<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - The Style Invitational</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/styleinvitational?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><description>The Style Invitational</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12483-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12483-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Sept. 1, 1939: The Dawn of History Channel Documentary Footage.  ]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59611-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59611-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<br>   This week's contest:  It's National Poetry Month, and once again, in the Invitational's ceaseless mission to Raise the Cultural Literacy of Our Readers, we invite you to translate the fine prose of Washington Post articles into verse, as in the example above. Choose any article appearing in The Post or on its Web site from April 17 through April 25. If you're using the printed Post, please include the date, page number and headline; if you're freeloading from the Web, give the date and also copy in a bit of the article. As always, long poems must deserve the extra space; if you send "The Waste Land," you'd better be T.S. Eliot.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40582-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40582-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jose Canseco and Jimmy Carter: One had a bigger arms buildup.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21947-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21947-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Roman Ruler x High Fly = Pontius Pilot <br>   Apprentice x Zap = You're Fried!]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2778-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2778-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Genesis 24: Blessed by good speed, the pitcher drew unto him not a walk, and came forth, made  haste, and put down at least ten.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50357-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50357-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vaseball:    A game of catch played by children in the living room. (Russell Beland, Springfield)]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30339-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30339-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One November I was at a dinner party at my boss's house. Dinner was running late, so I decided to grab a snack in a room off the foyer. Imagine my surprise when the boss stormed in with his tattletale kid, acting all "what do you think you're doing" this and "how dare you" that, just because I'd polished off the brat's stupid Halloween candy. You'd think the guy would thank me, what with all the news about obese kids.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9421-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9421-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Secret Service orders the shooting down of pop flies.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55534-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55534-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week's contest:  Style Invitational cartoonist Bob Staake has been contributing to The Washington Post for more than a decade. But in all those years under contract to this fine newspaper, he has never been called to illustrate actual <em>news. </em> Until now. Bob has sent us these illustrations of the world's events. Unfortunately, he forgot to tell us what the events are. Please help.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38520-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38520-2005Feb19.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Name for a cafeteria at a law firm: The Chum Bucket]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19932-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19932-2005Feb12.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Spa Museum. A collection of devices and products used by Americans]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1660-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1660-2005Feb5.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My wife knows her gas is clever ammunition: If she is unhappy, all she has to do is make a flame!]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47769-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47769-2005Jan29.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Playgrounds-Plumbing: Make bath time fun every night!]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Honorable Mentions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39635-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39635-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>  More Honorable Mentions from Week 591 of The Style Invitational, poems about those who died in 2004:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28565-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28565-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Donner Party expedition, brought to you by Slim Jim{+T}{+M}!]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12604-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12604-2005Jan15.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["You'd feel better if you didn't spend so much time thinking about yourself."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59789-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59789-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At one point in the coming weeks, tens of millions of Americans will turn away from the seediness and despair of their daily lives and devote their attention, for several hours, to an event of momentous historical importance. We refer, of course, to the set of commercials before, during and after the Super Bowl, which is some sports contest that exists as the framework on which to hang these ads.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41865-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41865-2005Jan2.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We're here to pay respects <br> And there is just no way to mask it.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23999-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23999-2004Dec24.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The DeMint-Toomey Campaign Finance Enhancement Act.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10889-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10889-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_style/columns/styleinvitational</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:49:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen-mo: How college students tend to sign letters to their parents.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>