<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from teenyworld.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 teenyworld.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-25T04:26:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-05:links.412176440</id><title>It&apos;s big and it&apos;s long, but hopefully worth the anticipation . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/its_big_and_its_long_but_hopefully_worth_the_anticipation.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; Warning, kids:&nbsp; This is where it gets X-rated, and not by my choice.&nbsp;After an abbreviated workday, I found it necessary to attempt to locate and close with a clandestine clubhouse once used as an inner city refuge by the notorious Pu]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/its_big_and_its_long_but_hopefully_worth_the_anticipation.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-05T07:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-05T07:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-05:links.412176227</id><title>Yet another failed mission . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_failed_mission___.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; I feel that I have failed you, kids, as my top secret government assignment and the lack of sleep have produced a relatively lackluster performance.&nbsp; The work has taken me well into the shank of the evening since I&#39;ve been here.&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_failed_mission___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-05T05:19:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-05T05:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-04:links.412176098</id><title>Living with the ghost of Miles Gilbert Horton . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/living_with_the_ghost_of_miles_gilbert_horton___.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; Although Michigan has allowed me to explore everything hockey, it has been lacking in the other interests that I will commonly pursue when in uncharted terrain.&nbsp; Simply put, there&#39;s not an interesting dead person to be found and becau]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/living_with_the_ghost_of_miles_gilbert_horton___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-04T00:18:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-04T00:18:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-03:links.412175982</id><title>The heart of darkness revisited . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_heart_of_darkness_revisited___.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; Today&#39;s investigation took me into the heart of Detroit, which was something I wasn&#39;t altogether prepared for.Now mind you that I consider myself somewhat worldly and well traveled, particularly when it comes to my perceived experience]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_heart_of_darkness_revisited___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-03T04:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-03T04:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-02:links.412175895</id><title>The prodigal son . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_prodigal_son___.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; Just like sleepy little Eugene is the self-proclaimed &quot;World&#39;s Greatest City of the Arts and Outdoors,&quot; so too has Detroit taken a little creative license in declaring itself none other than the one and only &quot;Hockeytown.&quo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_prodigal_son___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-02T05:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-02T05:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-07-01:links.412175789</id><title>Confidential . . . on the QT . . . and very hush-hush</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/confidential____on_the_qt____and_very_hushhush.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; Assignment:&nbsp;&nbsp;Confidential Investigation&nbsp;Location:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. - undisclosed district&nbsp;Status:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pe]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/confidential____on_the_qt____and_very_hushhush.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-07-01T04:02:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-01T04:02:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-01-03:links.412156723</id><title>Pushing the envelope of a PG-13 rating . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/pushing_the_envelope_of_a_pg13_rating___.htm"><![CDATA[That&rsquo;s the way. Uh-huh, uh-huh.&nbsp; I like it.&nbsp; Uh-huh, uh-huh.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was on yet another run to the local In-n-Out Burger that I came upon it like some strange little oasis in the great expanse of strip malls and . . . well]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/pushing_the_envelope_of_a_pg13_rating___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-01-03T05:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-03T05:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2009-01-02:links.412150294</id><title>One less thing to do before I kick . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/ground_zero___.htm"><![CDATA[Happy New Year, kids!&nbsp;So, you&rsquo;ve been at the edge of your collective seats for some word of my experience at the Rose Parade, right? &nbsp;Clicking the &lsquo;refresh&rsquo; button on your browser every five minutes, waiting for the latest]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/ground_zero___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2009-01-02T00:00:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-02T00:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-12-31:links.412147562</id><title>How can one not appreciate a good shag carpet?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/how_can_one_not_appreciate_a_shag_carpet.htm"><![CDATA[Our arrival in the San Fernando Valley was unheralded, and yet still deeply gratifying after a brash decision to let the fifteen-year old boy drive most of the way from our home in Oregon.&nbsp; Stf really did quite well, I&#39;m proud to say, with t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/how_can_one_not_appreciate_a_shag_carpet.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-12-31T10:41:00Z</updated><published>2008-12-31T10:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-12-30:links.412147359</id><title>It&apos;s not terribly long, but it suits me just fine . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/its_not_terribly_long_but_it_suits_me_just_fine___.htm"><![CDATA[C&#39;mon, admit it.&nbsp; We&#39;ve all got &#39;em.&nbsp; It&#39;s just that some a bigger than others.&nbsp; You know what I&#39;m talking about.Some prefer to call it a &quot;bucket list.&quot;&nbsp; Others refer to it as a &quot;dream list.&quot]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/its_not_terribly_long_but_it_suits_me_just_fine___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-12-30T16:51:00Z</updated><published>2008-12-30T16:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-12-17:links.412144059</id><title>Coming attractions . . .</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/coming_attractions___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-12-17T17:32:00Z</updated><published>2008-12-17T17:32:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-16:links.412123587</id><title>Yet another Texas epilogue . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_texas_epilogue___.htm"><![CDATA[In the end, there&rsquo;s really not much to say about Texas than what I&rsquo;ve already said.&nbsp; &nbsp; It&rsquo;s hot, it&rsquo;s filthy with poodles, and my grandmother lives here just to torture me every two years when I make my obligatory vi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_texas_epilogue___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-16T21:06:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-16T21:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-13:links.412122733</id><title>Yet another test of my courage . