{"id":17319,"date":"2010-05-08T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:14:40","slug":"k-i-s-s-i-n-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/08\/k-i-s-s-i-n-g.html","title":{"rendered":"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, while I&#8217;m not exactly enthusiastic about Katherine getting into the kissing era in coming years, I hope I&#8217;m not quite as &#8230; um &#8230; hung up about it as this movie, &#8220;Pamela&#8217;s Prayer,&#8221; is.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-5a1uBXtqC8&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xd0d0d0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I certainly respect folks who make and abide by decisions they consider to be morally based, but &#8230; this just seems more than a bit silly to me.  I think there&#8217;s room for making intelligent (if hormonally-driven) decisions between the burka and Crisco parties, and this leans a bit too much toward the former than I&#8217;d think of trying to guide my daughter.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/glvalentine.livejournal.com\/261285.html\">GLValentine<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, while I&#8217;m not exactly enthusiastic about Katherine getting into the kissing era in coming years, I hope I&#8217;m not quite as &#8230; um &#8230; hung up about it as this movie, &#8220;Pamela&#8217;s Prayer,&#8221; is. 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