{"id":28765,"date":"2012-08-04T14:53:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=28765"},"modified":"2012-08-04T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T20:54:45","slug":"bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/bits-and-bobs-from-2012-08-04.html","title":{"rendered":"Bits and Bobs from 2012-08-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/junk-drawer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28754\" title=\"Junk drawer\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/junk-drawer-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/junk-drawer-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/junk-drawer-650x547.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/junk-drawer.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Fun stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1UJ3JLgFhBq\">Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Take-a-Gander<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Olympic photography.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/EffFhcJ6UTo\">Fancy-shmancy thermostat<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Yeah, this sort of thing gets me to thinking. Often with expensive results.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/KjgM1aG8fA6\">WFMAD Day 3\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; More writing exercises.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/b2AikiPyr2b\">Mister Clean<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; How to get men interested in house cleaning.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Lr7PFzrb3Xs\">Simon&#8217;s Cat is Everycat<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;The wrong side of every door.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3Zyaryy77rX\">Radiation! In! SPAAAAAAAAACE!<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Tak-tak-tak-tak-tak-tak &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/jcSYAkq7yxK\">Because what could possibly go wrong? \u00a0Wait, we know the answer to that &#8230;<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A millionaire wants to clone dinosaurs &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Serious stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/8x45Go9kSiP\">Gay employees of Chick-fil-A<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; For a lot of them, this has been a sad wake-up call. And not about the company they work for.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/PSCVkL7B57F\">Um &#8230; free speech, anyone?<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The judge in the Apple\/Samsung fight seems to be overstepping just a wee bit, in my opinion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/DsgqfLcVMqa\">The Twilight of the Manual<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; I do love my manual transmission. Sadly &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>And politics (which are sometimes fun, sometimes not)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/RPWKo3MsgdF\">Rationing in the marketplace of ideas<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Because a university is where you are supposed to talk about ideas, not silence them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/DSDwFgb1B4i\">Phoiling Phelps?<\/a> &#8211; As much as I loathe the Westboro Baptist gang, finding ways to hedge in their detestable speech makes it easier to to the same for others.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/e7DQPkBRy8f\">Drought, corn, ethanol, and cows<\/a> &#8211; What a climate-changing mess.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/4r3M2eYbqrD\">Giving the President a pass on the economy<\/a> &#8211; At least that&#8217;s what one major candidate has asked us to do.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/PufKhf44yio\">Yes, this is definitely how an anti-Christian administration behaves<\/a> &#8211; Yet another reason why the Religious Right&#8217;s accusations about Obama are hysterically laughable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/TUDDdyZRUkk\">The job numbers<\/a> &#8211; They aren&#8217;t good, but they aren&#8217;t significantly worse. 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