<?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-3432002661165695335</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:35:25.677-05:00</updated><category term='wcw'/><category term='wrestling'/><category term='Live Search'/><category term='Microsoft'/><category term='wwe'/><category term='tna'/><category term='ecw'/><category term='Kumo'/><category term='science'/><category term='Links'/><title type='text'>Mike's Mind Sludge</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432002661165695335.post-6530397559386858882</id><published>2011-02-23T21:05:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T14:31:45.649-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christchurch, NZ Earthquake</title><summary type='text'>UPDATE (2:27 PM EDT, 2/24/11): 103 confirmed dead; 228 still missing.  The Hotel Grand Chancellor, one of the tallest buildings in Christchurch remains standing, but continues to lean and is expected to collapse.

UPDATE: 98 confirmed dead; 226 still missing.

At 12:51 PM NZDT on February 22nd, 2010, a 6.3 Mw earthquake at a depth of 5km hit 10km South of Christchurch, New Zealand.  This is the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/6530397559386858882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=6530397559386858882' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/6530397559386858882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/6530397559386858882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2011/02/christchurch-nz-earthquake.html' title='Christchurch, NZ Earthquake'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-7752337383852252893</id><published>2011-02-16T23:11:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T02:07:37.749-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wrestling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wcw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wwe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecw'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tna'/><title type='text'>Good Wrasslin', Where Art Thou?!</title><summary type='text'>Now that I can watching wrestling again, I find myself struggling to be entertained by the current product.  The last time I was really into wrestling, and I mean watching it, following it, reading Lords of Pain, and living it, there were the big three.  WWF, WCW, and ECW ran the show, Monday Night Wars were coming to an end (as we all know WCW was suffering), and it was just interesting.  Now, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/7752337383852252893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=7752337383852252893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/7752337383852252893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/7752337383852252893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2011/02/good-wrasslin-where-art-thou.html' title='Good Wrasslin&apos;, Where Art Thou?!'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-4512500965883048763</id><published>2009-04-29T23:16:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T23:38:25.818-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Swine Flu Uproar</title><summary type='text'>I haven't posted much lately because there simply has not been much lately that have captivated my eyes.  The economy sucks, Microsoft is dropping much faster than anyone projected, both of the local major sports teams are awful, and life in general has not changed much.  There wasn't a whole lot of new news going around... Until a new flu started.If you're not sure of the background of the Swine</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/4512500965883048763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=4512500965883048763' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/4512500965883048763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/4512500965883048763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/04/swine-flu-uproar.html' title='Swine Flu Uproar'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-7893361279966387452</id><published>2009-03-25T20:07:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T20:13:04.189-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where Did You Go?</title><summary type='text'>I have not gone anywhere.  I am still around.  I am digesting some news lately and figuring out how to spew my opinion out on them.Most notably, Terrell Owens signed with the Buffalo Bills (which still has me quite speechless).  I am probably going to interweave it with the potential of the Bills first game being on a Monday night versus the Patriots (Unofficial, will likely wait until the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/7893361279966387452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=7893361279966387452' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/7893361279966387452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/7893361279966387452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/where-did-you-go.html' title='Where Did You Go?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-706651438965132879</id><published>2009-03-03T22:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T23:45:14.303-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Live Search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kumo'/><title type='text'>Will "Kumo" Help Microsoft?</title><summary type='text'>Ok.  Everyone that knows me understands very well that I am not a fan of Microsoft.  If you don't know this fact, then you'll notice this article is openly biased against them.  Microsoft is desperately trying to compete with Yahoo! and Google in the search market.  Despite gaining a little ground, are still dead last of the big three.In an effort to catch up in the market, MS has internally </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/706651438965132879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=706651438965132879' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/706651438965132879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/706651438965132879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/will-kumo-help-microsoft.html' title='Will &quot;Kumo&quot; Help Microsoft?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-21684778144921038</id><published>2009-03-01T22:15:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T22:19:01.219-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Links'/><title type='text'>Links</title><summary type='text'>My links will be coming soon.  I'm just going to post what is in my bookmarks.  Eventually I'll post the sites with RSS feeds I read.  I'll hopefully add additional functionality like Twitter or maybe Digg.  We'll see.  Time is limited, that's for sure.  At lease this time I've managed to pull off a couple posts.  I have a few more in notes that I have to just clean the sludge off and post.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/21684778144921038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=21684778144921038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/21684778144921038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/21684778144921038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/links.html' title='Links'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-6146582206367605257</id><published>2009-03-01T22:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T22:08:25.126-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Buffalo Sabres, What’s Left?</title><summary type='text'>With 21 games left in the season, what do the Buffalo Sabres (31-25-7; 69 points; 9th place) have left?  With Vanek and Miller out, it doesn’t seem like there is much.  As most games this season, Lalime plays a decent game, and receives zero help from the offense.  Lalime has only allowed 3 goals in the last 2 games with his teammates only able to muster 1 goal.If the Sabres have any hope of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/6146582206367605257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=6146582206367605257' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/6146582206367605257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/6146582206367605257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/03/buffalo-sabres-whats-left.html' title='Buffalo Sabres, What’s Left?'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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-3432002661165695335.post-3903071844813260871</id><published>2009-02-23T22:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T23:17:05.707-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>Here It Comes, and Here It Goes</title><summary type='text'>I'm not big when it comes to Astronomy.  A few things tend to peak my interest.  Solar and lunar eclipses, rare comets that fly by, and just general enormity of the outer space.  Its amazing how you can see stars and other planets that are millions of miles away.  For the next week, you can see a two-tailed comet.The peak will be tonight in the northern hemisphere.  The comet Lulin will pass by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/feeds/3903071844813260871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3432002661165695335&amp;postID=3903071844813260871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/3903071844813260871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3432002661165695335/posts/default/3903071844813260871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mpmrumblings.blogspot.com/2009/02/here-it-comes-and-here-it-goes.html' title='Here It Comes, and Here It Goes'/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09563699794777418771</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></feed>
