<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Column - Jana Thompson</title><link>http://nwherald.com</link><description>The latest news from the nwherald.com website</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Thompson: Baby names the name of the game</title><description>Politics. Religion. Baby names.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/16/r_hy_6v6koq4ca8bjcnsvcxa/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/16/r_hy_6v6koq4ca8bjcnsvcxa/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Play name game; win fancy title</title><description>Someone was telling me that before he broke into journalism, he was a Professional Petroleum Transferal Technician. Huh?</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/09/r_ojuzthisreivqfztihmaxg/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/09/r_ojuzthisreivqfztihmaxg/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Our search is on for sweet success</title><description>Got noseprints on your oven window?</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/02/r_2bfgrgwutkcogtivxeyxoa/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/02/r_2bfgrgwutkcogtivxeyxoa/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Books remind us of Wilder days</title><description>I like to read in my little house that sits where a prairie used to be.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/26/r_01p9rzwwsc6r27nim65mjw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/26/r_01p9rzwwsc6r27nim65mjw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Balloon Cat, beedog go trick-or-treating</title><description>Check out the story on safely dressing your pets for Halloween on the cover of Slice today.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/19/r_dfsloh5htni21u1xvzvgiq/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/19/r_dfsloh5htni21u1xvzvgiq/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Good costumes can be challenging</title><description>You have to appreciate the person who, in planning a Halloween costume, totally loses his mind.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/12/r_6p_ojronssmqccidptxoa/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/12/r_6p_ojronssmqccidptxoa/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Houseguests bring energy, excitement</title><description>I now own a carefully arranged dandelion and leaf bouquet and can name &#x201c;The Wonder Pets.&#x201d;</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/28/r_us3jyidnrloezt74viouw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/28/r_us3jyidnrloezt74viouw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Family portraits ahead; hilarity ensues</title><description>Dust off the carpeted cube and the &#x201c;Autumn Woods&#x201d; roll-up backdrop.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/21/r_cvbwk_uzsec4bjyneurdg/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/21/r_cvbwk_uzsec4bjyneurdg/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: &#x2029;The keys to a good soap opera</title><description>&#x201c;Guiding Light&#x201d; is leaving the airways Friday after decades of storytelling.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/11/r_wnrqnhekr1s35jkmrvqpyw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/11/r_wnrqnhekr1s35jkmrvqpyw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: &#x2029;Felines have &#x2018;demands&#x2019; down to science</title><description>I think I&#x2019;m going to build a steel-reinforced reading bunker in my second bedroom. There will be a combination lock that can&#x2019;t be tampered with unless you own a pair of opposable thumbs.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/04/r_j6ubhqfusjoklbkcz71tqw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/04/r_j6ubhqfusjoklbkcz71tqw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Off to see &#x2018;Wizard&#x2019; and other things</title><description>This is what happens when I don&#x2019;t get enough sleep over the weekend. My attention span kind of &#x2013; what were we talking about?</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/31/r_4cbuowgrta2bkyrpurrfw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/31/r_4cbuowgrta2bkyrpurrfw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Scary, the many things to be afraid of</title><description>The human mind is an amazing thing.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/24/r_jrpvennqys4je3lr7m0w/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/24/r_jrpvennqys4je3lr7m0w/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Let your inner child go on vacation</title><description>How I spent my summer stay-cation by Jana Thompson.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/17/r_2lkokx3cqbubqis2eejztq/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/17/r_2lkokx3cqbubqis2eejztq/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Chicago area loves its funny foibles</title><description>I&#x2019;ll miss John Hughes.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/10/r_ez45o7wspuogbdxexoaw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/10/r_ez45o7wspuogbdxexoaw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Tales of absent-minded motoring</title><description>I&#x2019;ve managed to stay out of jail.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/27/r_hxilpi_mtigjt47_fwrnjq/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/27/r_hxilpi_mtigjt47_fwrnjq/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Recipes for disaster never tastier</title><description>I love crème brûlée.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/20/r_ggoyhmvnsouo3yvuvvr24w/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/20/r_ggoyhmvnsouo3yvuvvr24w/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Learn more about the final, final frontier</title><description>Monday will be 40 years since America conquered the moon, which from my calculations, is made of moon rocks.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/13/r_qmsa9hfqk2vmbyz7euslq/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/13/r_qmsa9hfqk2vmbyz7euslq/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Make friends jealous; be bored with pool</title><description>Was there any better currency when you were a kid than having a swimming pool in the backyard?</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/06/r_rfr8y34frrwgthajurmew/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/06/r_rfr8y34frrwgthajurmew/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Caffeine withdrawal a bad buzz</title><description>Someone once told me as I guzzled a diet cola, &#x201c;Those artificial sweeteners&#x2019;ll kill ya.&#x201d;</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/06/22/r_akylz4xqamq_0wxjldha/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/06/22/r_akylz4xqamq_0wxjldha/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thompson: Turns out, garage sale an easy sell</title><description>When times are tough, we sell our stuff.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/06/15/r_p6roma5ntfchoazfbmjfhw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/06/15/r_p6roma5ntfchoazfbmjfhw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>