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		<title>Macro Lens Is On Its way</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/09/macro-lens-is-on-its-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In about five days I will have my latest addition to my growing lens collection for my Sony A33 camera. I have purchased a Sony SAL30m20, which is a 30 mm prime macro F2.8 lens. I am really hyped about this little lens becuase the one thing I am lacking right now in my photography is a good wide angle lens. Of course, having a lens with a 1:1 ratio is great, but this lens has a minimum working distance of just under 2 cm! That is very close. ]]></description>
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		<title>Full Moon Capture &#8211; Got It!</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/07/full-moon-capture-got-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This will be my last Moon shot for a while. Not becuase I am getting sick of shooting the Moon with my camera, but becuase Vancouver is now going back into its normal cycle of winter weather. I predict that we are going to have several weeks of overcast skies, and rain to go with it. The last Six days have been a blast with getting out and taking some outdoor photography with super clear skies and warm sunny days. I will miss this.]]></description>
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		<title>Bye Bye Trees: Build We Must!</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/06/bye-bye-trees-build-we-must/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure if this means that this tree is tagged for removal, a date with a chainsaw, or it is saved, but just about all of the trees on the park have these nailed to them now. It would be sad to see these trees go, since they have been apart of the street for so long now.]]></description>
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		<title>Vexing Laundry: the Soap Opera</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/05/vexing-laundry-the-soap-opera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are advantages to starting early and getting the bulk of your work done before the onset of everyone else starting their's. This morning was laundry time, and as a rule, I start mine every Sunday morning right when the laundromat opens. Some of my close friends kid around with me about my laundry hardcore attitude, but when you have gone through some of my adventures and of laundry Hell that I have gone through, you would then appreciate my attitude.]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the Moon &#8211; Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/05/revisiting-the-moon-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to revisit the Moon. As we are on our third crystal clear night in the middle of winter, the Moon was calling me, again. This shot was just only one of five that I took of it. Using the same setting as I did from Feb 2nd, 2012, I just cranked up the shutter speed as the Moon is now almost full. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Sunny Day to Shoot For &#8211; Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/04/a-sunny-day-to-shoot-for-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh glorious sunny days, even in mid winter, days like this cannot be missed by staying indoors. My enthusiasm dominated my lack of sleep from the work week, teasing my body to get up and get out, taking the camera with me outside as the Sun had no clouds to block its shine. In Vancouver, days like this are rare, or are in short numbers in the grip of the West Coast winter, as clouds and rain seem to last for months. From November to March, days are gloomy and dull for picture taking, and drag the soul down with it too.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Better Moon Photos With My Sony A33</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/02/01/getting-better-moon-photos-with-my-sony-a33/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a better understanding of my camera now, and it is all starting to sink in--after further reading the owner's manual. I had a golden shot of the Moon today, as it was almost overhead, and past the First Quarter position of its month long cycle around the Earth. Within five shots, and about ten minutes of waiting for a small cloud to pass by, I had my money shot of the allusive Moon with my 200mm telephoto lens. ]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Old in Canada: 2035</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/01/30/growing-old-in-canada-2035/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although at first when I was bombarded by the media of what the Harper Government was hinting at for the future generation of Canadians and their retirement benefits this week, I was angered, and despised every word that came from every Conservative M.P.'s mouth. But, after some cooling off time, and a full day's worth of work, keeping my mind off it, I revisited the retirement issue and came to a different understanding of what is in store for myself, and other Canadians, when it is our turn to retire. My change in attitude also made me reflect on what the Harper Government is saying about the need to restructure the government on the huge shift in Canadian demographics that is ready to hit the country, like an avalanche of snow traveling down a very narrow valley. No doubt change is needed, and fast, as supporting so many Generation Xers with so little Y's and Z's, is a sure thing for disaster waiting in the wind to happen.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Time: Feels like Punitive Punishment to me.</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/01/28/tax-time-feels-like-punitive-punishment-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes sir, it is that time of year again, when my frustration from doing my annual income tax return comes out from the usually four hours of pen, paper and calculator, game I have to play. This year was not that bad compared to "tax pain sessions" in the past, but the feeling of just how much I got "raked over the coals," from paying the MAN, really sinks in when you are grinding away at these tax forms. ]]></description>
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		<title>Melt</title>
		<link>http://www.thomasso.com/2012/01/26/melt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomasso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a good day for melting snow. The snow is almost gone now, with just a few piles of it left over from the deep-freeze weather period we had from last week. It melted fast considering that the last few nights have been dropping below freezing. We had two days of huge rain storms, so that in itself got rid of most of the solid water left over from the snow dump. I hope that this is the last of the severe weather that winter will deal us for this season.]]></description>
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