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T07:09:37.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane X</title><content type='html'>Blundering American, roving reporter for FNN, reports that, following on the heels of his controversial nomination of Air Force General Michael Hayden as head of the C.I.A., President Bush today announced a whole host of wacky appointees to &lt;a href="http://blunderingamerican.blogspot.com/2006/05/we-interrupt-this-regularly-scheduled.html"&gt;the tenth Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114744297749498478?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114744297749498478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114744297749498478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/carnival-of-mundane-x.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane X'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114693189053487494</id><published>2006-05-05T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T09:06:14.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane will be held in Florida on Friday, May 12, at &lt;a href="http://blunderingamerican.blogspot.com/"&gt;Blundering American&lt;/a&gt;'s blog. You can join the Carnival of the Mundane by making this announcement on your blog, linking to the Carnival of the Mundane blog, or by contributing a mundane story of your own. You, your readers, and anyone who blogs about the mundane are welcome to contribute. Send a brief blurb about your mundane post, and the link, to bamerican @ gmail dot com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114693189053487494?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114693189053487494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114693189053487494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/calling-all-carnies-to-next-carnival.html' title='Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114633406053463884</id><published>2006-04-29T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T11:07:40.546-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival IX Has Pitched Its Tents...</title><content type='html'>at &lt;a href="http://curmudgeonry.mu.nu/archives/174122.php"&gt;Jordana's place&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come on over. There's more mundane goodness than you could shake a stick at.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114633406053463884?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114633406053463884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114633406053463884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/carnival-ix-has-pitched-its-tents.html' title='Carnival IX Has Pitched Its Tents...'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114581357570756779</id><published>2006-04-23T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T10:32:55.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Chance At Fame</title><content type='html'>I never thought it would get this far. Really.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the carnival started, I posted a schedule for the first six months assuming the whole thing would die off by then.  Much to my surprise and delight, it has not. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to be working on a new &lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-carnival-schedule.html"&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; to keep it going. If you are interested in hosting, just drop a note at carnivalofthemundane at yahoo.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first available spots are in June, but don't wait. They could go quick.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114581357570756779?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114581357570756779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114581357570756779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/your-chance-at-fame_23.html' title='Your Chance At Fame'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114572177211146783</id><published>2006-04-21T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T16:35:55.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane rolls into the blogosphere next Friday, April 28, and will be hosted by &lt;a href="http://curmudgeonry.mu.nu/"&gt;a curmudgeon named Jordana&lt;/a&gt; who, despite her cryptic URL (MuNu? Where's that?) claims to blog from Tennessee. Submit your mundane blog stories, with a wee bit of explanation and a link, to jordana at sluggy dot net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the Carnival of the Mundane, you ask? Well, visit some of our previous blog carnivals and you'll get the idea. (You can find the links to your right.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/320/Ringmaster.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Step right up!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to be a carnie? Email Postmodern Sass at postmodernsass at gmail dot com to be added to our email list. Be notified of upcoming carnivals; have your chance as ringmaster; get great deals on tickets... tell all your friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're already one of our carnie crew &amp;mdash; that is, if you've previously hosted or contributed &amp;mdash; please link to this site and help keep the only blog carnival to have its own blog growing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114572177211146783?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114572177211146783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114572177211146783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/calling-all-carnies-to-next-carnival.html' title='Calling all Carnies to the next Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114502756536997182</id><published>2006-04-14T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-14T08:12:45.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane VIII</title><content type='html'>Daisy Mae is our host for the &lt;a href="http://daisy8972.blogspot.com/2006/04/carnival-time.html"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane VIII&lt;/a&gt; and she's prepared a smorgasbord of tantalizing treats for us to read because, as she says, on carnival day overindulgence is expected! So step right up, read your fill, but remember to wait at least an hour before going on the roller coaster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Carnival of the Mundane is a biweekly blog carnival where bloggers who write about everyday life get together to share their stories. It's also the only blog carnival to have its own blog. If you'd like to join our group of carnies, contribute to the carnival, or host the carnival, please contact &lt;a href="http://pomosprachspielen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Postmodern Sass&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114502756536997182?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114502756536997182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114502756536997182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/carnival-of-mundane-viii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane VIII'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114442468532499917</id><published>2006-04-07T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T09:11:52.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Indiana Wants Me (and you!)</title><content type='html'>The Carnival of the Mundane is moving into the American midwest with a stop in Indiana next Friday, April 14, at &lt;a href="http://daisy8972.blogspot.com/"&gt;Daisy Mae's blog&lt;/a&gt;. Do you have what it takes to join our carnival? Probably&amp;mdash;all it takes is a mundane story. Send your links to Daisy Mae at daisy8972 @ gmail dot com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114442468532499917?