So this isn't exactly a "solution" of sorts. Are there any other ideas that might help or have others seen this before with xml parsers?

What? There is nothing to solve. You call my cellphone, sometimes it goes straight to voicemail, sometimes it rings twice and goes to voice mail, sometimes it hangs up, sometimes I answer and say nothing, sometimes I answer and yell "no telemarketers", and sometimes I answer and say "hi buddy" and then hang up ...

So you want to buy some "good xml bytes" through "my telephone number"? anything can happen