{"id":3678,"date":"2002-10-09T06:37:08","date_gmt":"2002-10-09T11:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2002-10-09T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2002-10-09T11:37:08","slug":"cant_tell_your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/09\/cant_tell_your.html","title":{"rendered":"Can’t tell your obscure reference without a program!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sure that you’re missing out on an obscure joke or two as you read Alan Moore’s incredibly fine comic book, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen<\/i>? Well, yes, you are<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t know which astounds me more — Moore, for the compulsive cramming of all the homages and references into his work, or Jess Nevins, for the obsessive decoding thereof. Amazing, in both cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sure that you’re missing out on an obscure joke or two as you read Alan Moore’s incredibly fine comic book, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Well, yes, you are. 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