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	"title": "Michael S. Manley",
	"icon": "https://micro.blog/msmprojectsllc/avatar.jpg",
	"home_page_url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/",
	"feed_url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/feed.json",
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			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2024/10/14/wealth-distribution-in.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.righto.com/2024/10/wealth-distribution-in-united-states.html\">Wealth distribution in the United States</a></p>\n<p>I don&rsquo;t think it is a perfect illustration, but I do think it is a pretty good illustration of why the folks who are mad at the world have been told to be mad at the wrong people, mostly by the people they really should be mad at.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Wealth distribution in the United States](https://www.righto.com/2024/10/wealth-distribution-in-united-states.html)\r\n\r\nI don't think it is a perfect illustration, but I do think it is a pretty good illustration of why the folks who are mad at the world have been told to be mad at the wrong people, mostly by the people they really should be mad at.\n",
				"date_published": "2024-10-14T10:27:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2024/10/14/wealth-distribution-in.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/07/07/giant-mushroom-in.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Giant mushroom in roadside cemetery, NC.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Giant mushroom in roadside cemetery, NC. \n\n<img src=\"uploads/2023/e12a481829.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Large, glossy, white mushroom surrounded by grass with water pooling in its upturned cup. \">\n",
				"date_published": "2023-07-07T09:15:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/07/07/giant-mushroom-in.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/26/prof-james-mickens.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/mickens\">Prof. James Mickens' 2018 USENIX keynote</a> takes some wild and occasionally nerdy/cringey turns, but ultimately speaks clearly to a question I&rsquo;ve had often lately: Do we really know what questions we ask, assumptions we adopt, and consequences we ignore when we write software?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Prof. James Mickens' 2018 USENIX keynote](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/mickens) takes some wild and occasionally nerdy/cringey turns, but ultimately speaks clearly to a question I've had often lately: Do we really know what questions we ask, assumptions we adopt, and consequences we ignore when we write software?\n",
				"date_published": "2023-01-26T21:00:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/26/prof-james-mickens.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/21/a-week-or.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A week or so ago there was a spate of discussion about &ldquo;likes&rdquo; on the micro.blog platform. Today I ran into someone who appears to have drafted the Simplest Thing That Might Work with the <a href=\"https://github.com/dddddddddzzzz/OpenHeart\">Open Heart Protocol</a> on the back end and a <a href=\"https://github.com/dddddddddzzzz/open-heart-element\">web component</a> for the front end.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A week or so ago there was a spate of discussion about \"likes\" on the micro.blog platform. Today I ran into someone who appears to have drafted the Simplest Thing That Might Work with the [Open Heart Protocol](https://github.com/dddddddddzzzz/OpenHeart) on the back end and a [web component](https://github.com/dddddddddzzzz/open-heart-element) for the front end.\n",
				"date_published": "2023-01-21T19:53:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/21/a-week-or.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/07/fresh-from-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>🐶Fresh from the salon.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "🐶Fresh from the salon.\n\n<img src=\"uploads/2023/5407774a56.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\">\n",
				"date_published": "2023-01-07T13:01:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/07/fresh-from-the.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/05/this-horrifies-me.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This horrifies me: The creeator of the web editor <a href=\"https://hypertext.plus\">Hypertext Plus</a>, has lost his home: <a href=\"https://www.russellbeattie.com/notes/posts/im-selling-my-name.html\">I&rsquo;m Selling My Name</a> by Russell Beattie.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This horrifies me: The creeator of the web editor [Hypertext Plus](https://hypertext.plus), has lost his home: [I'm Selling My Name](https://www.russellbeattie.com/notes/posts/im-selling-my-name.html) by Russell Beattie.\n",
				"date_published": "2023-01-05T09:41:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2023/01/05/this-horrifies-me.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/31/the-last-funky.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://comicskingdom.com/funky-winkerbean/2022-12-31\">The last Funky Winkerbean</a> actually happened on Sunday, Dec 25, 2022 so that Tom Batiuk could go out the way Sparky Schulz did with <em>Peanuts</em>. This last week of John Byrne guest strips is just contractual obligation. 💬</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[The last Funky Winkerbean](https://comicskingdom.com/funky-winkerbean/2022-12-31) actually happened on Sunday, Dec 25, 2022 so that Tom Batiuk could go out the way Sparky Schulz did with _Peanuts_. This last week of John Byrne guest strips is just contractual obligation. 💬\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-31T10:25:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/31/the-last-funky.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/30/ive-noticed-that.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve noticed that many authentication providers &amp; <a href=\"https://authjs.dev/reference/providers/oauth-builtin\">libraries</a> fail to mention Ed Tech software like Clever, Canvas, or other LTI SSO providers. Given the variety in OAuth2 implementations, you do need a specific integration. This is one area where we could do better in open source.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've noticed that many authentication providers & [libraries](https://authjs.dev/reference/providers/oauth-builtin) fail to mention Ed Tech software like Clever, Canvas, or other LTI SSO providers. Given the variety in OAuth2 implementations, you do need a specific integration. This is one area where we could do better in open source.\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-30T15:01:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/30/ive-noticed-that.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/29/a-good-nerdy.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A good, nerdy deep-dive into the details: <a href=\"https://www.datagubbe.se/stranger/\">Stranger Things and the Amiga 1000</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "A good, nerdy deep-dive into the details: [Stranger Things and the Amiga 1000](https://www.datagubbe.se/stranger/)\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-29T14:15:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/29/a-good-nerdy.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/21/ive-waited-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve waited for years for a cross-platform whiteboard/diagramming/mindmap tool that worked anywhere near as well as <a href=\"https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview\">Scapple</a> on the Mac. Today, <a href=\"https://obsidian.md/canvas\">Obsidian Canvas</a> launched and so far, it appears to meet the brief.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've waited for years for a cross-platform whiteboard/diagramming/mindmap tool that worked anywhere near as well as [Scapple](https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview) on the Mac. Today, [Obsidian Canvas](https://obsidian.md/canvas) launched and so far, it appears to meet the brief. \n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-21T11:18:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/21/ive-waited-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/20/what-part-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What part of the Gartner Hype Cycle are we in now for ML? Is it the Burning of Megatons of Cash or the Accidental Destruction of Innocent Bystanders? Let me know when we get to the Plateau of Standing Around in the Ashes Saying &ldquo;Who Could Have Predicted This?&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "What part of the Gartner Hype Cycle are we in now for ML? Is it the Burning of Megatons of Cash or the Accidental Destruction of Innocent Bystanders? Let me know when we get to the Plateau of Standing Around in the Ashes Saying \"Who Could Have Predicted This?\"\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-20T12:25:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/20/what-part-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/18/i-generally-dont.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I generally don&rsquo;t pay attention to Bird Site shenanigans these days, but I just learned they&rsquo;ve banned links to a specific set of other social media. Ok, whatever. But one of those is Nostr, and as far as I know, you can&rsquo;t even link to Nostr. They added that for hipster cred.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I generally don't pay attention to Bird Site shenanigans these days, but I just learned they've banned links to a specific set of other social media. Ok, whatever. But one of those is Nostr, and as far as I know, you can't even link to Nostr. They added that for hipster cred.\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-18T17:45:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/18/i-generally-dont.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/18/the-daily-s.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The daily 🐶s</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "The daily 🐶s\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2022/9629f58a92.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\">\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-18T10:51:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/18/the-daily-s.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/17/143530.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>🐶</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "🐶\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2022/591372965e.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\">\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-17T15:35:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/17/143530.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/15/i-believe-talking.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I believe <a href=\"https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03551\">Talking About Large Language Models</a> by Murray Shanahan should be required reading for anyone working with LLMs. You really must understand what you&rsquo;re actually asking of a system vs. what it looks like you&rsquo;re asking of a system.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I believe [Talking About Large Language Models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.03551) by Murray Shanahan should be required reading for anyone working with LLMs. You really must understand what you're actually asking of a system vs. what it looks like you're asking of a system.\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-15T09:10:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/15/i-believe-talking.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/03/the-model-does.html",
				"title": "The Model Does Not Think; The Model Predicts",
				"content_html": "<p>In my day job, we work with transformer models a lot, so I&rsquo;m always interested in how they advance. I played around with the <a href=\"https://chat.openai.com/chat\">OpenAI Chatbot</a> and found the results compelling. Asking it to generate a coding tutorial (&ldquo;How would you create an event sourcing application in PHP 8?&quot;) was pretty great, though I recognized sentences it generated as coming from a couple of the more popular human-written tutorials on that subject.</p>\n<p>The thing to remember about large language models is that they are all about probabilities and correlation. A large enough model &ldquo;knows&rdquo; that in the presence of certain other words &ndash; not exactly semantic context, but close enough for jazz &ndash; the word &ldquo;python&rdquo; and &ldquo;snake&rdquo; are equivalent, while in other contexts, &ldquo;python&rdquo; and &ldquo;programming language&rdquo; are related. Given the presence of words in the prompt, the model can predict what words should probably follow in a response.</p>\n<p>This can lead to sentences that read like actual thought. In many cases, they are the product of thought, just not the machine&rsquo;s. They&rsquo;re the product of human thought, repeated enough times that patterns appear in the data. But probabaility isn&rsquo;t certainty, and the machine can generate perfectly reasonable sentences and plausible &ldquo;arguments&rdquo; that are completely incorrect.</p>\n<p>To wit: Since <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780307418692\">Viriconium</a> is on my mind lately, I asked the machine how that book relates to Harrison&rsquo;s later works. The result was convincing enough that I had to take a look at reviews of the books in question to be sure I hadn&rsquo;t missed something on my recent reading of <em>Light</em> and <em>Travel Arrangements</em>. The concluding paragraph here is 100% completely incorrect, and when asking the chatbot to try again, it generated a response that said the exact opposite.</p>\n<p>Any time you play with one of these technologies, I advise you to keep in mind: The model does not think. It only predicts based on what it has seen in the past. A useful illusion, but still an illusion.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "In my day job, we work with transformer models a lot, so I'm always interested in how they advance. I played around with the [OpenAI Chatbot](https://chat.openai.com/chat) and found the results compelling. Asking it to generate a coding tutorial (\"How would you create an event sourcing application in PHP 8?\") was pretty great, though I recognized sentences it generated as coming from a couple of the more popular human-written tutorials on that subject.\r\n\r\nThe thing to remember about large language models is that they are all about probabilities and correlation. A large enough model \"knows\" that in the presence of certain other words -- not exactly semantic context, but close enough for jazz -- the word \"python\" and \"snake\" are equivalent, while in other contexts, \"python\" and \"programming language\" are related. Given the presence of words in the prompt, the model can predict what words should probably follow in a response.\r\n\r\nThis can lead to sentences that read like actual thought. In many cases, they are the product of thought, just not the machine's. They're the product of human thought, repeated enough times that patterns appear in the data. But probabaility isn't certainty, and the machine can generate perfectly reasonable sentences and plausible \"arguments\" that are completely incorrect.\r\n\r\nTo wit: Since [Viriconium](https://micro.blog/books/9780307418692) is on my mind lately, I asked the machine how that book relates to Harrison's later works. The result was convincing enough that I had to take a look at reviews of the books in question to be sure I hadn't missed something on my recent reading of _Light_ and _Travel Arrangements_. The concluding paragraph here is 100% completely incorrect, and when asking the chatbot to try again, it generated a response that said the exact opposite.\r\n\r\nAny time you play with one of these technologies, I advise you to keep in mind: The model does not think. It only predicts based on what it has seen in the past. A useful illusion, but still an illusion.\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2022/206a78efda.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" alt=\"\">\n",
				"date_published": "2022-12-03T21:00:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/12/03/the-model-does.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/26/this-makes-me.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This makes me happy: <a href=\"https://schulzmuseum.org/tribute/\">Charles Schulz&rsquo;s 100th Birthday Comic Strip Tributes</a> 🗨</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This makes me happy: [Charles Schulz's 100th Birthday Comic Strip Tributes](https://schulzmuseum.org/tribute/) 🗨\n",
				"date_published": "2022-11-26T19:12:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/26/this-makes-me.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/25/for-feedreaderfriday-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>For #FeedReaderFriday, a helpful hint: Every Mastodon profile comes with its own RSS feed, for easy following. Just append <code>.rss</code> to the profile URL. For example, <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Tonybreed.rss\">https://mastodon.social/@Tonybreed.rss</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "For #FeedReaderFriday, a helpful hint: Every Mastodon profile comes with its own RSS feed, for easy following. Just append `.rss` to the profile URL. For example, [https://mastodon.social/@Tonybreed.rss](https://mastodon.social/@Tonybreed.rss).\n",
				"date_published": "2022-11-25T20:13:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/25/for-feedreaderfriday-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/24/how-wonderful-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>How wonderful, <a href=\"https://www.octopuspie.com/comic/op-eternal/\">a new Octopus Pie story</a>! 🗨</p>\n",
				"content_text": "How wonderful, [a new Octopus Pie story](https://www.octopuspie.com/comic/op-eternal/)! 🗨\n",
				"date_published": "2022-11-24T11:55:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/24/how-wonderful-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/20/an-unfortunate-week.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>An unfortunate week for influential writers: RIP <a href=\"https://circleid.com/posts/20221119-in-memoriam-frederick-p-brooks-jr-a-personal-recollection\">Fred Brooks</a> (<em>The Mythical Man-Month</em>, <em>The Design of Design</em>), and <a href=\"https://file770.com/greg-bear-1951-2022/\">Greg Bear</a> (<em>Blood Music</em>, <em>Eon</em>).</p>\n",
				"content_text": "An unfortunate week for influential writers: RIP [Fred Brooks](https://circleid.com/posts/20221119-in-memoriam-frederick-p-brooks-jr-a-personal-recollection) (_The Mythical Man-Month_, _The Design of Design_), and [Greg Bear](https://file770.com/greg-bear-1951-2022/) (_Blood Music_, _Eon_).\n",
				"date_published": "2022-11-20T14:35:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/20/an-unfortunate-week.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/18/funky-winkerbean-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/11/17/50-funky-years-done-batiuk-retires-winkerbean/\">Funky Winkerbean is ending after 50 years</a>. That strip, oddly enough, has been a touchstone for most of my life. 🗨</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Funky Winkerbean is ending after 50 years](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/11/17/50-funky-years-done-batiuk-retires-winkerbean/). That strip, oddly enough, has been a touchstone for most of my life. 🗨\n",
				"date_published": "2022-11-18T15:57:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/11/18/funky-winkerbean-is.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/10/10/credit-hackaday-ugliest.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><img src=\"https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/plane.png?w=800\" alt=\"The Stipa-Caproni Airplane\"></p>\n<p>📷 Credit: <a href=\"https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/ugliest-airplane-ever-built-predicted-the-future/\">Hackaday: Ugliest Airplane Ever Built Predicted the Future</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "![The Stipa-Caproni Airplane](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/plane.png?w=800)\r\n\r\n📷 Credit: [Hackaday: Ugliest Airplane Ever Built Predicted the Future](https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/ugliest-airplane-ever-built-predicted-the-future/)\n",
				"date_published": "2022-10-10T10:07:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/10/10/credit-hackaday-ugliest.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/10/05/im-not-saying.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m not saying this is <em>just</em> a Big Trak for (mostly wealthy, I suppose) Gen-Xers, but it sure pushed those buttons for me: <a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yarbo/yarbo-an-intelligent-yard-robot-to-meet-all-yard-care-needs\">Yarbo Yard Robot</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm not saying this is *just* a Big Trak for (mostly wealthy, I suppose) Gen-Xers, but it sure pushed those buttons for me: [Yarbo Yard Robot](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yarbo/yarbo-an-intelligent-yard-robot-to-meet-all-yard-care-needs)\n",
				"date_published": "2022-10-05T16:29:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/10/05/im-not-saying.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/09/16/202439.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>🐶\n<!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "🐶\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2022/2895ee9457.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"569\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2022-09-16T20:24:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/09/16/202439.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/30/data-science-at.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Data science at its most relevant: <a href=\"http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/compound-curse-words\">Compound Pejoratives on Reddit</a> (NSFW: language)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Data science at its most relevant: [Compound Pejoratives on Reddit](http://colinmorris.github.io/blog/compound-curse-words) (NSFW: language)\n",
				"date_published": "2022-06-30T10:23:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/30/data-science-at.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/30/well-this-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Well, this is just sad. I used to go to the Parkette when I lived in Lexington. I have photos of the sign I took for a project back in the early 90s. <a href=\"https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lKMjR2RUJSRUlVcjcxV3VhWERTZ0FQAQ?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3\">Lexington&rsquo;s Iconic Parkette Drive-In Closes</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Well, this is just sad. I used to go to the Parkette when I lived in Lexington. I have photos of the sign I took for a project back in the early 90s. [Lexington's Iconic Parkette Drive-In Closes](https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lKMjR2RUJSRUlVcjcxV3VhWERTZ0FQAQ?ceid=US:en&oc=3)\n",
				"date_published": "2022-06-30T10:05:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/30/well-this-is.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/26/from-devlawyer-legal.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>From /dev/lawyer: <a href=\"https://writing.kemitchell.com/2022/06/26/Legal-Sources-Not-a-Lawyers\">Legal Sources for Not-a-Lawyers</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;It’s your law, people. Don’t let lawyers scare you off of reading it!&rdquo;</p>\n</blockquote>\n",
				"content_text": "From /dev/lawyer: [Legal Sources for Not-a-Lawyers](https://writing.kemitchell.com/2022/06/26/Legal-Sources-Not-a-Lawyers)\r\n\r\n> \"It’s your law, people. Don’t let lawyers scare you off of reading it!\"\n",
				"date_published": "2022-06-26T19:17:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2022/06/26/from-devlawyer-legal.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/06/15/i-either-missed.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I either missed or forgot that Ben Bova died last fall. They just released the  last novel he conpleted. I read dozens of his books as a kid, one of which was the first book I ever finished and thought, &ldquo;Wow, an author can make mistakes like that?&rdquo; (Cyberbooks was that novel.)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I either missed or forgot that Ben Bova died last fall. They just released the  last novel he conpleted. I read dozens of his books as a kid, one of which was the first book I ever finished and thought, \"Wow, an author can make mistakes like that?\" (Cyberbooks was that novel.)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-06-15T15:17:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/06/15/i-either-missed.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/06/14/this-is-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is the kind of content I think the web needs to get back to in a big way: <a href=\"https://8trackheaven.com/\">8-Track Heaven</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is the kind of content I think the web needs to get back to in a big way: [8-Track Heaven](https://8trackheaven.com/)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-06-14T19:01:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/06/14/this-is-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/29/for-anyone-you.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>For anyone you know who might need it: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/vaccines-work-here-are-the-facts-5de3d0f9ffd0/\">Vaccines Work. Here Are the Facts. | The Nib</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "For anyone you know who might need it: [Vaccines Work. Here Are the Facts. | The Nib](https://thenib.com/vaccines-work-here-are-the-facts-5de3d0f9ffd0/)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-05-29T13:45:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/29/for-anyone-you.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/19/pure-evil-terms.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Pure evil. <a href=\"https://termsandconditions.game/\">Terms and Conditions Apply</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Pure evil. [Terms and Conditions Apply](https://termsandconditions.game/)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-05-19T18:32:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/19/pure-evil-terms.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/08/fellow-children-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Fellow children of the 80s, read this and say it with me: &ldquo;No shit, Sherlock.&rdquo; 1980s pop culture was all about impending, inevitable nuclear doom. <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/my-mtv-cold-war-retrospective/618812/\">Tom Nichols at The Atlantic: I Want My Mutually Assured Destruction</a></p>\n<p>I have a vivid memory &ndash; cir. 1983, so I&rsquo;d&rsquo;ve been 14 &ndash; walking into the room while Reagan was on the TV &amp; asking my grandmother if he&rsquo;d announced the war with Russia had started. I didn&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;d be any other reason for him to be on in the middle of the day.</p>\n<p>I remember a (delusional) sense of relief when the Soviet Union broke up. There was just enough of the weight of that dread finally lifting. I think this is why these constant existential threats don&rsquo;t send me into a panic. It was always going to happen.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Fellow children of the 80s, read this and say it with me: \"No shit, Sherlock.\" 1980s pop culture was all about impending, inevitable nuclear doom. [Tom Nichols at The Atlantic: I Want My Mutually Assured Destruction](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/my-mtv-cold-war-retrospective/618812/)\n\nI have a vivid memory -- cir. 1983, so I'd've been 14 -- walking into the room while Reagan was on the TV & asking my grandmother if he'd announced the war with Russia had started. I didn't think there'd be any other reason for him to be on in the middle of the day.\n\nI remember a (delusional) sense of relief when the Soviet Union broke up. There was just enough of the weight of that dread finally lifting. I think this is why these constant existential threats don't send me into a panic. It was always going to happen.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-05-08T10:17:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/05/08/fellow-children-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/04/28/now-that-this.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Now that this comic has ended, I feel compelled to go back and re-read the whole thing again: <a href=\"http://backcomic.com/\">Back</a> by KC Green and Anthony Clark. Highly recommended.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Now that this comic has ended, I feel compelled to go back and re-read the whole thing again: [Back](http://backcomic.com/) by KC Green and Anthony Clark. Highly recommended.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-04-28T08:51:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/04/28/now-that-this.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/04/10/i-dont-mind.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I don&rsquo;t mind if Matt Bors' comics come out weekly or annually. I&rsquo;ll be there to read them nonetheless. Happy that he&rsquo;s going to continue running The Nib, one of the best publications out there. <a href=\"https://mattbors.medium.com/im-quitting-political-cartooning-65e587c2157a\">Matt Bors: I&rsquo;m Quitting Politcial Cartooning</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I don't mind if Matt Bors' comics come out weekly or annually. I'll be there to read them nonetheless. Happy that he's going to continue running The Nib, one of the best publications out there. [Matt Bors: I'm Quitting Politcial Cartooning](https://mattbors.medium.com/im-quitting-political-cartooning-65e587c2157a)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-04-10T09:28:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/04/10/i-dont-mind.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/31/new-shirt-old.html",
				"title": "New Shirt, Old Memories",
