{"id":129245,"date":"2015-12-23T20:21:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T03:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/there-are-times-i-wish-the-universe-had-control-dials.html"},"modified":"2015-12-25T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:26:29","slug":"there-are-times-i-wish-the-universe-had-control-dials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/there-are-times-i-wish-the-universe-had-control-dials.html","title":{"rendered":"There are times I wish the Universe had control dials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas! Keep your ears open for the tapping of each tiny hoof &#8230; in the walls.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Unofficial XKCD<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23xkcd\">#xkcd<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>SOUND DOGS MAKE: [BARKING] [HISSING] [LIGHTSABER NOISES] [FLUENT ENGLISH] [SWEARING]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1620'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/o3KLQiETyFpAd--7s4FhY-GQCuzW3lr1e2k6OfZi7y_0gYqhB2UsLzcB0Kl7pMDtUUkWbEd_5Wwo20mHKK30xltw=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/xkcd.com\/1620'>xkcd: Christmas Settings<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nWarning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors). BTC 1FhCLQK2ZXtCUQDtG98p6fVH7S6mxAsEey &#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/NLJwR1TduY7'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas! Keep your ears open for the tapping of each tiny hoof &#8230; in the walls. 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