{"id":78,"date":"2005-03-07T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2005-03-07T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/03\/07\/excuse-me-im-not-done-with-this-squirrel-yet\/"},"modified":"2005-03-07T09:26:04","modified_gmt":"2005-03-07T15:26:04","slug":"excuse-me-im-not-done-with-this-squirrel-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/03\/07\/excuse-me-im-not-done-with-this-squirrel-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Excuse me, I&#8217;m not done with this squirrel yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noted on <a href=\"http:\/\/geomblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/03\/updating-web-pages.html\">Geomblog<\/a> (who credits it to a mailing list post):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nfor many academics, the practice of keeping<br \/>\none&#8217;s web page up to date with both their long term and short<br \/>\nterm research interests is something that gets prioritized just<br \/>\nbelow rabid-squirrel-wrestling.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That explains <em>so<\/em> much.<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted on Geomblog (who credits it to a mailing list post): for many academics, the practice of keeping one&#8217;s web page up to date with both their long term and short term research interests is something that gets prioritized just below rabid-squirrel-wrestling. That explains so much. No tag for this post. Related posts No related &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/03\/07\/excuse-me-im-not-done-with-this-squirrel-yet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Excuse me, I&#8217;m not done with this squirrel yet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4,15,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-1g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":749,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/13\/jocp-a-human-flying-alpine-squirrel-thing\/","url_meta":{"origin":78,"position":0},"title":"JOCP!!! 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