{"id":32245,"date":"2013-01-18T22:17:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T05:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/making-the-connection.html"},"modified":"2013-01-18T22:17:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T05:17:37","slug":"making-the-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/making-the-connection.html","title":{"rendered":"Making the Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why it&#39;s sometimes critical to get &quot;fresh eyes&quot; on a subject.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images1-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/images\/WAinterstate.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/defectiveyeti.com\/2013\/01\/09\/a-head-for-numbers\/'>A Head for Numbers<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOver at Que Sera Sera, Sarah Brown has a post about the misconceptions that people (including myself) had as children. 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