{"id":312,"date":"2003-05-06T06:49:42","date_gmt":"2003-05-06T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=312"},"modified":"2003-05-06T06:49:42","modified_gmt":"2003-05-06T11:49:42","slug":"the_norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/06\/the_norm.html","title":{"rendered":"The Norm"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been a fan of Michael Jantze’s “The Norm” comic strip since I met the gent at SDCC last year. An odd mix of “For Better and For Worse,” “Baby Blues,” “Dilbert,” and “Calvin & Hobbes,” it’s worth reading. (And I read it every day online<\/a>, since it’s not carried by either of the Denver papers.) <\/p>\n

Just read today that the “Twelve Steps to Marriage” Sunday series is going to comic book<\/a> format, with orders in Diamond this month, delivery off in July. Cool.<\/p>\n

Anyway, thought I’d give it a plug. Check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I'll confess it's a pretty tough, and pretty legit quiz -- the hard ones are definite trivia, but not trivial.Reshared post from +Comic Book CriticHow much do you know about comic books, their characters, and creators? Take this 20 question\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4412,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/07\/marriage.html","url_meta":{"origin":312,"position":5},"title":"Marriage","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Sep-03 1:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"From Michael Jantze's \"Norm's Daily Journal\" for today. This is why you get married. 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