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		<title>By: Portraits</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-54886</link>
		<dc:creator>Portraits</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My favorite flower is a rose. I find roses very romantic and very classic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My favorite flower is a rose. I find roses very romantic and very classic.</p>
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		<title>By: Christina Tierney</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-39797</link>
		<dc:creator>Christina Tierney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love the Orchid...because it&#039;s &quot;independent&quot; and blooms while embracing adverse conditions.  It&#039;s extremely symbolic for me.  

Beautiful post Mark.  Thanks for Asking

AKA...@twittgoddess</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the Orchid&#8230;because it&#8217;s &#8220;independent&#8221; and blooms while embracing adverse conditions.  It&#8217;s extremely symbolic for me.  </p>
<p>Beautiful post Mark.  Thanks for Asking</p>
<p>AKA&#8230;@twittgoddess</p>
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		<title>By: Adriana Ramos</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-39796</link>
		<dc:creator>Adriana Ramos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow, MARK...instead of a coffe, I may get my ipod and look up for &quot;Don&#039;t Stop Believin&#039; by Journey&quot; to bring back sensitive memories of Calla Lilies...

Why is my favorite flower? In 1985 Mexico City suffered a horrendous earthquake, the most deadly in the history of the Country. Thousand died and lost their home. After weeks of general desperation, piles of flowers appear around the pieces of buildings, to remember does who were lost.

One morning my Dad brought me dozens of Calla Lilies &quot;Dear, you been non stop helping in the streets, I thought this may cheer you up for your voluntary work today&quot;...

Since then is been my favorite Flower!!!!!

Thanks, your make me write again in English...Love your blog!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow, MARK&#8230;instead of a coffe, I may get my ipod and look up for &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin&#8217; by Journey&#8221; to bring back sensitive memories of Calla Lilies&#8230;</p>
<p>Why is my favorite flower? In 1985 Mexico City suffered a horrendous earthquake, the most deadly in the history of the Country. Thousand died and lost their home. After weeks of general desperation, piles of flowers appear around the pieces of buildings, to remember does who were lost.</p>
<p>One morning my Dad brought me dozens of Calla Lilies &#8220;Dear, you been non stop helping in the streets, I thought this may cheer you up for your voluntary work today&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>Since then is been my favorite Flower!!!!!</p>
<p>Thanks, your make me write again in English&#8230;Love your blog!!</p>
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		<title>By: Janata</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-15988</link>
		<dc:creator>Janata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My Favorite Flower is &quot;Red Roses&quot;. I will give Red Roses on the Occasions - Valentine&#039;s Day to my boy friend. If you want to make your Valentine&#039;s Day memorable one give Red Roses to dear one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My Favorite Flower is &#8220;Red Roses&#8221;. I will give Red Roses on the Occasions &#8211; Valentine&#8217;s Day to my boy friend. If you want to make your Valentine&#8217;s Day memorable one give Red Roses to dear one.</p>
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		<title>By: Free Research Tools - Social Media &#38; Bookmarking Sites</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-3239</link>
		<dc:creator>Free Research Tools - Social Media &#38; Bookmarking Sites</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Mark asked a simple question which implored a mutual romance of the mind, &#8220;What is your favorite flower?&#8221; As you&#8217;ll notice in his commentary area, females were not the only ones to reciprocate the love. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Mark asked a simple question which implored a mutual romance of the mind, &#8220;What is your favorite flower?&#8221; As you&#8217;ll notice in his commentary area, females were not the only ones to reciprocate the love. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: In the land of D.R. Copywriting</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-2425</link>
		<dc:creator>In the land of D.R. Copywriting</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mark,

I literally stumbled upon this post by absolute accident, one link after another.  This will be the first ever that I am inclined to post on any blog... What you wrote and how you wrote it, it was mesmerizing...

I&#039;ve been living in the world of direct response copywriting, and found this post to very rich... full of colour.  Enjoyed it tremendously!

