{"id":38903,"date":"2013-10-01T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T14:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/smaug-y-goodness.html"},"modified":"2013-10-01T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T19:18:13","slug":"smaug-y-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/smaug-y-goodness.html","title":{"rendered":"Smaug-y goodness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">New trailer for the next <i>Hobbit<\/i> movie? \u00a0Oh, do want!<\/div>\n<div class='gpb-video'><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OPVWy1tFXuc?version=3&#038;autohide=1' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/6j2spxKs9fB' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New trailer for the next Hobbit movie? \u00a0Oh, do want! 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Do want! View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40095,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/16\/another-perspective-on-the-desolation-of-smaug.html","url_meta":{"origin":38903,"position":5},"title":"Another perspective on &quot;The Desolation of Smaug&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 16-Dec-13 3:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually I agree with most of what Doyce says here, with a few quibbles over the ending. 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