{"id":1666,"date":"2001-11-28T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2001-11-28T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2013-06-04T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T21:48:37","slug":"weak_links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/28\/weak_links.html","title":{"rendered":"Weak Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the Star Trek <i>Weakest Link <\/i>episode on Monday night, and it was great fun.  After the shock of Q &#8212; er, John deLancie being voted off first, I generally enjoyed the spectacle.  It&#8217;s always interesting to see how actors perform in such circumstances &#8212; who&#8217;s smart, who&#8217;s dumb, and who&#8217;s in-between.  <\/p>\n<p>Wil Wheaton has an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/greymatter\/archives\/00000166.php\">blog<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/greymatter\/archives\/00000161.php\">two<\/a> on the whole shindig.  It sounds like they cut most of the good stuff out.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:  Or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilwheaton.net\/greymatter\/archives\/00000167.php\">three<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the Star Trek Weakest Link episode on Monday night, and it was great fun. 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