{"id":303,"date":"2003-05-06T10:39:50","date_gmt":"2003-05-06T15:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=303"},"modified":"2003-05-06T10:39:50","modified_gmt":"2003-05-06T15:39:50","slug":"quizzical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/06\/quizzical.html","title":{"rendered":"Quizzical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, Quizilla is really cool, and power to the people to make their own quizzes, but damn<\/a> if Sturgeon’s Law doesn’t apply to this, too. <\/p>\n

Folks — you want to play in the big leagues? At least look <\/i>like you’re trying to follow conventions of spelling, capitalization, and other tweaky grammar stuff like that. Yeesh.<\/p>\n

Now, excuse me while I yell at those darned kids to get off the lawn again …<\/p>\n

(As minor proof of my thesis, compare the list above to the list of Most Popular Quizzes<\/a>. I rest my case.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, Quizilla is really cool, and power to the people to make their own quizzes, but damn if Sturgeon’s Law doesn’t apply to this, too. 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