<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191482176086603164</id><updated>2009-09-19T08:54:52.351-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Ask Alan</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8191482176086603164/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John W Smart</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191482176086603164.post-1485270511992782199</id><published>2008-06-19T19:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T19:50:53.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoe Freak Out.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dear Alan,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I am in a new relationship with a guy I'll call Steven. Steven is great. He is thoughtful and fun to be with and is also a great kisser. Here's my problem: He wears Skechers. I hate Skechers. I think they are the tackiest shoes a person can own. I want him to meet my friends but I'm terrified he'll show up in Skechers. I would be mortified. I don't know what to do. Otherwise he is a great guy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Shoe Freak Out. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan says:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear SFO,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While clothes can make a man you are overreacting to Steven's choice of footwear. This letter speaks volumes about who you are - not Steven. I must assume you have not mentioned your distaste for Skechers because it would let him know that you are an empty headed ninny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I suggest you mention your pathology before things go further. If he is a "great guy" as you say he'll run for the hills. If he agrees to wear different shoes then he is either desperate for a girlfriend or a perfect match for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8191482176086603164-1485270511992782199?l=goaskalan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/feeds/1485270511992782199/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8191482176086603164&amp;postID=1485270511992782199' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8191482176086603164/posts/default/1485270511992782199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8191482176086603164/posts/default/1485270511992782199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/2008/06/shoe-freak-out.html' title='Shoe Freak Out.'/><author><name>John W Smart</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18171722402246222208'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8191482176086603164.post-8647264347615006537</id><published>2008-05-25T08:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-25T08:57:38.693-07:00</updated><title type='text'>for</title><content type='html'>for for&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8191482176086603164-8647264347615006537?l=goaskalan.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/feeds/8647264347615006537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8191482176086603164&amp;postID=8647264347615006537' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8191482176086603164/posts/default/8647264347615006537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8191482176086603164/posts/default/8647264347615006537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://goaskalan.blogspot.com/2008/05/for.html' title='for'/><author><name>John W Smart</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18171722402246222208'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>