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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Hi there, I’m a born and bred New Englander living in San Francisco. I might be a little guilty of romanticizing New England, but that’s only because it’s the best place on earth. 

I like politics, eating good food and drinking half-a-glass of wine too much. I’m also a grammar nerd to the extreme — I’ve even been known to break up with people who dangle their prepositions. Be warned!

Have a question? E-mail me at: joy[dot]engel[at]gmail[dot]com</description><title>u r g</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @urg)</generator><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>introducing spence and the attackermanettes</title><description>Sometimes I feel like Erica and I are am just trapped in this never-ending wanna-be spencer paradox....</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43545795</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43545795</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:26:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Spencer's sign off.</title><description>ericasavestheday:
[15:43] ackermanspencer: i hate everything about your life[15:43] ackermanspencer:...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43545378</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43545378</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:21:07 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I know that I haven’t had the greatest week with the...</title><description>&lt;iframe height="319" width="400" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/25835684#25835684" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I know that I haven’t had the greatest week with &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43085921/k-nnen-sie-langsamer-sprechen"&gt;the people of germany&lt;/a&gt;, but can someone please explain to me why speaking in Berlin is such a big deal? because I just dont get it. at all.</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43422265</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43422265</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:27:17 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Spence on Al Jazeera! **so**very**proud**</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gz7zx2M6FWE&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gz7zx2M6FWE&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spence on Al Jazeera! **so**very**proud**</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43407861</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43407861</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:49:09 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>The bears are back.</title><description>alexbalk:
And they’re adorable.
I’m sad Moe’s not joining Radar, but I am pretty pumped...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43406998</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43406998</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:39:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Dont worry, Bill. You dont have to buy me dinner. You may have...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aicq267_2fk&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aicq267_2fk&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Dont worry, Bill. You dont have to buy me dinner. You may have to pay for the abortion, though…</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43400913</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43400913</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>on being a good friend</title><description>My amazing and talented friend Riikka is trying out for Law Review at her law school. Very big...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43322542</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43322542</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:46:18 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This morning I thought maybe The Salt Lake Tribune was taken...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/gC7Usffu3bs275tajgoWL3Zp_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43282391/grey-poupon-antic-leads-to-pointed-gun"&gt;This morning&lt;/a&gt; I thought maybe &lt;i&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/i&gt; was taken over by &lt;i&gt;The Onion&lt;/i&gt;. Now I am convinced that &lt;i&gt;Onion&lt;/i&gt; editors are taking over newsrooms across the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please tell me that there was someone, anyone, at CNN who was like, “um, duh.”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43317794</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43317794</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:35:51 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>and the music played on</title><description>Yesterday Spencer “memed me” to list my top five most embarrassing songs on my iPod. And after a...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43307786</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43307786</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:33:46 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>'Grey Poupon' antic leads to pointed gun</title><description>From the Salt Lake Tribune:

Sandy man took offense to a motorist, who, after getting him to roll...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43282391</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43282391</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:02:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Here is why the Vanity Fair take on the New Yorker covers...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/gC7Usffu3brmnl07Vk5iWCGI_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is why the Vanity Fair take on the New Yorker covers isn’t actually satire:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All of the points they are making in it are true. McCain IS really old. Cindy had a drug problem. They WILL burn our bill of rights. They WILL seek to extend the Bush Presidency and they probably are fist bumping terrorists.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43277348</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43277348</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:14:49 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>the state of the world</title><description>
Ian asked me to write something about this article, but I just cant pull to utter any word but,...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43188650</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43188650</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>the stages of love</title><description>My friend Lisa has these theories about the stages of a relationship. As first, I laughed a little...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43185913</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43185913</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:57:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/gC7Usffu3bqn54ilvVjg88w0_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43179712</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43179712</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:40:50 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>104 members of Congress do not consider me to be a baby vessel</title><description>The other 431? They arent so sure… 
Also, loving HRC’s comment on the issue:
“The...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43151852</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43151852</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:26:26 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>spencer explains the internet to me</title><description>Spencer: tag&#13;
Spencer: http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/22/musicmemed/&#13;
Joy: wait,...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43151241</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43151241</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:20:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Können Sie langsamer sprechen?</title><description>Dear German Next-Door-Neighbor:
I had a really shit day today. So shit that when I came home tonight...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43085921</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43085921</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:45:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Oh, yeah, we hired someone.</title><description>alexbalk:
This should be fun.
Oooh, Mr. Spencer Ackerman I cannot believe you didnt tell this to me...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43083050</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43083050</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:08:28 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>and I'd name him sparky</title><description>
Momma: Your father and I are thinking of getting a dog.
Joy: Really? Suffering from empty nest...</description><link>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43080078</link><guid>http://urg.tumblr.com/post/43080078</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:31:22 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m having a shit day. Sarah Haskins made it better.</title><description>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="400"&gt;&#13;
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