				"content_html": "<p>Prior to <a href=\"https://www.holidayworld.com/\">Holiday World</a>, my jobs had all been farm work, putting up hay or working tobacco for neighbors and getting paid in cash out of a farmer’s wallet at the end of the week. In the summer of 1987, I made $3.35 an hour &ndash; minus taxes and the rent on 5 SaniClean uniforms a week (name in a blue oval patch over the breast and everything) &ndash; swinging a weedeater or pushing a lawnmower or occasionally digging out the icy, knee-deep clay next to a leaking room-sized freezer, from a few hours before the park opened until a few hours before it closed. By the end of the summer, I was about fifty pounds lighter and had no problem breathing through a respirator mask all day in the humid Southern Indiana summer air. I don’t think I’m violating any kind of NDA by reporting that Santa Claus’s real name back then was Ray, though I might be misremembering that. The experience of that summer inspired the first story I selected for my MA thesis, and a second story, <a href=\"https://michael.manley.org/writing/fiction/believing_in_santa_claus/\">“Believing in Santa Claus”</a>, that became one of the first pieces of fiction I ever published. I still think about that job any time I see a ditch that someone has left unmown.</p>\n<p>So when they offered up these shirts for sale earlier this year, I broke my usual rule about no clothing with words or pictures or patterns and snapped one up. Showed up in the mail today. Happy anniversary, y’all.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Prior to [Holiday World](https://www.holidayworld.com/), my jobs had all been farm work, putting up hay or working tobacco for neighbors and getting paid in cash out of a farmer’s wallet at the end of the week. In the summer of 1987, I made $3.35 an hour -- minus taxes and the rent on 5 SaniClean uniforms a week (name in a blue oval patch over the breast and everything) -- swinging a weedeater or pushing a lawnmower or occasionally digging out the icy, knee-deep clay next to a leaking room-sized freezer, from a few hours before the park opened until a few hours before it closed. By the end of the summer, I was about fifty pounds lighter and had no problem breathing through a respirator mask all day in the humid Southern Indiana summer air. I don’t think I’m violating any kind of NDA by reporting that Santa Claus’s real name back then was Ray, though I might be misremembering that. The experience of that summer inspired the first story I selected for my MA thesis, and a second story, [“Believing in Santa Claus”](https://michael.manley.org/writing/fiction/believing_in_santa_claus/), that became one of the first pieces of fiction I ever published. I still think about that job any time I see a ditch that someone has left unmown.\n\nSo when they offered up these shirts for sale earlier this year, I broke my usual rule about no clothing with words or pictures or patterns and snapped one up. Showed up in the mail today. Happy anniversary, y’all.\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2021/2b899f9a07.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-31T20:00:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/31/new-shirt-old.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/31/zach-weinersmith-accidentally.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Zach Weinersmith accidentally provides the first compelling argument that we do live in a simulated universe: <a href=\"https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/users-2\">Users</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Zach Weinersmith accidentally provides the first compelling argument that we do live in a simulated universe: [Users](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/users-2)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-31T12:49:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/31/zach-weinersmith-accidentally.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/26/ive-spent-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve spent the last several months implementing programmatic advertising and because of this have had cause to think a lot about this dictum: &ldquo;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does\">The purpose of a system is what it does.</a>&rdquo; I can tell you, this has not helped my natural cynicism.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've spent the last several months implementing programmatic advertising and because of this have had cause to think a lot about this dictum: \"[The purpose of a system is what it does.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does)\" I can tell you, this has not helped my natural cynicism.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-26T15:08:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/26/ive-spent-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/26/he-wrote-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>He wrote a lot of good books, made a lot of good movies, but <em>The Last Picture Show</em> will always be my favorite of his in both categories. <a href=\"https://deadline.com/2021/03/larry-mcmurtry-dead-brokeback-mountain-lonesome-dove-1234722614/\">RIP, Larry McMurtry</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "He wrote a lot of good books, made a lot of good movies, but _The Last Picture Show_ will always be my favorite of his in both categories. [RIP, Larry McMurtry](https://deadline.com/2021/03/larry-mcmurtry-dead-brokeback-mountain-lonesome-dove-1234722614/)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-26T13:11:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/26/he-wrote-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/25/i-realize-ive.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I realize I&rsquo;ve arrived terribly late to this particular party but, friends who have read the novel by Iain M. Banks, &ldquo;Matter,&rdquo; was that just a great big middle finger to the writers and readers of epic fantasy?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I realize I've arrived terribly late to this particular party but, friends who have read the novel by Iain M. Banks, \"Matter,\" was that just a great big middle finger to the writers and readers of epic fantasy? \n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-25T20:19:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/25/i-realize-ive.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/21/in-other-news.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In other news, SecondLife is actually still a thing. <a href=\"https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/03/hangars-liquides-second-life-cyberpunk-djehan-kidd-homeless.html\">Why Second Life&rsquo;s Most Famous Cyberpunk City Now Has A Homeless Camp</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "In other news, SecondLife is actually still a thing. [Why Second Life's Most Famous Cyberpunk City Now Has A Homeless Camp](https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2021/03/hangars-liquides-second-life-cyberpunk-djehan-kidd-homeless.html)\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-21T20:22:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/21/in-other-news.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/18/horrifying-dystopian-latecapitalist.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Horrifying, dystopian, late-capitalist nightmare fuel: <a href=\"https://neurosity.co/\">neurosity.co</a> Naturally they use a white, male, brogrammer for the model. A MediaPost article on this POS (regwall: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/3lBsGPv\">bit.ly/3lBsGPv</a>) raised the spectre of &ldquo;neuromarketing,&rdquo; at which point I bailed.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Horrifying, dystopian, late-capitalist nightmare fuel: [neurosity.co](https://neurosity.co/) Naturally they use a white, male, brogrammer for the model. A MediaPost article on this POS (regwall: [bit.ly/3lBsGPv](https://bit.ly/3lBsGPv)) raised the spectre of \"neuromarketing,\" at which point I bailed.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-03-18T16:24:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/03/18/horrifying-dystopian-latecapitalist.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/15/evidence-that-you.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Evidence that you never stop acquiring new language, even at my advanced age. Today I learned &ldquo;echt&rdquo; (eKHt: &ldquo;authentic and typical&rdquo;), a word I had never heard nor seen before, apparently derived from German and Yiddish.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Evidence that you never stop acquiring new language, even at my advanced age. Today I learned \"echt\" (eKHt: \"authentic and typical\"), a word I had never heard nor seen before, apparently derived from German and Yiddish.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-02-15T12:29:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/15/evidence-that-you.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/04/finally-there-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&lt;<a href=\"https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers\">medium.com/pragmatic&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll admit that I bought a membership to Medium solely out of annoyance. I ran into too many articles on software development lodged behind the paywall. (In particular, discussions of open source projects.) I considered the annual fee a nuisance cost.</p>\n<p>With this content, Medium made that cost deliver much more value than the price. The Programmatic Programmer influenced much of my journeyman thinking in software development, and many other books in the press&rsquo;s line helped my career over the years.</p>\n<p>In particular, the book Behind Closed Doors by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby is still a resource I would hand to any young engineer facing their first management job.</p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m not certain I would consume a lot of technical publications this way, but I applaud the PragProg publishers for trying this experiment.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "<[medium.com/pragmatic...](https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers)>\n\nI'll admit that I bought a membership to Medium solely out of annoyance. I ran into too many articles on software development lodged behind the paywall. (In particular, discussions of open source projects.) I considered the annual fee a nuisance cost.\n\nWith this content, Medium made that cost deliver much more value than the price. The Programmatic Programmer influenced much of my journeyman thinking in software development, and many other books in the press's line helped my career over the years.\n\nIn particular, the book Behind Closed Doors by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby is still a resource I would hand to any young engineer facing their first management job.\n\nI'm not certain I would consume a lot of technical publications this way, but I applaud the PragProg publishers for trying this experiment.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-02-04T20:14:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/04/finally-there-is.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/01/there-once-was.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>There once was a time when I wanted a tiny house. Please enjoy <a href=\"https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/tiny-house-living/\">&ldquo;Tiny House Living&rdquo;</a> by Kristiana Willsey in Fantasy Magazine.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "There once was a time when I wanted a tiny house. Please enjoy [\"Tiny House Living\"](https://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/tiny-house-living/) by Kristiana Willsey in Fantasy Magazine.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-02-01T17:19:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/01/there-once-was.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/01/not-a-bad.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Not a bad <a href=\"https://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-6-years\">list</a> for only six years on the job.</p>\n<p>Most everything is subject to endless debate, but two things I find true after over thirty years doing this:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>If your software doesn&rsquo;t solve a real problem that real people have, no matter how well-written it may be, it isn&rsquo;t interesting. Real problems include exercises that help you learn how to build software, and many games, but not 90% of the stuff launched on ProductHunt (looking at you, &ldquo;Squat-O-Meter&rdquo;).</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t just reflect on what went wrong in retrospectives: Celebrate what went right, too. That&rsquo;s not a waste of time. Ignoring a team&rsquo;s successes is just as damaging long-term as ignoring a team&rsquo;s dysfunctions.</p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n",
				"content_text": "Not a bad [list](https://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-6-years) for only six years on the job. \n\nMost everything is subject to endless debate, but two things I find true after over thirty years doing this:\n\n1. If your software doesn't solve a real problem that real people have, no matter how well-written it may be, it isn't interesting. Real problems include exercises that help you learn how to build software, and many games, but not 90% of the stuff launched on ProductHunt (looking at you, \"Squat-O-Meter\").\n\n2. Don't just reflect on what went wrong in retrospectives: Celebrate what went right, too. That's not a waste of time. Ignoring a team's successes is just as damaging long-term as ignoring a team's dysfunctions.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-02-01T16:53:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/02/01/not-a-bad.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/27/a-horror-story.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A horror story in the Late-Stage Capitalism sub-genre: &lt;<a href=\"https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-compensation-explained/\">www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A horror story in the Late-Stage Capitalism sub-genre: <[www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-...](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-compensation-explained/)>\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-27T11:52:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/27/a-horror-story.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/26/i-spend-entirely.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I spend entirely too much time thinking about the &ldquo;Six-Fingered Hand&rdquo; storyline in &ldquo;The Defenders&rdquo; from 1981. Shown here, IIRC: The entire town of Citrusville, FL is sent to Hell, leaving only a steaming crater.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "I spend entirely too much time thinking about the \"Six-Fingered Hand\" storyline in \"The Defenders\" from 1981. Shown here, IIRC: The entire town of Citrusville, FL is sent to Hell, leaving only a steaming crater.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2021/ce77cf350b.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"311\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-26T14:19:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/26/i-spend-entirely.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/22/todays-episode-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s episode of &ldquo;The Next Liar Doesn&rsquo;t Stand a Chance&rdquo;: &lt;<a href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/\">www.thenation.com/article/p&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's episode of \"The Next Liar Doesn't Stand a Chance\": <[www.thenation.com/article/p...](https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/)>\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-22T09:53:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/22/todays-episode-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/21/as-i-lifelong.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>As I lifelong anosmic, I have lots of advice for those suffering the loss of their sense of smell due to COVID-19. Here&rsquo;s the most important bit for foodies and cooks: Your sense of taste will adjust, but you should try to get familiar with a lot more spices.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "As I lifelong anosmic, I have lots of advice for those suffering the loss of their sense of smell due to COVID-19. Here's the most important bit for foodies and cooks: Your sense of taste will adjust, but you should try to get familiar with a lot more spices.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-21T10:10:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/21/as-i-lifelong.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/21/whole-bunch-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Whole bunch of dummies yesterday feeling like Marvin the Martian, I&rsquo;ll wager. &lt;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wmWZbr_wQ\">www.youtube.com/watch</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Whole bunch of dummies yesterday feeling like Marvin the Martian, I'll wager. <[www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wmWZbr_wQ)>\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-21T09:34:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/21/whole-bunch-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/20/dont-let-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Don’t let the missing ‘n’ fool you: <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/\">45 pardoned a Harkonen</a>. Even though it was &ldquo;Scott&rdquo; and not Feyd-Rautha or Vladimir, this was clearly still meant as a slap in the face of House Atreides.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Don’t let the missing ‘n’ fool you: [45 pardoned a Harkonen](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/). Even though it was \"Scott\" and not Feyd-Rautha or Vladimir, this was clearly still meant as a slap in the face of House Atreides. \n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-20T11:00:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/20/dont-let-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/20/todays-recommended-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended reading by Tom Nichols: <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trump-destroyed-most-important-virtue-america/617727/\">Trump Destroyed the Most Important Virtue in America</a>. Here&rsquo;s hoping for a return to seriousness.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended reading by Tom Nichols: [Trump Destroyed the Most Important Virtue in America](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trump-destroyed-most-important-virtue-america/617727/). Here's hoping for a return to seriousness.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-20T10:56:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/20/todays-recommended-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/19/amanda-gorman-will.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Amanda Gorman will read at the inauguration, the youngest poet to receive the honor. Just going by her poem <a href=\"https://poets.org/poem/place-american-lyric\">&ldquo;In This Place (An American Lyric)&quot;</a>, I&rsquo;d argue that she understands actual patriotism a hell of a lot better than most folks who rage behind the word.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Amanda Gorman will read at the inauguration, the youngest poet to receive the honor. Just going by her poem [\"In This Place (An American Lyric)\"](https://poets.org/poem/place-american-lyric), I'd argue that she understands actual patriotism a hell of a lot better than most folks who rage behind the word.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-19T11:24:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/19/amanda-gorman-will.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/18/this-weekend-my.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This weekend, my wife and I watched <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371/\">A Face in the Crowd</a>, which we found remarkably current for a 64-year old movie.  Highly recommended watching.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This weekend, my wife and I watched [A Face in the Crowd](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050371/), which we found remarkably current for a 64-year old movie.  Highly recommended watching.\n",
				"date_published": "2021-01-18T20:04:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2021/01/18/this-weekend-my.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/12/30/i-hope-whoever.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I hope whoever strangles Old Man 2020 at the stroke of midnight tomorrow night makes damn certain that Baby New Year 2021 witnesses its fate should it not learn from its predecessor&rsquo;s behavior. But then they never do learn, do they.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I hope whoever strangles Old Man 2020 at the stroke of midnight tomorrow night makes damn certain that Baby New Year 2021 witnesses its fate should it not learn from its predecessor's behavior. But then they never do learn, do they.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-12-30T13:53:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/12/30/i-hope-whoever.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/12/24/mildly-nsfw-but.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Mildly #nsfw but hilarious #comics from @thenib today: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/the-kama-sutra-for-quarantined-couples/\">The Kama Sutra for Quarantined Couples</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Mildly #nsfw but hilarious #comics from @thenib today: [The Kama Sutra for Quarantined Couples](https://thenib.com/the-kama-sutra-for-quarantined-couples/) \n",
				"date_published": "2020-12-24T11:04:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/12/24/mildly-nsfw-but.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/21/focus-on-using.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;[F]ocus on using topic centric data to target web pages – not people&hellip; [C]reate systems to place ads on relevant pages that don’t scale reach but scale conversions.&rdquo; @judyshapiro touches on the things we think about at @publicgood in &ldquo;<a href=\"https://trustwebtimes.com/imagine-digital-marketing-without-adtech/\">Imagine Digital Marketing Without AdTech</a>.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"[F]ocus on using topic centric data to target web pages – not people... [C]reate systems to place ads on relevant pages that don’t scale reach but scale conversions.\" @judyshapiro touches on the things we think about at @publicgood in \"[Imagine Digital Marketing Without AdTech](https://trustwebtimes.com/imagine-digital-marketing-without-adtech/).\"\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-21T13:36:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/21/focus-on-using.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/16/having-read-everything.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Having read everything on this list, I can say that I think this is a pretty good list: <a href=\"https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-moorlands-are-alive-with-the-sounds-of-terror-tpms-gothic-and-horror-reading-recommendations\">The Moorlands Are Alive With The Sounds Of Terror: TPM’s Gothic And Horror Reading Recommendations</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Having read everything on this list, I can say that I think this is a pretty good list: [The Moorlands Are Alive With The Sounds Of Terror: TPM’s Gothic And Horror Reading Recommendations](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-moorlands-are-alive-with-the-sounds-of-terror-tpms-gothic-and-horror-reading-recommendations)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-16T14:40:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/16/having-read-everything.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/08/hearing-of-louise.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hearing of Louise Glück&rsquo;s Nobel Prize, I recalled an anthology of contemporary poets from an undergrad creative writing course, and a misremembered poem (I guess not hers) about a horse taking a piss. Trying to find that poem online has permanently ruined my search history.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hearing of Louise Glück's Nobel Prize, I recalled an anthology of contemporary poets from an undergrad creative writing course, and a misremembered poem (I guess not hers) about a horse taking a piss. Trying to find that poem online has permanently ruined my search history.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-08T15:33:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/08/hearing-of-louise.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/07/i-helped-credomobile.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I helped @CREDOMobile decide how to donate $150,000 this month among 3 amazing progressive organizations. You can too at <a href=\"https://bit.ly/2N7XKpe\">https://bit.ly/2N7XKpe</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I helped @CREDOMobile decide how to donate $150,000 this month among 3 amazing progressive organizations. You can too at [https://bit.ly/2N7XKpe](https://bit.ly/2N7XKpe).\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-07T17:33:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/07/i-helped-credomobile.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/06/my-very-first.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My very first concert: 1984, Roberts Stadium, Evansville, IN. Van Halen. Same concert where a friend of my cousin claimed to have witnessed Satan in the smoke above the crowd, an experience that eventually led to his becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. Thanks, Eddie.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My very first concert: 1984, Roberts Stadium, Evansville, IN. Van Halen. Same concert where a friend of my cousin claimed to have witnessed Satan in the smoke above the crowd, an experience that eventually led to his becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. Thanks, Eddie.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-06T16:44:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/06/my-very-first.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/06/i-find-it.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I find it ridiculous that we&rsquo;ve reached a point at which we need to have these, but in case you witness armed militia members at your polling place (or anywhere, really), here&rsquo;s your guide: <a href=\"https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/\">Addressing the Rise of Unlawful Private Paramilitaries: State Fact Sheets</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I find it ridiculous that we've reached a point at which we need to have these, but in case you witness armed militia members at your polling place (or anywhere, really), here's your guide: [Addressing the Rise of Unlawful Private Paramilitaries: State Fact Sheets](https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-06T09:18:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/06/i-find-it.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/05/while-taking-dexamethasone.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>While taking dexamethasone during her cancer treatment, my mother, who once agonized for a week over the purchase of a $3 ornament, told my father she needed to go shopping for new socks to warm her neuropathy-chilled feet. They came home with a brand new car. Just saying.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "While taking dexamethasone during her cancer treatment, my mother, who once agonized for a week over the purchase of a $3 ornament, told my father she needed to go shopping for new socks to warm her neuropathy-chilled feet. They came home with a brand new car. Just saying.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-05T18:12:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/05/while-taking-dexamethasone.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/03/amazon-i-dont.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Amazon, I don&rsquo;t think that word means what you think it means.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Amazon, I don't think that word means what you think it means.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2020/ad934c6c18.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"59\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2020-10-03T16:35:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/10/03/amazon-i-dont.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/30/so-glad-you.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So glad you have your metadata all squared away, Amazon and Hachette.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "So glad you have your metadata all squared away, Amazon and Hachette.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2020/b75b0f6794.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"61\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2020-09-30T10:46:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/30/so-glad-you.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/15/the-folks-at.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The folks at @Feedly just rolled out a feature I was about to implement myself using IFTTT or Zapier or my own hacked together functions. This is much nicer. <a href=\"https://blog.feedly.com/get-newsletters-in-feedly/\">Get Newsletters in Feedly</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The folks at @Feedly just rolled out a feature I was about to implement myself using IFTTT or Zapier or my own hacked together functions. This is much nicer. [Get Newsletters in Feedly](https://blog.feedly.com/get-newsletters-in-feedly/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-09-15T14:32:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/15/the-folks-at.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/09/my-basement-sump.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My basement sump pump connects to WiFi and has a companion mobile and web app. Truly, we live in the weirdest timeline.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My basement sump pump connects to WiFi and has a companion mobile and web app. Truly, we live in the weirdest timeline.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-09-09T16:41:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/09/09/my-basement-sump.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/08/30/my-bartender-ronniecraig.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My bartender, @ronniecraig, created a drink that we’re calling a Summer Quarantine: 1 cup watermelon juice, 1 cup @JourneymanDist Humdinger Jalapeño Spirit, juice of 2 fresh limes. Shake with ice &amp; 2-4 seeded fresh jalapeño slices. Makes 2. Serve on the rocks.🍹</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "My bartender, @ronniecraig, created a drink that we’re calling a Summer Quarantine: 1 cup watermelon juice, 1 cup @JourneymanDist Humdinger Jalapeño Spirit, juice of 2 fresh limes. Shake with ice & 2-4 seeded fresh jalapeño slices. Makes 2. Serve on the rocks.🍹\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2020/ad8d2f78cd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2020-08-30T17:20:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/08/30/my-bartender-ronniecraig.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/08/19/worst-historical-reenactment.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blockbuster-airbnb-bend-oregon/index.html\">Worst. Historical. Reenactment. Ever.</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Worst. Historical. Reenactment. Ever.](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blockbuster-airbnb-bend-oregon/index.html)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-08-19T14:55:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/08/19/worst-historical-reenactment.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/23/cartoon-so-youve.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/23/1962881/-Cartoon-So-you-ve-been-disappeared\">Cartoon: So, you&rsquo;ve been disappeared</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": " [Cartoon: So, you've been disappeared](https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/23/1962881/-Cartoon-So-you-ve-been-disappeared)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-07-23T08:17:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/23/cartoon-so-youve.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/20/another-entry-today.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another entry today in the excellent &ldquo;In/Vulnerable&rdquo; series on The Nib: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/in-vulnerable-jane/\">“I Was Forced To Drive Across The Country During A Pandemic Just To Get Health Care.”</a>. Read them all <a href=\"https://thenib.com/author/reveal/\">here</a>. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Another entry today in the excellent \"In/Vulnerable\" series on The Nib: [“I Was Forced To Drive Across The Country During A Pandemic Just To Get Health Care.”](https://thenib.com/in-vulnerable-jane/). Read them all [here](https://thenib.com/author/reveal/). 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2020-07-20T19:16:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/20/another-entry-today.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/13/todays-comics-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s comics reading to make your blood boil: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/in-vulnerable-gary/\">Reveal, Part 8</a>, in which we meet a man who builds survival bunkers for the 1%.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's comics reading to make your blood boil: [Reveal, Part 8](https://thenib.com/in-vulnerable-gary/), in which we meet a man who builds survival bunkers for the 1%.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-07-13T12:43:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/13/todays-comics-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/12/when-i-taught.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>When I taught composition, I had a student who wrote every paper about “no-till farming” as a cure for agriculture. I wonder what he would think of this.  <a href=\"https://scitechdaily.com/shockingly-simple-how-farmland-could-absorb-an-extra-2-billion-tonnes-of-co2-from-the-atmosphere-each-year/\">Shockingly Simple: How Farmland Could Absorb an Extra 2 Billion Tonnes of CO2 From the Atmosphere Each Year</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "When I taught composition, I had a student who wrote every paper about “no-till farming” as a cure for agriculture. I wonder what he would think of this.  [Shockingly Simple: How Farmland Could Absorb an Extra 2 Billion Tonnes of CO2 From the Atmosphere Each Year](https://scitechdaily.com/shockingly-simple-how-farmland-could-absorb-an-extra-2-billion-tonnes-of-co2-from-the-atmosphere-each-year/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-07-12T10:21:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/12/when-i-taught.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/12/important-reading-if.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Important reading if you are any kind of reader of comics: <a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/warren-ellis-cameron-stewart-and-the-storm-of-sexual-misconduct-allegations-roiling-the-comic-book-industry\">Warren Ellis, Cameron Stewart, and the Storm of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Roiling the Comic Book Industry </a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Important reading if you are any kind of reader of comics: [Warren Ellis, Cameron Stewart, and the Storm of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Roiling the Comic Book Industry ](https://www.thedailybeast.com/warren-ellis-cameron-stewart-and-the-storm-of-sexual-misconduct-allegations-roiling-the-comic-book-industry)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-07-12T10:06:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/07/12/important-reading-if.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/05/16/i-know-most.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I know most folks will remember him for all his great movie and sitcom roles, but to me, Fred Willard will always be the bartender at D.C. Follies.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I know most folks will remember him for all his great movie and sitcom roles, but to me, Fred Willard will always be the bartender at D.C. Follies.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-05-16T14:20:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/05/16/i-know-most.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/05/09/this-is-my.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is my kind of project: <a href=\"https://airtable.com/universe/expsZ6vRPGwedtNfq/every-star-trek-book-ever?explore=true\">Every Star Trek Book Ever</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is my kind of project: [Every Star Trek Book Ever](https://airtable.com/universe/expsZ6vRPGwedtNfq/every-star-trek-book-ever?explore=true)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-05-09T16:10:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/05/09/this-is-my.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/28/id-forgotten-all.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;d forgotten all about this little project from two of my favorite comics artists: <a href=\"https://wearethemutants.com/2020/04/28/im-sellin-folks-a-dream-alan-moore-and-bill-sienkiewiczs-brought-to-light/\">“I’m Sellin’ Folks A Dream”: Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz’s ‘Brought To Light’</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'd forgotten all about this little project from two of my favorite comics artists: [“I’m Sellin’ Folks A Dream”: Alan Moore and Bill Sienkiewicz’s ‘Brought To Light’](https://wearethemutants.com/2020/04/28/im-sellin-folks-a-dream-alan-moore-and-bill-sienkiewiczs-brought-to-light/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-04-28T13:13:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/28/id-forgotten-all.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/20/this-apparently-passes.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This apparently passes for capitalist humor these days: <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/rahulrazdan/2020/04/18/should-uber-buy-crossfit-to-become-a-health-and-transportation-powerhouse-/#702794b32fc3\">Should Uber Buy Crossfit to Become a Health and Transportation Powerhouse</a>. Not exactly Jonathan Swift territory there, Forbes.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This apparently passes for capitalist humor these days: [Should Uber Buy Crossfit to Become a Health and Transportation Powerhouse](https://www.forbes.com/sites/rahulrazdan/2020/04/18/should-uber-buy-crossfit-to-become-a-health-and-transportation-powerhouse-/#702794b32fc3). Not exactly Jonathan Swift territory there, Forbes. \n",
