{"id":38149,"date":"2013-07-05T15:11:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T21:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/in-that-case-i-should-be-so-sharp-ill-cut-myself.html"},"modified":"2013-07-05T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:54:57","slug":"in-that-case-i-should-be-so-sharp-ill-cut-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/in-that-case-i-should-be-so-sharp-ill-cut-myself.html","title":{"rendered":"In that case I should be so sharp I'll cut myself"},"content":{"rendered":"
If I wasn't born with a book in my hand, I sure picked one up as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

(Actually, I remember the first time I read a book — it was about Popeye, and I would have been in no later than Kindergarten. I've been nose-deep in one ever since, hence my favorite Disney princess, Belle.)<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Smithsonian Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The secret to preserving your mental agility may lie in simply cracking open a book. #science<\/a> #books<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\n \n <\/div>\n

Being a Lifelong Bookworm May Keep You Sharp in Old Age<\/a><\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I wasn't born with a book in my hand, I sure picked one up as soon as possible. (Actually, I remember the first time I read a book — it was about Popeye, and I would have been in no later than Kindergarten. I've been nose-deep in one ever since, hence my favorite Disney … Continue reading “In that case I should be so sharp I'll cut myself”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,36,70,4],"tags":[397,396],"class_list":["post-38149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-books","category-health-science","category-personal","tag-books","tag-science-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6731,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/11\/disclaimer_stic.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":0},"title":"Disclaimer stickers","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 11-Jan-05 11:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"In keeping with the infamously goofball Cobb County, Georgia, disclaimer stickers to be put on science books that mention (gasp) evolution, here's a collection of several more stickers that you...","rel":"","context":"In "Science & Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Science & Nature","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/06\/science-and-the-single-murder-mystery-reader.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":1},"title":"Science and the Single Murder Mystery Reader","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 6-Apr-13 1:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"This one's for Margie. Who's not, of course, single.Reshared post from +Jennifer OuelletteThe Chemistry of the Murder Mystery (1) | Wired Science | Wired.com http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2013\/04\/the-science-of-murder-mysteries\/ The Chemistry of the Murder Mystery (1) | Wired Science | Wired.com Wired Science blogger Deborah Blum contends that no one has ever written a\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":28463,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/01\/mmmm-old-book-smell.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":2},"title":"Mmmm … old book smell","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 1-Jul-12 5:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Old books really do have a distinct (and pleasant) smell. \u00a0Because of SCIENCE!(h\/t +Chris Ruhs)Reshared post from +Eric AlbinThe Science behind the ScentScientists say that \u201cold book smell\u201d is more than just mustiness; it contains hints of grass and vanilla. \u00a0That\u2019s because all the compounds used to make the book\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":13945,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/27\/book-review-corrupted-science-by-john-grant.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":3},"title":"Book Review: Corrupted Science by John Grant","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Feb-09 2:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science\u00a0by John Grant (2007) Overall Writing Re-Readability Info Grant provides an entertaining, sometimes outrageous, usually fascinating survey of scientific research and publication that has been corrupted in different fashions -- faking data (intentionally or not), seeing what is expected (or desired) out of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Books"","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-books"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/stars4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51450,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/how-science-and-engineering-work.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":4},"title":"How Science and Engineering Work","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-Jun-15 8:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sad, but true. Originally shared by +SMBC Comics: How Science Works http:\/\/smbc-comics.com\/index.php?id=3766 #smbc #hiveworks Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal In case you missed it, the new little kids' books (which are suuuuper limited) are on sale now! Discuss this comic in the forum. June 12, 2015. Astronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle is\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":327,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/01\/survivors.html","url_meta":{"origin":38149,"position":5},"title":"Survivors","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-May-03 8:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's one for the books. Survivors of the Columbia crash have been found. Hundreds of worms from a science experiment aboard the space shuttle Columbia have been found alive in...","rel":"","context":"In "Science & Nature"","block_context":{"text":"Science & Nature","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/science"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38165,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38149\/revisions\/38165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}