<?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-715548339286091116</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:15:24.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Does It Make Sense?</title><subtitle type='html'>I started this blog to write down my thoughts and perhaps share positive ideas with others.I titled this blog "Does It Make Sense" because it seems when I want to make an important decision this is the question I ask. I have found when things really worked out the solution always "made sense". So this will be the running theme throught this blog.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Artist Toni Grote</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17939807683075448245</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0Z_MpDSL4A/TZyIhUWhpQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/dac4lzloc6s/s220/portrait.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715548339286091116.post-98679473636053663</id><published>2008-10-23T06:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T06:19:00.359-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quit the Scare Tactics McCain</title><content type='html'>I hate it when the candidates choose to scare people when promoting their positions. To me this is CHEAP and sign of DESPERATION, praying on people's fears rather than sticking to a message filled with correct information.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/715548339286091116-98679473636053663?l=tgrote.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/feeds/98679473636053663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=715548339286091116&amp;postID=98679473636053663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/98679473636053663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/98679473636053663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/2008/10/quit-scare-tactics-mccain.html' title='Quit the Scare Tactics McCain'/><author><name>Artist Toni Grote</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17939807683075448245</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0Z_MpDSL4A/TZyIhUWhpQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/dac4lzloc6s/s220/portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715548339286091116.post-2270541035748199354</id><published>2008-10-22T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T13:01:40.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kudos To Politicians (Really!)</title><content type='html'>I never thought it made sense this time of year when you would get several mailings a day from the candidates. I would get so mad when I would repeatedly get the same brochures, letters and postcards from the politicans running for office in that particular year....Guess where they ended up, yes in the trash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I live in a small town of 500 where we have to go down to the post office everyday to get our mail from our Post Office box. Well, after a while you would notice that others in my town felt the same since the large trash can would be full of these expensive mailings. I kept thinking to myself, what if I had the money that was thrown into the trash can to invest in my business, pay bills or buy groceries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back to the title of this post....Kudos to politicians this year. I don't think I have gotton any literature in the mail. I haven't thrown anything in the trash can. I don't know what happened, maybe I got cut off some lists, but I don't see others throwing away mail either. Maybe I am speaking too soon, we do have a week and a half before elections....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I watch tv, that is where I get my information, not mailings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No wasteful mailings, now that makes sense!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/715548339286091116-2270541035748199354?l=tgrote.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/feeds/2270541035748199354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=715548339286091116&amp;postID=2270541035748199354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/2270541035748199354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/2270541035748199354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/2008/10/kudos-to-politicians-really.html' title='Kudos To Politicians (Really!)'/><author><name>Artist Toni Grote</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17939807683075448245</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0Z_MpDSL4A/TZyIhUWhpQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/dac4lzloc6s/s220/portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715548339286091116.post-6607113893827946043</id><published>2008-10-22T11:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T11:18:43.674-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Election and "Labelism"</title><content type='html'>I like to consider myself an Independant, always have, but do have to admit I have a leaning toward Democrat. I like to be able to evaluate every candidate individually and make my decisions that way, I would NEVER vote a straight party ticket.  I can't stand what I call "Labelism".  Liberal, Democrat, Republican etc....I think (in all walks of life) labels limit thinking. It is easier to lable something you don't understand or agree with....I am not a black and white thinker. It is the grey that is most interesting and beautiful, where the truths lie, maybe that is the artist with in me. Doesn't that make sense?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/715548339286091116-6607113893827946043?l=tgrote.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/feeds/6607113893827946043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=715548339286091116&amp;postID=6607113893827946043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/6607113893827946043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/6607113893827946043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/2008/10/election-and-labelism.html' title='The Election and &quot;Labelism&quot;'/><author><name>Artist Toni Grote</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17939807683075448245</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0Z_MpDSL4A/TZyIhUWhpQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/dac4lzloc6s/s220/portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715548339286091116.post-6054378613289470988</id><published>2008-10-22T11:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T11:12:17.205-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oct 22 2008 My New Blog</title><content type='html'>I started this blog to write down my thoughts and perhaps share positive ideas with others. I am an artist, mom of 3 teenage daughters, wife to a very wonderful supportive husband and daughter/sister, friend and pet owner of one dog and 2 cats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I titled this blog "Does It Make Sense" because it seems when I want to make an important decision this is the question I ask. I am going on 48 and like everyone made stuipid mistakes, great decisions and hard choices. I have found when things really worked out the solution always "made sense".  So this will be the running theme throught this blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/715548339286091116-6054378613289470988?l=tgrote.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/feeds/6054378613289470988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=715548339286091116&amp;postID=6054378613289470988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/6054378613289470988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/715548339286091116/posts/default/6054378613289470988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tgrote.blogspot.com/2008/10/oct-22-2008-my-new-blog.html' title='Oct 22 2008 My New Blog'/><author><name>Artist Toni Grote</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17939807683075448245</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l0Z_MpDSL4A/TZyIhUWhpQI/AAAAAAAAD0M/dac4lzloc6s/s220/portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
