<?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-7701209839566494491</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:38:12.245Z</updated><category term='ew'/><category term='awkward'/><category term='advice request'/><category term='jerky family'/><category term='work'/><category term='annoyed'/><category term='odd'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>The Anonymous Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Have you ever wanted to discuss a topic without your friends and family knowing what you had to say?

Ever wanted to tell a funny story from the family reunion that would alienate everyone if it was on your blog?

The anonymous blog is your answer.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-6273971616249334494</id><published>2009-07-15T17:32:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T18:37:16.321+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advice request'/><title type='text'>Perfectionism Rears It's Ugly Head</title><summary type='text'>by WendyI've spent a lot of time at church over the past 10 years or so being in charge of something. Women's groups, children's groups, youth group... I sort of like being in charge, because I get to do it my way. Not that I'm opinionated or anything. (snark!) But recently it became time for someone else to take over my latest "in charge" project, (which was great - because it really was time!) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/6273971616249334494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/perfectionism-rears-its-ugly-head.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/6273971616249334494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/6273971616249334494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/perfectionism-rears-its-ugly-head.html' title='Perfectionism Rears It&apos;s Ugly Head'/><author><name>Miss Understood</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-3268709882340799209</id><published>2009-06-25T13:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T20:14:59.295+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='annoyed'/><title type='text'>Silence is Golden</title><summary type='text'>I've got a loud co-worker. He is three rows away from me, and we are separated by a 6 foot tall partition. But I can still hear EVERY SINGLE WORD of his phone conversations.This might not be too bad, but he does phone support. So he talks a lot.Not to mention his calls to vendors. Where he uses every lame cliche in the book. I bet there is a list he has printed out, in case there is ever any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/3268709882340799209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/silence-is-golden.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/3268709882340799209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/3268709882340799209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/silence-is-golden.html' title='Silence is Golden'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-8520778035275096038</id><published>2009-06-20T02:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T02:44:00.553+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awkward'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advice request'/><title type='text'>Crush or be Crushed</title><summary type='text'>There is this guy at work that keeps texting me. He's really great, and I enjoy our friendship, but I am curious about how other people may perceive it.See, I am married and 35. He is 17. He calls me his big sister, and I call him my little brother. Our conversations NEVER venture into any kind of inappropriate topics, but he does ask relationship advice sometimes.But I'm wondering if maybe he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/8520778035275096038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/crush-or-be-crushed.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/8520778035275096038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/8520778035275096038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/crush-or-be-crushed.html' title='Crush or be Crushed'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-7492408417227091177</id><published>2009-06-18T16:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T23:12:28.749+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='advice request'/><title type='text'>My Daughter's Keeper</title><summary type='text'>Lots of other parents have had this battle. I don't pretend like I'm the only one. Still, when it's your own child, it's more difficult to get a perspective. So maybe readers of the Anonymous blog can help me. Heaven knows I can't publish this on my own blog. I've grown really tired of stressing about this, and the people I try to talk to about it blow me off as being too worrisome.To put the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7492408417227091177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-daughters-keeper.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/7492408417227091177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/7492408417227091177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-daughters-keeper.html' title='My Daughter&apos;s Keeper'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-4321949296991641253</id><published>2009-06-18T03:51:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T04:19:47.074+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ew'/><title type='text'>Rodent Rage</title><summary type='text'>Lots of people have rodents around. They're not particularly bothersome... unless they're in a bothersome place.There's a squirrel in my freezer.Seriously.My husband has declared war on the squirrels invading our vegetable garden, digging up our flowers, and encouraging the neighborhood kids to kick our trees, trying to shake them down.One day hubby went out to check the garden, and the next </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4321949296991641253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/hot-day-in-hell.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/4321949296991641253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/4321949296991641253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/hot-day-in-hell.html' title='Rodent Rage'/><author><name>Miss Understood</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-9021703601117083610</id><published>2009-06-17T17:12:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T17:15:06.082+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>Work slobs</title><summary type='text'>Wow this is a cool idea.  thanks!Why are there so many slobs at work?  