				"date_published": "2020-04-20T07:40:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/20/this-apparently-passes.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/13/more-recommended-comics.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>More recommended comics reading: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/1918-spanish-flu/\">The Once-in-a-Century Pandemic</a>: &ldquo;We’re repeating a lot of the same mistakes from the 1918 &lsquo;Spanish Flu&rsquo; H1N1 outbreak.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "More recommended comics reading: [The Once-in-a-Century Pandemic](https://thenib.com/1918-spanish-flu/): \"We’re repeating a lot of the same mistakes from the 1918 'Spanish Flu' H1N1 outbreak.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2020-04-13T13:35:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/13/more-recommended-comics.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/13/todays-recommended-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended reading: <a href=\"https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling/\">A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling</a>: &ldquo;All models are wrong. It&rsquo;s striving to make them less wrong and useful in the moment.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended reading: [A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling/): \"All models are wrong. It's striving to make them less wrong and useful in the moment.\" \n",
				"date_published": "2020-04-13T13:25:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/04/13/todays-recommended-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/31/this-is-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is the best news about upcoming TV I&rsquo;ve seen in a while: <a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2020/01/14/hulu-nnedi-okorafor-binti-tv-series-development/\">Hulu Has Ordered a Pilot for Nnedi Okorafor’s <em>Binti</em> Series, Penned by the Author</a>. Also, there&rsquo;s a new story. Recommended reading.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is the best news about upcoming TV I've seen in a while: [Hulu Has Ordered a Pilot for Nnedi Okorafor’s _Binti_ Series, Penned by the Author](https://www.tor.com/2020/01/14/hulu-nnedi-okorafor-binti-tv-series-development/). Also, there's a new story. Recommended reading.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-03-31T11:25:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/31/this-is-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/08/if-you-really.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you really want to help, wash your hands, cover your mouth, &amp; share good information: [Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus] (<a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/\">https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/</a>)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you really want to help, wash your hands, cover your mouth, & share good information: [Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus] (https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-03-08T19:36:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/08/if-you-really.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/07/todays-recommended-comics.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended comics reading: <a href=\"http://pino.kcgreendotcom.com/\">Carlo Collodi&rsquo;s Pinocchio</a> by KC Green (the &ldquo;This is Fine&rdquo; cartoonist). If all you&rsquo;ve ever known is the Disney version, you might like to see just how weird the original story was.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended comics reading: [Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio](http://pino.kcgreendotcom.com/) by KC Green (the \"This is Fine\" cartoonist). If all you've ever known is the Disney version, you might like to see just how weird the original story was.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-03-07T14:10:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/03/07/todays-recommended-comics.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/28/todays-recommended-comics.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended comics reading: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/epidemic/\">Epidemic</a>. &ldquo;Malevolent and incompetent&rdquo; barely scratches the surface.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended comics reading: [Epidemic](https://thenib.com/epidemic/). \"Malevolent and incompetent\" barely scratches the surface.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-28T19:54:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/28/todays-recommended-comics.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/24/todays-recommended-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended reading: <a href=\"https://www.nrk.no/chasing-climate-change-1.14859595\">Something is Happening to Norway</a> &ndash; more excellent publication design in the service of climate change journalism.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended reading: [Something is Happening to Norway](https://www.nrk.no/chasing-climate-change-1.14859595) -- more excellent publication design in the service of climate change journalism.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-24T20:48:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/24/todays-recommended-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/24/after-i-dunno.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>After I dunno how many years, I switched from the low bit-rate podcast of 2600 Off the Hook (🐦 @HackerRadioShow) to the full bit-rate version. I’ve made a terrible mistake.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "After I dunno how many years, I switched from the low bit-rate podcast of 2600 Off the Hook (🐦 @HackerRadioShow) to the full bit-rate version. I’ve made a terrible mistake.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-24T19:37:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/24/after-i-dunno.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/19/freelance-frontend-devs.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Freelance front-end devs: I have a potential contract gig for someone to help do some ADA-compliance work for a company in Chicago. Existing site has already been given an accessibility audit &amp; there&rsquo;s a punch list of things to do. If you&rsquo;re interested, contact me by email.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Freelance front-end devs: I have a potential contract gig for someone to help do some ADA-compliance work for a company in Chicago. Existing site has already been given an accessibility audit & there's a punch list of things to do. If you're interested, contact me by email.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-19T16:37:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/19/freelance-frontend-devs.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/18/for-the-last.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>For the last five years, my wife and I have attended this workshop, and it truly has changed my life. Feel free to ask me anything about it: <a href=\"https://www.wildacreswriters.com\">Wildacres Writers Workshop</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "For the last five years, my wife and I have attended this workshop, and it truly has changed my life. Feel free to ask me anything about it: [Wildacres Writers Workshop](https://www.wildacreswriters.com)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-18T18:40:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/18/for-the-last.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/my-dad-might.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My dad might haunt me for promoting anything Audubon (he never liked that Audubon killed and taxidermied the birds he painted), but this is a well-designed page, graphically and informationally: <a href=\"https://www.audubon.org/climate-action-guide\">Your Guide to Climate Action</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My dad might haunt me for promoting anything Audubon (he never liked that Audubon killed and taxidermied the birds he painted), but this is a well-designed page, graphically and informationally: [Your Guide to Climate Action](https://www.audubon.org/climate-action-guide)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-14T15:15:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/my-dad-might.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/my-awesome-niece.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My awesome niece: &ldquo;I want to see the look on the guys’ faces when they realize we can throw stuff.” <a href=\"https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/13/meet-the-humboldt-park-gators-chicagos-only-all-girls-baseball-team/\">Meet The Humboldt Park Gators Chicago’s Only All-Girls Baseball Team</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My awesome niece: \"I want to see the look on the guys’ faces when they realize we can throw stuff.” [Meet The Humboldt Park Gators Chicago’s Only All-Girls Baseball Team](https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/13/meet-the-humboldt-park-gators-chicagos-only-all-girls-baseball-team/)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-14T11:25:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/my-awesome-niece.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/this-seems-just.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This seems just a little bit off today, unless there’s a different temperature unit in our current dystopia.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "This seems just a little bit off today, unless there’s a different temperature unit in our current dystopia. \n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2020/c97b2ff0c8.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"340\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2020-02-14T08:53:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/02/14/this-seems-just.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/22/every-day-it.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every day, it seems, there&rsquo;s more evidence that William Gibson was dead on when he said &ldquo;the street finds its own uses for things.&rdquo; <a href=\"https://twitter.com/louisanslow/status/1219643485902508036\">Kids are swapping AirPods in class then using text to speech to ‘talk’ without talking</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every day, it seems, there's more evidence that William Gibson was dead on when he said \"the street finds its own uses for things.\" [Kids are swapping AirPods in class then using text to speech to ‘talk’ without talking](https://twitter.com/louisanslow/status/1219643485902508036)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-01-22T11:45:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/22/every-day-it.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/16/oh-so-thats.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, so that&rsquo;s how it&rsquo;s gonna be, 2020? <a href=\"https://www.eater.com/2020/1/16/21068725/co-host-sandi-toksvig-quits-the-great-british-bake-off-great-british-baking-show\">Beloved ‘Great British Bake Off’ Host Sandi Toksvig Is Leaving the Show</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, so that's how it's gonna be, 2020? [Beloved ‘Great British Bake Off’ Host Sandi Toksvig Is Leaving the Show](https://www.eater.com/2020/1/16/21068725/co-host-sandi-toksvig-quits-the-great-british-bake-off-great-british-baking-show)\n",
				"date_published": "2020-01-16T16:26:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/16/oh-so-thats.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/09/what-appears-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What appears to contain the cover painting of every paperback I read in high school: <a href=\"https://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArtHiRes/70sArt/art.html\">Space Colony Art from the 1970s</a></p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "What appears to contain the cover painting of every paperback I read in high school: [Space Colony Art from the 1970s](https://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArtHiRes/70sArt/art.html)\r\n\r\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2020/b82670861b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"356\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2020-01-09T20:22:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/09/what-appears-to.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/07/todays-recommended-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended reading: <a href=\"https://mattstoller.substack.com/archive?utm_source=menu-dropdown&amp;sort=top\">BIG</a> by <a href=\"https://mattstoller.com/\">Matt Stoller</a>, a newsletter about &ldquo;the politics of monopoly.&rdquo; Fascinating look at the consequences of late-stage capitalism.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended reading: [BIG](https://mattstoller.substack.com/archive?utm_source=menu-dropdown&sort=top) by [Matt Stoller](https://mattstoller.com/), a newsletter about \"the politics of monopoly.\" Fascinating look at the consequences of late-stage capitalism.\n",
				"date_published": "2020-01-07T21:31:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/07/todays-recommended-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/06/recommended-reading-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Recommended reading: <a href=\"https://www.informant.news/p/the-wrong-house\">The Informant</a>, a &ldquo;publication about hate and extremism in America,&rdquo; written and edited by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/nickmartin\">Nick R. Martin</a>, shines some light where it is needed most. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Recommended reading: [The Informant](https://www.informant.news/p/the-wrong-house), a \"publication about hate and extremism in America,\" written and edited by [Nick R. Martin](https://twitter.com/nickmartin), shines some light where it is needed most. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2020-01-06T12:18:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2020/01/06/recommended-reading-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/12/14/nurse-rembert-taking.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Nurse Rembert taking care of his sick bubba.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Nurse Rembert taking care of his sick bubba. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/3c4fa51dd8.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/3c4fa51dd8.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-12-14T21:24:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/12/14/nurse-rembert-taking.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/30/another-favorite-in.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another favorite in my list of old-fashioned, obsessive blogs: <a href=\"http://spaceythompson.blogspot.com/\">Hardboiled Wonderland</a></p>\n<p>The “30 Days Has Noirvember” series there has been a wonderfully deep dive into noir movies that should keep us busy for months.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Another favorite in my list of old-fashioned, obsessive blogs: [Hardboiled Wonderland](http://spaceythompson.blogspot.com/)\n\nThe “30 Days Has Noirvember” series there has been a wonderfully deep dive into noir movies that should keep us busy for months.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-30T16:10:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/30/another-favorite-in.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/25/this-may-be.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This may be my favorite celebrity-as-hardcore-nerd news ever, beating out Vin Diesel as a D&amp;Der: <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561\">I am railing: Sir Rod Stewart reveals his epic model railway city</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This may be my favorite celebrity-as-hardcore-nerd news ever, beating out Vin Diesel as a D&Der: [I am railing: Sir Rod Stewart reveals his epic model railway city](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-25T17:19:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/25/this-may-be.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/17/a-flatearth-conference.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/us/flat-earth-conference-conspiracy-theories-scli-intl/index.html\">&quot;[A] flat-Earth conference is invariably also a gathering of anti-vaxxers, 9/11 truthers and Illuminati subscribers, to name a few.&quot;</a> What a surprise.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[\"[A] flat-Earth conference is invariably also a gathering of anti-vaxxers, 9/11 truthers and Illuminati subscribers, to name a few.\"](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/us/flat-earth-conference-conspiracy-theories-scli-intl/index.html) What a surprise.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-17T12:56:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/17/a-flatearth-conference.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/14/dogs-with-broom.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dogs with Broom</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dogs with Broom\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/d958b85785.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/d958b85785.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-14T18:26:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/14/dogs-with-broom.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/14/the-amazon-go.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The Amazon Go store provided the most intimidating, class/ability unfriendly experience I’ve come across, and I’m ostensibly dead center of the target customer profile. I turned around at the guillotine turnstiles and bought breakfast elsewhere with dirty old cash.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The Amazon Go store provided the most intimidating, class/ability unfriendly experience I’ve come across, and I’m ostensibly dead center of the target customer profile. I turned around at the guillotine turnstiles and bought breakfast elsewhere with dirty old cash. \n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-14T17:09:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/14/the-amazon-go.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/11/i-love-good.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I love good, old-fashioned blogs with an obsessive focus on discarded pop culture. We need more of these. Let me introduce you to <a href=\"https://wearethemutants.com/2019/10/30/tubular-terrors-the-night-stalker/\">We Are the Mutants</a>. Enjoy their October series on TV horror.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I love good, old-fashioned blogs with an obsessive focus on discarded pop culture. We need more of these. Let me introduce you to [We Are the Mutants](https://wearethemutants.com/2019/10/30/tubular-terrors-the-night-stalker/). Enjoy their October series on TV horror.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-11-11T14:40:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/11/11/i-love-good.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/16/capitalism-ruins-everything.html",
				"title": "Capitalism Ruins Everything: Podcasting's Turn in the Barrel",
				"content_html": "<p>From <a href=\"https://digiday.com/media/platforms-ad-tech-circle-podcastings-small-beautiful-age-drawing-close/\">As platforms and ad tech circle, podcasting’s small, beautiful age is drawing to a close\n</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[Podcasting] will inevitably become more like the display ad ecosystem: commoditized, automated, audience-driven rather than contextual. The podcast ad world has been craft; it’s destined to be mechanized.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Mind you, the folks at Digiday see this as a good thing.</p>\n<p>Eventually, every creative utterance will be &ldquo;platformed” if the gray goo of advertising has its way.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "From [As platforms and ad tech circle, podcasting’s small, beautiful age is drawing to a close\n](https://digiday.com/media/platforms-ad-tech-circle-podcastings-small-beautiful-age-drawing-close/): \n\n> \\[Podcasting] will inevitably become more like the display ad ecosystem: commoditized, automated, audience-driven rather than contextual. The podcast ad world has been craft; it’s destined to be mechanized.”\n\nMind you, the folks at Digiday see this as a good thing. \n\nEventually, every creative utterance will be \"platformed” if the gray goo of advertising has its way.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-16T09:58:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/16/capitalism-ruins-everything.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/14/any-time-someone.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Any time someone locks up  behind Medium&rsquo;s paywall their article describing their open source project, I&rsquo;m greatly disinclined to look deeper into that project. Publish on your own site, please.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Any time someone locks up  behind Medium's paywall their article describing their open source project, I'm greatly disinclined to look deeper into that project. Publish on your own site, please.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-14T13:33:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/14/any-time-someone.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/10/annual-reminder-i.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Annual Reminder: I just had a flu shot. And soon I will have that flu stuffed and displayed over my fireplace.</p>\n<p>(Get your flu shot.)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Annual Reminder: I just had a flu shot. And soon I will have that flu stuffed and displayed over my fireplace.\n\n(Get your flu shot.)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-10T10:40:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/10/annual-reminder-i.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/07/well-this-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Well, this is sad: <a href=\"https://www.2600.com/content/lockout-wbai-hook-indefinitely-suspended\">Lockout at WBAI - &ldquo;Off the Hook&rdquo; Indefinitely Suspended</a>. Been listening to that show for many years. Hopefully they can find a home somewhere else.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Well, this is sad: [Lockout at WBAI - \"Off the Hook\" Indefinitely Suspended](https://www.2600.com/content/lockout-wbai-hook-indefinitely-suspended). Been listening to that show for many years. Hopefully they can find a home somewhere else.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-07T17:04:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/07/well-this-is.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/06/every-year-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every year the alderman sends around a public service flyer: Do Not Feed the Shelobs. And every year someone feeds the shelobs.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every year the alderman sends around a public service flyer: Do Not Feed the Shelobs. And every year someone feeds the shelobs.\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/533f7b3d20.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/533f7b3d20.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-06T19:39:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/06/every-year-the.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/01/aws-case-study.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>AWS case study regarding my company&rsquo;s experience using AWS AppSync to create our GraphQL API: <a href=\"https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/publicgood/\">AWS AppSync Helps Public Good Software Do Good by Prompting Real-Time Reader Action</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "AWS case study regarding my company's experience using AWS AppSync to create our GraphQL API: [AWS AppSync Helps Public Good Software Do Good by Prompting Real-Time Reader Action](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/publicgood/)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-10-01T14:45:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/10/01/aws-case-study.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/currently-reading-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780393081084\">The Food Lab: Better Cooking Through Science</a> by J. Kenji López-Alt 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently reading: [The Food Lab: Better Cooking Through Science](https://micro.blog/books/9780393081084) by J. Kenji López-Alt 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-28T20:00:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/currently-reading-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/currently-reading-wanderers.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781984820792\">Wanderers</a> by Chuck Wendig 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently reading: [Wanderers](https://micro.blog/books/9781984820792) by Chuck Wendig 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-28T19:54:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/currently-reading-wanderers.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/the-first-years.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The first year’s harvest.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The first year’s harvest. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/41ada1446b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/41ada1446b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-28T12:44:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/28/the-first-years.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/27/profile-of-my.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Profile of my colleague, Thales Exoo (🐦 @thales), &ldquo;a fierce female with an impressive STEM career&rdquo;:  <a href=\"https://www.fastweb.com/career-planning/articles/highlighting-women-in-stem-thales-exoo-software-engineer\">Highlighting Women in STEM: Thales Exoo, Software Engineer</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Profile of my colleague, Thales Exoo (🐦 @thales), \"a fierce female with an impressive STEM career\":  [Highlighting Women in STEM: Thales Exoo, Software Engineer](https://www.fastweb.com/career-planning/articles/highlighting-women-in-stem-thales-exoo-software-engineer).\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-27T13:03:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/27/profile-of-my.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/13/towards-the-end.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;Towards the end of a decade marked by chaotic cultural shifts, mounting tensions, and mass violence, Scooby Doo insists that there is always an underlying solution that may be achieved through calm investigation.&rdquo; Don&rsquo;t we wish. <a href=\"https://crimereads.com/50-years-ago-scooby-doo-was-the-perfect-weird-hopeful-mystery-series-1969-needed/\">50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"Towards the end of a decade marked by chaotic cultural shifts, mounting tensions, and mass violence, Scooby Doo insists that there is always an underlying solution that may be achieved through calm investigation.\" Don't we wish. [50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed](https://crimereads.com/50-years-ago-scooby-doo-was-the-perfect-weird-hopeful-mystery-series-1969-needed/)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-13T18:48:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/13/towards-the-end.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/13/fifty-years-ago.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;Fifty years ago, on September 13, 1969, Scooby Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS.&rdquo; I am older than Scooby Doo, my wife was quick to point out. <a href=\"https://crimereads.com/scooby-doo-gothic/\">How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"Fifty years ago, on September 13, 1969, Scooby Doo, Where Are You! premiered on CBS.\" I am older than Scooby Doo, my wife was quick to point out. [How Scooby Doo Revived Gothic Storytelling for Generations of Kids](https://crimereads.com/scooby-doo-gothic/)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-13T18:40:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/13/fifty-years-ago.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/12/flash-fiction-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction\">Flash Fiction: A series of very short stories for the summer.</a> from The New Yorker. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Flash Fiction: A series of very short stories for the summer.](https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction) from The New Yorker. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-12T12:58:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/12/flash-fiction-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/currently-reading-station.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780385353311\">Station 11</a> by Emily St. John Mandel 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently reading: [Station 11](https://micro.blog/books/9780385353311) by Emily St. John Mandel 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-05T14:28:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/currently-reading-station.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/currently-reading-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780765378385\">The Calculating Stars</a> by Mary Robinette Kowal 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently reading: [The Calculating Stars](https://micro.blog/books/9780765378385) by Mary Robinette Kowal 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-05T14:27:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/currently-reading-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/late-capitalism-infects.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Late Capitalism infects &amp; kills everything it touches. Evidence: <a href=\"https://www.vincentavanzi.com/\">Chief Poetic Officer</a>. Note that the site is © 2023. I suspect that 2020 goes so poorly that the collective agony rents a hole in spacetime and this effluent has flooded back.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Late Capitalism infects & kills everything it touches. Evidence: [Chief Poetic Officer](https://www.vincentavanzi.com/). Note that the site is &copy; 2023. I suspect that 2020 goes so poorly that the collective agony rents a hole in spacetime and this effluent has flooded back.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-05T14:16:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/05/late-capitalism-infects.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/03/dammit-cnn-do.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dammit, CNN. Do better with your headlines. “It’s Snowing. Where’s Global Warming?” That’s not helping. (I’m not linking to such bullshit.)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dammit, CNN. Do better with your headlines. “It’s Snowing. Where’s Global Warming?” That’s not helping. (I’m not linking to such bullshit.)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-09-03T20:05:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/09/03/dammit-cnn-do.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/30/bubbas.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Bubbas</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Bubbas\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/e9a9e800f9.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/e9a9e800f9.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-30T10:57:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/30/bubbas.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/28/ive-just-listened.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve just listened to two purported creative professionals debate whether including page numbers in a long-form printed work (a book) was &ldquo;egotistical&rdquo; because it assumed someone was going to cite the work. What? No, really. What?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've just listened to two purported creative professionals debate whether including page numbers in a long-form printed work (a book) was \"egotistical\" because it assumed someone was going to cite the work. What? No, really. What?\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-28T09:16:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/28/ive-just-listened.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/20/i-guess-medium.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I guess Medium is the new Quora. I&rsquo;m sure there&rsquo;s at least some informed opinions there, but I&rsquo;m never going to see most of them since I already have enough monthly subscriptions and I&rsquo;m not going to use social media authentication.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I guess Medium is the new Quora. I'm sure there's at least some informed opinions there, but I'm never going to see most of them since I already have enough monthly subscriptions and I'm not going to use social media authentication.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-20T15:38:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/20/i-guess-medium.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/18/i-have-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I have to assume that Cory Doctorow has his social media on full automation, because I&rsquo;ve made the mistake of following his Mastodon account and it has flooded my feed.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I have to assume that Cory Doctorow has his social media on full automation, because I've made the mistake of following his Mastodon account and it has flooded my feed. \n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-18T18:06:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/18/i-have-to.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/18/you-gotta-take.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You gotta take your comfy where you find it, I guess.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "You gotta take your comfy where you find it, I guess.\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/0bda35c28f.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/0bda35c28f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-18T13:33:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/18/you-gotta-take.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/16/calm-boys-friday.html",
