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		<title>What I did during my hiatus from the working world (Part 3 of 3)</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2012/01/what-i-did-during-my-hiatus-from-the-working-world-part-3-of-3-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is Part 3 of 3. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here.] Poker in the beautiful Northwest Near the end of August, Luckbox Larry rang me up and suggested that I visit Seattle for some poker tournaments. I started planning my trip to Seattle and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fair Weather Fan: A triumph of sports marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/10/the-fair-weather-fan-a-triumph-of-sports-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part of the American ethos is that we should love sports, and that we should love particular sports teams. This goes all the way to the top: George W. Bush recently threw out the first pitch at a World Series game, and next March will bring hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Bach vs. Vanessa Rousso: Day 4 of the 2011 WSOP Main Event on ESPN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On ESPN&#8217;s Tuesday night WSOP coverage of the Main Event, there was a really big hand between Vanessa Rousso and David Bach. I was in the audience when the hand went down. I had several conversations about the hand over the following days, and it turns out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WSOP 2011 Wrap-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/07/wsop-2011-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally back from my month-long stint in Vegas. I think I&#8217;ve written something like 15,000 words about the trip (maybe more), so I thought it might be helpful to recap and summarize everything in one place with links to all the other stuff. Here are links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I love technology probably at least as much as you, you see&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/06/i-love-technology-probably-at-least-as-much-as-you-you-see/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/06/i-love-technology-probably-at-least-as-much-as-you-you-see/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday night, I busted from a tournament at the Wynn (I min-cashed), but decided to stick around because a friend was still playing and I wanted to offer support (known as sweating or railing in the poker parlance). Fortunately, I had my Burro Bag with me, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m ok with Apple&#8217;s WWDC 2011 Keynote</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/06/why-im-ok-with-the-wwdc-2011-keynote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual WWDC Keynote is a pretty big deal for Apple fanboys like me. Apple typically makes several big announcements throughout the year, but this is usually the big announcement. (Maybe I&#8217;m biased because iPhone and iOS are my favorite Apple products.) It&#8217;s typically pretty easy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut House trying to legislate decreased pay, lower employment rate for hourly employees</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/06/connecticut-house-trying-to-legislate-decreased-pay-lower-employment-rate-for-hourly-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/06/connecticut-house-trying-to-legislate-decreased-pay-lower-employment-rate-for-hourly-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.joshdoody.com/?p=970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[@ModeledBehavior (the Twitter account for a group economics blog, ModeledBehavior.com) shared this on Friday night: Because what we need right now are more labor market regulations http://nyti.ms/ivdMwq Obviously, @ModeledBehavior was being sarcastic here, but the Connecticut legislators are totally serious. Their plan is to mandate that hourly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR’s Planet Money Podcast mistakes competition for thievery</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/npr%e2%80%99s-planet-money-podcast-mistakes-competition-for-thievery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/npr%e2%80%99s-planet-money-podcast-mistakes-competition-for-thievery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.joshdoody.com/?p=949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Planet Money podcast&#8211;How Many Jobs Has Scott Walker Created?&#8211;was about whether government and politicians can actually create jobs. The Planet Money team focused on Wisconsin&#8217;s governor, Scott Walker, and rightly pointed out that his plan doesn&#8217;t seem to be creating jobs so much as allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is Redbox so much cheaper than Amazon and iTunes? (contd.)</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/why-is-redbox-so-much-cheaper-than-amazon-and-itunes-contd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/why-is-redbox-so-much-cheaper-than-amazon-and-itunes-contd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, I wrote about the price differences between Redbox, Amazon and iTunes for renting movies. My friend Andy emailed me to point out that I had missed a pretty big component of Redbox&#8217;s pricing scheme: Late fees. This was a pretty big oversight since it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I just quit my job (Part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/why-i-just-quit-my-job-part-2-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.joshdoody.com/2011/05/why-i-just-quit-my-job-part-2-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Doody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Josh's note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part post. Part 1 is here.] What am I leaving behind? Even if I saved up enough money and had a list of things to occupy my time, I still had to decide whether to leave my job. A major [...]]]></description>
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