{"id":10724,"date":"2006-11-09T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T02:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/11\/09\/give-me-the-map-2.html"},"modified":"2006-11-09T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2006-11-10T02:02:13","slug":"give_me_the_map_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/09\/give_me_the_map_2.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;GIVE ME THE MAP!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, <em>Time Bandits<\/em> flashback there &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Very cool blog of strange maps at, well, the <a href=\"http:\/\/strangemaps.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strange Maps<\/a> site.  Mongo.  The Pale.  The North-South Lines of Europe.  The territorial evolution of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Cool.  I love maps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/random.average-bear.com\/archive\/009132.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doyce<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, Time Bandits flashback there &#8230; Very cool blog of strange maps at, well, the Strange Maps site. Mongo. The Pale. The North-South Lines of Europe. 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