				"title": "Calm Boys",
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/f0f28bf9bc.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/f0f28bf9bc.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/9b6ff33e9b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/9b6ff33e9b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-16T15:03:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/16/calm-boys-friday.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/15/201328.html",
				
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				"date_published": "2019-08-15T20:13:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/15/201328.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/11/dim-sum-dinner.html",
				"title": "Dim Sum Dinner Club",
				"content_html": "<p>Had a wonderful dinner this weekend at Brian Moy’s Dim Sum Dinner Club pop-up. Somehow managed to forget to snap a pic of one course, but everything was just delicious. Cannot wait to see what he does with his plans. Great wine pairings offered by Diversey Wine, too.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Had a wonderful dinner this weekend at Brian Moy’s Dim Sum Dinner Club pop-up. Somehow managed to forget to snap a pic of one course, but everything was just delicious. Cannot wait to see what he does with his plans. Great wine pairings offered by Diversey Wine, too.\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/8b6e42a140.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/8b6e42a140.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/0f5dae5c83.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/0f5dae5c83.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/044a97727d.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/044a97727d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/6eb2588362.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/6eb2588362.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/3fb6bfe4af.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/3fb6bfe4af.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/12258c293e.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/12258c293e.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/916188cc44.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/916188cc44.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/c4eef807ad.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/c4eef807ad.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-11T12:03:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/11/dim-sum-dinner.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/08/sad-to-see.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sad to see that Linux Journal has closed its doors, seemingly for good this time. This has been a monthly read for me for over 20 years. <a href=\"https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye\">Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sad to see that Linux Journal has closed its doors, seemingly for good this time. This has been a monthly read for me for over 20 years. [Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye](https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-journal-ceases-publication-awkward-goodbye)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-08T12:56:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/08/sad-to-see.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/07/knowing-that-i.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Knowing that I can follow Mastodon users on my micro.blog account, and knowing that they can follow my micro.blog posts is making me appreciate <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a>&rsquo;s work on this all the more. This is the promise of IndieWeb actually working!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Knowing that I can follow Mastodon users on my micro.blog account, and knowing that they can follow my micro.blog posts is making me appreciate [@manton](https://micro.blog/manton)'s work on this all the more. This is the promise of IndieWeb actually working!\n",
				"date_published": "2019-08-07T13:02:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/08/07/knowing-that-i.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/07/23/oh-good-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, good. The gangrene of Late Republicanism has spread to the delicate extremities of poet laureate nominations, resulting in the appointment of a driveler whose effluence includes the line &ldquo;Give me chicks with guns on skis.&rdquo; <a href=\"https://slate.com/culture/2019/07/new-hampshire-poet-laureate-controversy.html\">Who Gets to Be the Next Poet Laureate of New Hampshire?</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, good. The gangrene of Late Republicanism has spread to the delicate extremities of poet laureate nominations, resulting in the appointment of a driveler whose effluence includes the line \"Give me chicks with guns on skis.\" [Who Gets to Be the Next Poet Laureate of New Hampshire?](https://slate.com/culture/2019/07/new-hampshire-poet-laureate-controversy.html)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-07-23T11:14:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/07/23/oh-good-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/07/20/sunday-reading.html",
				"title": "Sunday Reading 2019-07-21 📚",
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/\">Uber&rsquo;s Path of Destruction</a>, Hubert Horan, American Affairs Journal. I feel guilty any time I use Uber rather than a traditional taxi or mass transit. The dire state of ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft further cements my belief that the age of individual automobile has hit its twilight years. There&rsquo;s no greater a civilization-ending waste than the automobile, at least in urban areas. Also, any time some SV sociopath tells you he&rsquo;s (it&rsquo;s almost always a he) &ldquo;disrupting&rdquo; some market segment, kick him somewhere painful and then get the hell away.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://longreads.com/bundyville/\">Bundyville, Season Two</a>, Leah Sottile, Longreads. Read this, listen to this, and understand that this is totally not fiction, that some of your fellow citizens actually believe in the American Redoubt as a plan rather than bad dystopian storytelling.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://thenib.com/planet-nemesis-conspiracy-youtube\">How to Make Up Planets and Accidentally Influence People</a>, Kayne Lynch, The Nib. Touching upon a similar species of idiot surveyed in Bundyville, from another direction.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.tor.com/series/rereading-gene-wolfe/\">Rereading Gene Wolfe</a>, Tor.com. I&rsquo;m still working on rereading Iain M. Banks&rsquo;s Culture novels, but Wolfe is on the list to read through someday.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/past%20issues/brev16/handler_moon.htm\">To the Moon</a>, Jessica Handler, Brevity. Jessica is an instructor and patio drummer at Wildacres, the writing workshop we attend each summer. She posted this older piece in honor of the Apollo anniversary. From another Wildacres instructor, John Kessel, a reminder to all writers that &ldquo;the moon is not an ornament.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[Uber's Path of Destruction](https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/), Hubert Horan, American Affairs Journal. I feel guilty any time I use Uber rather than a traditional taxi or mass transit. The dire state of ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft further cements my belief that the age of individual automobile has hit its twilight years. There's no greater a civilization-ending waste than the automobile, at least in urban areas. Also, any time some SV sociopath tells you he's (it's almost always a he) \"disrupting\" some market segment, kick him somewhere painful and then get the hell away.\n\n[Bundyville, Season Two](https://longreads.com/bundyville/), Leah Sottile, Longreads. Read this, listen to this, and understand that this is totally not fiction, that some of your fellow citizens actually believe in the American Redoubt as a plan rather than bad dystopian storytelling.\n\n[How to Make Up Planets and Accidentally Influence People](https://thenib.com/planet-nemesis-conspiracy-youtube), Kayne Lynch, The Nib. Touching upon a similar species of idiot surveyed in Bundyville, from another direction. \n\n[Rereading Gene Wolfe](https://www.tor.com/series/rereading-gene-wolfe/), Tor.com. I'm still working on rereading Iain M. Banks's Culture novels, but Wolfe is on the list to read through someday.\n\n[To the Moon](https://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/past%20issues/brev16/handler_moon.htm), Jessica Handler, Brevity. Jessica is an instructor and patio drummer at Wildacres, the writing workshop we attend each summer. She posted this older piece in honor of the Apollo anniversary. From another Wildacres instructor, John Kessel, a reminder to all writers that \"the moon is not an ornament.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2019-07-21T11:21:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/07/20/sunday-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/30/sunday-reading.html",
				"title": "Sunday Reading 2019-06-30",
				"content_html": "<h2 id=\"fiction\">Fiction</h2>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/06/24/juicy-ghost/\">Juicy Ghost</a>, Rudy Rucker. I like to see a good plan come together, but I don&rsquo;t know how I feel about one that comes together so easily. The conflict here, under the political satire, is subtle. Also, see Rucker&rsquo;s <a href=\"http://www.rudyrucker.com/transrealbooks/completestories/\">Complete Stories</a>, which I think most authors ought to do.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/long-is-the-way-carrie-vaughn-sage-walker/\">Long is the Way</a>, Carrie Vaughn &amp; Sage Walker. Any day a new Wild Cards story comes out is a good day.</p>\n<h2 id=\"non-fiction\">Non-Fiction</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://lithub.com/what-its-like-to-teach-writing-when-everyones-a-writer/\">What It&rsquo;s Like to Teach Writing When Everyone is a Writer</a>, Janet Burroway. One of the most important textbooks in my college years was an edition of Burroway&rsquo;s <em>Writing Fiction</em>. I know people who work with Burroway now on the later editions of the book.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/suicide-rate-america-white-men-841576/\">All-American Despair</a>, Stephen Roderick. &ldquo;For the past two decades, a suicide epidemic fueled by guns, poverty and isolation has swept across the West, with middle-aged men dying in record numbers.&rdquo; Bleak. Probably not what we want to hear these days, but maybe what at least someone needs to hear.</p>\n<h2 id=\"ancient-history\">Ancient History</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/\">Frank Sinatra Has a Cold</a>, Gay Talese. One of the classics of New Journalism or Creative Nonfiction or whatever the kids are calling it these days. With bonus cameo appearance by Harlan Ellison.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "## Fiction\n\n[Juicy Ghost](http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2019/06/24/juicy-ghost/), Rudy Rucker. I like to see a good plan come together, but I don't know how I feel about one that comes together so easily. The conflict here, under the political satire, is subtle. Also, see Rucker's [Complete Stories](http://www.rudyrucker.com/transrealbooks/completestories/), which I think most authors ought to do.\n\n[Long is the Way](https://www.tor.com/2019/05/15/long-is-the-way-carrie-vaughn-sage-walker/), Carrie Vaughn & Sage Walker. Any day a new Wild Cards story comes out is a good day.\n\n## Non-Fiction\n\n[What It's Like to Teach Writing When Everyone is a Writer](https://lithub.com/what-its-like-to-teach-writing-when-everyones-a-writer/), Janet Burroway. One of the most important textbooks in my college years was an edition of Burroway's _Writing Fiction_. I know people who work with Burroway now on the later editions of the book. \n\n[All-American Despair](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/suicide-rate-america-white-men-841576/), Stephen Roderick. \"For the past two decades, a suicide epidemic fueled by guns, poverty and isolation has swept across the West, with middle-aged men dying in record numbers.\" Bleak. Probably not what we want to hear these days, but maybe what at least someone needs to hear.\n\n## Ancient History\n\n[Frank Sinatra Has a Cold](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/), Gay Talese. One of the classics of New Journalism or Creative Nonfiction or whatever the kids are calling it these days. With bonus cameo appearance by Harlan Ellison.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-06-30T20:20:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/30/sunday-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/23/sunday-reading.html",
				"title": "Sunday Reading 2019-06-23",
				"content_html": "<p>A new experiment. Bookmarking a few of the interesting things I&rsquo;ve come across during the week. Hoping to curate this with a little more diversity in the future than is evident in this first pass.</p>\n<h2 id=\"essay\">Essay</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://longreads.com/2019/06/13/we-could-have-had-electric-cars-from-the-very-beginning/\">We Could Have Had Electric Cars From the Beginning</a>, Dan Albert. Rambles a bit, but eventually gets to the point of what caused the internal combustion engine to win out over the electric motor during the dawn of happy motoring. <em>Spoiler: It was the appeal to American individualism and unchecked masculinity constantly put forth by Capitalism.</em></p>\n<h2 id=\"interview\">Interview</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://lithub.com/t-c-boyle-is-most-certainly-living-his-best-life/\">T.C. Boyle is Most Certainly Living His Best Life</a>, Peter Nowogrodzki. Seven conversations with the writer whose story, &ldquo;Greasy Lake,&rdquo; got me started down the writing path when I was a dumb, young kid. I still love his work as a dumb, old dude.</p>\n<h2 id=\"fiction\">Fiction</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2019/06/19/the-new-prometheus-michael-swanwick/\">The New Prometheus</a>, Michael Swanwick. A new story in the Mongolian Wizard universe which crosses over with <em>Frankenstein</em>, which is in danger of becoming its own subgenre. <em>Victorpunk</em>, anyone?</p>\n<h2 id=\"technology\">Technology</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://blog.juliobiason.net/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way/\">Things I Learnt The Hard Way (in 30 Years of Software Development)</a>, Julio Biason. YMMV, but probably not too much.</p>\n<h2 id=\"poetry\">Poetry</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2012/04/29/aquaman-and-the-duality-of-selfother-america-1985/\">Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, America, 1985</a>, Catherynne M. Valente. If you want to completely overdose on <em>Hitchhiker&rsquo;s Guide/Good Omens</em> style comedy, go read Valente’s novel, <a href=\"https://amzn.to/2tKQUgr\">Space Opera</a>. (Amazon link benefits the author, not me.)</p>\n<h2 id=\"comics\">Comics</h2>\n<p><img src=\"https://66.media.tumblr.com/5116b9b034843d901a65ceeacd988a11/tumblr_ptjqevblw61rwkrdbo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Gauld\"></p>\n<p>From the always wonderful <a href=\"https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/185789702090/for-yesterdays-guardian-review\">Tom Gauld</a>.</p>\n<h2 id=\"black-label-indeed\">Black Label, Indeed.</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/06/21/dc-doubles-down-on-its-brand-unites-all-publishing-under-a-single-banner\">Vertigo Publishing Imprint to be Sunset at the End of the Year</a>, DC Comics. Sigh. For those of us who haunted comics shops in the early 90s, this puts a cap on one of the best runs ever. I&rsquo;ll write about this more sometime, maybe. Though I figured Vertigo for dead when they moved John Constantine into the DCU proper and stuck him in this mistake called Justice League Dark.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A new experiment. Bookmarking a few of the interesting things I've come across during the week. Hoping to curate this with a little more diversity in the future than is evident in this first pass.\n\n## Essay\n\n[We Could Have Had Electric Cars From the Beginning](https://longreads.com/2019/06/13/we-could-have-had-electric-cars-from-the-very-beginning/), Dan Albert. Rambles a bit, but eventually gets to the point of what caused the internal combustion engine to win out over the electric motor during the dawn of happy motoring. _Spoiler: It was the appeal to American individualism and unchecked masculinity constantly put forth by Capitalism._\n\n## Interview\n\n[T.C. Boyle is Most Certainly Living His Best Life](https://lithub.com/t-c-boyle-is-most-certainly-living-his-best-life/), Peter Nowogrodzki. Seven conversations with the writer whose story, \"Greasy Lake,\" got me started down the writing path when I was a dumb, young kid. I still love his work as a dumb, old dude.\n\n## Fiction\n\n[The New Prometheus](https://www.tor.com/2019/06/19/the-new-prometheus-michael-swanwick/), Michael Swanwick. A new story in the Mongolian Wizard universe which crosses over with _Frankenstein_, which is in danger of becoming its own subgenre. _Victorpunk_, anyone? \n\n## Technology\n\n[Things I Learnt The Hard Way (in 30 Years of Software Development)](https://blog.juliobiason.net/thoughts/things-i-learnt-the-hard-way/), Julio Biason. YMMV, but probably not too much.\n\n## Poetry\n\n[Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, America, 1985](https://www.tor.com/2012/04/29/aquaman-and-the-duality-of-selfother-america-1985/), Catherynne M. Valente. If you want to completely overdose on _Hitchhiker's Guide/Good Omens_ style comedy, go read Valente’s novel, [Space Opera](https://amzn.to/2tKQUgr). (Amazon link benefits the author, not me.)\n\n## Comics\n\n![Tom Gauld](https://66.media.tumblr.com/5116b9b034843d901a65ceeacd988a11/tumblr_ptjqevblw61rwkrdbo1_500.jpg)\n\nFrom the always wonderful [Tom Gauld](https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/185789702090/for-yesterdays-guardian-review).\n\n## Black Label, Indeed.\n\n[Vertigo Publishing Imprint to be Sunset at the End of the Year](https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2019/06/21/dc-doubles-down-on-its-brand-unites-all-publishing-under-a-single-banner), DC Comics. Sigh. For those of us who haunted comics shops in the early 90s, this puts a cap on one of the best runs ever. I'll write about this more sometime, maybe. Though I figured Vertigo for dead when they moved John Constantine into the DCU proper and stuck him in this mistake called Justice League Dark. \n",
				"date_published": "2019-06-23T19:49:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/23/sunday-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/07/todays-rabbit-hole.html",
				"title": "Today's Rabbit Hole",
				"content_html": "<p>Last night we finished watching the &ldquo;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosse/Verdon\">Fosse/Verdon</a>&rdquo; miniseries and then watched some of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Verdon\">Gwen Verdon</a>&rsquo;s dancing from &ldquo;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(film)\">Damn Yankees</a>,&rdquo; a movie I realized I&rsquo;d watched at least the ending of when I was a very young kid, and which, upon reading the Wikipedia entry for it, I understood as the Faust tale mentioned early in the show. Which gets me thinking about other versions of Faust I&rsquo;ve read, including Michael Swanwick&rsquo;s novel, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Faust_(novel)\">Jack Faust</a>, and a long, epic poem by Robert Pinsky called &ldquo;The Rhyme of Reb Nachman&rdquo; which appeared in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwag_(magazine)\">Wigwag</a> magazine back in the late 80s, a full collection of which I believe still sits in my storage unit, and which I am surprised has not shown up scanned into <a href=\"https://archive.org\">archive.org</a>. I may have to rectify that.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Last night we finished watching the \"[Fosse/Verdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosse/Verdon)\" miniseries and then watched some of [Gwen Verdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Verdon)'s dancing from \"[Damn Yankees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(film)),\" a movie I realized I'd watched at least the ending of when I was a very young kid, and which, upon reading the Wikipedia entry for it, I understood as the Faust tale mentioned early in the show. Which gets me thinking about other versions of Faust I've read, including Michael Swanwick's novel, [Jack Faust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Faust_(novel)), and a long, epic poem by Robert Pinsky called \"The Rhyme of Reb Nachman\" which appeared in [Wigwag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwag_(magazine)) magazine back in the late 80s, a full collection of which I believe still sits in my storage unit, and which I am surprised has not shown up scanned into [archive.org](https://archive.org). I may have to rectify that.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-06-07T15:19:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/06/07/todays-rabbit-hole.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/08/a-little-disappointed.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A little disappointed to discover something great three years after it is over, but also glad to have found it at all: <a href=\"https://terribleterribleterrible.tumblr.com/tagged/terribleterribleterrible\">TERRRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE</a> punk slacker animal comics.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A little disappointed to discover something great three years after it is over, but also glad to have found it at all: [TERRRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE](https://terribleterribleterrible.tumblr.com/tagged/terribleterribleterrible) punk slacker animal comics.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-05-08T11:05:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/08/a-little-disappointed.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/07/this-very-much.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This very much captures why I enjoy MST3K, RiffTrax, Svengoolie, &amp; the incredible junk drawer that is Amazon Prime Video, an infinitely-stocked version of the VHS rental wall at the gas station up the road: <a href=\"https://longreads.com/2019/05/07/the-joy-of-watching-and-rewatching-movies-so-bad-theyre-good/\">The Joy of Watching &amp; Rewatching Movies So Bad They&rsquo;re Good</a> (h/t @LongReads 🐦)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This very much captures why I enjoy MST3K, RiffTrax, Svengoolie, & the incredible junk drawer that is Amazon Prime Video, an infinitely-stocked version of the VHS rental wall at the gas station up the road: [The Joy of Watching & Rewatching Movies So Bad They're Good](https://longreads.com/2019/05/07/the-joy-of-watching-and-rewatching-movies-so-bad-theyre-good/) (h/t @LongReads 🐦)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-05-07T11:31:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/07/this-very-much.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/07/a-sentence-i.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A sentence I never expected I&rsquo;d write: I could watch the dog animations for this Australian pet shop rebrand all day. &lt;<a href=\"https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_identity_for_petbarn_by_landor.php\">www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A sentence I never expected I'd write: I could watch the dog animations for this Australian pet shop rebrand all day. <[www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/...](https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_identity_for_petbarn_by_landor.php)>\n",
				"date_published": "2019-05-07T11:01:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/07/a-sentence-i.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/01/one-of-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the best birthdays I ever had was the year I was given the first four or five volumes of Encylopedia Brown books: &lt;<a href=\"https://crimereads.com/encyclopedia-brown-and-the-case-of-the-mysterious-author/\">crimereads.com/encyclope&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the best birthdays I ever had was the year I was given the first four or five volumes of Encylopedia Brown books: <[crimereads.com/encyclope...](https://crimereads.com/encyclopedia-brown-and-the-case-of-the-mysterious-author/)>\n",
