{"id":19981,"date":"2011-02-01T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/unblogged-bits-tue-1-feb-11-1030.html"},"modified":"2011-02-01T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T17:30:35","slug":"unblogged-bits-tue-1-feb-11-1030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/unblogged-bits-tue-1-feb-11-1030.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Tue.  1-Feb-11 1030)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ZZ-tDhytEQs\/the_nbc_peacock_is_gone_and_rightfully_so.php\">The NBC Peacock is Gone and Rightfully So<\/a> &#8211; Okay, I understand the purpose for the new logo and all &#8212; but, honestly, it&#8217;s just damned butt-ugly, regardless of the peacock, globe, or lackthereof.  It could be a coathanger company, for all one could tell.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/cR2SdHrdTqI\/\">The Egyptian Solution<\/a> &#8211; Maybe we should send some of those proponents over there for a while.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/n7WNwcR8p5o\/\">The Shinmoedake Volcanic Eruption<\/a> &#8211; Amazing world, ennit?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/24ZW_OXrdY4\/\">The models who were used in \u201cAmerican Gothic\u201d standing by the painting &#8211; 22 Words<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\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;. The NBC Peacock is Gone and Rightfully So &#8211; Okay, I understand the purpose for the new logo and all &#8212; but, honestly, it&#8217;s just damned butt-ugly, regardless of the peacock, globe, or lackthereof. It could be a coathanger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/unblogged-bits-tue-1-feb-11-1030.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Tue.  1-Feb-11 1030)&#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_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_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-19981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12346,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/24\/study_in_blue_and_green.html","url_meta":{"origin":19981,"position":0},"title":"Study in blue and green","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 24-May-08 1:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Peacock at the Denver Zoo....","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Travel","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/travel"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2055\/2519393398_2faf7021ce.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28497,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/10\/its-not-all-about-sexy-sexy-males-in-the-animal-kingdom.html","url_meta":{"origin":19981,"position":1},"title":"It&#39;s not all about sexy-sexy males in the animal kingdom","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Jul-12 12:37am","format":false,"excerpt":"The idea that, in most species (though, oddly, not with contemporary humans), sexual selection is based on gaudy, sexy males mating with as many females as possible ... may not be actually supported by the original theories that put the idea forward.(And, regardless, doesn't explain the human paradigm of sexy-sexy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44707,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/30\/who-are-the-yezidis.html","url_meta":{"origin":19981,"position":2},"title":"Who are the Yezidis?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 30-Aug-14 5:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Besides being kind of unfortunate to be in the way of ISIS \/ ISIS? Reshared post from +Andreas SchouSo, I hear that ISIS \/ ISIL \/ The Islamic State is attempting to commit genocide against the Yezidi. What's a Yezidi?Uh, that's a good question. The short answer: they're a Kurdish\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16649,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-03-february-2010.html","url_meta":{"origin":19981,"position":3},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 03 February 2010","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Feb-10 5:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... MI5 hunting breast implants of death - BOOBS OF DOOOOOOOOOM! 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