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		<title>The Day After &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Everyone Who Read or Shared my &#8220;Open Letter&#8221; post — When I sat down to write that post I merely wanted to share my thoughts. I had no expectations at all as to what would happen. I posted it to my Facebook page, tweeted it to Rosie, Sheri Salata (a major player with Oprah&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2284&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Rosie O&#8217;Donnell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. O&#8217;Donnell, The first time I watched the above clip my reaction was tepid as it wasn&#8217;t the first time I&#8217;d heard of someone having an anxiety over Little People. Since I&#8217;m considerably shorter than 99% of the adults on the planet, I&#8217;ve pretty much heard and seen it all. I can understand the irrational [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2268&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Y&#8217;all Rock!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is such a wonderful tool. When I first joined the king of all social media services, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect. It seemed silly to me to let the world know what was going on in my life, but I figured what the heck and signed up anyway. And within a few days, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2254&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Untitled.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past few months have been full of more stops, starts, and detours, than L.A.&#8217;s 405 freeway while under construction. I began last year with several extensive re-writes of my manuscript—thanks to the input from a few well-read and honest friends. Once I polished the manuscript as best I could, I wrote and re-wrote my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2242&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And Now a Word From Our Sponsor.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog, its previous iterations &#8220;TuffyPants,&#8221; and the many &#8220;ChristmasIs&#8221; incarnations have been in existence for about seven years. These blogs grew out of a desire to share my on-the-road experiences with friends and family who either couldn&#8217;t attend the performances or were curious about my holiday hijinks. I blogged about everything from soup to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2217&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elves Do Not Travel in Packs for a Reason.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working the Christmas Spectacular is a blast. Radio City pays me a crazy amount of money for the work I do—that&#8217;s not to say they&#8217;re not getting their money&#8217;s worth. I get to hang out with some insanely talented and genuinely nice people all day. Both my ego and need for approval are sated with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2190&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Return of &#8230; That Guy.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that guy—the one who captures the attention of everyone in a room simply by showing up. Who hasn&#8217;t been in the company of the guy who can raise eyebrows, uproarious laughter, and sometimes hackles with the ease of drawing a breath? And who hasn&#8217;t been able to name the guy who was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2149&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lights Out.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo by Jason &#8220;Cha Cha&#8221; Perez So. With the 2011 season of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular under my belt, I&#8217;m ready to get back to the task at hand: becoming a published writer. I garnered the interest of a literary agent, Claire Gerus, in late October and as I mentioned in an earlier post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2153&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiritual Significance of the New Year.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been reading my blog for any amount of time you know that I&#8217;ve spent the past three months in New York rehearsing and performing in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. And you also know that the relationships I&#8217;ve formed over the years with cast and crew alike are a source of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2134&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Christmas Music Video of 2011.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clay Rivers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks I work with onstage and backstage at the Christmas Spectacular are some of the most talented in the country. Zac Hammer (a member of my cast), Alex Karigan, along with a few of their friends turned their sites to spreading a little Christmas cheer with their music video &#8220;Miracle on 42nd Street.&#8221; As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clayrivers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9025086&amp;post=2115&amp;subd=clayrivers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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