				"date_published": "2019-05-01T14:48:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/05/01/one-of-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/26/and-i-thought.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>And I thought the show couldn&rsquo;t get more tortuous.</p>\n<p>&lt;<a href=\"https://www.cracked.com/article_26335_behold-official-sesame-streetgame-thrones-crossover.html\">www.cracked.com/article_2&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "And I thought the show couldn't get more tortuous. \n\n<[www.cracked.com/article_2...](https://www.cracked.com/article_26335_behold-official-sesame-streetgame-thrones-crossover.html)>\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-26T10:44:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/26/and-i-thought.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/20/early-bedtime-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Early bedtime for these boys.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Early bedtime for these boys. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/5a1897e582.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/5a1897e582.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/f67a65ac3c.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/f67a65ac3c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-20T20:58:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/20/early-bedtime-for.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/17/always-nice-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Always nice to see a new story from Jonathan Carroll: <a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2019/04/17/mama-bruise-jonathan-carroll/\">&ldquo;Mama Bruise&rdquo;</a> 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Always nice to see a new story from Jonathan Carroll: [\"Mama Bruise\"](https://www.tor.com/2019/04/17/mama-bruise-jonathan-carroll/) 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-17T13:32:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/17/always-nice-to.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/15/in-love-with.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>100% in love with this artist&rsquo;s paintings: &lt;<a href=\"http://www.simonstalenhag.se/\">www.simonstalenhag.se</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "100% in love with this artist's paintings: <[www.simonstalenhag.se](http://www.simonstalenhag.se/)>\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-15T20:18:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/15/in-love-with.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/15/this-one-hurts.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This one hurts. I heard him read a few years ago and he seemed in frail shape then, so not a surprise. But he never wrote a book I didn&rsquo;t like, and a lot that I love. <a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/\">www.tor.com/2019/04/1&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This one hurts. I heard him read a few years ago and he seemed in frail shape then, so not a surprise. But he never wrote a book I didn't like, and a lot that I love. [www.tor.com/2019/04/1...](https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-15T15:38:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/15/this-one-hurts.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/14/the-weather-in.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The weather in Chicago today, which now apparently includes thundersnow, better not be a damn Game of Thrones marketing campaign unless some white walkers clean my sidewalk next.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The weather in Chicago today, which now apparently includes thundersnow, better not be a damn Game of Thrones marketing campaign unless some white walkers clean my sidewalk next.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-14T12:46:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/14/the-weather-in.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/10/i-am-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I am reading one of the most wonderfully strange pieces of fiction I&rsquo;ve come across in ages &amp; it was published in practically the last place I&rsquo;d have expected: <a href=\"https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/\">17776 Football</a>. Remember when the web was full of this kind of thing?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I am reading one of the most wonderfully strange pieces of fiction I've come across in ages & it was published in practically the last place I'd have expected: [17776 Football](https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/). Remember when the web was full of this kind of thing?\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-10T20:16:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/10/i-am-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/09/bad-apple-news.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Bad Apple News! Bad!</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Bad Apple News! Bad!\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/10407729a5.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-09T19:24:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/09/bad-apple-news.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/09/tfw-you-cant.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>TFW you can’t tell if the description of a software package is a buzzword bingo joke, or if you’ve finally reached your own technical decrepitude, or both.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "TFW you can’t tell if the description of a software package is a buzzword bingo joke, or if you’ve finally reached your own technical decrepitude, or both. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/fc2e92b1f4.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/fc2e92b1f4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"166\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-09T10:02:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/09/tfw-you-cant.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/07/this-looks-like.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This looks like the most boring Jack Kirby comic book ever.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "This looks like the most boring Jack Kirby comic book ever.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/b2b83aa98b.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-07T11:07:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/07/this-looks-like.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/06/experience-the-plight.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>EXPERIENCE the plight of the poor humans treated like the machines that will replace them. MARVEL at the lack of economic security! WONDER at the absence of any labor gains made by over a century of unionization! BOOK YOUR POVERTY TOUR TODAY!</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "EXPERIENCE the plight of the poor humans treated like the machines that will replace them. MARVEL at the lack of economic security! WONDER at the absence of any labor gains made by over a century of unionization! BOOK YOUR POVERTY TOUR TODAY!\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/393c2b4844.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/393c2b4844.jpg\" width=\"556\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-06T07:23:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/06/experience-the-plight.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/03/til-the-etymology.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>TIL the etymology of the word &ldquo;cliché.&rdquo; H/T to Eve Batey (🐦 @eveb), the &ldquo;Inside Media&rdquo; newsletter editor. How I got this far, given my interests, and never knew this, surprises me.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "TIL the etymology of the word \"cliché.\" H/T to Eve Batey (🐦 @eveb), the \"Inside Media\" newsletter editor. How I got this far, given my interests, and never knew this, surprises me. \n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/1487bbd788.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-03T13:47:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/03/til-the-etymology.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/03/todays-good-comics.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s good comics, all about walking dogs and learning to speak French: <a href=\"https://longreads.com/2019/04/03/unleashed-in-paris/\">Unleashed in Paris</a> by Kate Gavino (🐦@kategavino). 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's good comics, all about walking dogs and learning to speak French: [Unleashed in Paris](https://longreads.com/2019/04/03/unleashed-in-paris/) by Kate Gavino (🐦@kategavino). 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-03T09:05:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/03/todays-good-comics.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/01/no-no-i.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>No, no. I don’t think I would like any of those things, but thanks for the suggestion</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "No, no. I don’t think I would like any of those things, but thanks for the suggestion \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/69935101b0.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/69935101b0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-01T17:41:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/01/no-no-i.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/01/todays-prompt-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today’s prompt, to use in whatever creative endeavor you might practice: From Marcus Aurelius, “The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today’s prompt, to use in whatever creative endeavor you might practice: From Marcus Aurelius, “The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.” \n",
				"date_published": "2019-04-01T09:52:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/04/01/todays-prompt-to.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/31/some-fine-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Some fine reading for a lazy Sunday morning in the new issue of Gingerbread House (@GingerbreadMag): &lt;<a href=\"https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/category/gh-35-march-2019/\">gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/category/&hellip;</a>&gt; 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Some fine reading for a lazy Sunday morning in the new issue of Gingerbread House (@GingerbreadMag): <[gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/category/...](https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/category/gh-35-march-2019/)> 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-31T11:55:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/31/some-fine-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/29/someone-had-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Someone had a big day meeting the new walker.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Someone had a big day meeting the new walker. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/20eda45311.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/20eda45311.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-29T17:10:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/29/someone-had-a.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/29/one-of-my.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of my favorite musicians, David Mead (@davidmeadtwits), released his first album in 8 years this winter, COBRA PUMPS. He offers it free to subscribers to his mailing list. Really looking forward to this. &lt;<a href=\"https://www.davidmead.com\">www.davidmead.com</a>&gt; 🎵</p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of my favorite musicians, David Mead (@davidmeadtwits), released his first album in 8 years this winter, COBRA PUMPS. He offers it free to subscribers to his mailing list. Really looking forward to this. <[www.davidmead.com](https://www.davidmead.com)> 🎵\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-29T13:01:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/29/one-of-my.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/27/the-release-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The release of a new Wild Cards story always improves the day: <a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2019/03/27/how-to-move-spheres-and-influence-people-marko-kloos/\">How to Move Spheres and Influence People</a> by Marko Kloos. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The release of a new Wild Cards story always improves the day: [How to Move Spheres and Influence People](https://www.tor.com/2019/03/27/how-to-move-spheres-and-influence-people-marko-kloos/) by Marko Kloos. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-27T10:31:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/27/the-release-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/sv-brodream-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>SV bro-dream to &ldquo;democratize&rdquo; publishing by cramming as much unpaid work into a half-baked, VC-backed &ldquo;platform&rdquo; screwed writers and publications? Say it ain&rsquo;t so. <a href=\"http://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/\">The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "SV bro-dream to \"democratize\" publishing by cramming as much unpaid work into a half-baked, VC-backed \"platform\" screwed writers and publications? Say it ain't so. [The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium](http://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long-complicated-and-extremely-frustrating-history-of-medium-2012-present/)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-26T17:03:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/sv-brodream-to.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/for-those-few.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>For those few of us who have obsessed over litmags for years, The Review Review going on hiatus is a sad thing to see: <a href=\"https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=8932d28d7dfbfd59c40907dc7&amp;id=75dc087a6c\">So Long, It&rsquo;s been Good to Lit Mag Ya!</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "For those few of us who have obsessed over litmags for years, The Review Review going on hiatus is a sad thing to see: [So Long, It's been Good to Lit Mag Ya!](https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=8932d28d7dfbfd59c40907dc7&id=75dc087a6c).\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-26T16:50:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/for-those-few.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/todays-recommended-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s recommended reading: <a href=\"https://lithub.com/on-being-black-in-appalachia-a-response-to-j-d-vance/\">ON BEING BLACK IN APPALACHIA: A RESPONSE TO J.D. VANCE</a> by Keith S. Wilson. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's recommended reading: [ON BEING BLACK IN APPALACHIA: A RESPONSE TO J.D. VANCE](https://lithub.com/on-being-black-in-appalachia-a-response-to-j-d-vance/) by Keith S. Wilson. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-26T14:11:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/26/todays-recommended-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/24/recently-i-posted.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Recently I posted a warning about running destructive software. Today I&rsquo;m happy to unleash that destructive software into the world: TwitClean automatically deletes any tweets from your timeline older than a specified number of days: &lt;<a href=\"https://github.com/michaelsmanley/twitclean\">github.com/michaelsm&hellip;</a>&gt;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Recently I posted a warning about running destructive software. Today I'm happy to unleash that destructive software into the world: TwitClean automatically deletes any tweets from your timeline older than a specified number of days: <[github.com/michaelsm...](https://github.com/michaelsmanley/twitclean)>\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-24T11:50:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/24/recently-i-posted.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/23/heres-your-nerd.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Here’s your nerd TIL for the day: In the 1976 remake of King Kong, the ape’s voice was performed, uncredited, by Peter Cullen, better known to you as Optimus Prime.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Here’s your nerd TIL for the day: In the 1976 remake of King Kong, the ape’s voice was performed, uncredited, by Peter Cullen, better known to you as Optimus Prime.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-23T09:50:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/23/heres-your-nerd.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/21/pro-tip-if.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Pro Tip: If you&rsquo;re writing a little program that does something destructive &ndash; like, say, delete tweets from your timeline for you &ndash; maybe don&rsquo;t actually let the program do the destructive thing until you&rsquo;re sure it will destroy the right things. Oops.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Pro Tip: If you're writing a little program that does something destructive -- like, say, delete tweets from your timeline for you -- maybe don't actually let the program do the destructive thing until you're sure it will destroy the right things. Oops.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-21T19:11:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/21/pro-tip-if.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"http://californiarocker.com/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale-king-of-the-surf-guitar-passes-away-at-82/\">RIP Dick Dale</a>, King of the Surf Guitar. Please read <a href=\"https://themuseumofamericana.net/issues/current-issue-2/issue-two-poetry/dick-dale-conquers-the-world-poetry-by-john-mcdermott/\">Dick Dale Conquers the World</a> by good friend <a href=\"https://johnamcdermott.net/\">John McDermott</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[RIP Dick Dale](http://californiarocker.com/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale-king-of-the-surf-guitar-passes-away-at-82/), King of the Surf Guitar. Please read [Dick Dale Conquers the World](https://themuseumofamericana.net/issues/current-issue-2/issue-two-poetry/dick-dale-conquers-the-world-poetry-by-john-mcdermott/) by good friend [John McDermott](https://johnamcdermott.net/).\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-17T16:03:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/08/only-took-like.html",
				"title": "Only took like 38 years...",
				"content_html": "<p>Speaking of programming: Most of my life, I&rsquo;ve sort of fudged understanding the difference between a statement and expression, since no text I ever read described either clearly. Until today. From <a href=\"http://craftinginterpreters.com/the-lox-language.html#statements\">Crafting Interpreters</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Where an expression’s main job is to produce a value, a statement’s job is to produce an effect. Since, by definition, statements don’t evaluate to a value, to be useful they have to otherwise change the world in some way—usually modifying some state, reading input, or producing output.</p>\n</blockquote>\n",
				"content_text": "Speaking of programming: Most of my life, I've sort of fudged understanding the difference between a statement and expression, since no text I ever read described either clearly. Until today. From [Crafting Interpreters](http://craftinginterpreters.com/the-lox-language.html#statements): \n\n>Where an expression’s main job is to produce a value, a statement’s job is to produce an effect. Since, by definition, statements don’t evaluate to a value, to be useful they have to otherwise change the world in some way—usually modifying some state, reading input, or producing output.\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-08T20:24:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/08/only-took-like.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/08/almost-tailormade-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Almost tailor-made for igniting anxiety in someone who just turned 50 but still mostly enjoys programming: <a href=\"https://onezero.medium.com/ctrl-alt-delete-the-planned-obsolescence-of-old-coders-9c5f440ee68\">Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Almost tailor-made for igniting anxiety in someone who just turned 50 but still mostly enjoys programming: [Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders](https://onezero.medium.com/ctrl-alt-delete-the-planned-obsolescence-of-old-coders-9c5f440ee68)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-03-08T11:48:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/03/08/almost-tailormade-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/26/this-has-made.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This has made the rounds all week, but I feel it is worth pointing out. I understand that the folks employed there need the work, but people also used to paint alarm clocks with radium as a job. I&rsquo;m done with Facebook. Twitter&rsquo;s probably next. Toxic media. <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona\">www.theverge.com/2019/2/25&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This has made the rounds all week, but I feel it is worth pointing out. I understand that the folks employed there need the work, but people also used to paint alarm clocks with radium as a job. I'm done with Facebook. Twitter's probably next. Toxic media. [www.theverge.com/2019/2/25...](https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona)\n",
				"date_published": "2019-02-26T18:54:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/26/this-has-made.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/22/bad-enough-that.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Bad enough that the AARP mailings started the day I turned 50, but this morning the clerk looked me right in the eye and punched that damn button.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Bad enough that the AARP mailings started the day I turned 50, but this morning the clerk looked me right in the eye and punched that damn button.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2019/b73b682d44.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2019-02-22T10:24:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/22/bad-enough-that.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/08/todays-required-comics.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s required comics reading: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/it-was-all-so-different-then\">It Was All So Different Then</a> by Mike Dawson on The Nib. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's required comics reading: [It Was All So Different Then](https://thenib.com/it-was-all-so-different-then) by Mike Dawson on The Nib. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2019-02-08T12:58:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/02/08/todays-required-comics.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/01/05/best-i-can.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Best I can tell, the term for “wall lover” could be “toichonophiliac” from the Greek or “amans murum” in Latin, but I guess I’m gonna stick with the good old Anglo-Saxon portmanteau, “brickfucker.”</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Best I can tell, the term for “wall lover” could be “toichonophiliac” from the Greek or “amans murum” in Latin, but I guess I’m gonna stick with the good old Anglo-Saxon portmanteau, “brickfucker.”\n",
				"date_published": "2019-01-05T17:26:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2019/01/05/best-i-can.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/29/i-dont-hold.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I don&rsquo;t hold out much hope for “Big Data&quot; or any form of machine intelligence when most human intelligence apparently can&rsquo;t even do a damned mail merge correctly.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I don't hold out much hope for “Big Data\" or any form of machine intelligence when most human intelligence apparently can't even do a damned mail merge correctly.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-29T15:42:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/29/i-dont-hold.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/25/142400.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today’s nightmare: [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/what-its-like-to-deliver-packages-for-amazon/578986/](I Used to Write for <em>Sports Illustrated</em>. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today’s nightmare: [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/what-its-like-to-deliver-packages-for-amazon/578986/](I Used to Write for _Sports Illustrated_. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-25T09:24:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/25/142400.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/14/well-now-this.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Well, now this was unexpected and a bit sad: <a href=\"https://lithub.com/tin-house-magazines-20th-anniversary-issue-will-be-its-last/\">Tin House Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Issue Will Be Its Last</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Well, now this was unexpected and a bit sad: [Tin House Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Issue Will Be Its Last](https://lithub.com/tin-house-magazines-20th-anniversary-issue-will-be-its-last/).\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-14T16:35:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/14/well-now-this.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/14/todays-comic-you.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s comic you should read: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/why-is-u-s-public-transit-crumbling\">Why Is U.S. Transit Crumbling?</a> on The Nib.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's comic you should read: [Why Is U.S. Transit Crumbling?](https://thenib.com/why-is-u-s-public-transit-crumbling) on The Nib.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-14T09:55:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/14/todays-comic-you.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/06/read-umberto-ecos.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Read: <a href=\"http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html\">Umberto Eco&rsquo;s 14 Features of Fascism</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Read: [Umberto Eco's 14 Features of Fascism](http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-05T21:46:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/05/read-umberto-ecos.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/02/for-national-mutt.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>For National Mutt Day, I present our two goofballs, seen here about to leap into action, or at least to inhale a couple of treats.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d08d484078.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d08d484078.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nFor National Mutt Day, I present our two goofballs, seen here about to leap into action, or at least to inhale a couple of treats. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-12-02T16:04:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/02/for-national-mutt.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/12/01/im-happy-to.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m happy to announce that the editors of Gingerbread House have nominated my short fiction, <a href=\"https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/2018/03/31/grief-machines/\">&ldquo;Grief Machines&rdquo;</a> for a 2019 <a href=\"http://www.pushcartprize.com\">Pushcart Prize</a>. I&rsquo;m extremely honored.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm happy to announce that the editors of Gingerbread House have nominated my short fiction, [\"Grief Machines\"](https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/2018/03/31/grief-machines/) for a 2019 [Pushcart Prize](http://www.pushcartprize.com). I'm extremely honored.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-30T22:41:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/30/im-happy-to.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/24/more-kentucky-art.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>More Kentucky: Art with Ronnie edition.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/5af002b41b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/5af002b41b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d9e529ffaf.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d9e529ffaf.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/a3cb42688c.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/a3cb42688c.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/b14f1e1823.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/b14f1e1823.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/70c3ac5df0.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/70c3ac5df0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nMore Kentucky: Art with Ronnie edition. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-23T21:55:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/23/more-kentucky-art.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/22/more-kentucky-magnolia.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>More Kentucky: 610 Magnolia, 21c, Churchill Downs.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d86d5d1afd.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d86d5d1afd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/0e67277c04.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/0e67277c04.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/9322b66708.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/9322b66708.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cb8bccdebb.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cb8bccdebb.jpg\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/c6670f5d7b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/c6670f5d7b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nMore Kentucky: 610 Magnolia, 21c, Churchill Downs. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-22T13:46:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/22/more-kentucky-magnolia.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/21/more-kentucky.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>More Kentucky.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/871a7e8657.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/871a7e8657.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/ab45e7a380.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/ab45e7a380.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cac2dd9b09.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cac2dd9b09.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/1da6a0b142.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/1da6a0b142.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nMore Kentucky. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-21T17:13:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/21/more-kentucky.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/21/kentucky-thus-far.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>Kentucky thus far.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d5a54ef38a.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d5a54ef38a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/19047b2c37.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/19047b2c37.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/69812d0241.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/69812d0241.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cc3f14b780.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/cc3f14b780.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/07fc8c95d7.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/07fc8c95d7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/1a272ea898.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/1a272ea898.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/b27aeebbe2.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/b27aeebbe2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/43be4bc25f.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/43be4bc25f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nKentucky thus far. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-21T11:49:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/21/kentucky-thus-far.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/19/as-a-piece.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>As a piece of journalism, this reads like a mess, but then the subject sort of dictates the form: <a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-flat-earth-conference-where-the-worlds-oldest-conspiracy-theory-is-hot-again\">Inside the Flat Earth Conference</a> on The Daily Beast.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "As a piece of journalism, this reads like a mess, but then the subject sort of dictates the form: [Inside the Flat Earth Conference](https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-flat-earth-conference-where-the-worlds-oldest-conspiracy-theory-is-hot-again) on The Daily Beast.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-19T12:56:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/19/as-a-piece.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/12/excelsior.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Excelsior.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Excelsior.\r\n\r\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/c6db5bdf95.jpg\" width=\"276\" height=\"565\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-12T15:52:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/12/excelsior.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/10/i-glean-from.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I glean from this story further evidence that the institutions our culture has built “work&quot; only out of sheer bulk and inertia and fail catastrophically far too often. The 3rd largest cause of death in the US is medical error? Horrific. <a href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/11/03/losing-laura/WJrAFwMTYs1zwPfH5nTvGM/story.html\">Losing Laura</a> from The Boston Globe. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I glean from this story further evidence that the institutions our culture has built “work\" only out of sheer bulk and inertia and fail catastrophically far too often. The 3rd largest cause of death in the US is medical error? Horrific. [Losing Laura](https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2018/11/03/losing-laura/WJrAFwMTYs1zwPfH5nTvGM/story.html) from The Boston Globe. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-09T20:25:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/09/i-glean-from.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/08/halloween-has-passed.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Halloween has passed for the year, but here&rsquo;s something creepy to read anyway: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/thinking-outside-the-casket\">Thinking Outside the Casket</a> on The Nib. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Halloween has passed for the year, but here's something creepy to read anyway: [Thinking Outside the Casket](https://thenib.com/thinking-outside-the-casket) on The Nib. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-08T13:52:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/08/halloween-has-passed.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/08/also-meetings-are.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Also, meetings are now facilitated by Mr. Grandy, who also teaches gym class and Driver&rsquo;s Ed and who has worn the same dark blue windbreaker twenty-two semesters in a row. Mr. Grandy doesn&rsquo;t want to catch any of you punks spitballing in here, either.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Also, meetings are now facilitated by Mr. Grandy, who also teaches gym class and Driver's Ed and who has worn the same dark blue windbreaker twenty-two semesters in a row. Mr. Grandy doesn't want to catch any of you punks spitballing in here, either.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/4eb8adc1ca.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"64\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-08T13:49:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/08/also-meetings-are.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/06/todays-poem-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s poem for you to read: <a href=\"https://lithub.com/reach-a-poem-by-natasha-trethewey/\">Reach, by Natasha Trethewey</a>. Also, go vote if you haven&rsquo;t already, preferably for the side not trying to lead us into  extinction. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's poem for you to read: [Reach, by Natasha Trethewey](https://lithub.com/reach-a-poem-by-natasha-trethewey/). Also, go vote if you haven't already, preferably for the side not trying to lead us into  extinction. