<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Trinkets Of Frivolous Utility (TOFU)</title>
	<atom:link href="http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>&#34;How many people ruin themselves by laying out money on trinkets of frivolous utility? What pleases these lovers of toys is not so much the utility, as the aptness of the machines which are fitted to promote it. All their pockets are stuffed with little conveniences. They contrive new pockets, unknown in the clothes of other people, in order to carry a greater number. They walk about loaded with a multitude of baubles, in weight and sometimes in value not inferior to an ordinary Jew&#039;s-box, some of which may sometimes be of some little use, but all of which might at all times be very well spared, and of which the whole utility is certainly not worth the fatigue of bearing the burden.&#34; - Adam Smith</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:39:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='frivolousutility.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/3176845a866c6f3fdc4e1362c817813c?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Trinkets Of Frivolous Utility (TOFU)</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Trinkets Of Frivolous Utility (TOFU)" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Mass Incarceration</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mass-incarceration/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mass-incarceration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[.Trinkets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mass-incarceration/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Sometimes I think this whole world is one big prison yard, / Some of us are prisoners, some of us are guards” &#8211; Bob Dylan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1212&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/mass-incarceration/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ron-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ron-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An all to rare illustration that it’s possible to make a point without demonizing people who have a different point of view. Wikipedia: illustration definition: the action of illustrating. →<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1193&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/ron-paul/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="https://www.google.com/favicon.ico" medium="image" />

		<media:content url="https://ff.duckduckgo.com/favicon.ico" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Currency</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/currency/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/currency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When currencies collapse.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1190&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/currency/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mobile Sales Tax</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/mobile-sales-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/mobile-sales-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[.Trinkets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My post on a mobile sales tax &#8211; http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com/blog/7126/A-Mobile-Sales-Tax<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1186&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/mobile-sales-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The New International Economic Disorder</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/the-new-international-economic-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/the-new-international-economic-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We can now consider the image of Western delegations heading to emerging countries to plead, cap in hand, for financial support, both direct and through the IMF&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1184&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/the-new-international-economic-disorder/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>R.I.P. Hitchens</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/r-i-p-hitchens/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/r-i-p-hitchens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchen&#8217;s Memoriam.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1177&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/r-i-p-hitchens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Art of Financial Disaster</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/art-of-financial-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/art-of-financial-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Picking apart the detail of three recent scandals – sale of Northern Rock to Virgin, demise of MF Global and bizarre happenings at camera maker Olympus.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1173&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/art-of-financial-disaster/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Trinkets</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/trinkets-37/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/trinkets-37/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[.Trinkets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Beauty and seduction is nature&#8217;s way of protection 2. “Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1164&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/trinkets-37/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Broken Contract</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/the-broken-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/the-broken-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;All around, we see dazzling technological change, but no progress.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1170&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/the-broken-contract/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Iceland</title>
		<link>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/iceland/</link>
		<comments>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/iceland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Yohannan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Does the lack of media attention on Iceland really focus our attention on what&#8217;s going on in Europe? &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=frivolousutility.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7142842&amp;post=1167&amp;subd=frivolousutility&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://frivolousutility.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/iceland/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff6e70f8a6d882cfaa94bed4271575d3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Anonymous</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
