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		<title>Breaking the Ice #136 &#8211; Are You Experienced?</title>
		<link>http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-136-are-you-experienced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-136-are-you-experienced/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-03-10.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>And thus ends the saga of Mick and his &#8220;tattoo&#8221;, taking away the small amount of street cred he had left.
The tattoo design was courtesy of this site, lest anyone think I designed it myself  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-136-are-you-experienced/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-03-10.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>And thus ends the saga of Mick and his &#8220;tattoo&#8221;, taking away the small amount of street cred he had left.</p>
<p>The tattoo design was courtesy of <a href="http://body-painting-tattoo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this site</a>, lest anyone think I designed it myself <img src='http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #135 &#8211; Get Your Motor Runnin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-135-get-your-motor-runnin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-135-get-your-motor-runnin/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-03-03.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>Mick feels the wind in his hair as his tattoo gives him a new lease on life&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/03/breaking-the-ice-135-get-your-motor-runnin/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-03-03.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>Mick feels the wind in his hair as his tattoo gives him a new lease on life&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #134 &#8211; Did Someone Say&#8230;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking the Ice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assassin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-134-did-someone-say/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-24.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>Mick continues on his mission to not only improve himself via his New Years Resolutions but also get someone to give a damn about it.
If you have some cool tattoos, show them off here at the site!  Send me a pic and I&#8217;ll create a special blog saluting the tattoos of Breaking the Ice readers.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-134-did-someone-say/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-24.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>Mick continues on his mission to not only improve himself via his New Years Resolutions but also get someone to give a damn about it.</p>
<p>If you have some cool tattoos, show them off here at the site!  Send me a pic and I&#8217;ll create a special blog saluting the tattoos of Breaking the Ice readers.  Really, it&#8217;s the least I can do.</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #133 &#8211; BadA$$</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-133-bada/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-133-bada/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-17.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>Mick seems to be at the end of his list of resolutions&#8230;or is he?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-133-bada/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-17.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>Mick seems to be at the end of his list of resolutions&#8230;or is he?</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #132 &#8211; Smokin&#8217;!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking the Ice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-132-smokin/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-10.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>Mick continues on his list of resolutions.  When he gets onto something, he&#8217;s like a dog with a bone.
Also I want to throw a plug out for my friend Nicole Travolta.   She just started a blog entitled &#8220;Little Me in a Big World&#8220;.  Nicole is an an actress and sure to be a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-132-smokin/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-10.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>Mick continues on his list of resolutions.  When he gets onto something, he&#8217;s like a dog with a bone.</p>
<p>Also I want to throw a plug out for my friend Nicole Travolta.   She just started a blog entitled &#8220;<a href="http://nicoletravolta.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Little Me in a Big World</a>&#8220;.  Nicole is an an actress and sure to be a huge star one of these days.  If her blog is anywhere as random and hysterical as her <a href="http://twitter.com/NicoleTravolta" target="_blank">Twitter posts</a> then you are in for a treat!  Do yourself a favor and check her out!</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #131 &#8211; No Pain, No Gain</title>
		<link>http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-131-no-pain-no-gain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breaking the Ice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-131-no-pain-no-gain/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-131-no-pain-no-gain/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-03.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>At this rate, Mick will be through his resolutions by the end of February.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/02/breaking-the-ice-131-no-pain-no-gain/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-02-03.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>At this rate, Mick will be through his resolutions by the end of February.</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #130 &#8211; Great Minds Think Alike</title>
		<link>http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-130-great-minds-think-alike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-130-great-minds-think-alike/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-130-great-minds-think-alike/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-27.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>Sorry for the late strip today.  I had a bunch of stuff going on and had to do it in little pieces throughout the day.  So here you go in all it&#8217;s full color glory.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-130-great-minds-think-alike/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-27.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>Sorry for the late strip today.  I had a bunch of stuff going on and had to do it in little pieces throughout the day.  So here you go in all it&#8217;s full color glory.</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #129 &#8211; A Strong Resolve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/?p=462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-129-a-strong-resolve/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-20.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>2010 is here and with it brings new hopes, dreams and expectations&#8230;or something like that.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-129-a-strong-resolve/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-20.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>2010 is here and with it brings new hopes, dreams and expectations&#8230;or something like that.</p>
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		<title>New Readers Start Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone visiting the site for the first time, I&#8217;ve completely overhauled the About Breaking the Ice link up at the top of the page.  Please check it out to get some background on all of the characters and the strip itself.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For anyone visiting the site for the first time, I&#8217;ve completely overhauled the <a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/about-breaking-the-ice/">About Breaking the Ice</a> link up at the top of the page.  Please check it out to get some background on all of the characters and the strip itself.</p>
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		<title>Breaking the Ice #128 &#8211; The Unobtainable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John K</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-128-the-unobtainable/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-13.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p>I still haven&#8217;t seen AVATAR, but I had the idea for this strip when I heard the &#8220;MacGuffin&#8221; the humans were after in the movie.  Admittedly, not the greatest joke I&#8217;ve ever written but I had the urge to make Mick and Ari into Na&#8217;vi.
The thing that struck me most about this strip is how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/2010/01/breaking-the-ice-128-the-unobtainable/"><img src="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz/comics/2010-01-13.png" border="0" alt="Comic" /></a></p><p>I still haven&#8217;t seen AVATAR, but I had the idea for this strip when I heard the &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin" target="_blank">MacGuffin</a>&#8221; the humans were after in the movie.  Admittedly, not the greatest joke I&#8217;ve ever written but I had the urge to make Mick and Ari into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%27vi#Na.27vi" target="_blank">Na&#8217;vi</a>.</p>
<p>The thing that struck me most about this strip is how much, apparently, my drawing style was influenced by the Smurfs!  Unsettling, really.</p>
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