I feel cool and geeky

Try this. Type in Google search "insert xml column"

You'll get
you see that first link? That's mine :D

If you're wondering what kind of geekiness I was in when I inquired in the Microsoft Forums, here's the link:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3621746&SiteID=17

I was asking why I couldn't provide a schema in the XML data that I was inserting in my XML column. The problem was that my schema properties (the target namespace) was not set correctly. Stupid little oyen....