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		<title>Thoughts on two years with the National Park Service</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/thoughts-on-two-years-with-the-national-park-service"><img width="560" height="421" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/nps-name-tag-560x421.jpg" alt="Thoughts on two years with the National Park Service" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>Thoughts on two years balancing my trade with my passion at the National Park Service, and on still processing the decision to leave. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/thoughts-on-two-years-with-the-national-park-service">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>Off-Piste: Keeping an Aging Laptop Useful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/off-piste-keeping-an-aging-laptop-useful"><img width="560" height="421" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pxl_20260214_0013439514147531182278994767-560x421.jpg" alt="Off-Piste: Keeping an Aging Laptop Useful" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>And now some geek talk but explained plainly - Turning my circa 2019 laptop in a usable workstation going forward. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/off-piste-keeping-an-aging-laptop-useful">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>2025 in review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/2025-in-review"><img width="560" height="374" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/collage-2025-year-in-review-560x374.jpg" alt="2025 in review" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>The annual navel gazing I call the "Year in Review." But, hey,  there are pretty photos! <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/2025-in-review">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>I went down to Austin&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 02:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/i-went-down-to-austin"><img width="500" height="261" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/11633461755314543373.jpeg" alt="I went down to Austin&#8230;" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>I went to Austin, had some BBQ, and talked trail. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/i-went-down-to-austin">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>2024 in review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/2024-in-review"><img width="560" height="557" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-06-220327-560x557.png" alt="2024 in review" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>The 2015 version of a 1995 holiday newsletter  (as I am too old/lazy to do a 2025 TikTok video) .<br />
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		<title>2023 in review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 05:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/2023-in-review"><img width="560" height="560" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/collage23-560x560.jpg" alt="2023 in review" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>A look over 2023 with some photos and a few thoughts. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/2023-in-review">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>Sunblesa looking for product testers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 19:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/sunblesa-looking-for-product-testers"><img width="560" height="420" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/pxl_20221118_0329361351736800400602647830-560x420.jpg" alt="Sunblesa looking for product testers" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>Are you interested in looking over and reviewing a headlamp? Sunblesa is currently looking for testers.  <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/sunblesa-looking-for-product-testers">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>A look back at 2022</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 06:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/a-look-back-at-2022"><img width="560" height="560" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/collage2022-560x560.jpg" alt="A look back at 2022" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>A look at 2022. Some sentiment, some snark, and lots of photos. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/a-look-back-at-2022">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>Joan and I did a thing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Mags]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/joan-and-i-did-a-thing"><img width="560" height="315" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/home1-1-560x315.jpg" alt="Joan and I did a thing" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>...and we'll be in a Moab for a while. <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/joan-and-i-did-a-thing">Read More ...</a></p>
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		<title>2021 : The steady state</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 02:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://pmags.com/2021-the-steady-state"><img width="560" height="560" src="https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021collage-hires-560x560.jpg" alt="2021 : The steady state" align="left" style="margin: 0 20px 20px 0;max-width:100%" /></a><p>The annual waxing of the poetic and looking at the past year. Or skip the prose and see the photos! <a class="more-link" href="https://pmags.com/2021-the-steady-state">Read More ...</a></p>
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