<?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' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620</id><updated>2012-01-04T20:06:08.077-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Break Room Stories</title><subtitle type='html'>The Break Room Stories and Other Fiction by Carl Fuerst</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-3838354661473438010</id><published>2007-11-13T13:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T18:07:04.735-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Two New Stories</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g8xXczD1fAM/RzoCYhxmOOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/skdfZ5SOVvM/s1600-h/breakroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g8xXczD1fAM/RzoCYhxmOOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/skdfZ5SOVvM/s320/breakroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132417345748613346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two journals have been generous enough to pick up my stories!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ourstories.us/index.html"&gt;Our Stories&lt;/a&gt; will be posting "One Cold Drop Against Her Cheek" in their upcoming issue.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.snreview.org/"&gt;SNReview&lt;/a&gt; will be posting "The Path of Least Resistance" in their Autumn issue.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;My deepest thanks go to the editors of both. Also, expect a new story posted/pod-casted here soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ourstories.us/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-3838354661473438010?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/3838354661473438010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=3838354661473438010' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/3838354661473438010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/3838354661473438010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2007/11/two-new-stories.html' title='Two New Stories'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g8xXczD1fAM/RzoCYhxmOOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/skdfZ5SOVvM/s72-c/breakroom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-115378753427526969</id><published>2006-07-24T19:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T23:51:36.173-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/640/show_jpg.pl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/400/show_jpg.pl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A suspiciously beautiful, armor-garbed&lt;br /&gt;                          family.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-115378753427526969?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/115378753427526969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=115378753427526969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/115378753427526969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/115378753427526969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/07/suspiciously-beautiful-armor-garbed.html' title=''/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-115374759107735497</id><published>2006-07-24T08:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-24T08:26:31.090-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Angel's Share</title><content type='html'>Hey... the latest episode of the Break Room Stories is ready to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode,  Henry visits the narrator of a friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-115374759107735497?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.archive.org/download/CarlFuerstAngelsShare/edimporved.mp3' title='Angel&apos;s Share'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/115374759107735497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=115374759107735497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/115374759107735497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/115374759107735497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/07/angels-share.html' title='Angel&apos;s Share'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-114589741165151801</id><published>2006-04-24T11:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-04-27T12:53:07.020-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire, Perfect Beer: Act II</title><content type='html'>The second act of "Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire and Perfect Beer" is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;FINALLY&lt;/span&gt; ready to be heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this episode, we rejoin Henry and Jenny right where we left them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=13213330"&gt;Panty Lions&lt;/a&gt; for letting me use some of their music in this part of the story. They're a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;really&lt;/span&gt; cool band from Portland, and you should go to their myspace site and check out a couple of their tunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd also like to thank my neighbor Matt for setting up the site with its sharp new look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ALSO&lt;/span&gt;, if you sick of looking at the crappy pictures I draw, take a look at &lt;a href="http://www.plainlabelcomics.com/jenny"&gt;THESE&lt;/a&gt; pictures: they're bound to knock your socks off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In any case, I hope you enjoy the story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Carl&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/640/henryandjenny2.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/400/henryandjenny2.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Henry and Jenny&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-114589741165151801?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.archive.org/download/Perfect_Meat_Perfect_Fire_and_Perfect_Beer_Act_II_1/meatfirebeeractII.mp3' title='Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire, Perfect Beer: Act II'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/114589741165151801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=114589741165151801' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/114589741165151801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/114589741165151801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/04/perfect-meat-perfect-fire-_114589741165151801.html' title='Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire, Perfect Beer: Act II'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-114051299642968332</id><published>2006-02-21T03:09:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-02-21T03:39:25.236-06:00</updated><title type='text'>We Dream of Our Dead Pets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/640/petey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/400/petey.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We Dream of Our Dead Pets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I've fixed the podcast, and, to celebrate, I've posted a new story. This one is breif, and it is also strange. It has nothing to do with the Break Room Stories, but, I don't think I'm the only one who sees this whole project headed that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy it, and expect Act II of Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire, and Perfect Beer soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always and always yours,&lt;br /&gt;Carl&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archive.org/download/CarlFuerstWeDreamofOurDeadPets/wedreamofourdeadpets.mp3"&gt;MP3 File Link Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-114051299642968332?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.archive.org/download/CarlFuerstWeDreamofOurDeadPets/wedreamofourdeadpets.mp3' title='We Dream of Our Dead Pets'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/114051299642968332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=114051299642968332' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/114051299642968332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/114051299642968332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/02/we-dream-of-our-dead-pets.html' title='We Dream of Our Dead Pets'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-113989496141460043</id><published>2006-02-13T23:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T11:19:41.796-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire and Perfect Beer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3199/2128/1600/randygroup.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3199/2128/320/randygroup.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the second installment in the Break Room Stories. In this story, Henry spends a summer working as a odd-jobber at Blackberry Lodge and Resort in Hayward, Wisconsin. Chaos insues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since this story is a little longer, it is going to be casted in one or two acts. This is the first act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story features music by the band Darkmoor; you can check them out at &lt;a href="http://www.darkmoormusic.com"&gt;www.darkmoormusic.com&lt;/a&gt; and you can even hear some of their songs at &lt;a href="http://myspace.com/darkmoor"&gt;myspace.com/darkmoor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carl.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-113989496141460043?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.archive.org/download/CarlFuerstBreakroomStories2PerfectMeatPerfectFireandPerfectBeer/meatfirebeer.mp3' title='Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire and Perfect Beer'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/113989496141460043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=113989496141460043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113989496141460043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113989496141460043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/02/perfect-meat-perfect-fire-and-perfect.html' title='Perfect Meat, Perfect Fire and Perfect Beer'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-113747077232160364</id><published>2006-01-16T22:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-16T22:11:51.293-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Click Here To Listen To the First of the Break Room Stories</title><content type='html'>This is the first of the Break-Room stories to be launched onto the web. Please enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours,&lt;br /&gt;Carl&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-113747077232160364?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.archive.org/download/CarlFuerstBreakRoomWhatHappenedToKate/breakroom1.mp3' title='Click Here To Listen To the First of the Break Room Stories'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/113747077232160364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=113747077232160364' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113747077232160364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113747077232160364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/01/click-here-to-listen-to-first-of-break.html' title='Click Here To Listen To the First of the Break Room Stories'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-113745202952096565</id><published>2006-01-16T16:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-16T16:53:49.523-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/640/nerwp.jpg'&gt;&lt;img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/57/9462/400/nerwp.jpg'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hayward, Wisconsin&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-113745202952096565?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/113745202952096565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=113745202952096565' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113745202952096565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113745202952096565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/01/hayward-wisconsin.html' title=''/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068620.post-113745109963128483</id><published>2006-01-16T16:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-01-16T16:38:19.633-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Break-Room Stories</title><content type='html'>The Break-Room stories are told, for the most part, by Henry Streator. Henry shows up at various and sometimes random places around the Mid-West. He's usually employed in some aspect of the service industry, where, due to his complete lack of innitiative, he usually sits in the break-room all day telling stories. His age, like his body and sometimes his philosophy, is subject to frequent changes, and, even though he hopes that you'll enjoy these stories, he'll tell them regardless. (He's a fantastic talker but a pretty miserable listener.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21068620-113745109963128483?l=breakroomstories.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/feeds/113745109963128483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21068620&amp;postID=113745109963128483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113745109963128483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21068620/posts/default/113745109963128483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://breakroomstories.blogspot.com/2006/01/break-room-stories.html' title='Break-Room Stories'/><author><name>Carl Fuerst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17889322022051953489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
