{"id":14963,"date":"2009-06-05T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-05-june-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-06-05T18:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T00:00:33","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-friday-05-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-05-june-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Friday, 05 June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whatconsumesme.com\/2009\/what-im-writing\/how-to-be-happy-in-business-venn-diagram\/\">how to be happy in business &#8211; venn diagram &#8212; what consumes me, bud caddell<\/a> &#8211; Would also apply to one&#8217;s career, too, I&#8217;d think.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/BadAstronomyBlog\/~3\/9ZqiwBW7d4g\/\">Homeopathy kills<\/a> &#8211; The final quote from the father is the kicker.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/8v82g9R2854\/gop-senator-conservative_n_211780.html\">GOP Senator, Conservative Pundits Claim Obama&#8217;s Cairo Speech Anti-American (VIDEO): The Huffington Post News Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/demint-promises-right-he-will-filibuster-hate-crimes-legislation\">DeMint Promises The Right That He Will Filibuster Hate Crimes Legislation: Kyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/rgKg56ZB7E0\/obamas-law-professor-says_b_211854.html\">Emma Ruby-Sachs: Obama&#8217;s Law Professor Says DOMA Unconstitutional: Emma Ruby-Sachs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/uvYQsXVYpFM\/obamas-speech-right-man-r_b_211859.html\">James Zogby: Obama&#8217;s Speech: Right Man, Right Place, Right Time: James Zogby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/tv_dinners_are_examples_of_fantasy_vs._reality\/\">TV dinners are examples of Fantasy vs. Reality.: Les<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/republican-party\/poll-only-eight-percent-say-sotomayor-is-racist-majority-wants-empathy\/\">Poll: Only Eight Percent Say Sotomayor Is Racist; Majority Wants \u201cEmpathy\u201d: Greg Sargent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/05\/burr-tobacco-candy\/\">Burr Defends Mint-Flavored Suckable \u2018Tobacco Lollipops,\u2019 Claims They\u2019re Not Being Marketed To Children: Guest Blogger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/05\/steele-sotomayor-white-male\/\">Think Progress \u00bb Steele On Sotomayor: \u2018God Help You If You\u2019re A White Male Coming Before Her Bench\u2019<\/a> &#8211; What an asinine comment to make.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed\/~3\/qEiC_w2NNEg\/an_oleaginous_metaphor.php\">An oleaginous metaphor [Pharyngula]: PZ Myers none@example.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dslreports.com\/shownews\/Broadband-Prices-Dropping-Just-Not-For-You-102788\">Broadband Prices Dropping, Just Not For You &#8211; Global prices 37.5% lower this  year, just not in United States&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Color me surprised.  Whatever happened to that &#8220;free market&#8221; think I keep hearing about.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grue_%28monster%29#\">Grue (monster) &#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a> &#8211; I use this line with Katherine all the time.  I&#8217;m probably more amused by it than she is.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/593\/\">Voynich Manuscript<\/a> &#8211; Dear Lord, it is obvious!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/04\/graham-bush-fear-torture\/\">Graham: Approving Torture Techniques That Are \u2018Clearly Illegal\u2019 Are \u2018Not  Criminal Mistakes\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Instead of the Twinkie Defense, it&#8217;s the Freaked-Out Defense!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/04\/sessions-crying-child\/\">Sessions gets annoyed with child crying during a hearing: \u2018Enough with the  histrionics.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Nice &#8220;compassionate conservatism&#8221; there, Sen. Sessions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/06\/04\/led-cooling-fans-steal-sexy-back-from-liquid-based-solutions\/\">LED cooling fans steal sexy back from liquid-based solutions<\/a> &#8211; Full of awesome.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mostlycajun.com\/wordpress\/?p=6409\">Darwin at work\u2026 &#8211; Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated<\/a> &#8211; Darwin at work indeed &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/cognitivedaily\/~3\/vFEGVU5Rk_s\/how_we_learn_to_judge_the_size.php\">How we learn to judge the size of faraway objects<\/a> &#8211; Picasso was once interrupted by a stranger on a train.  \u201cWhy don\u2019t you paint things as they really are.\u201d Picasso asked him what he meant.  The stranger showed him a wallet photo of his wife.  \u201cI mean like that. That\u2019s how she is.\u201d Picasso paused, then asked, \u201cShe is rather small, isn\u2019t she? And somewhat flat?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. how to be happy in business &#8211; venn diagram &#8212; what consumes me, bud caddell &#8211; Would also apply to one&#8217;s career, too, I&#8217;d think. Homeopathy kills &#8211; The final quote from the father is the kicker. GOP Senator, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/unblogged-bits-for-friday-05-june-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Friday, 05 June 2009&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}