{"id":132987,"date":"2017-03-06T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/the-modern-philosophical-council-of-elrond.html"},"modified":"2017-03-06T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:24:57","slug":"the-modern-philosophical-council-of-elrond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/the-modern-philosophical-council-of-elrond.html","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Philosophical Council of Elrond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heh.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the site to read the whole thing (not to mention the hover text).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/existentialcomics.com\/comic\/175\" class=\"ot-anchor\">http:\/\/existentialcomics.com\/comic\/175<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/existentialcomics.com\/comic\/175'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/m82J2ogX4l0ZWa3GkgcxdoZjrKeSA9SSBmbVF7ANVfhbXJd1Xaws5zEkFOt4-T5A03j91faJo-9-TTI7Z5OJNYNKSAsnEUUYBee02Fj6yA=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/existentialcomics.com\/comic\/175'>The Council of Elrond<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/bh1FfyZmE72'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh. Go to the site to read the whole thing (not to mention the hover text). http:\/\/existentialcomics.com\/comic\/175 The Council of Elrond A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. 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