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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>My name is DeVan Penegar. I’m a neurotic comedian, writer, artist and record collector. Welcome to my blog! 

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devanpenegar7@aol.com</description><title>DeVan Penegar's Thoughts Between the Laughter</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @devanpenegar)</generator><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>heya people I&amp;#8217;m doing awesome-ive literally dropped 10 lbs my 1st wk with...</title><description>heya people I&amp;#8217;m doing awesome-ive literally dropped 10 lbs my 1st wk with...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/11983558079</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/11983558079</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:38:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>An Awesomely Awkward Comedy Show</title><description>This Saturday (July, 31): An Awesomely Awkward Comedy ShowIn the upstairs at Courtyard Hooligans Pub...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/873967116</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/873967116</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:48:00 -0400</pubDate><category>stand-up comedy</category><category>Charlotte</category></item><item><title>“ZEN” by DeVan Penegar. An abstract painting of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6b11podi11qcu45eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“ZEN” by DeVan Penegar. An abstract painting of mine. To see more art of mine go to &lt;a href="http://www.devanpenegar.webs.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.devanpenegar.webs.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.devanpenegar.webs.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and click on the Art Gallery section.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/873937919</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/873937919</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:39:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Zen</category><category>painting</category><category>acrylic</category><category>art</category><category>abstract</category></item><item><title>Real Gone (a short story)</title><description>    Sitting in my apartment, way up on the seventh floor, I stare at this previously blank laptop...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/857294839</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/857294839</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:32:00 -0400</pubDate><category>existentialism</category><category>fiction</category><category>short story</category><category>Tom Waits</category></item><item><title>Honesty (a short story)</title><description>     In a small sanctuary a memorial service is underway. Only a few people are in attendance. Our...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/859313233</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/859313233</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:26:00 -0400</pubDate><category>fiction</category><category>short story</category><category>charles bukowski</category><category>bukowski</category><category>memorial service</category><category>funeral</category></item><item><title>"We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck..."</title><description>“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books,...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/794763700</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/794763700</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate><category>John Waters</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>Goodbye Parasite</title><description>
[Note: In the spirit of self-affirmation, this uncharacteristically motivational pregame pep talk...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/784181172</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/784181172</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:07:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Zen</category><category>change</category><category>growth</category><category>mindfulness</category></item><item><title>The Lonesome Crowded West: an album review</title><description> 
    While listening to the Modest Mouse song &amp;#8220;Jesus Christ Was an Only Child&amp;#8221; some...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/770350252</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/770350252</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:38:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Modest Mouse</category><category>The Lonesome Crowded West</category><category>album review</category><category>alternative rock</category><category>humor</category><category>music</category><category>indie rock</category><category>Isaac Brock</category></item><item><title>Happy Independence Day, everybody! I took this picture of a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l52iympi1F1qcu45eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Happy Independence Day, everybody! I took this picture of a barred owl yesterday at the Whitewater Rafting Center. Going back there tonight for the fireworks show.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/771599840</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/771599840</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:30:00 -0400</pubDate><category>owl</category><category>barred owl</category><category>Whitewater Rafting Center</category></item><item><title>The Hack's New Clothes</title><description>Open mics are interesting, not just as great places to try out new bits but because it’s awkwardly...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744577500</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744577500</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:31:00 -0400</pubDate><category>comedy</category><category>stand up</category><category>comedians</category><category>open mics</category><category>hacks</category><category>Hans Christian Andersen</category></item><item><title>A Brief Fit of Nonsensical Thoughts</title><description>There are a lot of people with birthdays in July in my family but I don’t like to say “Happy...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744710089</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744710089</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>brief thoughts</category><category>comedy</category><category>music</category><category>one liners</category><category>short jokes</category><category>absurdities</category></item><item><title>I Feel Like Myself Again: Relief from the Existential Vaccuum</title><description>     Ever get the feeling the world is trying to keep you from being you? There is this phrase I’ve...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/717432933</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/717432933</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Zen</category><category>existential depression</category><category>existentialism</category><category>meaning of life</category><category>stand-up comedy</category><category>introspection</category><category>the search for meaning</category></item><item><title>Sartre was right!</title><description>     In his play &amp;#8220;No Exit&amp;#8221; Jean-Paul Sartre wrote that &amp;#8220;Hell is other...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/717641565</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/717641565</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:32:00 -0400</pubDate><category>rant</category><category>Jean-Paul Sartre</category><category>pet peeves</category></item><item><title>Dale Jr. &amp; Clay Aiken gave birth to a rapist stoner. A clip...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0Im4sWJJ_pM?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span title="Dale Jr. &amp; Clay Aiken gave birth to a rapist stoner - May 25 @ Standup Carolina" class="long-title"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dale Jr. &amp; Clay Aiken gave birth to a rapist stoner. &lt;/em&gt;A clip of me performing on May 25 at &lt;em&gt;Standup Carolina&lt;/em&gt; near Myrtle Beach, SC. There was a very small crowd there that night. In fact, calling it a “crowd” would be an extreme exaggeration. Regardless, good time, great venue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/727411132</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/727411132</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>standup</category><category>comedy</category></item><item><title>Overplayed Music on the Radio</title><description>I&amp;#8217;m getting really tired of hearing the same crap all the time on the radio. I don&amp;#8217;t...</description><link>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744463395</link><guid>http://devanpenegar.tumblr.com/post/744463395</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>music</category><category>radio</category><category>overplayed</category></item></channel></rss>