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114442468532499917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114442468532499917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/indiana-wants-me-and-you.html' title='Indiana Wants Me (and you!)'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114376650587296069</id><published>2006-03-30T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:23:23.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane VII</title><content type='html'>It's that time again!  That right the greatest show in the blogosphere is back in town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Run, don't walk, to &lt;a href="http://lorierees.blogspot.com/2006/03/march-mundane-madness.html#links"&gt;Lorie's place&lt;/a&gt; and peek inside the tent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114376650587296069?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114376650587296069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114376650587296069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-vii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane VII'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114322255735130001</id><published>2006-03-24T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T08:37:49.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies</title><content type='html'>Calling all carnies: the next &lt;b&gt;Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/b&gt; will pitch its tent at &lt;a href="http://lorierees.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colla Voce&lt;/a&gt; on Friday, March 31.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The carnie crew has been growing like a chia pet on steroids. It seems there's nothing like flashy garments, cheap entertainment, and spun sugar to draw a crowd&amp;mdash;of people, as well as flies. So once again, tell all your friends, post a notice on your blog, and submit your mundane musings, your uneventful utterings, your tellurian tales to gogogertie at sbcglobal dot net.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114322255735130001?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114322255735130001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114322255735130001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/calling-all-carnies.html' title='Calling all Carnies'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114288462812949963</id><published>2006-03-17T11:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-24T09:49:42.903-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane VI</title><content type='html'>Running the carnival is never an easy task, and Cheryl has been having more than her share of technical difficulties with &lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-vi-for-real-this.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carnival of the Mundane VI&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, so please drop by for a visit but bring your own candy apple, and don't forget to place the stick in the trash can when you're finished.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114288462812949963?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114288462812949963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114288462812949963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-vi.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane VI'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114203564875524153</id><published>2006-03-10T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T16:07:28.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's never too early to vie for a 2007 Mundy</title><content type='html'>The carnies are enthralled by the Pacific Ocean (who can blame them?) and so have decided to stay in California until the winter ends. I live in Toronto, so I'm all for this strategy, even though it is &lt;a href="http://www.deanabbott.typepad.com/"&gt;Dean&lt;/a&gt; who arranged it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the next Carnival of the Mundane will be hosted by Cheryl at &lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bread and Bread&lt;/a&gt; on Friday, March 17.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send your mundane posts to meadowbat [at] yahoo [dot] com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuxes and taffeta are optional.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114203564875524153?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114203564875524153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114203564875524153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/its-never-too-early-to-vie-for-2007.html' title='It&apos;s never too early to vie for a 2007 Mundy'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114140357589040749</id><published>2006-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T08:32:55.903-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane V</title><content type='html'>The carnies have been enjoying the sunny surrealness of La La Land, and so decided to keep the tents pitched under the California sun for another session. Neil Kramer, of Citizen of the Month, hosts Carnival of the Mundane V live from Hollywood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's award season, and Neil, with co-host Lindsay Wagner, are on the red carpet to present the Mundies. So put on your tux or your taffeta dress, and come &lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/03/03/canival-of-the-mundane-5/"&gt;watch Neil and Lindsay open the envelopes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114140357589040749?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114140357589040749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114140357589040749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-v.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane V'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114091405948634733</id><published>2006-02-24T19:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T16:09:02.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling all Carnies</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/400/mask.0.jpg"&gt;Next Tuesday is &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday"&gt;Mardi Gras&lt;/a&gt;, traditionally the day &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"&gt;Carnival&lt;/a&gt; ends, but our next Carnival of the Mundane will just be beginning. The big top opens Friday, March 3 with our host, Neil Kramer of &lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/"&gt;Citizen of the Month&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you'll post a notice about the carnival on your site, and invite all your friends to join in. Feather boas and sequined masks are optional. Throw your beads at  Neil at neilochka at yahoo [.] com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114091405948634733?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114091405948634733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114091405948634733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/calling-all-carnies.html' title='Calling all Carnies'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114019283543773680</id><published>2006-02-17T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T08:13:55.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane IV</title><content type='html'>The Carnival has picked up post and hauled west, all the way to La La Land, home of screenwriter and poet Kristen Havens and her blog, &lt;a href="http://www.kristenhavens.typepad.com/"&gt;My Back Pages&lt;/a&gt;. Can you hear the distant sound of tinkling, creepy clown music? That's the sound of &lt;a href="http://kristenhavens.typepad.com/my_back_pages/2006/02/the_carnival_of.html"&gt;the Carnival of the Mundane&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114019283543773680?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114019283543773680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114019283543773680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/carnival-of-mundane-iv.