{"id":4232,"date":"2003-10-10T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2003-10-10T22:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2003-10-10T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2003-10-10T22:34:22","slug":"two_reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/10\/two_reviews.html","title":{"rendered":"Two reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00006DEFA\/davedoesthebl-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B00006DEFA.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" class=\"left\" border=0 \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/038097827X\/davedoesthebl-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/038097827X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" class=\"right\" border=0 \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00006DEFA?&#038;tag=davedoesthebl-20\"><i>Amadeus <\/i><\/a>may be crappy history, but it is one kick-ass movie.  It&#8217;s been too long since I watched it, and now I have a lust for the DVD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/038097827X?&#038;tag=davedoesthebl-20\"><i>The Wolves in the Walls <\/i><\/a>by Neil Gaiman was very good, in a not-unexpectedly surreal way, but I think I&#8217;ll wait a year to read it to Kitten.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s how I spent <i>my <\/i>Friday afternoon.  In part, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amadeus may be crappy history, but it is one kick-ass movie. It&#8217;s been too long since I watched it, and now I have a lust for the DVD. 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