--- feedparser.py.orig	2004-10-01 23:33:20.000000000 +0530
+++ feedparser.py	2005-09-30 03:42:57.516525248 +0530
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@
         # called for each block of plain text, i.e. outside of any tag and
         # not containing any character or entity references
         # Store the original text verbatim.
+        # Compensate for "<br/>" tags as spit out by blogspot
+        if(text[0] == '>' and ((self.pieces[-1] == '<br>') or (self.pieces[-1] == '</br>'))):
+            text = text[1:]
         self.pieces.append(text)
         
     def handle_comment(self, text):