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane IV'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113952757741081034</id><published>2006-02-09T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T15:26:48.530-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Distant Early Warning</title><content type='html'>Just a reminder.  The next Carnival of the Mundane goes up at &lt;a href="http://kristenhavens.typepad.com/my_back_pages/"&gt;My Back Pages&lt;/a&gt; a week from today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send your blog's title, your name, the name of your post, and the permalink URL to carnivalofthemundane@yahoo.com, or just use the submission form available at &lt;a href="http://www.conservativecat.com/Ferdy/Carnivals.htm"&gt;Conservative Cat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113952757741081034?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113952757741081034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113952757741081034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/distant-early-warning.html' title='Distant Early Warning'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113898293273524919</id><published>2006-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-03T08:08:52.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane III</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://lorierees.blogspot.com/2006/02/on-menu-tonight.html" target="new"&gt;Carnival of the Mundane III&lt;/a&gt; is now available for your entertainment at Colla Voce. Another fine collection of everyday ordinary prosaic prose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113898293273524919?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113898293273524919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113898293273524919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/carnival-of-mundane-iii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane III'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113865356654657310</id><published>2006-01-30T15:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-30T12:48:59.363-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tickets now on sale for Carnival of the Mundane III</title><content type='html'>The next Carnival of the Mundane will be hosted by Lorie at &lt;a href="http://www.lorierees.blogspot.com/" target="new"&gt;Colla Voce&lt;/a&gt; this Friday, February 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's a Carnival of the Mundane? It's a carnival of blog posts, musings, ramblings, and outright stories about, well, the mundane. You know, daily life stuff. The sort of material that our political and techie blogleagues don't write about. Like &lt;a href="http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2005/09/27/what-not-to-eat/" target="new"&gt;eating a drippy sandwich on the subway&lt;/a&gt;, or eating a not-so-drippy sandwich &lt;a href="http://www.runjenrun.com/archives/2005/12/food_court.php" target="new"&gt;in a crowded food court&lt;/a&gt;. Stories that are not about food, or eating,  are also welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To submit your story in celebration of mundanity, email Lorie at gogogertie at sbcglobal.net.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113865356654657310?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113865356654657310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113865356654657310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/tickets-now-on-sale-for-carnival-of.html' title='Tickets now on sale for Carnival of the Mundane III'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113777773851676423</id><published>2006-01-20T09:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:24:01.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival of the Mundane II</title><content type='html'>Tracy has done a great job with this week's show. Find it &lt;a href="http://kaplyinc.blogspot.com/2006/03/post-146-carnival-of-mundane-v-mundies.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113777773851676423?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113777773851676423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113777773851676423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/carnival-of-mundane-ii.html' title='Carnival of the Mundane II'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113641805776693750</id><published>2006-01-04T15:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:24:30.676-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Very First Carnival of the Mundane</title><content type='html'>The First Carnival of the Mundane is now up at my blog, &lt;a href="http://deanabbott.typepad.com/notes_and_meditations/2006/01/carnival_of_the.html"&gt;Inspired By a True Story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come on over for lots of mundane goodness.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113641805776693750?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113641805776693750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113641805776693750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/very-first-carnival-of-mundane.html' title='The Very First Carnival of the Mundane'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113639148171634165</id><published>2006-01-04T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-04T08:18:01.726-08:00</updated><title type='text'>First Carnival on the Horizon</title><content type='html'>Today at 5p.m. is the deadline for the first Carnival of the Mundane. It's not too late to slip one in under the wire. You can find submission information below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Carnival should go up late Thursday or early Friday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113639148171634165?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113639148171634165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113639148171634165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/first-carnival-on-horizon.html' title='First Carnival on the Horizon'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-114451700501789218</id><published>2006-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-28T21:28:15.493-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2006 Carnival of the Mundane schedule</title><content type='html'>&lt;TABLE BORDER="2"&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Carnival&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Date&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;Host&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/carnival-number-one-is-up.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;I&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;January 6&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.deanabbott.typepad.com/"&gt;Inspired by a True Story&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/carnival-ii.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;II&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;January 20&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://kaplyinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kaply, Inc.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/carnival-of-mundane-iii.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;III&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;February 2&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.lorierees.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colla Voce&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/02/carnival-of-mundane-iv.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;IV&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt; &lt;TD&gt;February 17&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://kristenhavens.typepad.com/my_back_pages/"&gt;My Back Pages&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-v.