<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891</id><updated>2010-04-30T13:56:02.562-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jon Reed Goes Off</title><subtitle type='html'>"Jon Reed Goes Off" is the revived companion blog to JonReed.net, author Jon Reed's "essays, rants, and more" web site. "Jon Reed Goes Off" features Jon's outspoken missives on the encroachment of commercialization in culture.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/jongoesoff.html'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/jongoesoff.xml'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891.post-7516417020563712250</id><published>2010-04-30T13:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T13:56:02.604-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog has moved</title><summary type='text'>       This blog is now located at http://jonreedgoesoff.blogspot.com/.       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For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to       http://jonreedgoesoff.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/7516417020563712250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2010/04/this-blog-has-moved.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/7516417020563712250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/7516417020563712250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2010/04/this-blog-has-moved.html' title='This blog has moved'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17565225397860164389'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891.post-7397301083275332976</id><published>2010-01-22T00:38:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T00:58:55.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Revisiting a Keeper: "Ask Your Doctor if Your Pharmaceutical Company is Right for You"</title><summary type='text'>Jon Reed notes: to commemorate the latest health care debate flareup, here's a slightly edited keeper from my older "rantblog" archives.Ask Your Doctor if Your Pharmaceutical Company is Right For YouIs your life all it could be? Are you sleeping only seven and a half hours when you'd love to make eight? Are you a man with a "weak stream" that has to piss more often than you'd like? How would you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/7397301083275332976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2010/01/revisiting-keeper-ask-your-doctor-if.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/7397301083275332976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/7397301083275332976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2010/01/revisiting-keeper-ask-your-doctor-if.html' title='Revisiting a Keeper: &quot;Ask Your Doctor if Your Pharmaceutical Company is Right for You&quot;'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17565225397860164389'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891.post-3357090875453575214</id><published>2009-12-27T07:51:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T08:00:51.649-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Revisiting a Keeper: Polo Alert - Selling Out is Now Cool</title><summary type='text'>Jon Reed notes, December 2009: When I unearthed this gem from my old blog, I had to track down a fresh link for Peter McBride, who ushered in an ominous new era when he got a Polo logo tattooed on his chest. The events Peter did his small creepy part to usher in are still unfolding, but those who have an old fashioned appreciation for lines in the sand can't be encouraged. Read on for my rant on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/3357090875453575214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/12/revisiting-keeper-polo-alert-selling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/3357090875453575214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/3357090875453575214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/12/revisiting-keeper-polo-alert-selling.html' title='Revisiting a Keeper: Polo Alert - Selling Out is Now Cool'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17565225397860164389'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891.post-5494004260364910578</id><published>2009-06-23T21:18:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T20:44:32.987-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='badadvertising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='texting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='badsports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verizon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='badbehavior'/><title type='text'>Revisiting a Keeper: Verizon Encouraging Attention-Deficit Generation</title><summary type='text'>"Anyone who has ever tried to give a presentation while some attention-deficit-disorder douchebag pounds text messages to vague social prospects knows that this kind of technology is nibbling away at the last remaining social conventions. " - Jon Reed on Verizon Mobile Sports, March 25, 2008I'm going to publish plenty of new stuff on this blog, but I'm also seizing the chance to feature a few old</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/5494004260364910578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/06/revisiting-keeper-verizon-encouraging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/5494004260364910578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/5494004260364910578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/06/revisiting-keeper-verizon-encouraging.html' title='Revisiting a Keeper: Verizon Encouraging Attention-Deficit Generation'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17565225397860164389'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9098949162633044891.post-2380867508203211563</id><published>2009-06-11T21:43:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T20:58:00.132-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aboutjonreed'/><title type='text'>JonReed Goes Off - Blog Moch 2</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to my new JonReed.net blog.  My old "rantblog" still exists - eventually I may take it offline once I salvage the best of 'em. we'll see.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/2380867508203211563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/06/test-entry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/2380867508203211563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9098949162633044891/posts/default/2380867508203211563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.jonreed.net/jongoesoff/2009/06/test-entry.html' title='JonReed Goes Off - Blog Moch 2'/><author><name>Jon Reed</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12335854504411779780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty 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