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-06T10:50:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/06/todays-poem-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-outrage-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s outrage: <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/technology/nevada-bitcoin-blockchain-society.html\">A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada</a>. I fear many will find the end of this gilt-edged age horriffic. What a colossal misdirection of resources.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's outrage: [A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/technology/nevada-bitcoin-blockchain-society.html). I fear many will find the end of this gilt-edged age horriffic. What a colossal misdirection of resources.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-02T14:47:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-outrage-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-comic-magic.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s comic: <a href=\"https://thenib.com/magic-on-deck\">Magic on Deck</a> by Andrew Greenstone.  Like many white dudes my age, I&rsquo;ve owned some Magic cards, but I never got into the game beyond playing once or twice, and I&rsquo;m unsure how I feel about that much energy expended on it.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's comic: [Magic on Deck](https://thenib.com/magic-on-deck) by Andrew Greenstone.  Like many white dudes my age, I've owned some Magic cards, but I never got into the game beyond playing once or twice, and I'm unsure how I feel about that much energy expended on it.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-02T14:45:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-comic-magic.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-story-empty.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s story: <a href=\"http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/other-worlds-sf/robert-maas/empty-box\">Empty Box</a> by Robert Maas. The DSF stories have hit a bit harder lately, seems to me. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's story: [Empty Box](http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/other-worlds-sf/robert-maas/empty-box) by Robert Maas. The DSF stories have hit a bit harder lately, seems to me. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-11-02T11:20:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/11/02/todays-story-empty.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/31/happy-halloween.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Happy Halloween.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Happy Halloween.\r\n\r\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/4c3c2a3646.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"266\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-31T16:24:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/31/happy-halloween.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/30/todays-required-reading.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s required reading: <a href=\"https://lithub.com/the-souls-of-latarian-milton/\">The Souls of Latarian Milton</a> by Donald Quist. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's required reading: [The Souls of Latarian Milton](https://lithub.com/the-souls-of-latarian-milton/) by Donald Quist. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-30T12:12:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/30/todays-required-reading.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/26/hadnt-spent-any.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hadn&rsquo;t spent any time on Webtoons until Colleen Doran &amp; Warren Ellis started publishing on it. Dunno if this was intended to draw old farts like me to the site, but I&rsquo;m enjoying it. <a href=\"https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/finality/list?title_no=1457\">Finality</a> 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hadn't spent any time on Webtoons until Colleen Doran & Warren Ellis started publishing on it. Dunno if this was intended to draw old farts like me to the site, but I'm enjoying it. [Finality](https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/finality/list?title_no=1457) 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-26T09:43:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/26/hadnt-spent-any.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/24/always-a-good.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Always a good day when a new Wild Cards story arrives. <a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2018/10/24/fitting-in-max-gladstone/\">Fitting In</a> by Max Gladstone. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Always a good day when a new Wild Cards story arrives. [Fitting In](https://www.tor.com/2018/10/24/fitting-in-max-gladstone/) by Max Gladstone. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-24T16:31:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/24/always-a-good.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/just-bring-back.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just bring back streetcars, light rail, and interstate train lines, for pete&rsquo;s freaking sake. Please? <a href=\"https://electrek.co/2018/10/23/apple-linking-electric-vehicle-battery-packs/\">Apple files patent for linking battery packs between moving electric vehicles</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just bring back streetcars, light rail, and interstate train lines, for pete's freaking sake. Please? [Apple files patent for linking battery packs between moving electric vehicles](https://electrek.co/2018/10/23/apple-linking-electric-vehicle-battery-packs/)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-23T16:15:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/just-bring-back.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/you-should-read.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You should read a poem every day. Here&rsquo;s one for Chicago(f)ans: <a href=\"https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lovable-losers\">Loveable Losers</a> by Rachel M. Simon 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "You should read a poem every day. Here's one for Chicago(f)ans: [Loveable Losers](https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lovable-losers) by Rachel M. Simon 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-23T12:24:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/you-should-read.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/also-enterpise-tech.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Also, Enterpise Tech Company, why are you still returning strings like &ldquo;/Date(1530145000000+0530)/&rdquo; in your JSON responses in 2018? Stop trying to make that a thing.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Also, Enterpise Tech Company, why are you still returning strings like \"/Date(1530145000000+0530)/\" in your JSON responses in 2018? Stop trying to make that a thing.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-23T11:52:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/also-enterpise-tech.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/id-largely-forgotten.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;d largely forgotten what working with enterprise tech was like. HTTP API methods named &ldquo;GetWhatever&rdquo; that require empty &ldquo;POST&rdquo; bodies. API Docs sent as Word files. Conference calls with 14 people from 4 companies. Like coming home, if home were a Superfund site on fire.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'd largely forgotten what working with enterprise tech was like. HTTP API methods named \"GetWhatever\" that require empty \"POST\" bodies. API Docs sent as Word files. Conference calls with 14 people from 4 companies. Like coming home, if home were a Superfund site on fire.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-23T11:29:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/23/id-largely-forgotten.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/it-aint-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>It ain&rsquo;t the most elegant written thing, but then these ain&rsquo;t the most elegant times, either: <a href=\"https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2018/10/04/cuffee/\">My Day With the Donald</a>, a modern American tall tale by Jeff Cuffee in Heavy Feather Review. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "It ain't the most elegant written thing, but then these ain't the most elegant times, either: [My Day With the Donald](https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2018/10/04/cuffee/), a modern American tall tale by Jeff Cuffee in Heavy Feather Review. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-22T17:06:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/it-aint-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/what-im-thinking.html",
				"title": "What I'm thinking about today: constraints and accountability",
				"content_html": "<p>On a recent episode of <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/comiclab\">ComicLab</a>, Jake Parker of <a href=\"https://inktober.com/\">Inktober.com</a> suggested that constraints and accountability make for better art. The former I have long agreed with, which is why I prefer writing flash (non)fiction to traditional stories now. The latter I had not considered as much, but thinking about it, I do realize I write better work with a deadline in place or a group expecting to see the work, or preferably both.</p>\n<p>I suspect this is also true for writing software. In the past, constraints would have provided some of the drive behind the <a href=\"http://ada.untergrund.net\">Amiga demoscene</a>, <a href=\"http://www.arrl.org/qrp-low-power-operating\">QRP</a> radio operation, <a href=\"http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/cb01.html\">circuit bending</a> hacks. Today, we play <a href=\"http://perlgolf.sourceforge.net\">Perl Golf</a>, or run <a href=\"https://js1k.com\">JS1k</a> competitions.</p>\n<p>Without constraints and accountability, I think we risk indulgent art. I am certain we risk indulgent programming. You hold in your pocket more computing power than the whole planet used in WWII, and yet the applications on that device and the services they talk to are more a collection of bloated practices than elegance or correctness. In art, or at least in the art I&rsquo;m most familiar with, we see doorstop-sized tomes of fantasy retreads, or endless series of comfortable episodic mind candy.</p>\n<p>Constraints and accountablility could be read as code words for the threats of scarcity and violence.  I do like my episodic mind candy, and I do use my phone and tablet and laptop as much as any other 21st century screen junkie. I wouldn&rsquo;t want to enforce constraint for moral reasons. I would not want accountability in these fields to come with the threat of deprivation of any sort.</p>\n<p>But I do wonder what better practice can arise from the intentional, explicit identification and application of constraints, and the identification and consideration of accountability in both writing and programming.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "On a recent episode of [ComicLab](https://www.patreon.com/comiclab), Jake Parker of [Inktober.com](https://inktober.com/) suggested that constraints and accountability make for better art. The former I have long agreed with, which is why I prefer writing flash (non)fiction to traditional stories now. The latter I had not considered as much, but thinking about it, I do realize I write better work with a deadline in place or a group expecting to see the work, or preferably both.\n\nI suspect this is also true for writing software. In the past, constraints would have provided some of the drive behind the [Amiga demoscene](http://ada.untergrund.net), [QRP](http://www.arrl.org/qrp-low-power-operating) radio operation, [circuit bending](http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/cb01.html) hacks. Today, we play [Perl Golf](http://perlgolf.sourceforge.net), or run [JS1k](https://js1k.com) competitions.\n\nWithout constraints and accountability, I think we risk indulgent art. I am certain we risk indulgent programming. You hold in your pocket more computing power than the whole planet used in WWII, and yet the applications on that device and the services they talk to are more a collection of bloated practices than elegance or correctness. In art, or at least in the art I'm most familiar with, we see doorstop-sized tomes of fantasy retreads, or endless series of comfortable episodic mind candy.\n\nConstraints and accountablility could be read as code words for the threats of scarcity and violence.  I do like my episodic mind candy, and I do use my phone and tablet and laptop as much as any other 21st century screen junkie. I wouldn't want to enforce constraint for moral reasons. I would not want accountability in these fields to come with the threat of deprivation of any sort. \n\nBut I do wonder what better practice can arise from the intentional, explicit identification and application of constraints, and the identification and consideration of accountability in both writing and programming.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-22T16:27:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/what-im-thinking.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/todays-st-century.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s 21st Century fiction: <a href=\"https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78kqkd/flyover-country\">Flyover Country</a> by Tim Maughn. A couple of years old, but fresh as a new wound.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's 21st Century fiction: [Flyover Country](https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78kqkd/flyover-country) by Tim Maughn. A couple of years old, but fresh as a new wound.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-22T15:58:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/22/todays-st-century.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/19/a-little-podcast.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A little podcast experiment with HuffDuffer and the WFMU 365 audio oddities: <a href=\"https://huffduffer.com/michaelsmanley\">https://huffduffer.com/michaelsmanley</a> 🎙</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A little podcast experiment with HuffDuffer and the WFMU 365 audio oddities: [https://huffduffer.com/michaelsmanley](https://huffduffer.com/michaelsmanley) 🎙\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-19T14:01:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/19/a-little-podcast.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/12/tried-the-go.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Tried the Go 1.11 modules feature today on the main codebase at work. Everything migrated from dep with zero problems. Everything just worked. No more vendor directory, and I moved the project out of $GOPATH into a place that makes more sense for my workflow. Nice work, Gophers.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Tried the Go 1.11 modules feature today on the main codebase at work. Everything migrated from dep with zero problems. Everything just worked. No more vendor directory, and I moved the project out of $GOPATH into a place that makes more sense for my workflow. Nice work, Gophers.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-11T19:42:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/11/tried-the-go.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/10/in-case-anyone.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In case anyone wants to know why people are picketing the Lyric Opera building, it appears that the organization would prefer to be an opera company in name only. Maybe if they used the blockchain or innovated to disrupt operatics, our culture would value them.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "In case anyone wants to know why people are picketing the Lyric Opera building, it appears that the organization would prefer to be an opera company in name only. Maybe if they used the blockchain or innovated to disrupt operatics, our culture would value them.\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/fc28132199.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-10T15:19:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/10/in-case-anyone.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/09/sometimes-you-get.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sometimes you get burned by a <a href=\"https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a55760/healthy-chicken-casserole-recipe/\">recipe</a> that should work even when you fix its wonky ratios (1/2 tsp paprika? 1/4 c broth? 6 freaking cups of rice?). Guess what my lunch is this week.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sometimes you get burned by a [recipe](https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a55760/healthy-chicken-casserole-recipe/) that should work even when you fix its wonky ratios (1/2 tsp paprika? 1/4 c broth? 6 freaking cups of rice?). Guess what my lunch is this week.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-08T21:07:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/08/sometimes-you-get.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/07/and-this-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>And this is when you know it might be time to unsubscribe to a newsletter.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "And this is when you know it might be time to unsubscribe to a newsletter.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/09ab6486af.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"231\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-07T14:20:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/07/and-this-is.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/03/did-anyone-else.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Did anyone else just get a message on their phone from a sexual predator con-artist? Now I gotta get a new phone.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Did anyone else just get a message on their phone from a sexual predator con-artist? Now I gotta get a new phone.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-03T13:41:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/03/did-anyone-else.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/02/neighbors-doing-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Neighbors doing the season old school.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Neighbors doing the season old school. \n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/3b52e0676c.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/3b52e0676c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/bf50fba3a5.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/bf50fba3a5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/0e95eac4ee.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/0e95eac4ee.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/271b19ace7.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/271b19ace7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n",
				"date_published": "2018-10-02T10:31:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/02/neighbors-doing-the.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/10/01/the-last-of.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The last of the sharecropper sites to go: GoodReads, which just appeared with my Kindle for no reason. Twitter, now automated to keep only 31 days of updates syndicated from my site.  Facebook, sadly, doesn&rsquo;t allow automation at all any more, so emptied and only used for groups.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The last of the sharecropper sites to go: GoodReads, which just appeared with my Kindle for no reason. Twitter, now automated to keep only 31 days of updates syndicated from my site.  Facebook, sadly, doesn't allow automation at all any more, so emptied and only used for groups.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-30T21:03:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/30/the-last-of.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/30/next-sharecropper-sites.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Next sharecropper sites to get the boot: Yelp and Amazon reviews. I can keep my own address book of vendors, and if I really want people to know how shitty the Dunkin Donuts in White House TN was, I can post that on my own site. No need to let others profit from my opinions.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Next sharecropper sites to get the boot: Yelp and Amazon reviews. I can keep my own address book of vendors, and if I really want people to know how shitty the Dunkin Donuts in White House TN was, I can post that on my own site. No need to let others profit from my opinions.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-30T15:30:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/30/next-sharecropper-sites.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/29/second-sharecropper-site.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Second sharecropper site abandoned: bye, Instagram. I rarely knew thee.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Second sharecropper site abandoned: bye, Instagram. I rarely knew thee. \n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-28T20:56:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/28/second-sharecropper-site.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/27/there-would-come.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>There would come a day at the end of every spring, just before the weather grew hot and the days long, when fathers who had sons whose voices had finally cracked over the winter would call the young men into their offices. First thing in the morning, before the children disappeared into the chauffeured cars for the drive to school, the mothers or the maids or an older brother, if there were one, would let the boy know.</p>\n<p>The boy would stand, nervous, never before having been allowed into his father&rsquo;s office except for punishment, never having seen his father sit behind the vast, polished desk looking so serious, with such bloodshot eyes. His father&rsquo;s hand would rest atop a flecked, gray box, like the ones his mother received from the stationer&rsquo;s every holiday season. The old man would nod for the boy to sit, and then he would silently push the box forward.</p>\n<p>“Open it,&quot; the old man would say.</p>\n<p>The boy would lift the lid off the box and stare, puzzled, at the contents.</p>\n<p>“Calendars?” he would say. Bound with green spirals of wire, they would sag awkwardly in a stack that would last for years. “What are these for?&quot;</p>\n<p>“Someday, son,&quot; his father would sigh, staring past the boy into the hallway beyond the close, stuffy office. He would pull a sleek, silver pen from a pocket and hold it out. “Someday, you are going to need an alibi.”</p>\n",
				"content_text": "There would come a day at the end of every spring, just before the weather grew hot and the days long, when fathers who had sons whose voices had finally cracked over the winter would call the young men into their offices. First thing in the morning, before the children disappeared into the chauffeured cars for the drive to school, the mothers or the maids or an older brother, if there were one, would let the boy know.\n\nThe boy would stand, nervous, never before having been allowed into his father's office except for punishment, never having seen his father sit behind the vast, polished desk looking so serious, with such bloodshot eyes. His father's hand would rest atop a flecked, gray box, like the ones his mother received from the stationer's every holiday season. The old man would nod for the boy to sit, and then he would silently push the box forward. \n\n“Open it,\" the old man would say. \n\nThe boy would lift the lid off the box and stare, puzzled, at the contents.\n\n“Calendars?” he would say. Bound with green spirals of wire, they would sag awkwardly in a stack that would last for years. “What are these for?\"\n\n“Someday, son,\" his father would sigh, staring past the boy into the hallway beyond the close, stuffy office. He would pull a sleek, silver pen from a pocket and hold it out. “Someday, you are going to need an alibi.”\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-27T16:50:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/27/there-would-come.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/26/started-the-untangling.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Started the untangling of my online presence from various digital sharecropping services. I&rsquo;m keeping the accounts (for now) but only leaving placeholders that direct people to my own site. First one to get the pruning was LinkedIn.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Started the untangling of my online presence from various digital sharecropping services. I'm keeping the accounts (for now) but only leaving placeholders that direct people to my own site. First one to get the pruning was LinkedIn.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-26T16:03:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/26/started-the-untangling.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/24/just-took-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just took a short rabbithole journey through the market of self-published/indie military science fiction. Is there only one cover artist available for this genre?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just took a short rabbithole journey through the market of self-published/indie military science fiction. Is there only one cover artist available for this genre?\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-24T10:15:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/24/just-took-a.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/21/papa-johns-may.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>“Papa John&rsquo;s may soon go by the name Papa Johns, a minor grammatical tweak that says a lot about the state of the brand.” Yeah, that the brand is in the toilet. [https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/papa-john-s-cooking-a-apostrophe-logo/314976/](PAPA JOHN&rsquo;S IS COOKING UP A NEW APOSTROPHE-LESS LOGO)</p>\n",
				"content_text": "“Papa John's may soon go by the name Papa Johns, a minor grammatical tweak that says a lot about the state of the brand.” Yeah, that the brand is in the toilet. [https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/papa-john-s-cooking-a-apostrophe-logo/314976/](PAPA JOHN'S IS COOKING UP A NEW APOSTROPHE-LESS LOGO)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-20T20:52:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/20/papa-johns-may.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/16/prue-leith-as.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Prue Leith as the next Doctor Who, please.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Prue Leith as the next Doctor Who, please.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-16T15:26:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/16/prue-leith-as.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/16/read-elsewhere-today.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Read elsewhere: “Today I learned extracting EarPods from my robot vacuum wheels intact is impossible.” If that doesn&rsquo;t capture the essence of 21st Century First World Boring Dystopia problems, I dunno what might. Except maybe posting about it online.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Read elsewhere: “Today I learned extracting EarPods from my robot vacuum wheels intact is impossible.” If that doesn't capture the essence of 21st Century First World Boring Dystopia problems, I dunno what might. Except maybe posting about it online.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-16T11:46:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/16/read-elsewhere-today.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/15/quick-reminder-for.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Quick reminder for anyone in the US with a cellular phone: Turn your phone <em>off</em> at 2:15 p.m. ET on September 20, and keep it off for probably 15-30 minutes, unless you want to receive an unwanted message from the Federal Government.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Quick reminder for anyone in the US with a cellular phone: Turn your phone *off* at 2:15 p.m. ET on September 20, and keep it off for probably 15-30 minutes, unless you want to receive an unwanted message from the Federal Government.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-09-15T09:17:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/09/15/quick-reminder-for.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/31/i-received-all.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I received all of my 2600 Hacker Digest lifetime subscription archive PDFs today. Seeing all these old issues makes me stupidly happy. Not taking up physical shelf space makes me even happier. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I received all of my 2600 Hacker Digest lifetime subscription archive PDFs today. Seeing all these old issues makes me stupidly happy. Not taking up physical shelf space makes me even happier. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-31T15:31:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/31/i-received-all.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/31/on-mbti-and.html",
				"title": "📚On MBTI and Other Distractions",