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;V&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 3&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/"&gt;Citizen of the Month&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-of-mundane-vi.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;VI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 17&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bread and Bread&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/03/carnival-vii.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;VII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;March 31&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.lorierees.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colla Voce&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/carnival-of-mundane-viii.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;VIII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;April 14&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://daisy8972.blogspot.com/"&gt;Daisy Mae&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/04/carnival-ix-has-pitched-its-tents.html"&gt;IX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;April 28&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://curmudgeonry.mu.nu/"&gt;Curmudgeonry&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/carnival-of-mundane-x.html"&gt;X&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;May 12&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://blunderingamerican.blogspot.com/"&gt;Blundering American&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/05/carnival-of-mundane-xi.html"&gt;XI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;May 26&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.runjenrun.com/"&gt;Run Jen Run&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kissmysass.org/?p=352"&gt;XII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;June 9&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://www.kissmysass.org"&gt;Kiss My Sass&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://hyperioninstitute.blogspot.com/2006/06/carnival-13th.html"&gt;XIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;June 23&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hyperioninstitute.blogspot.com/"&gt;Hyperion Institute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt; &lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2006/07/carnival-of-mundane-14-freak-show-junk.html"&gt;XIV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;July 7&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noaccentyet.blogspot.com/"&gt;No Accent Yet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://deanabbott.typepad.com/notes_and_meditations/2006/07/cotm.html"&gt;XV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;July 21&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://deanabbott.typepad.com"&gt;Inspired by a True Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://leesepea.blogspot.com/2006/08/carnival-of-mundane-summer-school.html"&gt;XVI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;August 4&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://leesepea.blogspot.com"&gt;But Wait! There's More&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/?p=1229"&gt;XVII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;August 18&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://randomyak.com/"&gt;Random Yak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/09/01/carnival-of-the-mundane-random-and-ecletic/"&gt;XVIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;September 1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apartment2024.com/"&gt;Apartment 2024&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommyplaysbass.blogspot.com/2006/09/carnival-of-mundane-xix.html"&gt;XIX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;September 15&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommyplaysbass.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mommy Plays Bass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://kapgar.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/carnival_time_i.html"&gt;XX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;September 29&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://kapgar.typepad.com/"&gt;Kapgar.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydaygoddess.typepad.com/everyday_goddess/2006/10/very_superstiti.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;October 13&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://everydaygoddess.typepad.com/"&gt;Everyday Goddess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;a href="http://blujackit5.blogspot.com/2006/10/carnival-of-mundane-xxii.html"&gt;XXII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;October 27&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blujackit5.blogspot.com"&gt;Philly Transplant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/2006/11/11/carnival-of-the-mundane-xxiii/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXIII&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;November 10&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://thesamandbeckybooshow.com/"&gt;The Sam and BeckyBoo Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.markarayner.com/blog/archived/718/"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXIV&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;November 24&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.markarayner.com/blog/"&gt;The Skwib&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.randomyak.com/?p=1628"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXV&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;December 8&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://randomyak.com/"&gt;Random Yak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD VALIGN="TOP"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/2006/12/carnival-of-mundane-christmas-2006.html"&gt;&lt;B&gt;XXVI&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;December 22&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;a href="http://ricksincerethoughts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rick Sincere News and Thoughts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-114451700501789218?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114451700501789218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/114451700501789218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-carnival-of-mundane-schedule.html' title='2006 Carnival of the Mundane schedule'/><author><name>Postmodern Sass</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04784844007723069653</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3160/610/200/Postmodern_Sass_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113569135720117695</id><published>2005-12-27T05:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T05:50:27.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking Good</title><content type='html'>With about a week and a half to go until the first carnival, the submissions are pouring in.  Even if no more come zinging in under the deadline (5 p.m. Jan. 4) our carnival would still be well-attended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who wants to stop at well attended? I don't. Keep those entries coming. The more the merrier, right?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113569135720117695?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113569135720117695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113569135720117695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/looking-good.html' title='Looking Good'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113503920845043928</id><published>2005-12-19T16:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T07:06:35.526-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You Will Submit Now!