Thanks for making me smile, and remembering some long ago sun-filled days... BTW, lately, I&#039;ve been favouring daffodils :)

Dina

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shauneclarke.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Direct Response Copywriting&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mark,</p>
<p>I literally stumbled upon this post by absolute accident, one link after another.  This will be the first ever that I am inclined to post on any blog&#8230; What you wrote and how you wrote it, it was mesmerizing&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been living in the world of direct response copywriting, and found this post to very rich&#8230; full of colour.  Enjoyed it tremendously!</p>
<p>Thanks for making me smile, and remembering some long ago sun-filled days&#8230; BTW, lately, I&#8217;ve been favouring daffodils <img src='http://collective-thoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Dina</p>
<p><a href="http://www.shauneclarke.com" >Direct Response Copywriting</a></p>
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		<title>By: SmugBaldy</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-2060</link>
		<dc:creator>SmugBaldy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mark - 

Thanks for nice post - it was a bit like a tootsie pop - sweet and crunchy  on the outside with a secret chocolate center.  The idea of connecting with your readers obviously isn&#039;t new, but I think you did a good job here by evoking a happy childhood memory and then tying it into social media.  Not always an easy task, but good job.

In any event, if nothing else, you prompted me to install the SU toolbar and write my first SU review at http://smugbaldy.stumbleupon.com/

If you&#039;re still willing to do site reviews, I can always use some decent  feedback at http://www.smugbaldy.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mark &#8211; </p>
<p>Thanks for nice post &#8211; it was a bit like a tootsie pop &#8211; sweet and crunchy  on the outside with a secret chocolate center.  The idea of connecting with your readers obviously isn&#8217;t new, but I think you did a good job here by evoking a happy childhood memory and then tying it into social media.  Not always an easy task, but good job.</p>
<p>In any event, if nothing else, you prompted me to install the SU toolbar and write my first SU review at <a href="http://smugbaldy.stumbleupon.com/" >http://smugbaldy.stumbleupon.com/</a></p>
<p>If you&#8217;re still willing to do site reviews, I can always use some decent  feedback at <a href="http://www.smugbaldy.com" >http://www.smugbaldy.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Describing the Pleasure of Squishing Dandelions Between Your Fingers as Linkbait?</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1221</link>
		<dc:creator>Describing the Pleasure of Squishing Dandelions Between Your Fingers as Linkbait?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] days ago I wrote a post about how&#160;Dandelions bring back memories of my childhood long past. The inspiration was contributing to my angst of [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] days ago I wrote a post about how&nbsp;Dandelions bring back memories of my childhood long past. The inspiration was contributing to my angst of [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Kristen</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1084</link>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My favorite flower is a Tulip. They really don&#039;t have much smell so I think the reason I like them is for the sheer simplicity of them. Any color is acceptable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My favorite flower is a Tulip. They really don&#8217;t have much smell so I think the reason I like them is for the sheer simplicity of them. Any color is acceptable.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhea</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1083</link>
		<dc:creator>Rhea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I like dandelions too when I was little. Maybe it was a Midwest thing. :P I did pop heads off. But my favorite was blowing the seedlings off never knowing where the wind would take them. And knowing I would never see them again. It was like setting them free.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I like dandelions too when I was little. Maybe it was a Midwest thing. <img src='http://collective-thoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  I did pop heads off. But my favorite was blowing the seedlings off never knowing where the wind would take them. And knowing I would never see them again. It was like setting them free.</p>
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		<title>By: pat</title>
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		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>pretty stuff, great job</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pretty stuff, great job</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Laymon</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1080</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark Laymon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you to everyone who is participating in my social experiment to form a personal connection with you. 

I am looking at alternative formats that I can connect with each of you and I saw this as a way of meeting some of you that would not normally cross paths with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you to everyone who is participating in my social experiment to form a personal connection with you. </p>
<p>I am looking at alternative formats that I can connect with each of you and I saw this as a way of meeting some of you that would not normally cross paths with.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1078</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Done! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/&lt;/a&gt;. Great idea, Mark! Much better than some typical social media reciprocal linking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Done! <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/" >http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/</a>. Great idea, Mark! Much better than some typical social media reciprocal linking.</p>
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		<title>By: spostareduro</title>
		<link>http://collective-thoughts.com/2008/02/20/what-is-your-favorite-flower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077</link>
		<dc:creator>spostareduro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Mark, I can&#039;t believe you are having me tear up before my first cup of coffee. 

I remember my first loved and still favorite flower..Forget-me-nots. 

You asked for an SU review and here&#039;s the URL http://spostareduro.stumbleupon.com/review/17724108/

Thanks for making me remember.
Kimberly</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Mark, I can&#8217;t believe you are having me tear up before my first cup of coffee. </p>
<p>I remember my first loved and still favorite flower..Forget-me-nots. </p>
<p>You asked for an SU review and here&#8217;s the URL <a href="http://spostareduro.stumbleupon.com/review/17724108/" >http://spostareduro.stumbleupon.com/review/17724108/</a></p>
<p>Thanks for making me remember.<br />
Kimberly</p>
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