<?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-4311422160270497446</id><updated>2011-10-31T07:35:53.198-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Scuttlebutt Rumour and Hearsay from before the mast.</title><subtitle type='html'>The rants and roars of sea-mad sailors who serve before the infamous Captain Smyth, in the harsh conditions aboard the Good Ship Free Spirit. Despite the fact that for the real story one should refer to the official propaganda at http://sailfreespirit.blogspot.com , the crew here may disgorge whatever useless drivel they may find necessary here without fear of reprisal or censure. None of it is to be taken seriously by the reading public, of course.....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aforethemast.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4311422160270497446/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aforethemast.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Tamer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07713213639096888389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WAZA2iYubFQ/SGwgL7fPEUI/AAAAAAAACx4/_-TAFtRkCyk/S220/P5300138.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4311422160270497446.post-4433177909965380286</id><published>2008-08-09T13:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T14:09:11.867-07:00</updated><title type='text'>clomp thud, clomp thud, clomp thud.</title><content type='html'>This is the first, and last time I will see fit to grace this filthy rag with my words, altogether too good for the likes of those who will doubtlessly  besmirch my fine reputation with their libelous rants in the days that follow. Nonetheless, I allow them this small luxury as a leverage to further reduce their overgenerous water and biscuit ration, and will take no heed of what is written here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genteel and intelligent reader, I am sure that I do not have to warn you that what will be written here is doubtless to be lies, all lies, and should in no way be considered to reflect the real situation which can be delightfully ascertained at &lt;a href="http://sailfreespirit.blogspot.com/"&gt;sailfreespirit.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;After all, If you cant trust this guy, who can you trust?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WAZA2iYubFQ/SJ4GTH29w4I/AAAAAAAACyc/t7RsDXn2-QY/s1600-h/trustme.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WAZA2iYubFQ/SJ4GTH29w4I/AAAAAAAACyc/t7RsDXn2-QY/s400/trustme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232626742647964546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;As you can see, many of the fine citizens of the ports I have fled know that I am not the scoundrel I am sometimes made out to be by the villains who would corrupt my fine contributions to society. Just look at their smiles, an irrefutable endorsement of my uncorruptable character.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4311422160270497446-4433177909965380286?l=aforethemast.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://aforethemast.blogspot.com/feeds/4433177909965380286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4311422160270497446&amp;postID=4433177909965380286' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4311422160270497446/posts/default/4433177909965380286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4311422160270497446/posts/default/4433177909965380286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://aforethemast.blogspot.com/2008/08/clomp-thud-clomp-thud-clomp-thud.html' title='clomp thud, clomp thud, clomp thud.'/><author><name>Tamer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07713213639096888389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_WAZA2iYubFQ/SGwgL7fPEUI/AAAAAAAACx4/_-TAFtRkCyk/S220/P5300138.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WAZA2iYubFQ/SJ4GTH29w4I/AAAAAAAACyc/t7RsDXn2-QY/s72-c/trustme.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