</title><content type='html'>It's a couple of weeks before the first Carnival of the Mundane is scheduled to appear, but it's not too early to submit any posts you think capture some of the humor or offer some insight into the experience of daily life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can send your name, the permalink to your post, and your blog's name to carnivalofthemundane at yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, you can simply use the submission for available from &lt;a href="http://www.conservativecat.com/Ferdy/Carnivals.htm"&gt;Conservative Cat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113503920845043928?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113503920845043928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113503920845043928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/you-will-submit-now.html' title='You Will Submit Now!'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113456175810847287</id><published>2005-12-14T03:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T04:04:10.336-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Guidelines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://kristenhavens.typepad.com/my_back_pages/"&gt;Kristen&lt;/a&gt; asked for some direction as to "what kind of mundanity we're supposed to be espousing."  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd be happy to offer some,if I has actually thought about that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me see what I can come up with...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what I was imagining a host would do.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of blog carnivals accept every post sent to them and I was counting on that being our policy too.  That's convenient for the host because it means no agonizing over which posts are good enough to gain admission to our prestigious party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only guidance I can give at this point is that I don't want posts about politics or celebrities or the technicalities of motocross racing or any other hobby sneaking in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realize a carnival devoted to posts about "everyday life" is like a carnival that solicits posts about "whatever" or about "anything." If, because of our rather general submission criteria, we find hosts are flooded with entries maybe we'll limit each edition of the carnival to the first fifteen submissions. We'll have to play it by ear. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what I've got for guidelines so far. I hope it helps. I trust that while I may not be able to define the mundane strictly, you all recognize it when you see it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113456175810847287?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113456175810847287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113456175810847287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/guidelines.html' title='Guidelines'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113451823958261193</id><published>2005-12-13T15:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-13T15:57:19.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ideas</title><content type='html'>As far as I know, the Carnival of the mundane will be the only blog carnival to have its own blog. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After each Carnival is published I'd like to cross post it here after some time has elapsed.  Allowing a few days or a week to go by before cross posting the Carnival should limit the degree of competition between this blog and the blog of whoever is hosting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The long-term plan is to have all the Carnival stashed here forever. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll probably use this blog's blogroll to create a permanent list of everyone who hosts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113451823958261193?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113451823958261193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113451823958261193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/ideas.html' title='Ideas'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113451504621666074</id><published>2005-12-13T14:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-04T08:20:16.400-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So Far, So Good</title><content type='html'>At least until this thing gets off the ground I've decided to run it only twice a month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With that kind of schedule it looks like we're covered for the first four and a half months of the new year. If there's a rush of people wanting to host let me know and we'll work it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there are any problems, drop me a line at deansblog at yahoo.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without further ado here's the schedule through April.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan. 6-&lt;a href="http://www.deanabbott.typepad.com/"&gt;Inspired By A True Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan. 20-&lt;a href="http://kaplyinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kaply, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feb. 2-&lt;a href="http://www.lorierees.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colla Voce &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feb. 17-&lt;a href="http://kristenhavens.typepad.com/my_back_pages/"&gt;My Back Pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mar. 3-&lt;a href="http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/"&gt;Citizen of the Month&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mar. 17-&lt;a href="http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bread and Bread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mar. 31-&lt;a href="http://www.lorierees.blogspot.com/"&gt;Colla Voce &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 14-&lt;a href="http://daisy8972.blogspot.com/"&gt;Daisy Mae&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 28-&lt;a href="http://curmudgeonry.mu.nu/"&gt;Curmudgeonry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May  12-&lt;a href="http://number4of5.blogspot.com/"&gt;Number 4 of 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 26-&lt;a href="http://www.runjenrun.com"&gt;Run Jen Run&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 9-&lt;a href="http://pomosprachspielen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Postmodernes Sprachspielen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113451504621666074?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113451504621666074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113451504621666074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/so-far-so-good.html' title='So Far, So Good'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19814937.post-113443546759322878</id><published>2005-12-12T16:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-12T16:57:47.600-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Introduction</title><content type='html'>If you're looking for a place to find out whose hosting the carnival, to vounteer to host, or any other Carnival of the Mundane related queries, you've come to the right spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to host, just leave a comment below.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19814937-113443546759322878?l=carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113443546759322878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19814937/posts/default/113443546759322878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://carnivalofthemundane.blogspot.com/2005/12/introduction.html' title='Introduction'/><author><name>Dean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15995993851101871727</uri><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></entry></feed>
