﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="/cms/includes/rss.css"?><!--RSS generated by AgWeb.com at Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:28 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><channel><title>John's World</title><link>http://www.agweb.com</link><copyright /><generator>AgWeb.com</generator><item><title>“Africa Is Not For Sissies”</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_“africa_is_not_for_sissies”/</link><description>I was sitting with my friends in a tiny bar in the village of Ruace, Mozambique, Africa, drinking a not-too-bad local beer while waiting for some government officials to arrive. </description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was sitting with my friends in a tiny bar in the village of Ruace, Mozambique, Africa, drinking a not-too-bad local beer while waiting for some government officials to arrive. ]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>334616</guid></item><item><title>Your Other Transition Plan</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_your_other_transition_plan/</link><description>The ag media has made a modest industry out of succession planning. Not without good reason, however.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The ag media has made a modest industry out of succession planning. Not without good reason, however.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>331838</guid></item><item><title>It’s Not a Rut—It’s a Groove</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_its_not_a_rut—its_a_groove/</link><description>People who restrict their range of choice for routine decisions are actually smarter, more efficient, and more attractive to the opposite sex.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[People who restrict their range of choice for routine decisions are actually smarter, more efficient, and more attractive to the opposite sex.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>329669</guid></item><item><title>Insanely Expensive Coffee, Anyone?</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_insanely_expensive_coffee_anyone/</link><description>There are still several coffee drinkers left in rural America, although they are rapidly being replaced by Mountain Dew and Diet Coke imbibers, even in the cold, gray light of morning.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are still several coffee drinkers left in rural America, although they are rapidly being replaced by Mountain Dew and Diet Coke imbibers, even in the cold, gray light of morning.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>328988</guid></item><item><title>Who Doesn’t Love Shopping?</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_christmas_gift_ideas/</link><description>We’re down to the last few days of the Christmas shopping season. These gift ideas worked for me and should be a hit with people like me.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[We’re down to the last few days of the Christmas shopping season. These gift ideas worked for me and should be a hit with people like me.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>328241</guid></item><item><title>The Waiting Game</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_the_waiting_game/</link><description>One of the more counterintuitive aspects of Harvest 2012 has been the reintroduction of detention time at our elevator.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the more counterintuitive aspects of Harvest 2012 has been the reintroduction of detention time at our elevator.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>326896</guid></item><item><title>Hold Your Applause</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/hold_your_applause/</link><description>With no place on the house to attach a lean-to greenhouse, a new “green-house support structure” was planned—and quickly began to grow.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[With no place on the house to attach a lean-to greenhouse, a new “green-house support structure” was planned—and quickly began to grow.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>326304</guid></item><item><title>Squiggle on the Dotted Line</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_squiggle_on_the_dotted_line/</link><description>When all you have are keyboards, any unique flair in your writing is purposeless.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[When all you have are keyboards, any unique flair in your writing is purposeless.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>325473</guid></item><item><title>John's World: Look! Up in the Sky!</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/johns_world_look_up_in_the_sky/</link><description>I have often suspected that I am a mutant, gifted with weird powers.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have often suspected that I am a mutant, gifted with weird powers.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>323343</guid></item><item><title>Flushed with Victory</title><link>http://www.agweb.com/farmjournal/article/flushed_with_victory/</link><description>Like most engineers, I went through a brief period of fascination with toilets.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Like most engineers, I went through a brief period of fascination with toilets.]]></content:encoded><dc:creator>John Phipps</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>317644</guid></item></channel></rss>