{"id":23067,"date":"2011-10-12T17:30:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T23:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/12\/unblogged-bits-wed-12-oct-11-1730.html"},"modified":"2011-10-12T17:30:37","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T23:30:37","slug":"unblogged-bits-wed-12-oct-11-1730","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/12\/unblogged-bits-wed-12-oct-11-1730.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits (Wed. 12-Oct-11 1730)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. <\/p>\n
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  1. The ten weirdest road signs<\/a> – I’ve always been amused by the Tank Crossing signs on Salisbury Plain.<\/li>\n
  2. Universal Drops \u2018Tower Heist\u2019 Early VOD Experiment in Response to Theater Boycotts: Angie Han<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. TOM THE DANCING BUG: Definitely-Not-Gay-Man Meets His Arch Nemesis!!<\/a> – HA!<\/li>\n
  4. Forced Exercise’s Effects on the Brain (Parkinson’s Disease) – NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. More Evidence Against Vitamin Use – NYTimes.com<\/a> – Unless you’re diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency, or are unable to maintain a healthy diet for some reason, lay off the vitamin pills.<\/li>\n
  6. Somebody watched \u201cBorn Free\u201d too many times<\/a> – I’m sure someone thought it was a Great Idea. Unfortunately, ideology (of whatever sort) unbound by consideration usually leads to bad decision-making.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries …. The ten weirdest road signs – I’ve always been amused by the Tank Crossing signs on Salisbury Plain. Universal Drops \u2018Tower Heist\u2019 Early VOD Experiment in Response to Theater Boycotts: Angie Han TOM THE DANCING BUG: Definitely-Not-Gay-Man Meets His … Continue reading “Unblogged Bits (Wed. 12-Oct-11 1730)”<\/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-23067","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":131856,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/the-rise-and-possible-fall-of-campaign-yard-signs.html","url_meta":{"origin":23067,"position":0},"title":"The rise and (possible) fall of campaign yard signs","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Oct-16 8:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"It has seemed that there are fewer signs this year. 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