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		<title>Episode 6 &#8211; Montage</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/11/episode-6-montage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, we basically just talk about porn for 14 minutes.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Yeah, we basically just talk about porn for 14 minutes.</p>
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		<title>Jesus needs your money</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/09/jesus-needs-your-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so maybe not Jesus, he&#8217;s probably pretty loaded. Unless he lost it all in the dot-com bust or has a gambling problem.
So, anyway, he&#8217;s good. We, however, are not. Well, I mean, we&#8217;re fine. We&#8217;re okay. We&#8217;re not starving or taking things home from our offices and trying to sell them only to find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Okay, so maybe not Jesus, he&#8217;s probably pretty loaded. Unless he lost it all in the dot-com bust or has a gambling problem.</p>
<p>So, anyway, he&#8217;s good. We, however, are not. Well, I mean, we&#8217;re <em>fine</em>. We&#8217;re <em>okay</em>. We&#8217;re not starving or taking things home from our offices and trying to sell them only to find out nobody wants a used office phone or some cabling I found in a filing cabinet.</p>
<p>But, the thing is, booze costs money. And since we at Special Pleading are pretty big proponents of the Life, What a Fucking Disaster™ drinking game (you drink every time you&#8217;re sad) we need your help. See that donate button over yonder? We&#8217;d really like you to click that and send us money so that we can drink beers and other things that make life okay for a little while on the show and be funny for you.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to send us money, though. We&#8217;ll still keep on doing the show. We just&#8230; we&#8217;d just really like to be a bit happier. And we&#8217;re pretty sure that just one more drink will do it. Just one. I mean, after that, we&#8217;re good. We&#8217;ll be happy for real and we&#8217;ll be nicer to our families and we won&#8217;t even just want to keep watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/">Up</a> even though it makes us sad and we&#8217;ll come to bed at a decent time and not just pass out on the couch every Tuesday.</p>
<p>So, yeah, please donate, won&#8217;t you?</p>
<p><strong>EDIT:</strong> Great point from Ben in the comments! &#8220;Oh! OH! Oh! We’ll probably maybe do stuff for money too. Let us know what you’d like in exchange for your donation (once it has been made) and we’ll consider it (with no guarantees and absolutely no chance of a refund).&#8221;</p>
<p>You&#8217;re welcome,</p>
<p>- Joel, Ben, and Amy</p>
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		<title>Episode 5: People of Lesser Size</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/08/episode-5-people-of-lesser-size/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/08/episode-5-people-of-lesser-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Play the Special Pleading drinking game!<br />
1 Drink: Every time Joel cuts Ben off when he starts saying something<br />
2 Drinks: Everytime you see Jason!</p>
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		<title>Episode 4: &#8220;Sextually Active&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/02/episode-4-sextually-active/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/02/episode-4-sextually-active/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentine&#8217;s Day edition! Okay, so it&#8217;s actually the third episode we&#8217;ve uploaded, and is out days after Valentine&#8217;s Day. But that&#8217;s not the point.

Special Pleading 4: Sextually Active from Joel Kelly on Vimeo.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Valentine&#8217;s Day edition! Okay, so it&#8217;s actually the third episode we&#8217;ve uploaded, and is out days after Valentine&#8217;s Day. But that&#8217;s not the point.</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9524058">Special Pleading 4: Sextually Active</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user216255">Joel Kelly</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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		<title>Send us your questions!</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/01/send-us-your-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2010/01/send-us-your-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re filming the next episode tomorrow night, and we need your questions!
Romance, career, fashion, anything!
Send them to joel@specialpleading.com before tomorrow evening.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>We&#8217;re filming the next episode tomorrow night, and we need your questions!</p>
<p>Romance, career, fashion, anything!</p>
<p>Send them to joel@specialpleading.com before tomorrow evening.</p>
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		<title>Special Pleading 2: Kathy Bates</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/12/special-pleading-2-kathy-bates/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/12/special-pleading-2-kathy-bates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSFW language.
DO NOT WATCH if you can be offended by anything.
Actually, you probably shouldn&#8217;t even watch this at all.
If you still do, you were warned and you can&#8217;t blame us for anything.

Special Pleading 2: Kathy Bates from Joel Kelly on Vimeo.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>NSFW language.</p>
<p>DO NOT WATCH if you can be offended by anything.</p>
<p>Actually, you probably shouldn&#8217;t even watch this at all.</p>
<p>If you still do, you were warned and you can&#8217;t blame us for anything.</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8296712">Special Pleading 2: Kathy Bates</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user216255">Joel Kelly</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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		<title>Special Pleading 1: &#8220;Career Limiting&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/12/special-pleading-1-career-limiting/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/12/special-pleading-1-career-limiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first episode is finally here! Warning: Contains adult language!

Special Pleading 1: Career Limiting
We discuss drama in our lives, theft, pandemic influenza, romance, and fashion!
Hope you enjoy our first episode.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Our first episode is finally here! Warning: Contains adult language!</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8195626">Special Pleading 1: Career Limiting</a></p>
<p>We discuss drama in our lives, theft, pandemic influenza, romance, and fashion!</p>
<p>Hope you enjoy our first episode.</p>
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		<title>Special Pleading</title>
		<link>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/11/hello-world/</link>
		<comments>http://specialpleading.com/blog/2009/11/hello-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Special pleading is someone attempting to cite something as an exemption to a generally accepted rule, principle, etc. without justifying the exemption.&#8221; &#8211; Wikipedia
&#8220;An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence.&#8221; &#8211; WordNet
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>&#8220;<strong>Special pleading</strong> is someone attempting to cite something as an exemption to a generally accepted rule, principle, etc. without justifying the exemption.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_pleading">Wikipedia</a></p>
<p>&#8220;An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence.&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=special%20pleading">WordNet</a></p>
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