{"id":128888,"date":"2015-11-18T20:54:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T03:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/happy-birthday-calvin-and-hobbes.html"},"modified":"2015-11-22T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:39:29","slug":"happy-birthday-calvin-and-hobbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/happy-birthday-calvin-and-hobbes.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, &quot;Calvin and Hobbes&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty years ago today, the first C&amp;H strip ran. Still one of the best comic strips ever.<\/p>\n<p>If I had time, I&#39;d crack open some of my collections. Heck, I just need to make the time.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100508289036361103868\" oid=\"100508289036361103868\">J. Steven York<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+ThinkGeek<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today in Geek History: Happy 30th Birthday, Calvin &amp; Hobbes! The famous duo first appeared in newspapers in 1985. &quot;If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/111086949937726998175\/albums\/6218533542935062209\/6218533543460242210'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-bX1Wai6T_tY\/VkyrT4HMgyI\/AAAAAAABsiM\/EWP71J-L5yE\/842241ff-6def-46ae-9f41-b9f4095e7e70?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/L3Szfwh3GDY'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty years ago today, the first C&amp;H strip ran. Still one of the best comic strips ever. If I had time, I&#39;d crack open some of my collections. Heck, I just need to make the time. (h\/t +J. Steven York) Originally shared by +ThinkGeek: Today in Geek History: Happy 30th Birthday, Calvin &amp; Hobbes! The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/happy-birthday-calvin-and-hobbes.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Happy Birthday, &quot;Calvin and Hobbes&quot;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/842241ff-6def-46ae-9f41-b9f4095e7e70imgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129369,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/calvin-hobbes-thomas-more.html","url_meta":{"origin":128888,"position":0},"title":"Calvin &amp; Hobbes &amp; Thomas More","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Jan-16 3:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"These days, of course, it would be worth more than \"a shot,\" and the Thomas More Legal Center and the Heritage Foundation would be eager to help Calvin file a law suit against the government for infringing on his religious liberty.(Original: http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\/2016\/01\/05)(h\/t +J. 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Sweet. \u00a0One of my favorites is here:\u00a0http:\/\/michaelyingling.com\/random\/calvin_and_hobbes\/search.php?phrase=kmart(Btw, the \"by Bing\" refers to the nickname of the guy who built this, not the MIcrosoft search engine.) 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