				"content_html": "<p>Reading this got me to thinking about some things:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://theoutline.com/post/6071/the-personality-brokers-review-myers-briggs-type-indicator\">THE MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY TEST IN THE WORLD IS A JOKE</a></p>\n<p>I find myself not surprised at all about the MBTI&rsquo;s dubious utility. Back in the dotcom boom, after I pointed out to upper management (with impolite candor that I&rsquo;d be mortified by today) that a couple of consultants we&rsquo;d hired were not much better than con artists, I was forced to attend “executive training” sessions with a corporate psychologist who, if I&rsquo;d written them into a story, would have been editorially questioned as a poor caricature of afternoon TV host ambition. During those grinding weeks, I took the MBTI and a couple other scantronnesque tests, and while on the surface their results appealed to my sense of self and identity, I soon got the same feeling I&rsquo;d had as a kid when I&rsquo;d figured out the scam behind the funny page’s daily horoscope column.</p>\n<p>Another employer wasted months on DISC assessments for everyone in management roles, and then wasted more time getting everyone to understand RA(S)CI grids, both of which dropped from use within weeks. All of that felt to me like RPG character generation for people who’d feel embarrassed to call themselves a chaotic-neutral half-Elf ranger but still wanted to fit into a set of little scored boxes.</p>\n<p>I eventually realized similar lessons about Agile, Lean, Kanban and pretty much every other methodology and tool used to manage any kind of contemporary thought-driven work. They’re leaky abstractions. They devolve into dogma and ceremony because humans are lazy.</p>\n<p>What works for me:</p>\n<p>Pick something to keep track of the state of the team’s current and planned efforts: a shared spreadsheet, <a href=\"https://agilepad.com/\">AgilePad</a>, <a href=\"https://basecamp.com/\">Basecamp</a>, <a href=\"https://trello.com/\">Trello</a>, an <a href=\"https://sifterapp.com\">issue/bug tracker</a>, <a href=\"https://manuscript.com/\">whatever</a>. Make it easy for team members to contribute to and navigate within this information. Don&rsquo;t get hung up on points or sizing or metrics: they&rsquo;ll drive the team to wasteful games.</p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t try to use a <a href=\"https://www.zendesk.com/\">customer support tool</a> for this. Those are geared towards question/answer exchanges and getting people satisfied and on their way as fast as possible, not for collaboration.</p>\n<p>Keep track of the state of the product, whether that&rsquo;s a software application or a playbook for daily business: A <a href=\"https://wiki.js.org\">wiki</a>, a shared document folder, a Git repository of <a href=\"https://commonmark.org\">Markdown</a> files, whatever. This documentation provides team memory and helps bring new team members up to speed. Try to strike a balance here between some pure, crystalline structure and a junk drawer. Make it easy for people to contribute and bake in time for documentation in your planning.</p>\n<p>In my experience, Slack, or any of the Slack-alikes, will fail as a tool for both tracking and documenting a team&rsquo;s work. Email fails as well. There&rsquo;s a world of difference between notification channels and information storage.</p>\n<p>Keep track of your personal To Do list: your calendar, email, favorite GTD app, notebook, whatever. Don&rsquo;t overthink this, but do make it a habit to write stuff down and check your list often.</p>\n<p>Everything else should be conversations. The cards in Trello are reminders to have conversations. The pages in the wiki are records of conversations. The channels in Slack (which will proliferate like kudzu if you&rsquo;re not careful) or threads in email are thin, poor substitutes for conversations.</p>\n<p>Find your team&rsquo;s natural cadence and balance somewhere between constant interruption and half-day blocks of meetings, whether that&rsquo;s daily stands or weekly check-ins or quaterly lunches. There&rsquo;s little more powerful than a handful of human brains networked face-to-face around a table, but too many people at once diminishes returns quickly. For planned conversations, provide an agenda ahead of time, even if it is a single question to answer. Distribute notes immediately after, or store them in one of your team&rsquo;s tools.</p>\n<p>If you manage someone, at least schedule a weekly one-on-one conversation, even if it is only fifteen minutes long and you both beg off three times out of four.</p>\n<p>Just don&rsquo;t overthink any of it. That’s all I know.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Reading this got me to thinking about some things:\n\n[THE MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY TEST IN THE WORLD IS A JOKE](https://theoutline.com/post/6071/the-personality-brokers-review-myers-briggs-type-indicator)\n\nI find myself not surprised at all about the MBTI's dubious utility. Back in the dotcom boom, after I pointed out to upper management (with impolite candor that I'd be mortified by today) that a couple of consultants we'd hired were not much better than con artists, I was forced to attend “executive training” sessions with a corporate psychologist who, if I'd written them into a story, would have been editorially questioned as a poor caricature of afternoon TV host ambition. During those grinding weeks, I took the MBTI and a couple other scantronnesque tests, and while on the surface their results appealed to my sense of self and identity, I soon got the same feeling I'd had as a kid when I'd figured out the scam behind the funny page’s daily horoscope column.\n\nAnother employer wasted months on DISC assessments for everyone in management roles, and then wasted more time getting everyone to understand RA(S)CI grids, both of which dropped from use within weeks. All of that felt to me like RPG character generation for people who’d feel embarrassed to call themselves a chaotic-neutral half-Elf ranger but still wanted to fit into a set of little scored boxes.\n\nI eventually realized similar lessons about Agile, Lean, Kanban and pretty much every other methodology and tool used to manage any kind of contemporary thought-driven work. They’re leaky abstractions. They devolve into dogma and ceremony because humans are lazy.\n\nWhat works for me:\n\nPick something to keep track of the state of the team’s current and planned efforts: a shared spreadsheet, [AgilePad](https://agilepad.com/), [Basecamp](https://basecamp.com/), [Trello](https://trello.com/), an [issue/bug tracker](https://sifterapp.com), [whatever](https://manuscript.com/). Make it easy for team members to contribute to and navigate within this information. Don't get hung up on points or sizing or metrics: they'll drive the team to wasteful games.\n\nDon't try to use a [customer support tool](https://www.zendesk.com/) for this. Those are geared towards question/answer exchanges and getting people satisfied and on their way as fast as possible, not for collaboration.\n\nKeep track of the state of the product, whether that's a software application or a playbook for daily business: A [wiki](https://wiki.js.org), a shared document folder, a Git repository of [Markdown](https://commonmark.org) files, whatever. This documentation provides team memory and helps bring new team members up to speed. Try to strike a balance here between some pure, crystalline structure and a junk drawer. Make it easy for people to contribute and bake in time for documentation in your planning.\n\nIn my experience, Slack, or any of the Slack-alikes, will fail as a tool for both tracking and documenting a team's work. Email fails as well. There's a world of difference between notification channels and information storage.\n\nKeep track of your personal To Do list: your calendar, email, favorite GTD app, notebook, whatever. Don't overthink this, but do make it a habit to write stuff down and check your list often.\n\nEverything else should be conversations. The cards in Trello are reminders to have conversations. The pages in the wiki are records of conversations. The channels in Slack (which will proliferate like kudzu if you're not careful) or threads in email are thin, poor substitutes for conversations.\n\nFind your team's natural cadence and balance somewhere between constant interruption and half-day blocks of meetings, whether that's daily stands or weekly check-ins or quaterly lunches. There's little more powerful than a handful of human brains networked face-to-face around a table, but too many people at once diminishes returns quickly. For planned conversations, provide an agenda ahead of time, even if it is a single question to answer. Distribute notes immediately after, or store them in one of your team's tools.\n\nIf you manage someone, at least schedule a weekly one-on-one conversation, even if it is only fifteen minutes long and you both beg off three times out of four.\n\nJust don't overthink any of it. That’s all I know.\n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-31T12:37:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/31/on-mbti-and.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/24/so-disgusted-with.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So disgusted with social media walled gardens. Impossible to create content and syndicate everywhere without double posting.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "So disgusted with social media walled gardens. Impossible to create content and syndicate everywhere without double posting. \n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-24T17:33:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/24/so-disgusted-with.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/24/noelle-nashville.html",
				"title": "Noelle, Nashville",
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>At the Noelle rooftop bar, Rare Bird, for R’s birthday trip.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\n\n<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/6a18c8473c.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/6a18c8473c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/bce24dff11.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/bce24dff11.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a><a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/c4a100d67b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/c4a100d67b.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nAt the Noelle rooftop bar, Rare Bird, for R’s birthday trip. \n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-24T17:23:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/24/noelle-nashville.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/19/another-ig-test.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another IG test.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Another IG test.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/d3361680c1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-19T15:07:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/19/another-ig-test.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/19/applenews-evil-billionaires.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"https://apple.news/AIbh00cbRSle0UvGsJLji3g\">apple.news</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Evil Billionaires Play a Board Game Where They Pretend to Have Total Control Over the American Political System Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha - Jezebel</p>\n</blockquote>\n",
				"content_text": " [apple.news](https://apple.news/AIbh00cbRSle0UvGsJLji3g)\n\n> Evil Billionaires Play a Board Game Where They Pretend to Have Total Control Over the American Political System Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha - Jezebel\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-19T09:30:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/19/applenews-evil-billionaires.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/18/ive-finally-put.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve finally put together a new version of [https://michael.manley.org/](my site), including an archive of the writing I&rsquo;ve published. Assembled without a CMS, using micro.blog as the engine for daily updates, photos, and social media syndication.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've finally put together a new version of [https://michael.manley.org/](my site), including an archive of the writing I've published. Assembled without a CMS, using micro.blog as the engine for daily updates, photos, and social media syndication.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-17T20:26:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/ive-finally-put.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/question-for-manton.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Question for <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> as I figure out my workflow today: if a photo is posted to my micro.blog account by OwnYourGram, should that trigger the feed cross-posting?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Question for [@manton](https://micro.blog/manton) as I figure out my workflow today: if a photo is posted to my micro.blog account by OwnYourGram, should that trigger the feed cross-posting?\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-17T18:20:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/question-for-manton.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/220303.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is a test post from Micro.blog syndicated to TW, FB, and LI.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "This is a test post from Micro.blog syndicated to TW, FB, and LI. \r\n\r\n\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/0a5818651c.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-17T17:03:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/220303.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/this-is-a.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is a test to see if a photo makes it from IG to Micro.blog to the other channels.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "This is a test to see if a photo makes it from IG to Micro.blog to the other channels.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/326975687f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-17T15:56:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/this-is-a.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/rembert.html",
				"title": "Rembert",
				"content_html": "<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n<p>This is a test post from Sunlit. <!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "<a href=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/9dedc4e748.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/9dedc4e748.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" /></a>\n\nThis is a test post from Sunlit. <br />\n\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-17T15:48:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/17/rembert.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/11/my-new-ventrachicago.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My new VentraChicago card expires in the middle of 2038. I guess someone at the CTA offices believes they&rsquo;ve adequately prepared for the <a href=\"%5Ben.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year...%5D(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem)\">Unix epoch problem</a>. And they must feel optimistic about the shelf-life of American technological civilization.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My new VentraChicago card expires in the middle of 2038. I guess someone at the CTA offices believes they've adequately prepared for the [Unix epoch problem]([en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem) ). And they must feel optimistic about the shelf-life of American technological civilization.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-11T13:22:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/11/my-new-ventrachicago.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/11/sit-back-and.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sit back and enjoy a batch of <a href=\"https://bookriot.com/2018/08/11/best-summer-poems/\">summertime poems</a>.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sit back and enjoy a batch of [summertime poems](https://bookriot.com/2018/08/11/best-summer-poems/).\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-11T09:30:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/11/sit-back-and.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/02/currently-reading-the.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781981501274\">The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 3</a> 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently reading: [The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 3](https://micro.blog/books/9781981501274) 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-08-02T15:23:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/08/02/currently-reading-the.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/30/t1023938792112250880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I really hope we’ve reached peak 2018 early. <a href=\"https://t.co/eXHVldV3hu\">t.co/eXHVldV3h&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I really hope we’ve reached peak 2018 early. [t.co/eXHVldV3h...](https://t.co/eXHVldV3hu)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-07-30T09:30:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/30/t1023938792112250880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/17/t1019245476313526272.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you enjoyed the old comix anthology WORLD WAR 3, you likely should enjoy The Nib. Help them out! <a href=\"https://t.co/kZfJ2W7dEV\">t.co/kZfJ2W7dE&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you enjoyed the old comix anthology WORLD WAR 3, you likely should enjoy The Nib. Help them out! [t.co/kZfJ2W7dE...](https://t.co/kZfJ2W7dEV)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-07-17T10:40:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/17/t1019245476313526272.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/05/t1014682142608158722.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hello, King of Fireworks. I would like to introduce you to this group of very unhappy dogs. Please hold this raw meat in your lap.  <a href=\"https://t.co/al1jukfReJ\">t.co/al1jukfRe&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hello, King of Fireworks. I would like to introduce you to this group of very unhappy dogs. Please hold this raw meat in your lap.  [t.co/al1jukfRe...](https://t.co/al1jukfReJ)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-07-04T20:27:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/04/t1014682142608158722.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/03/t1014274581895540736.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Gen. Manning: We chased that nest of redcaps down I-90 until sundown. This morning we found evidence that they ran into an encampment of Los Separados. No survivors. #secondcivilwarletters</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Gen. Manning: We chased that nest of redcaps down I-90 until sundown. This morning we found evidence that they ran into an encampment of Los Separados. No survivors. #secondcivilwarletters\n",
				"date_published": "2018-07-03T17:27:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/03/t1014274581895540736.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/02/t1013575368933101569.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>“That’s not what boomerangs do. And a ton of feathers would just as much as a ton of lead.” Apparently I feel rather critical of ZZ Top this evening.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "“That’s not what boomerangs do. And a ton of feathers would just as much as a ton of lead.” Apparently I feel rather critical of ZZ Top this evening.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-07-01T19:09:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/07/01/t1013575368933101569.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/30/t1013105660710522880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today’s good reading comes from @mcmansionhell: <a href=\"https://t.co/xYwUutixcY\">t.co/xYwUutixc&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today’s good reading comes from @mcmansionhell: [t.co/xYwUutixc...](https://t.co/xYwUutixcY)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-30T12:03:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/30/t1013105660710522880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/29/t1012843394798948357.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Under our back steps is a waste can that is fat, white, has a big mouth that’s always popping open when we don’t need it to do so, and is almost always full of (dog) crap. Guess what we call it.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Under our back steps is a waste can that is fat, white, has a big mouth that’s always popping open when we don’t need it to do so, and is almost always full of (dog) crap. Guess what we call it.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-29T18:40:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/29/t1012843394798948357.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/28/t1012428064138113025.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the few good memories I have from high school recalls the blown minds of my classmates when our English teacher read &ldquo;&lsquo;Repent, Harlequin!&rsquo; Said the Ticktockman&rdquo; to the class. RIP, you ornery old man. <a href=\"https://t.co/hDjIwlTq5K\">t.co/hDjIwlTq5&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the few good memories I have from high school recalls the blown minds of my classmates when our English teacher read \"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman\" to the class. RIP, you ornery old man. [t.co/hDjIwlTq5...](https://t.co/hDjIwlTq5K)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-28T15:10:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/28/t1012428064138113025.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/20/t1009420140738498560.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>No public official who allows these concentration camps to stand on American soil should enjoy a peaceful moment in public ever again. <a href=\"https://t.co/UKdID3CIkl\">t.co/UKdID3CIk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "No public official who allows these concentration camps to stand on American soil should enjoy a peaceful moment in public ever again. [t.co/UKdID3CIk...](https://t.co/UKdID3CIkl)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-20T07:58:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/20/t1009420140738498560.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/16/t1007781101430075392.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I used to walk past this house every day when I first moved to Chicago in 1997. I knew there had to be a story to such a building. It even formed the basis for a location in one of my comic series. <a href=\"https://t.co/hBHpsJdgjS\">t.co/hBHpsJdgj&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I used to walk past this house every day when I first moved to Chicago in 1997. I knew there had to be a story to such a building. It even formed the basis for a location in one of my comic series. [t.co/hBHpsJdgj...](https://t.co/hBHpsJdgjS)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-15T19:25:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/15/t1007781101430075392.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/16/t1007779444952625152.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Readers who feel ashamed of enjoying H. P. Lovecraft should really read <em>Winter Tide</em> by Ruthann Emrys and the prequel novella from Tor, and get ready for the new book. Trust me, you’ll feel better. 📚</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Readers who feel ashamed of enjoying H. P. Lovecraft should really read _Winter Tide_ by Ruthann Emrys and the prequel novella from Tor, and get ready for the new book. Trust me, you’ll feel better. 📚\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-15T19:18:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/15/t1007779444952625152.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/11/t1006160449090543617.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Creators: If you deliver your crowdfunded product 4+ years late, please ask your funders for updated addresses so they don’t have to figure out if they still know someone where you sent the package, please.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Creators: If you deliver your crowdfunded product 4+ years late, please ask your funders for updated addresses so they don’t have to figure out if they still know someone where you sent the package, please.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-11T08:05:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/11/t1006160449090543617.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/05/t1003804907592437760.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Did anyone ever ask Jim Croce who’d win in a fight between Bad Bad Leroy Brown and the not to be messed-with Jim?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Did anyone ever ask Jim Croce who’d win in a fight between Bad Bad Leroy Brown and the not to be messed-with Jim?\n",
				"date_published": "2018-06-04T20:05:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/06/04/t1003804907592437760.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/29/t1001445360039071745.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Or, you know, we could bring back streetcars.  <a href=\"https://t.co/VFrj23Cvrx\">t.co/VFrj23Cvr&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Or, you know, we could bring back streetcars.  [t.co/VFrj23Cvr...](https://t.co/VFrj23Cvrx)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-05-29T07:49:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/29/t1001445360039071745.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/29/rembert-hopes-you.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Rembert hopes you all had a very nice holiday weekend.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Rembert hopes you all had a very nice holiday weekend.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/57c7bca272.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-05-28T19:51:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/28/rembert-hopes-you.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/27/t1000747122336165888.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Until a solution to kind of insanity arrives, I can’t see participating in the crypto currency world at all: <a href=\"https://t.co/3S42EIH96o\">t.co/3S42EIH96&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Until a solution to kind of insanity arrives, I can’t see participating in the crypto currency world at all: [t.co/3S42EIH96...](https://t.co/3S42EIH96o)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-05-27T09:34:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/27/t1000747122336165888.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/04/t992199939504640001.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thank you to the crew at <a href=\"http://www.elizabeth-restaurant.com\">Elizabeth</a> for a wonderful evening enjoying their NOMA menu. Perfect!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thank you to the crew at [Elizabeth](http://www.elizabeth-restaurant.com) for a wonderful evening enjoying their NOMA menu. Perfect!\n",
				"date_published": "2018-05-03T19:31:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/03/t992199939504640001.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/01/t991437829459906560.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Why does this still crack me up? <a href=\"https://t.co/EhTrSd7Ssk\">t.co/EhTrSd7Ss&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Why does this still crack me up? [t.co/EhTrSd7Ss...](https://t.co/EhTrSd7Ssk)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-05-01T17:02:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/05/01/t991437829459906560.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/29/great-time-at.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Great time at Chicago Magic Lounge tonight watching Ronnie assist the magicians. Thanks Kim for getting us all together.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Great time at Chicago Magic Lounge tonight watching Ronnie assist the magicians. Thanks Kim for getting us all together.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/a9a87520bf.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-28T23:02:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/28/great-time-at.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/21/t987492522644697088.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I don’t wanna cast aspersions, but I feel fairly confident that a certain pharmacy chain (rhymes with Tall Beans), or one of its vendors, has a data merge bug in their loyalty card system.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I don’t wanna cast aspersions, but I feel fairly confident that a certain pharmacy chain (rhymes with Tall Beans), or one of its vendors, has a data merge bug in their loyalty card system.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-20T19:45:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/20/t987492522644697088.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/20/t987317500647018501.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Imagine if a collection of humans could agree to provide for each other the basics of life, like clean air, water, food, shelter, healthcare and the infrastructure for those plus information &amp; education &amp; dignity. Seems improbable.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Imagine if a collection of humans could agree to provide for each other the basics of life, like clean air, water, food, shelter, healthcare and the infrastructure for those plus information & education & dignity. Seems improbable.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-20T08:10:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/20/t987317500647018501.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/17/t986038579515351040.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I spent many a late night with Art Bell on the AM radio, listening to his guests spout all kinds of crazy. I don’t know if anything quite like it on the air now. I hope he’s enjoying the space brothers. <a href=\"https://t.co/9K02bwfnWI\">t.co/9K02bwfnW&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I spent many a late night with Art Bell on the AM radio, listening to his guests spout all kinds of crazy. I don’t know if anything quite like it on the air now. I hope he’s enjoying the space brothers. [t.co/9K02bwfnW...](https://t.co/9K02bwfnWI)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-16T19:28:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/16/t986038579515351040.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/15/you-know-it.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You know it is a real dragon roll when it arrives at the table on fire. Highly recommended goodies at Raisu.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "You know it is a real dragon roll when it arrives at the table on fire. Highly recommended goodies at Raisu.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/927c9cb6e3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-14T21:16:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/14/you-know-it.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/15/t985330064647745536.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Spent a good part of today thinking about how to implement software features and settings in terms of a user’s active consent. Think of the system as a box in which users keep their data and only they get to decide when something comes out of the box.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Spent a good part of today thinking about how to implement software features and settings in terms of a user’s active consent. Think of the system as a box in which users keep their data and only they get to decide when something comes out of the box.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-14T20:32:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/14/t985330064647745536.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/12/t984468937541849090.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every day I find I sympathize a bit more with the precepts of E Prime (<a href=\"https://t.co/AVklA2QoMQ)\">https://t.co/AVklA2QoMQ)</a>. At the very least, I&rsquo;d strike 9 out 10 uses of &ldquo;to be&rdquo; from most things I read and write.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every day I find I sympathize a bit more with the precepts of E Prime (https://t.co/AVklA2QoMQ). At the very least, I'd strike 9 out 10 uses of \"to be\" from most things I read and write.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-12T11:30:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/12/t984468937541849090.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/12/t984246443023233024.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What an amazing resource: <a href=\"https://t.co/quechH97tA\">t.co/quechH97t&hellip;</a> You could fill your e-reader for years with this collection.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "What an amazing resource: [t.co/quechH97t...](https://t.co/quechH97tA) You could fill your e-reader for years with this collection.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-11T20:46:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/11/t984246443023233024.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/01/t980451900264013825.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Read the fine print: Hazard Fraught Tools <a href=\"https://t.co/xTHIuPabIL\">t.co/xTHIuPabI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Read the fine print: Hazard Fraught Tools [t.co/xTHIuPabI...](https://t.co/xTHIuPabIL)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-04-01T09:28:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/04/01/t980451900264013825.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/31/t980183038037504000.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hey #writers: Do me a favor? If you happen upon a pre-2004 copy of any Writers Market book, please destroy it with fire as you might exterminate a plague rat. I just got a phone call asking about a magazine I shut down 14 years ago.</p>\n<p>Not that I want anyone to start burning books. Those market guides actually represent databases from the era when shipping dead trees cost less than shipping bits. 21st-century toxic waste.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hey #writers: Do me a favor? If you happen upon a pre-2004 copy of any Writers Market book, please destroy it with fire as you might exterminate a plague rat. I just got a phone call asking about a magazine I shut down 14 years ago.\n\nNot that I want anyone to start burning books. Those market guides actually represent databases from the era when shipping dead trees cost less than shipping bits. 21st-century toxic waste.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-31T15:40:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/31/t980183038037504000.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/31/t980085938574458880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My story, &ldquo;Grief Machines&rdquo; appears in the new issue of @GingerbreadMag. Thank you to the editors for placing my work among all the wonderful writing and artwork. This story came out of a flash fiction challenge from @ChuckWendig. <a href=\"https://t.co/wDSjXA7LWr\">t.co/wDSjXA7LW&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My story, \"Grief Machines\" appears in the new issue of @GingerbreadMag. Thank you to the editors for placing my work among all the wonderful writing and artwork. This story came out of a flash fiction challenge from @ChuckWendig. [t.co/wDSjXA7LW...](https://t.co/wDSjXA7LWr)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-31T09:14:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/31/t980085938574458880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/23/t977310528145166336.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Only 30 years of working on Unix-like systems and I FINALLY have a reason to write my own awk script.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Only 30 years of working on Unix-like systems and I FINALLY have a reason to write my own awk script.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-23T17:26:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/23/t977310528145166336.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/21/t976457156789723137.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;They’ll be paid for the time, which will be outside their regular working hours.&rdquo; A confluence of the gig economy and privatization of city services has appeared in Chicago. What could go wrong? <a href=\"https://t.co/pzp4G0r1ur\">t.co/pzp4G0r1u&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"They’ll be paid for the time, which will be outside their regular working hours.\" A confluence of the gig economy and privatization of city services has appeared in Chicago. What could go wrong? [t.co/pzp4G0r1u...](https://t.co/pzp4G0r1ur)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-21T08:55:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/21/t976457156789723137.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/20/t976185250786226177.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Some time ago, @bruces said he&rsquo;d struggled with &ldquo;a kind of science fiction that could only be written in the 21st century.” I suggest that &ldquo;The Soft Truth&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Unearthing&rdquo; by @leighalexander provide examples of a kind of just such storytelling. <a href=\"https://t.co/to5dFn9zop\">t.co/to5dFn9zo&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Some time ago, @bruces said he'd struggled with \"a kind of science fiction that could only be written in the 21st century.” I suggest that \"The Soft Truth\" and \"The Unearthing\" by @leighalexander provide examples of a kind of just such storytelling. [t.co/to5dFn9zo...](https://t.co/to5dFn9zop)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-20T14:54:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/20/t976185250786226177.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/20/t975911614053605376.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I spoke about @publicgood&rsquo;s tech and impact-oriented mission with @jeznag for Episode 2 of the &ldquo;Programmers Who Give a Sh*t&rdquo; #podcast: <a href=\"https://t.co/wyog3IMLXq\">t.co/wyog3IMLX&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I spoke about @publicgood's tech and impact-oriented mission with @jeznag for Episode 2 of the \"Programmers Who Give a Sh*t\" #podcast: [t.co/wyog3IMLX...](https://t.co/wyog3IMLXq)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-19T20:47:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/19/t975911614053605376.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/09/dinner-at-alinea.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dinner at Alinea to celebrate Ronnie’s promotion. Very proud of my girl and always happy to do a fancy dinner together.</p>\n<p><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dinner at Alinea to celebrate Ronnie’s promotion. Very proud of my girl and always happy to do a fancy dinner together.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/19012643a4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/1e14fbcdc6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/7c14422cac.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-08T22:09:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/08/dinner-at-alinea.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/06/t971023135997915136.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, good. Today’s reminder that I have grown ancient arrived early. <a href=\"https://t.co/COVD83uxLr\">t.co/COVD83uxL&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, good. Today’s reminder that I have grown ancient arrived early. [t.co/COVD83uxL...](https://t.co/COVD83uxLr)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-03-06T09:02:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/03/06/t971023135997915136.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/19/t965615356852297728.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In 2018, why does the continued delivery of a life-sustaining prescription depend on one giant company successfully sending the low-resolution photographic reproduction of a piece of paper over a phone line to another giant company every three months?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "In 2018, why does the continued delivery of a life-sustaining prescription depend on one giant company successfully sending the low-resolution photographic reproduction of a piece of paper over a phone line to another giant company every three months?\n",
