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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: I was curious. Maybe it's because I'm older, but [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2061/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:26:31 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was curious. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m older, but watching these young people be hurt and killed by this man repulses me. </p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: This Friday, we're about to watch in prime time [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2056/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:37:19 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Friday, we&#8217;re about to watch in prime time what happens when you put a psychopath in charge of the world&#8217;s most powerful military. </p>
<p>That island is gonna be a bloodbath, and if you&#8217;ve followed the Ukraine war, it&#8217;ll be a hellish landscape as FPV drones pepper our troops endlessly.</p>
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				<title>Dr. Kim posted an update: Join us as we celebrate Women's History Month through [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2052/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:16:32 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join us as we celebrate Women&#8217;s History Month through our theme women and leadership! All genders are welcome to join. <a target='_blank' href="https://luma.com/cafe-conversations-2026-03-21" rel="nofollow">https://luma.com/cafe-conversations-2026-03-21</a></p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: Need to start redefining the federal government. It's [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2050/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:34:22 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Need to start redefining the federal government. It&#8217;s only because people have such a low regard for it, and the GOP doesn&#8217;t believe in it, that we have incompetent people running the key positions. DOGE was a failure, and the truth is, most people like the services the federal government provides. But we&#8217;re going to have to jump off&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2050"><a href="https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2050/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: On TMC? I'm up for ideas...</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2049/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:09:52 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On TMC? I&#8217;m up for ideas&#8230;</p>
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				<title>HUNG posted an update: Peace of mind in warmay mean wars of mind in peace.Face true enemies. </title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2048/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:13:00 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">Peace of mind in war</p>
<p class="">may mean wars of mind in peace.</p>
<p class="">Face true enemies. </p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: If you'd like your first five pages of your novel, or [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2047/</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:55:00 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;d like your first five pages of your novel, or the first ten of your script, then bring some paper copies tomorrow to the Slauson Hilltop. We&#8217;ll read and critique.</p>
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				<title>Dr. Kim posted an update: Have you watched Sunday Best on Netflix? Who knew [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2044/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:48:39 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you watched Sunday Best on Netflix? Who knew Ed Sullivan was a real one?!</p>
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				<title>Kimberly posted an update: Micromanagers.Do they need a life, orgasm,or punch to the throat?</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2036/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:22:32 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Micromanagers.</p>
<p>Do they need a life, orgasm,</p>
<p>or punch to the throat?</p>
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				<title>Jarrell posted an update: Thoughts on the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2028/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:37:57 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thoughts on the 2026 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame nominees? <a target='_blank' href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-phil-collins-lauryn-hill-1235521755/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-phil-collins-lauryn-hill-1235521755/</a></p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: Two people were slurred at BAFTA. Two innocent people [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2025/</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:47:18 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two people were slurred at BAFTA. Two innocent people who were once again reminded, on one of the biggest days of their lives, that despite that, they&#8217;re still reduced to subhumans. </p>
<p>The underlying reason doesn&#8217;t matter. In the same way that it didn&#8217;t matter when Kanye was diagnosed with schizophrenia and started I Love Hitler anti-semetic&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2025"><a href="https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2025/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: Sixty.What the hell is sixty?Literally an [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2023/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:10:39 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sixty.</p>
<p>What the hell is sixty?</p>
<p>Literally an age uncomtemplated</p>
<p>And yet it&#8217;s here. </p>
<p>Sixty</p>
<p>No more young adult innocence</p>
<p>Or being middle-aged crisis worthy</p>
<p>You&#8217;re now in &#8216;keep scrolling down for your birth year&#8217; zone</p>
<p>Sixty</p>
<p>The brain remains the same </p>
<p>Yet the shell shows signs of system failure</p>
<p>Aches &amp; pains, temporary in the past, set up shop like squatters&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2023"><a href="https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2023/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>HUNG posted an update: Brains but no polish;the polish is for all y'all.Just [&#133;]</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/2014/</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:13:47 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brains but no polish;</p>
<p>the polish is for all y&#8217;all.</p>
<p>Just you wait, just you-</p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: My brain is fried...but it is done.</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:01:57 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My brain is fried&#8230;but it is done.</p>
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				<title>Lizann posted an update: I find that writing is necessary for me. Though I hold [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:37:12 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find that writing is necessary for me. Though I hold to thoughts of bursting onto the scene with a book suitable for the NYT best sellers list, or a script steeped deeply in a some universal theme that speaks to audiences at large, in the end I just need to write. For my sake, for my sanity, writing is an outlet that I must fit into my&hellip;</p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: Hey y'all, I'm excited because this is the last [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:04:36 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey y&#8217;all, </p>
<p>I&#8217;m excited because this is the last day writing my re-write. Over 130K words, and my brain is tired. But yeah, finally done.</p>
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				<title>Kimberly posted an update: I'd much rather seeICE sparkle on a ring thantrample freedom's ring</title>
				<link>https://themetaphorclub.com/news-feed/p/1994/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:30:50 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d much rather see</p>
<p>ICE sparkle on a ring than</p>
<p>trample freedom&#8217;s ring</p>
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				<title>Lawrence posted an update: This is what the racist in chief posted this [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:53:31 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what the racist in chief posted this morning. Michelle and Barack as monkeys&#8230;</p>
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				<title>Dr. Kim posted an update: Still watching Becoming on Netflix. Last I checked it [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:46:42 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still watching Becoming on Netflix. Last I checked it was number 6 on the most watched list. Are you watching it?</p>
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				<title>Lizann posted an update: Octavia E. Butler must have been a sensitive soul. [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:45:40 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Octavia E. Butler must have been a sensitive soul. I&#8217;ve convinced myself that her writing of Lauren in Parable of the Sower, a character who feels the pain of those around her as well as their joys, was based on Octavia herself. That is why Octavia was a recluse in her life. She felt too strongly the emotions of those around her. That&hellip;</p>
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