<?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-19809394</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:23:10.671-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spotty</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19809394/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Spotty</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07612450916418258382</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>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19809394.post-113694553514538471</id><published>2006-01-10T18:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T20:03:30.386-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We've found the "Midwest" ... sort of!</title><content type='html'>After just under  a week of polling, I've managed to gather quite a few interpretations regarding where the "midwest" is located.  Though I received many very helpful thoughts, the glib and satirical comments are also appreciated.  Thank you to everybody that issued responses!!  Please feel free to still state your opinion and I will update the map accordingly ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W/o further ado, this is the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;general location&lt;/span&gt; of the "midwest", where darkest blue is the "heart" and lightest blue is the fringe:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4381/1968/1600/MidWestDrawblog.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4381/1968/400/MidWestDrawblog.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19809394-113694553514538471?l=shelleypotts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/feeds/113694553514538471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19809394&amp;postID=113694553514538471' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19809394/posts/default/113694553514538471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19809394/posts/default/113694553514538471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/2006/01/weve-found-midwest-sort-of.html' title='We&apos;ve found the &quot;Midwest&quot; ... sort of!'/><author><name>Spotty</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07612450916418258382</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-19809394.post-113649641017288470</id><published>2006-01-05T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-27T19:13:05.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where is the "Midwest"?</title><content type='html'>Ok Ladies and Gentlemen, let the polling begin.  On the news this morning the newscaster was reporting on a story in Kansas and mentioned that it is in the "midwest."  For me, having grown up in Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio, I certainly do not consider Kansas part of the "midwest".  After asking several people, it seems the *definition* of "midwest" is quite loose!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where do you think it is ... ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shelleypottsknitting.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4381/1968/1600/wreckage.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19809394-113649641017288470?l=shelleypotts.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/feeds/113649641017288470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19809394&amp;postID=113649641017288470' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19809394/posts/default/113649641017288470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19809394/posts/default/113649641017288470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://shelleypotts.blogspot.com/2006/01/where-is-midwest.html' title='Where is the &quot;Midwest&quot;?'/><author><name>Spotty</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07612450916418258382</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>34</thr:total></entry></feed>
