{"id":9051,"date":"2006-02-27T10:58:44","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T17:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/02\/27\/the-story-of-vaseline.html"},"modified":"2006-02-27T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T17:58:44","slug":"the_story_of_va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/27\/the_story_of_va.html","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Vaseline"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cool history of petroleum jelly<\/a> and its “inventor.”<\/p>\n

Actually, it seems to me that Vaseline’s ubiquity has decreased significantly over my lifetime. There are higher-tech (and much better, not to mention convenient) wound gels, lip balms, diaper creams, personal lubricants, etc. I’m sure there are some people who swear by it, but I can’t think of the last time that I<\/em> actually used the stuff — though, of course, I have a bottle of the stuff in the medicine cabinet, since it never goes bad …<\/p>\n

(via Bits & Pieces<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cool history of petroleum jelly and its “inventor.” Actually, it seems to me that Vaseline’s ubiquity has decreased significantly over my lifetime. 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