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My Year.</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/feeds/829194643717279671/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html'/><author><name>Paul Cornell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c10/Berniceboy/ABACopyEvenSmaller.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-2522657311680712230</id><published>2011-12-16T07:29:25.841Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T07:29:25.841Z</updated><title type='text'>I think that&amp;#39;s perfectly natural. I&amp;#39;m glad...</title><content type='html'>I think that&amp;#39;s perfectly natural. I&amp;#39;m glad the post resonated with you. Cheers.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/2522657311680712230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/2522657311680712230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1324020565841#c2522657311680712230' title=''/><author><name>Paul Cornell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c10/Berniceboy/ABACopyEvenSmaller.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-228295201'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-3159965430076015027</id><published>2011-12-15T16:12:08.469Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T16:12:08.469Z</updated><title type='text'>Great post.Sorry to hear about your Dad though but...</title><content type='html'>Great post.Sorry to hear about your Dad though but very interesting what you had to say.  My Mum died 2 years ago (aged 97) we went to the funeral director several times and I sat with her coffin open having a cup of tea chatting to her. Apparently its quite common to do this.   How bizarre is that? Funny how you handle things in the end that you have spent all of your life dreading.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/3159965430076015027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/3159965430076015027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323965528469#c3159965430076015027' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1564802172'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-5603661752369743583</id><published>2011-12-15T08:53:05.032Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T08:53:05.032Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Jason. Pleasure to have met you, Emma, and...</title><content type='html'>Thanks, Jason. Pleasure to have met you, Emma, and indeed, see you at the SFX Weekender. Psmith: glad that&amp;#39;s a good thing, thanks. Ani: do find me, I&amp;#39;m there to meet anyone who wants to be met. Slvn: thanks, I appreciate that. Ter: thanks, and sorry you were victim to this blog&amp;#39;s awkwardness with links. Paste, everyone!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/5603661752369743583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/5603661752369743583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323939185032#c5603661752369743583' title=''/><author><name>Paul Cornell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c10/Berniceboy/ABACopyEvenSmaller.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-228295201'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1147960527045111091</id><published>2011-12-15T04:38:40.375Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T04:38:40.375Z</updated><title type='text'>I haven&amp;#39;t commented here a whole lot lately, b...</title><content type='html'>I haven&amp;#39;t commented here a whole lot lately, but I always look forward to your 12 Blogs of Christmas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much so, that I started the tradition myself. Hope you don&amp;#39;t mind!&lt;br /&gt;http://teresajusino.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/twelve-posts-of-christmas-1-ode-to-pasteles/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, if you&amp;#39;d like to read an entry about my least favorite (but strangely treasured) Puerto Rican holiday food, feel free. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;#39;ve had really interesting year - some good, some bad - all signs, though, that you&amp;#39;re alive and actually doing some living, which is more than a lot of people can say. I wish you a wonderful holiday season, and a fantabulous new year!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/1147960527045111091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/1147960527045111091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323923920375#c1147960527045111091' title=''/><author><name>Teresa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03901114161236569209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16511364896415414762'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IG16j1eiH-k/SXdIcW3kpfI/AAAAAAAAAEw/1mSvdBiXmJY/S220/Teresa+photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1620107790'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-6717644122767810254</id><published>2011-12-14T23:50:01.590Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T23:50:01.590Z</updated><title type='text'>I thought Demon Knights was amazing; I&amp;#39;d been ...</title><content type='html'>I thought Demon Knights was amazing; I&amp;#39;d been enjoying the book, but this took it to a different level. A lot of the conversation between Merlin and Ystina was poignant, its setting outside time was interesting in a mindbendy timetravelly sort of way, and the reveals were surprising and made me more curious about future issues (and Stormwatch, too) than I had been until now. Great job! This was one of the best of the New 52 for me.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/6717644122767810254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/6717644122767810254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323906601590#c6717644122767810254' title=''/><author><name>slvn</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1618823216'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1103304135125358711</id><published>2011-12-14T19:39:10.784Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T19:39:10.784Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for this; so thought-provoking. Merry Chris...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for this; so thought-provoking. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year. I hope to see you at SFX. ani</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/1103304135125358711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/1103304135125358711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323891550784#c1103304135125358711' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2121817565'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-3695047255213739738</id><published>2011-12-14T18:28:25.242Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T18:28:25.242Z</updated><title type='text'>Like the Christmas newsletter my Mum used to write...</title><content type='html'>Like the Christmas newsletter my Mum used to write. Except hers were acrostics and I already knew most of the stuff she wrote about. Nicely done.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/3695047255213739738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/3695047255213739738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323887305242#c3695047255213739738' title=''/><author><name>psmithsonian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03137693201250924256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jR36ZIgPzcQ/SzE5RdiM7WI/AAAAAAAAAAM/2kBtx7ig54w/S220/pat.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1232726562'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-5459176245950495887</id><published>2011-12-14T17:52:27.870Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T17:52:27.870Z</updated><title type='text'>Blimey. What a year. I&amp;#39;m so glad to have met y...</title><content type='html'>Blimey. What a year. I&amp;#39;m so glad to have met you at Bristolcon, and reading this has made that even more true. See you in February! xx</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/5459176245950495887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/5459176245950495887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323885147870#c5459176245950495887' title=''/><author><name>Emma Newman</name><uri>http://www.enewman.co.uk</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1101208203'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-8763354840981738476</id><published>2011-12-14T17:22:28.177Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T17:22:28.177Z</updated><title type='text'>Great post, Paul.  Comes across like a personal le...</title><content type='html'>Great post, Paul.  Comes across like a personal letter to the reader.  Cops And Monsters sounds great, too.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/8763354840981738476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/829194643717279671/comments/default/8763354840981738476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html?showComment=1323883348177#c8763354840981738476' title=''/><author><name>Jason Arnopp</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g_85WF9Gy08/S1GJGRp9acI/AAAAAAAABHI/zp7gc9ChtHI/S220/CATHERINE+TATE+head+shot.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.paulcornell.com/2011/12/12-blogs-of-christmas-two-my-year.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-829194643717279671' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20125944/posts/default/829194643717279671' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-327383429'/></entry></feed>
