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	<updated>2026-05-19T17:08:03Z</updated>

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			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Plane Boarding Hierarchies]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7289</id>
		<updated>2026-05-19T17:08:03Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-19T17:08:03Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Boarding airplanes has become as challenging as finding a parking spot at Costco at Christmas time. Each airline has their own boarding hierarchy based on the clientele they serve. I’ve taken the time to recreate their boarding order so you can be prepared. American Airlines. They’re family oriented and board in this order: Parents with [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
							<uri>http://davidhardiman.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Early NASA Proposals for the Mercury Space Program]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7284</id>
		<updated>2026-05-18T16:59:14Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-18T16:58:33Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>1. Boarding the space capsule shall be accomplished in the following order: Parents with small children, NASA Platinum Club members, service monkeys, small parents with large children, Civil War veterans, parents with imaginary children, and then astronauts 2. Heat shields would consist of a damp washcloth held in place with magnets 3. To save weight, [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[I Don’t Want to Say the Guy Was a Neanderthal, But…]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7276</id>
		<updated>2026-05-03T19:37:26Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-03T19:37:26Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Ditties" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="list" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="neanderthal" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="primitive" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>the only way he could cool his body was by panting he called the Paleo Diet just “diet” if you pointed at something down the street, he’d just look at the end of your finger during a full moon he howled like Michael McDonald he thought the city zoo was an apartment complex he thinks [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
							<uri>http://davidhardiman.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Speculations If the Titanic Was Struck by an Iceberg Lettuce]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7272</id>
		<updated>2026-05-02T05:57:35Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-02T05:57:35Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Lists" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="lettuce" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="list" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="titanic" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>1. New class of ships would’ve evolved: Iceberg Lettuce Breakers. They’d be captained by Produce Managers 2. The expression, “That’s just the tip of the lettuce” would become popular 3. James Cameron’s net worth would be about $100 million less 4. If somehow the Iceberg Lettuce managed to rip a gash in the Titanic’s steel [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[My Moustache Comb Salesman is Always Trying to Outdo Me]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7268</id>
		<updated>2026-05-18T16:00:34Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-02T05:53:40Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>When I told him I just had a twice-baked potato, he said, “Yeah, well I just had a thrice-baked potato. When I told him I saw the movie “Double Indemnity” he said “That&#8217;s nothing. I just saw the sequel ‘Quadruple Indemnity’ and it was twice as good.&#8221;</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Snippets of Overheard Conversation]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7265</id>
		<updated>2026-05-18T16:01:52Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-01T17:22:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Lists" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="conversation" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="list" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="snippets" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>My dentist is so judgmental. He told me, &#8220;You made a very bad first impression with us. Try making a better second impression. By biting down harder.” Don’t you find it odd that your procrastinator&#8217;s office has only waiting rooms and that he’s making appointments 13 years out? Let that sink in. If a Kohler [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Perilous Times in Which We Live]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7256</id>
		<updated>2026-03-31T14:17:32Z</updated>
		<published>2026-03-29T17:57:15Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Who doesn’t remember exactly where they were when The Price Is Right admitted that there was no succession plan in place for host Drew Carey? Absolutely unconscionable of them. Another more recent case of having one’s core beliefs shattered is when it was announced that J Lo’s residency at Caesar’s Palace would be curtailed due [&#8230;]</p>
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Dave Shares His Thoughts]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7244</id>
		<updated>2026-01-07T06:25:56Z</updated>
		<published>2026-01-05T19:17:57Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Lists" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Ariana" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="Jennifer" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="list" /><category scheme="https://davidhardiman.com" term="thoughts" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I wonder which is more wind resistant: Tumbleweed or Ariana Grande. I worry about that little pixie being picked up by a stiff breeze and never being seen or heard from again. So I’m not hip anymore. I wouldn&#8217;t recognize Dua Lipa or Doja Cat if they were French kissing me. And speaking of same, [&#8230;]</p>
The post <a href="https://davidhardiman.com/blog/dave-shares-his-thoughts/">Dave Shares His Thoughts</a> first appeared on <a href="https://davidhardiman.com">davidhardiman.com</a>.]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[***A Random List that has Nothing to Do with the New Year***]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7237</id>
		<updated>2026-01-01T16:51:16Z</updated>
		<published>2026-01-01T16:49:46Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Archimedes, angered at misplacing his toga, exclaims &#8220;Eureka, I have lost it!&#8221; Archimedes math problems keep multiplying Archimedes says he&#8217;s screwed! (think, think, that&#8217;s it. You have found it!) It has been determined that William Shatner&#8217;s body is 95% ham The bark of Dogwood trees is ruff Self-Check Out is very popular these days. In [&#8230;]</p>
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			<name>David Hardiman</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Court Jester Shows in Medieval Times]]></title>
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		<id>https://davidhardiman.com/?p=7231</id>
		<updated>2025-12-26T06:32:33Z</updated>
		<published>2025-12-26T06:32:33Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Louis XIV Presents: Jerk du Soleil Just Jest I Guess Surely You Joust (And stop calling me Joust…I mean surely) Clowns to the Left of Me Jokers to the Right, Here I am Stuck in the middle with me Oh how we love whatever God, our King tells us to Worship: And other ways to [&#8230;]</p>
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