<?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:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:04:09.582-07:00</updated><category term='spiders'/><category term='pet peeves'/><category term='family story'/><category term='Dog poop'/><category term='coupon'/><category term='relationship'/><category term='survey'/><category term='funny story'/><category term='family'/><category term='Colorado'/><category term='men'/><category term='first date'/><category term='dating'/><category term='pancakes'/><category term='killer spider'/><category term='embarrassing'/><category term='neighbors'/><category term='poverty'/><category term='ADD'/><category term='humor'/><title type='text'>View From The Middle</title><subtitle type='html'>Here you will find my rants on anything from marriage to fatherhood to work or anything else that inspires me to share my view of the world from above my blue collar!!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-7185411319839315413</id><published>2010-07-18T09:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T09:17:19.157-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Clueless and Unaccountable</title><summary type='text'>First off to my readers, I apologize for the following rant.. Thanks for reading and please don't hold me accountable!!!

I will be the first to agree with anyone if they told me that we cannot be responsible for offending anyone by sharing our opinions or beliefs. I agree with that statement. We, after all live in a country built on differences. America is a melting pot and when you bring </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/7185411319839315413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/clueless-and-unaccountable.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/7185411319839315413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/7185411319839315413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/clueless-and-unaccountable.html' title='Clueless and Unaccountable'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-6216023355540592763</id><published>2010-07-16T14:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T14:54:31.975-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Barter System</title><summary type='text'>I think I would like the Barter system. I can't ever seem to make enough money to satisfy my desires; but i'll bet I could make more chickens than i'd ever want!

The problem is that I would probably still feel overworked and underpaid; I can see it now...

"Nathan, I need a light installed over my sink."

"OK..." I proceed to crawl through his dingy hot attic cause the guy didn't want to throw </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/6216023355540592763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/barter-system.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/6216023355540592763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/6216023355540592763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/barter-system.html' title='The Barter System'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-6800697431404122972</id><published>2010-07-15T18:13:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T14:45:33.455-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Probloggers 7 Link Challenge!!</title><summary type='text'>Alright so here goes; over at problogger.net Darren Rowse posed a challenge to all bloggers. It was to post seven links to blog posts that you and/or others have created following 7 categories.

Now as this version of View From the Middle is a new one for me I may have to link to my other blog; here goes...


My first post. So my first post in this blog is here; I believe this belongs to you;  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/6800697431404122972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/probloggers-7-link-challenge.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/6800697431404122972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/6800697431404122972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/probloggers-7-link-challenge.html' title='Probloggers 7 Link Challenge!!'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-1187766958168110467</id><published>2010-07-14T10:39:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T10:40:27.380-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spiders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='killer spider'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny story'/><title type='text'>Ultimate Spider?</title><summary type='text'>Being an electrician i've seen a lot of spiders and I really don't have a fear of them. Just the other day I was taking the trash out to our garage and saw the grand-daddy spider of em all! It was the biggest spider i'd ever seen in Colorado.

In our household I am the provider, the handyman (though not very handy), and the resident spider killer. So upon seeing the gargantuan arachnoid I did </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/1187766958168110467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/ultimate-spider.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/1187766958168110467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/1187766958168110467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/ultimate-spider.html' title='Ultimate Spider?'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-8369107206319851823</id><published>2010-07-13T11:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T11:54:59.949-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Teenage Hall of Fame!</title><summary type='text'>Thanks to Amy and her blog about the Ice Cream Truck (http://icouldcrybutidonthavetime.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/good-humor-gone-bad/)I began to reminisce about my child hood...
For much of my youth we lived in a campground... Yes you heard me right and no it's not a typo or some nick-name for a quaint "trailer park". No It was a Campground; as a matter of fact if you still have your doubts you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/8369107206319851823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/teenage-hall-of-fame.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/8369107206319851823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/8369107206319851823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/teenage-hall-of-fame.html' title='Teenage Hall of Fame!'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/TDyiodO63yI/AAAAAAAAAGY/oP8xirQx4GU/s72-c/silver+streak.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-333407718052306230</id><published>2010-07-12T11:54:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T12:10:35.044-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pancakes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><title type='text'>Pancakes Suck!!</title><summary type='text'>Can someone give me WHOOP WHOOP!!??

Because yes, pancakes really do suck. Let me paint the picture for you, my wife and I had a new born son. We were flat broke. I worked during the day as a paid slave a.k.a. an electrical apprentice; and she worked at night as an unpaid slave a.k.a. waitress. We lived in a duplex we really couldn't afford and our cute adorable first born son didn't understand </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/333407718052306230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/pancakes-suck.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/333407718052306230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/333407718052306230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/pancakes-suck.html' title='Pancakes Suck!!'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-2767800939855837322</id><published>2010-07-11T23:07:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T23:08:54.513-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mormons are taking over!</title><summary type='text'>So as some of you may know, I love to go up to the mountains and spend time riding atv's. Well there are these one cabins that we stay at near Gould,CO that was pretty over-run by marmots. For those of you that don't know a Marmot is the mountains equivelent to a Prairie dog. Yes a pest! And no not to be confused with a Mormon.

You see, a friend of mine went up to the cabins with us once and was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/2767800939855837322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/mormons-are-taking-over.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/2767800939855837322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/2767800939855837322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/mormons-are-taking-over.html' title='The Mormons are taking over!'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-3603196059904087067</id><published>2010-07-09T08:43:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T08:43:19.817-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coupon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='first date'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='survey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationship'/><title type='text'>I've Got a Coupon</title><summary type='text'>Let me first state that i've been out of the "dating game" for a very long time so i'm sending this out to all of you single men and women that might be reading this blog for your input...

Imagine it ladies; you go out to a nice dinner with a good looking guy for a first date. The conversation is decent, between the normal awkward silent moments. You think there might be possibility for future </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/3603196059904087067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/ive-got-coupon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/3603196059904087067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/3603196059904087067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/ive-got-coupon.html' title='I&apos;ve Got a Coupon'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-3689924906803763646</id><published>2010-07-07T08:44:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:56:36.266-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Colorado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ADD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny story'/><title type='text'>I Slept Like a Baby!</title><summary type='text'>We've got rain today in Colorado; one of those misty drizzling rains that stick around all day and make everything a little dreary. You have to understand that we are just not used to days like this. We live in Colorado partly because it's the ADD state.

Hey look a shiny object... I'll be right back...
Yes, the entire state of Colorado has a short attention span; haven't you ever heard the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/3689924906803763646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-slept-like-baby.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/3689924906803763646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/3689924906803763646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-slept-like-baby.html' title='I Slept Like a Baby!'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686218836983060232.post-2932817372877938525</id><published>2010-07-06T12:22:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-09T07:57:07.484-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dog poop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neighbors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='embarrassing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pet peeves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny story'/><title type='text'>Excuse me but I believe this belongs to you...</title><summary type='text'>"View From the Middle" has seen many different formats and has been resurrected several times using different formats on several different blog hosting sites. This is my next attempt to resurrect and keep alive My View From the Middle. I hope you all enjoy it and ask that if you do to please subscribe, pass on the address and leave comments. Thank you all for stopping by and I look forward to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/feeds/2932817372877938525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/excuse-me-but-i-believe-this-belongs-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/2932817372877938525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5686218836983060232/posts/default/2932817372877938525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://abovethecollar.blogspot.com/2010/07/excuse-me-but-i-believe-this-belongs-to.html' title='Excuse me but I believe this belongs to you...'/><author><name>Nathan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11601111947936872460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KEtthe1kBqk/SNZYH2zbLoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GV8CzhqPIX8/S220/100_2503.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
