{"id":21073,"date":"2011-05-19T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/unblogged-bits-thu-19-may-11-1130.html"},"modified":"2011-05-19T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:30:35","slug":"unblogged-bits-thu-19-may-11-1130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/unblogged-bits-thu-19-may-11-1130.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Thu. 19-May-11 1130)"},"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\/uR9g2Jr5l2A\/prat.html\">Merriam-Webster Online<\/a> &#8211; Fun.  Though I have to confess I use some of these on occasion, though not (I hope) in an intentionally affected fashion. &#8220;Jiggery-pokery&#8221; is probably the most common in my vocabulary.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/CirCA7f7O20\/mg21028124.600-sex-on-the-brain-orgasms-unlock-altered-consciousness.html\">Sex on the brain: Orgasms unlock altered consciousness &#8211; life &#8211; 11 May 2011 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; Interesting stuff.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/Xf7It4kYGuU\/mg21028136.300-calculations-may-have-overestimated-extinction-rates.html\">Calculations may have overestimated extinction rates &#8211; environment &#8211; 18 May 2011 &#8211; New Scientist<\/a> &#8211; I will, of course, eagerly await the reactionary claim that this means that there is no species extinction, just a bunch of Marxist scientists wanting the UN to take away our sacred light bulbs or something.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/4bhVrKNmgSM\/ci_18087546\">United apologizes for reusing 9\/11 flight numbers &#8211; The Denver Post<\/a> &#8211; Sacred &#8230; flight numbers?  I mean, I can understand wanting to be respectful and all of that, but not only are we a decade along the line, but calling these numbers &#8220;sacred&#8221; (and calling it a matter of &#8220;right and wrong&#8221;) seems more than a bit overwrought.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/27ccSjmjUDw\/\">What Jesus Really Meant by the Story of Lazarus<\/a> &#8211; That&#8217;s a great interpretation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/5mnCfhHwC6Q\/\">Made of WIN and AWESOME: Remote-Controlled Superhero [Video]<\/a> &#8211; Very, very cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Three-starDavesSharedItemsInGoogleReader\/~3\/ckMKErYRkAw\/watch\">YouTube &#8211; Osama&#8217;s watery grave captured<\/a> &#8211; Heh.<\/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;. Merriam-Webster Online &#8211; Fun. Though I have to confess I use some of these on occasion, though not (I hope) in an intentionally affected fashion. &#8220;Jiggery-pokery&#8221; is probably the most common in my vocabulary. Sex on the brain: Orgasms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/19\/unblogged-bits-thu-19-may-11-1130.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits (Thu. 19-May-11 1130)&#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-21073","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":45981,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/16\/recommendations-for-your-scientist-halloween-costume.html","url_meta":{"origin":21073,"position":0},"title":"Recommendations for your Scientist Halloween costume","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Oct-14 6:29pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh. 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