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_test_of_my_courage___.htm"><![CDATA[In a continuing effort to bring you those oddities that have come to be associated with my travels, I once again turned to the trusty Internet and discovered a local legend in Arlington known as &ldquo;The Screaming Bridge.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp; Just l]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_test_of_my_courage___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-13T08:14:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-13T08:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-12:links.412122631</id><title>Weak and yet clinging . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/weak_and_yet_clinging___.htm"><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m afraid that I&rsquo;ve overdone Texas on past trips to the point that there&rsquo;s really nothing else of interest to do here.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s even gotten to the point where I&rsquo;ve considered recycling previously archived blog entries]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/weak_and_yet_clinging___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-12T06:32:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-12T06:32:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-09:links.412120851</id><title>A non-specific pain . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/a_nonspecific_pain___.htm"><![CDATA[Thus far, I&rsquo;ve been able to resist grandma with a vigor I have never felt before.&nbsp; &nbsp; When she has offered that I eat, I have changed the subject.&nbsp; When she has taken it upon herself to make something with the expectation that I w]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/a_nonspecific_pain___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-09T05:47:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-09T05:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-08:links.412120475</id><title>It is SO on!!!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/it_is_so_on.htm"><![CDATA[Now, let me begin by saying that I&rsquo;ve tried to be a model grandson.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve eaten much of what was thrown my way and nodded in either real or feigned satisfaction.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&rsquo;ve helped her peel the potatoes.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/it_is_so_on.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-08T03:18:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-08T03:18:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-07:links.412120474</id><title>Bugs and fate . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/bugs_and_fate___.htm"><![CDATA[Hockey continues for the boy, and food seems to be the focus of my vacation.&nbsp; Grandma is relentless in her pursuit of nurture and it&rsquo;s now progressed to the point that the boy and I are wagering a dollar on who can predict when the next at]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/bugs_and_fate___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-07T03:10:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-07T03:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-06:links.412120268</id><title>Still driving on . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/still_driving_on___.htm"><![CDATA[Today, the boy refused to be transported to the hockey rink in grandma&rsquo;s 1988 Chevy Corsica.&nbsp; It seems that he was embarrassed by our arrival at camp on that first day while other boys were arriving with parents that were driving BMWs, Lan]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/still_driving_on___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-06T02:58:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-06T02:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-05:links.412119785</id><title>A slow and painful start . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/a_slow_and_painful_start___.htm"><![CDATA[As I expected, Grandma had dinner waiting for us on the table when we pulled into her driveway on Bridlebend Drive.&nbsp; It was like we never left and had simply picked up where we left off two years earlier, locked in an endless loop of feedings.&n]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/a_slow_and_painful_start___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-05T04:57:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-05T04:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-03:links.412119570</id><title>I can&apos;t believe it&apos;s Texas yet again . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/i_cant_believe_its_texas_yet_again___.htm"><![CDATA[For those of you familiar with previous posts, I&rsquo;m not a big fan of air travel.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s just really not my gig, although I&rsquo;ve done my fair share in order to get to Grandma&rsquo;s house and other faraway mysterious places that I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/i_cant_believe_its_texas_yet_again___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-03T05:14:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-03T05:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-08-01:links.412119571</id><title>Yet another entry from some exotic locale yet unnamed . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_entry_from_some_exotic_locale_yet_unnamed___.htm"><![CDATA[Well, kids, I&rsquo;m guessing it won&rsquo;t surprise you to learn that the boy and I once again find ourselves on vacation.&nbsp; Yep.&nbsp; Wonderful, restful, life-enriching vacation.&nbsp; &nbsp; Would it sound hollow if I were to offer that I w]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/yet_another_entry_from_some_exotic_locale_yet_unnamed___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-08-01T05:19:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-01T05:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-05-31:links.412106642</id><title>Dad . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/dad___.htm"><![CDATA[Looking back at growing up as an only child in 1960&rsquo;s Los Angeles, I can now see a life lived without worry and an endless potential for how my life would be lived as an adult.&nbsp; &nbsp; As a child, the seasons seemed to drag on, from the lo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/dad___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-05-31T01:53:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-31T01:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-04-06:links.412099491</id><title>And so it goes . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/and_so_it_goes___.htm"><![CDATA[Friedrich Nietzsche lent society an oft repeated piece of philosophy that has been worn out over the years during locker room pep talks and drunken VFW meetings but which bears repeating as I sit here licking my wounds from the past weekend.&nbsp; &l]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/and_so_it_goes___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-04-06T18:40:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-06T18:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-04-06:links.412095187</id><title>Morbid curiosity . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/morbid_curiousity___.htm"><![CDATA[What visit to a strange and foreign land would be complete without a little capitulation to my inner demons?&nbsp; Any of you who know me well are likely familiar with my need to visit famous gravesites and crime scenes.&nbsp; Truth be told, I can&rs]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/morbid_curiousity___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-04-06T05:06:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-06T05:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:teenyworld.blog-city.com,2008-04-05:links.412095173</id><title>The worst of times . . .</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_worst_of_times___.htm"><![CDATA[Game 2 dawned with an emotionally diminished Nutria team.&nbsp; Instead of the heady jabber of a team with great expectations, the locker room was quite subdued with the thought of how badly we would be beaten by the oncoming marauders from Burnaby,]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://teenyworld.blog-city.com/the_worst_of_times___.htm"/><dc:creator>Teeny Elvis</dc:creator><author><name>Teeny Elvis</name></author><updated>2008-04-05T22:06:00Z</updated><published>2008-04-05T22:06:00Z</published></entry></feed>