<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:25:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>James VanValkenburgh</title><description></description><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (james)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>430</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-556681625051041147</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-02-02T17:15:37.862-05:00</atom:updated><title>Google shuts down FTP usage</title><atom:summary type='text'>I know I have not updated this blog for some time.  It looks like Google is putting an end to FTP websites using Blogger.  This is how my site is set up.  I will probably need to shut this site down or it might happen by itself.  If so I still have pictures at this site.I have 6 years worth of entries on thsi site but with Facebook and Flickr I do not really need it.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2010/02/google-shuts-down-ftp-usage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-6488417825757655073</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-26T22:36:58.094-05:00</atom:updated><title>2009 Films</title><atom:summary type='text'>I know this blog is all but dead but I have some time waiting in a hotel for the wife.I got to see many films during my 30 hour trip here and films I bought while in Thailand.I'll give some suggestions for 2009 films.The BestSin Nombre------This is a Mexican film by a first time director. Mexico makes the best foreign films besides Korea in my opinion. This is a gang/immigration film and is a </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/11/2009-films.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-2887594715791164672</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T12:03:28.941-04:00</atom:updated><title>Thailand</title><atom:summary type='text'>We are off to Thailand and San Francisco. We will be back on December 1st.I may upload pictures depending on having internet access.Pictures</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/10/thailand.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-8345101706461887727</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T19:00:45.253-04:00</atom:updated><title>Boothbay Harbor</title><atom:summary type='text'> </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/10/boothbay-harbor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-2272147696929159169</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-20T19:53:05.811-04:00</atom:updated><title>Jay's Oyster Bar</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/09/jays-oyster-bar.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-3144068881178637624</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-01T21:37:34.639-04:00</atom:updated><title>Lighthouse</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/09/flukie-sees-lighthouse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-7699117041730977080</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-10T07:34:23.360-04:00</atom:updated><title>Wedding</title><atom:summary type='text'>Thank You for everyone who came to the wedding.I have some pictures here.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/09/wedding.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-8491476238117699782</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-23T23:03:50.584-04:00</atom:updated><title>Wedding Reception Lunch</title><atom:summary type='text'>Hello, Thanks for coming to the site.I will post as much useful information as I can think of. I just realized I had not put any wedding information up even though we have sent some invitations out.The reception is at Dimillo's on August 30th from 12pm-4pm. We are not quite sure the details of the reception. We will probably have some dancing and maybe kareoke.Dimillo's has two very nice outdoor </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/05/wedding-reception-lunch.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-3184663109235256604</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-10T23:24:33.533-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/05/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-4140738062984049369</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-08T07:52:00.840-04:00</atom:updated><title>Acadia</title><atom:summary type='text'>I am back from Bar Harbor! (wedding info below)Dog with Fawn @ Yahoo! Video</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/07/acadia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-4499815958362713029</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-21T08:13:28.568-04:00</atom:updated><title>Baby Sonny</title><atom:summary type='text'>    </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/06/baby-sonny.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-9118561844868493659</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-04T12:11:25.799-04:00</atom:updated><title>Hussey's</title><atom:summary type='text'>Sunday Mom, Dad, and Fluke decided to visit Hussey's General Store.  Hussey's is an interesting place that I had never heard of.  They boast the second largest selection of wedding gowns in Maine.  I have never seen a store that had wedding gowns right next to a large selection of guns.  This is Maine at it's best or worst depending on how you look at it.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/05/husseys.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-8511178607060268790</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-01T20:25:24.847-04:00</atom:updated><title>Pics etc.</title><atom:summary type='text'>        </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/04/pics-etc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-6477525330060667254</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-08T15:58:05.551-05:00</atom:updated><title>Snow and Art Museum</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/02/snow-and-art-museum.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-5548813519424326361</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-29T19:46:32.280-05:00</atom:updated><title>Honeymoon in Maine</title><atom:summary type='text'>Honeymoon in Maine!We went the the Parkwood hotel in Brunswick then the Hilton in Freeport and a final night in South Portland.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/01/honeymoon-in-maine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-1033574491421220958</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-08T18:39:34.316-05:00</atom:updated><title>Holidays 2</title><atom:summary type='text'>I am still around.  Times are changing and with sites like Flickr and Facebook the need for personal blogs might be coming to an end.  Time is the real issue I guess.  Who knows, perhaps someday I will be back a bit more than I am now.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/01/holidays-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-1904290352923343484</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-28T15:58:26.549-04:00</atom:updated><title>Holidays</title><atom:summary type='text'>    </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2009/01/holidays.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-6807577813851586087</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-21T21:18:53.987-05:00</atom:updated><title>Joel's Wedding</title><atom:summary type='text'>Charlie Dances, kindaJoel's Wedding pics.Charlie!Pre Weddinghttp://www2.thaitv.tv/th/default/default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/11/joels-wedding.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-1951501092633619711</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-07T19:57:16.939-05:00</atom:updated><title>More pics</title><atom:summary type='text'>    </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/11/more-pics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-7251423904142150777</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-28T15:59:31.045-04:00</atom:updated><title>Test for Nakornping Thai Portland</title><atom:summary type='text'>(Fluke's Home Town, Chiang Mai)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=956u_ykB3Pohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sswbeMR42lY&amp;feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muoL5OkjM_c&amp;feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxZDZKoQME&amp;feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9f2XYX_RAg&amp;feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnSw-0Ut0jk&amp;feature=related</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/10/test_30.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-4135506780208691755</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-24T09:14:59.718-04:00</atom:updated><title>SNL</title><atom:summary type='text'>This has got to be the most dead on SNL impersonation ever:</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/10/snl.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-5272789516616763640</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-04T22:09:11.252-04:00</atom:updated><title>Joel and Kelley's Wedding</title><atom:summary type='text'>    More pics.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/10/joel-and-kelleys-wedding.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-437147297296224754</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-03T22:25:59.160-04:00</atom:updated><title>Hot Pocket</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/10/hot-pocket.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-5844410234939247093</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-10T22:40:06.382-04:00</atom:updated><title>Andrew Zimmern in Maine</title><atom:summary type='text'>I was watching the fun Thailand episode of Andrew Zimmern last night. he went to Phuket. Next week he goes to Sicily, then Goa, then Paris.  Anyways on November 18th will be the Maine episode.  I am curious what Maine has to offer as odd foods.I can't wait to see it.  The show airs on the travel channel after one of my favorite shows, no reservations.</atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/09/i-was-watching-fun-thailand-episode-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229067.post-4696823917281923531</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-10T07:34:10.726-04:00</atom:updated><title>Man says he's eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972</title><atom:summary type='text'>FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first car. Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers, and watching McDonald's </atom:summary><link>http://jamesvanvalkenburgh.com/2008/09/man-says-hes-eaten-23000-big-macs-since.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (james)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>