{"id":13191,"date":"2008-06-26T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/26\/pre-vacation-potpourri.html"},"modified":"2008-06-26T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:12:55","slug":"pre_vacation_potpourri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/26\/pre_vacation_potpourri.html","title":{"rendered":"Pre-vacation Potpourri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/potpourri.jpg\" width=\"105\" ...? Alex Potpourri, take ll \/> <\/div>\n<p>A few more items from the sidebar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a title=\"Don't make me...hungry\" href=\"http:\/\/solonor.com\/archives\/006497.html\">Don&#8217;t make me&#8230;hungry<\/a> <br \/> I definitely need to add &#8220;go to movies&#8221; to my post-vacation plans.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"We Have No Nuclear Terror Czar\" href=\"http:\/\/j-walkblog.com\/index.php?\/weblog\/posts\/we_have_no_nuclear_terror_czar\/\">We Have No Nuclear Terror Czar<\/a> <br \/> Because, of course, why should the President pay any attention to all those irksome <em>laws <\/em>from Congress that tell him what he should be doing regarding homeland security.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Bank Of America: Bank Of America Treats Parking Meter Payments As Cash Advances, Charges $10 Fee\" href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/tag\/bank-of-america\/?i=5019029&amp;t=bank-of-america-treats-parking-meter-payments-as-cash-advances-charges-10-fee#\">Bank Of America: Bank Of America Treats Parking Meter&#8230;<\/a> <br \/> BofA claims now that using a credit card for parking meters &#8212; or other &#8220;governmental or quasi-governmental agencies&#8221; is &#8212; surprise! &#8212; a cash advance, subject to an additional fee. I&#8217;m not sure if this is push-back from local governments (who otherwise would have to pay credit card transaction fees), but it&#8217;s evidently coming as a surprise to all of BofA&#8217;s customers who didn&#8217;t get any notification of same.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Comic Con = Cheapskates?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperborea.org\/journal\/archives\/2008\/06\/21\/comic-con-cheapskates\/\">Comic Con = Cheapskates?<\/a> <br \/> I don&#8217;t understand this article, given that during the Con every hotel room in San Diego seems to be occupied and the Gaslamp District is SRO at restaurants. Granted, most of the disposable souvenir spending is taking place at the Con itself, but &#8230;<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"GOOD Magazine | Goodmagazine - GOOD Guide: to the Shadowy Organizations That Rule the World\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodmagazine.com\/section\/Guide\/good_guide_to_the_shadowy_organizations_that_rule_the_world\">GOOD Magazine | Goodmagazine &#8211; GOOD Guide: to the&#8230;<\/a> <br \/> The truth (yeah, right!) behind all those organizations that secretly rule the world.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Human ovulation captured on video - being-human - 17 June 2008 - New Scientist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/channel\/being-human\/dn14155-human-ovulation-captured-on-video.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\">Human ovulation captured on video &#8211; being-human -&#8230;<\/a> <br \/> A fascinating mix of the wonderful and the prosaic. It looks so ordinary for something so amazing.<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"US seizes Danish dress-shop's payment to Pakistan in the name of &quot;terrorism&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/%7Er\/boingboing\/iBag\/%7E3\/314514139\/us-seizes-danish-dre.html\">US seizes Danish dress-shop&#8217;s payment to Pakistan&#8230;<\/a> <br \/> I feel safer already!<\/li>\n<li> <a title=\"Bounty offered to anyone who can prove homeopathy outperforms placebos\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/%7Er\/boingboing\/iBag\/%7E3\/315315584\/bounty-offered-to-an.html\">Bounty offered to anyone who can prove homeopathy&#8230;<\/a> <br \/> While homeopathy is one of the more harmless quack medical practices out there, it&#8217;s anti-scientifically maddening. Let&#8217;s see if anyone dares take them up on this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few more items from the sidebar. Don&#8217;t make me&#8230;hungry I definitely need to add &#8220;go to movies&#8221; to my post-vacation plans. 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