Seriously, how hard is it to wipe the coffee off the counter?  I'd hate to see these guys houses.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/9021703601117083610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/work-slobs.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/9021703601117083610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/9021703601117083610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/work-slobs.html' title='Work slobs'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-4808887828468537964</id><published>2009-06-10T17:11:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T04:29:29.158+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='annoyed'/><title type='text'>THREADED IDIOCY</title><summary type='text'>More danger comes from people not understanding technology than it does from people misusing it.A friend is getting married, so he starts a thread on facebook, asking for people's home addresses.  A THREAD WITH LIKE 90 PEOPLE!!!! Ok, buddy, it was simple to send like that.  but now, I get 3 or 4 emails a day with OTHER PEOPLES ADDRESSES!!!  Lets ignore the naivety of the people sending their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/4808887828468537964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/threaded-idiocy.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/4808887828468537964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/4808887828468537964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/threaded-idiocy.html' title='THREADED IDIOCY'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-7477540189039415999</id><published>2009-06-10T08:00:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T22:34:38.723+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Support is a Matter of Interpretation, I guess.</title><summary type='text'>-- submitted by JulieAnnA few weeks ago, the head of our women's group at church emailed me asking if she and some members of her committee could come to my house and sit down with me on Wednesday night, say around 7pm. I let her know that the youth were putting on a big dinner that night for some of the elderly people from church, so Wednesday would not be a good time for me.She emailed me back,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/7477540189039415999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/support-is-matter-of-interpretation-i.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/7477540189039415999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/7477540189039415999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/support-is-matter-of-interpretation-i.html' title='Support is a Matter of Interpretation, I guess.'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-1554781531482173505</id><published>2009-06-05T22:57:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T04:27:23.615+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='odd'/><title type='text'>A Checker's Game</title><summary type='text'>I was reading a blog I follow, and the checkout game was mentioned.  Maybe you've heard of it?  The clerk tries to guess what is going on based on what the customer is buying?I remember a night about 2 months after my first child was born.  It was 11:30, and the only open store was a CVS.  I set my purchases on the counter, and realized that it may look a little strange.1 small bottle of KY </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1554781531482173505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/checkers-game.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1554781531482173505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1554781531482173505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/checkers-game.html' title='A Checker&apos;s Game'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-1386479844101748182</id><published>2009-06-04T20:58:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T22:32:35.477+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jerky family'/><title type='text'>Doosh of the Year Award</title><summary type='text'>--submitted by JaneDooshA deliberate misspelling of "douche" intended to convey the novice nature of conduct that does not even rise to the level worth of being characterized by the term "douche." When a person is such a douche that spelling the word traditionally does not begin to describe how much of a douche they are.A douche, but spelled as if it were a nerf product.My brother Fred has been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1386479844101748182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/doosh-of-year-award.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1386479844101748182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1386479844101748182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/doosh-of-year-award.html' title='Doosh of the Year Award'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7701209839566494491.post-1681815102746295470</id><published>2009-06-03T22:31:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T22:33:21.372+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><title type='text'>An argument against home schooling</title><summary type='text'>--submitted by ChetOne of the most potent arguments against home schooling comes from watching home schooled children interact socially with others.Case on Point:  a true story with names changedCharactersTony, a sixteen year old guy, all around pretty cool and good lookingMary, a seventeen year old girl, pretty cool and very attractiveMark, a fourteen year old guy, homeschooled, but not bad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/1681815102746295470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/argument-against-home-schooling.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1681815102746295470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7701209839566494491/posts/default/1681815102746295470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-phantoms-anonymous-blog.blogspot.com/2009/06/argument-against-home-schooling.html' title='An argument against home schooling'/><author><name>The Phantom Blogger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07341940217924148264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
