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	<description>francisco 'frank' hilario's muse is Serendipity; each essay here is inspired by her</description>
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		<title>The Crucifixion of Cruz.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[separation of Church & State]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘Public Sinners’ as Communion of Church &#38; State March 30, Sunday, Manila time. It’s the week after Holy Week and I understand some well-meaning Filipinos want to crucify Lingayen-Dagupan (Pangasinan) Archbishop Oscar Cruz for condemning our President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA). Both are Catholics, one the former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=214&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PS,</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mantra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘PS comma’ is how to read my little title; it’s a mantra born in my mind just this morning, March 24, Manila time. It is a new mantra for creative thinking; reminiscent of Edward de Bono&#8217;s &#8216;Po&#8217; (no comma), I’m offering it as a mind-blogging phrase for you to mine your gray matter and come [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=212&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Thinker&#8217;s Faith.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creative thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new mantra for creative thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rebel Thinker Writes, &#8216;PS, I Love You&#8217; This is Chapter 4 of my book Rebel Thinker Writer&#8217;s Guide For Non-Dummies (Chapter 3 is ‘Serendipity X,’ frankahilario.com). This new chapter is about how I can teach you to start writing with a great idea when you have no idea to begin with in the first place! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=209&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Metaphors Man.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catholicism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protestantism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘The Journey Back To Me’ – Ricky Lee Truth revealed. There are 3 things that make the Catholic distinct from any Protestant chic: While Protestants believe 100% in the Bible, Catholics believe 100% in the Bible, 100% in Holy Tradition, and 100% in the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the Church. So I say, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=206&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Inconvenient Troth.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manila opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Mess Media In The Philippines With the Manila Muddle created by themselves, Manila mass media are now trying to control, provide, sell information towards their kind of revolution, which is described by Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) (abs-cbnnews.com) as ‘a new brand of people power.’ I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=203&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Stonecasters.</title>
		<link>http://thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-stonecasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriotism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People Power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘We Are Our Own Best Enemy’ – Tony Meer, Filipino February 25 – 22 years after People Power 1 drove out of this country benevolent dictator President Ferdinand E Marcos, 7 years after benevolent clown President Joseph Estrada was deposed by People Power 2, many jokers and jesters are still trying to stage People Power [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=197&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Serendipity X.</title>
		<link>http://thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/serendipity-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frankahilario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[outline-organize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Word 2003]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rebel Writer Writes, ‘To X Or Not To X’ Disorder out of disorder? Yes. That’s the way I know creative thinking begins, with something that is seemingly un-pregnant with the promise of a brainchild. Once you accept that, your days as an un-creative writer are over. Then you will be the father of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefranciscanessay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1993943&amp;post=194&amp;subd=thefranciscanessay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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