				"date_published": "2018-02-19T10:53:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/19/t965615356852297728.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/18/ronnie-started-our.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ronnie started our Sunday right.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Ronnie started our Sunday right.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/a39445b6fd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-02-18T12:09:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/18/ronnie-started-our.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/15/t964190397974110208.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Yes. Read this, please. Bravo, Tony Breed. <a href=\"https://t.co/JBYb3OqyOi\">t.co/JBYb3OqyO&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Yes. Read this, please. Bravo, Tony Breed. [t.co/JBYb3OqyO...](https://t.co/JBYb3OqyOi)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-02-15T12:31:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/15/t964190397974110208.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/10/t962436659114586112.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Something about this smells funny. #dungeonsanddragons <a href=\"https://t.co/HOhWHfWZH4\">t.co/HOhWHfWZH&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Something about this smells funny. #dungeonsanddragons [t.co/HOhWHfWZH...](https://t.co/HOhWHfWZH4)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-02-10T16:22:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/10/t962436659114586112.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/01/t958918372057649152.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In the &ldquo;data compost heap,&rdquo; you just throw all your data in a pile until it bitrots and you throw it away later. In the &ldquo;data latrine,&rdquo; you stream your data into a ditch that you cover up after you’ve decided to move on.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "In the \"data compost heap,\" you just throw all your data in a pile until it bitrots and you throw it away later. In the \"data latrine,\" you stream your data into a ditch that you cover up after you’ve decided to move on.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-31T23:22:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/31/t958918372057649152.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/02/01/t958918013163573248.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I think humans are just not equipped to deal with massive data, hence the iterative metaphors: silo, warehouse, lake, hub. Next up, &ldquo;data compost heap&rdquo; and &ldquo;data latrine.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I think humans are just not equipped to deal with massive data, hence the iterative metaphors: silo, warehouse, lake, hub. Next up, \"data compost heap\" and \"data latrine.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-31T23:20:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/31/t958918013163573248.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/31/t958696683256229888.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The Twitter tells me that today is both #DataPrivacyDay and #NationalCroissantDay. It is true that I would not like the public to know how few croissants I get to eat.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The Twitter tells me that today is both #DataPrivacyDay and #NationalCroissantDay. It is true that I would not like the public to know how few croissants I get to eat.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-31T08:41:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/31/t958696683256229888.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/28/after-days-in.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>After 19 days in a row of work helping people understand Medicare, figured she needed a good time, so we hit neighbor hidden gem Arjun’s Thai for their 12-course tasting menu and wine pairings. So happy.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "After 19 days in a row of work helping people understand Medicare, figured she needed a good time, so we hit neighbor hidden gem Arjun’s Thai for their 12-course tasting menu and wine pairings. So happy.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/35f3972910.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-27T22:19:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/27/after-days-in.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/23/t955947637353656320.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Damn. One of the giants. I guess she’s finally changed planes.  <a href=\"https://t.co/QfOEK2gpMQ\">t.co/QfOEK2gpM&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Damn. One of the giants. I guess she’s finally changed planes.  [t.co/QfOEK2gpM...](https://t.co/QfOEK2gpMQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-23T18:37:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/23/t955947637353656320.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/18/t953787559079006208.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Has it occurred to no one in the POS terminal industry that requiring the use of both touchscreen and keypad for a single transaction is just a lousy user experience?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Has it occurred to no one in the POS terminal industry that requiring the use of both touchscreen and keypad for a single transaction is just a lousy user experience?\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-17T19:34:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/17/t953787559079006208.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/06/t949758755591393288.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Best part of the giant AWS rolling reboot lately for me? Discovering all the systems that we’d misconfigured and never noticed because they’d never had to restart before.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Best part of the giant AWS rolling reboot lately for me? Discovering all the systems that we’d misconfigured and never noticed because they’d never had to restart before.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-06T16:45:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/06/t949758755591393288.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/06/t949436697401536513.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One thing about winter in Chicago: this season gets me the closest I come to a sense of smell, as I can taste the aerosolized road salt in the air when I stand on the Blue Line platform at Addison. In my mouth, nose and eyes.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "One thing about winter in Chicago: this season gets me the closest I come to a sense of smell, as I can taste the aerosolized road salt in the air when I stand on the Blue Line platform at Addison. In my mouth, nose and eyes.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-05T19:25:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/05/t949436697401536513.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/03/t948355991560769536.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you catch the Ruby vs Python jab in @Annaleen’s AUTONOMOUS I believe you qualify for a really tiny but nerdy merit badge. Caught the TCP/IP gloss but still looking for Emacs/vi references in the book.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you catch the Ruby vs Python jab in @Annaleen’s AUTONOMOUS I believe you qualify for a really tiny but nerdy merit badge. Caught the TCP/IP gloss but still looking for Emacs/vi references in the book.\n",
				"date_published": "2018-01-02T19:51:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2018/01/02/t948355991560769536.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/19/t943172995761262598.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you want to understand why we shouldn’t heap scorn on the “millennials,” this story makes the point well (once you slog through the 8-bit schtick) <a href=\"https://t.co/59ZI6MJo8o\">t.co/59ZI6MJo8&hellip;</a> The author skipped nearly-as-screwed Xers, but\nI appreciate the survey of possible solutions at the end.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you want to understand why we shouldn’t heap scorn on the “millennials,” this story makes the point well (once you slog through the 8-bit schtick) [t.co/59ZI6MJo8...](https://t.co/59ZI6MJo8o) The author skipped nearly-as-screwed Xers, but \nI appreciate the survey of possible solutions at the end.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-12-19T12:35:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/19/t943172995761262598.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/18/t942550858755203073.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Chicago friends: Watch out for the scam artists claiming to work for @DirectEnergy going door to door in the north side neighborhoods tonight.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://t.co/GKuIafZikl\">t.co/GKuIafZik&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Chicago friends: Watch out for the scam artists claiming to work for @DirectEnergy going door to door in the north side neighborhoods tonight.\n\n[t.co/GKuIafZik...](https://t.co/GKuIafZikl)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-12-17T19:23:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/17/t942550858755203073.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/08/t939199509959200769.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Pay particular attention to panel 15:\n<a href=\"https://t.co/1eFyGT8x0y\">t.co/1eFyGT8x0&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Pay particular attention to panel 15:\n[t.co/1eFyGT8x0...](https://t.co/1eFyGT8x0y)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-12-08T13:26:27-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/12/08/t939199509959200769.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/25/t934476368238317568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>There’s a pattern here. Gosh, what could it be&hellip; <a href=\"https://t.co/5YUIjFD1YO\">t.co/5YUIjFD1Y&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "There’s a pattern here. Gosh, what could it be... [t.co/5YUIjFD1Y...](https://t.co/5YUIjFD1YO)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-11-25T12:38:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/25/t934476368238317568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/24/t934117875853479936.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I think possibly we should rename today to &ldquo;Way the Hell Back Friday.&rdquo; I&rsquo;m getting emails from companies I haven&rsquo;t done business with in many years who should no longer have permission to contact me.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I think possibly we should rename today to \"Way the Hell Back Friday.\" I'm getting emails from companies I haven't done business with in many years who should no longer have permission to contact me.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-11-24T12:53:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/24/t934117875853479936.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/22/t933352963711668225.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If the #NetNeutrality disaster comes down as hard as the worst predictions suggest, time to go samizdat and start trading in #zines again, and bootstrap a network of pirateboxes/libraryboxes like we’re living in BBS days again.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If the #NetNeutrality disaster comes down as hard as the worst predictions suggest, time to go samizdat and start trading in #zines again, and bootstrap a network of pirateboxes/libraryboxes like we’re living in BBS days again.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-11-22T10:14:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/22/t933352963711668225.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/04/t926931069689090048.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>As always, reading a story by Ken Liu makes my day. <a href=\"https://t.co/YS3nsyiEX6\">t.co/YS3nsyiEX&hellip;</a> This one reminds me of Heinlein&rsquo;s &ldquo;Time for the Stars.&rdquo; #scifi</p>\n",
				"content_text": "As always, reading a story by Ken Liu makes my day. [t.co/YS3nsyiEX...](https://t.co/YS3nsyiEX6) This one reminds me of Heinlein's \"Time for the Stars.\" #scifi\n",
				"date_published": "2017-11-04T16:56:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/11/04/t926931069689090048.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/18/pretty-certain-ronnie.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Pretty certain Ronnie wants us to buy a boat now.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Pretty certain Ronnie wants us to buy a boat now.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/84f1735647.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-18T12:23:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/18/pretty-certain-ronnie.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/12/t918611749477199872.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thinking about @ABrininstool’s meditation on the apex products of capitalism. I like it, but something seems absent. <a href=\"https://t.co/p7RjKRSaaI\">t.co/p7RjKRSaa&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thinking about @ABrininstool’s meditation on the apex products of capitalism. I like it, but something seems absent. [t.co/p7RjKRSaa...](https://t.co/p7RjKRSaaI)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-12T17:58:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/12/t918611749477199872.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/08/t916819686213476353.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh. Oh, @code. What have you done to your icon? You&rsquo;ve been hanging out with that Silverlight degenerate, haven&rsquo;t you?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh. Oh, @code. What have you done to your icon? You've been hanging out with that Silverlight degenerate, haven't you?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-07T19:17:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/07/t916819686213476353.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/06/t916325696900927494.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Worse: American gun ownership is supposedly around 40% of households. So only 2% of the world owns 48% of the guns. <a href=\"https://t.co/CDw1WkFfop\">t.co/CDw1WkFfo&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Worse: American gun ownership is supposedly around 40% of households. So only 2% of the world owns 48% of the guns. [t.co/CDw1WkFfo...](https://t.co/CDw1WkFfop)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-06T10:34:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/06/t916325696900927494.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/05/t915934864867721216.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Refilling Rx for the dogs today, I accidentally typed 1800poetmeds which is probably a business opportunity.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Refilling Rx for the dogs today, I accidentally typed 1800poetmeds which is probably a business opportunity.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-05T08:41:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/05/t915934864867721216.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/04/t915583286390517760.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>And here I thought I knew a lot about Blade Runner. Of the stuff in this article, I only knew about Jeter&rsquo;s sequels: <a href=\"https://t.co/RLcOIe8sid\">t.co/RLcOIe8si&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "And here I thought I knew a lot about Blade Runner. Of the stuff in this article, I only knew about Jeter's sequels: [t.co/RLcOIe8si...](https://t.co/RLcOIe8sid)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-04T09:24:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/04/t915583286390517760.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/03/t915303159458910208.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I think I get it. Subscribing to the LOT mailing list provides a simulation of living in a @GreatDismal novel. Except, y&rsquo;know, commodified.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I think I get it. Subscribing to the LOT mailing list provides a simulation of living in a @GreatDismal novel. Except, y'know, commodified.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-03T14:50:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/03/t915303159458910208.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/02/t914943127928152064.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every once in a while, The Nib looks to me an awful lot like this century&rsquo;s World War Three Illustrated. <a href=\"https://t.co/KwsAp2tJbl\">t.co/KwsAp2tJb&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every once in a while, The Nib looks to me an awful lot like this century's World War Three Illustrated. [t.co/KwsAp2tJb...](https://t.co/KwsAp2tJbl)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-02T15:00:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/02/t914943127928152064.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/01/t914562323351826434.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I’ve heard “You Dropped the Bomb On Me” 2x in 18 hrs after 0x for many years. Bad omen or bad luck?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I’ve heard “You Dropped the Bomb On Me” 2x in 18 hrs after 0x for many years. Bad omen or bad luck?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-10-01T13:47:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/10/01/t914562323351826434.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/09/26/t912804845559668736.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Remember that system we had where you could write updates as long or short as you wanted and no one told you otherwise? Blogging, was it?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Remember that system we had where you could write updates as long or short as you wanted and no one told you otherwise? Blogging, was it?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-09-26T17:23:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/09/26/t912804845559668736.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/09/11/t907313707746766848.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>We should remember Len Wein for his many wonderful creations, but this one in particular: <a href=\"https://t.co/NLZjoEqb4c\">t.co/NLZjoEqb4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "We should remember Len Wein for his many wonderful creations, but this one in particular: [t.co/NLZjoEqb4...](https://t.co/NLZjoEqb4c)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-09-11T13:43:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/09/11/t907313707746766848.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/28/t901959766209114112.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Any time Kai Ashante Wilson publishes makes my day. <a href=\"https://t.co/Gn3KwdSHka\">t.co/Gn3KwdSHk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Any time Kai Ashante Wilson publishes makes my day. [t.co/Gn3KwdSHk...](https://t.co/Gn3KwdSHka)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-27T19:09:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/27/t901959766209114112.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/26/today-is-nationaldogday.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today is #nationaldogday and @ronniecraig&rsquo;s birthday. Here are her two favorite boys having a chat while they wait for her.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "Today is #nationaldogday and @ronniecraig's birthday. Here are her two favorite boys having a chat while they wait for her.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/dbd8d2c865.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-26T13:14:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/26/today-is-nationaldogday.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/24/t900681768227024896.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Why do so many alt-right bros look like characters from Achewood come to life?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Why do so many alt-right bros look like characters from Achewood come to life?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-24T06:30:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/24/t900681768227024896.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/21/t899722268741443585.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Seven years to establish one&rsquo;s artisanal eclipse glasses studio. <a href=\"https://t.co/wqFwSgW4o3\">t.co/wqFwSgW4o&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Seven years to establish one's artisanal eclipse glasses studio. [t.co/wqFwSgW4o...](https://t.co/wqFwSgW4o3)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-21T14:57:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/21/t899722268741443585.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/21/t899699399512739841.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every 38 years, clouds come in between the sun &amp; the earth, spurring the sale of cardboard &amp; plastic glasses at convenience stores. Science!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every 38 years, clouds come in between the sun & the earth, spurring the sale of cardboard &amp; plastic glasses at convenience stores. Science!\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-21T13:27:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/21/t899699399512739841.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/15/t897570187335143424.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, this hurts. Friends treated us to a special @Chi_MagicLounge performance by Mr. Burger last year. We had the best time. Thank you, sir. <a href=\"https://t.co/9AZeOUqmDO\">t.co/9AZeOUqmD&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, this hurts. Friends treated us to a special @Chi_MagicLounge performance by Mr. Burger last year. We had the best time. Thank you, sir. [t.co/9AZeOUqmD...](https://t.co/9AZeOUqmDO)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-15T16:26:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/15/t897570187335143424.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/15/t897566671262674944.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dear &ldquo;sales hacking&rdquo; crews: If I download your ebook &amp; you call me within a day of that download, I will not buy your product. Let me read.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dear \"sales hacking\" crews: If I download your ebook & you call me within a day of that download, I will not buy your product. Let me read.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-15T16:12:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/15/t897566671262674944.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/13/t896842489654628353.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Very proud of my favorite city. <a href=\"https://t.co/vxabt0SVq5\">t.co/vxabt0SVq&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Very proud of my favorite city. [t.co/vxabt0SVq...](https://t.co/vxabt0SVq5)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-13T16:14:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/13/t896842489654628353.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/13/t896840135840600065.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My grandfather didn&rsquo;t take a bullet to the head in France so a bunch of doughy, petulant cowards could call themselves Nazis &amp;amp; feel proud.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My grandfather didn't take a bullet to the head in France so a bunch of doughy, petulant cowards could call themselves Nazis &amp;amp; feel proud.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-13T16:05:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/13/t896840135840600065.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/07/the-view-from.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The view from our skylight.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "The view from our skylight.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/764bad8090.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-08-06T21:40:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/08/06/the-view-from.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/07/30/a-giant-cheeto.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A giant Cheeto trying to distract from the drink infiltrated by Russian (vodka) influences. Of course it is called a Commander-in-Chief.</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "A giant Cheeto trying to distract from the drink infiltrated by Russian (vodka) influences. Of course it is called a Commander-in-Chief.\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/80613f1c65.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-07-30T17:14:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/07/30/a-giant-cheeto.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/07/05/t882418012900524032.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Why couldn&rsquo;t the revolutionaries have celebrated independence with quiet reflection instead of motherfucking fireworks?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Why couldn't the revolutionaries have celebrated independence with quiet reflection instead of motherfucking fireworks?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-07-04T20:57:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/07/04/t882418012900524032.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/30/t880593272644698112.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I know I&rsquo;m coming late to this party, but I am enjoying the hell out of Alton Brown&rsquo;s &ldquo;Good Eats&rdquo; show.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I know I'm coming late to this party, but I am enjoying the hell out of Alton Brown's \"Good Eats\" show.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-29T20:06:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/29/t880593272644698112.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/19/t876624381216260098.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Shampoo commercial: &ldquo;You know how your hair tangles as soon as you wash it?&rdquo; My buzz-cut wife: &ldquo;No.&rdquo;  <em>cracks herself up</em></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Shampoo commercial: \"You know how your hair tangles as soon as you wash it?\" My buzz-cut wife: \"No.\"  *cracks herself up*\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-18T21:15:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/18/t876624381216260098.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/11/t873919772219539456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If there&rsquo;s any lesson I&rsquo;d want new dog adopters to learn it is this: pay attention to behavior, not breed. <a href=\"https://t.co/eESF9YSwLk\">t.co/eESF9YSwL&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If there's any lesson I'd want new dog adopters to learn it is this: pay attention to behavior, not breed. [t.co/eESF9YSwL...](https://t.co/eESF9YSwLk)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-11T10:08:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/11/t873919772219539456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/10/t873657189709348865.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Chicago, we really need to talk about this habit of yours where you have a left turn lane but no left turn signals at intersections.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Chicago, we really need to talk about this habit of yours where you have a left turn lane but no left turn signals at intersections.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-10T16:44:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/10/t873657189709348865.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/08/how-had-we.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>How had we not gotten to this tasting menu yet?</p>\n<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "How had we not gotten to this tasting menu yet?\n\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/8f8f4b071c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-08T18:16:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/08/how-had-we.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/03/t871095403361579009.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hell, yes. Owensboro is the BBQ capital of the world. Moonlite BBQ is the best ever. <a href=\"https://t.co/0wrMUVq8tX\">t.co/0wrMUVq8t&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hell, yes. Owensboro is the BBQ capital of the world. Moonlite BBQ is the best ever. [t.co/0wrMUVq8t...](https://t.co/0wrMUVq8tX)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-06-03T15:05:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/06/03/t871095403361579009.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/31/httpmanleyorg-this-is.html",
				
				"content_html": "<!-- raw HTML omitted -->\n",
				"content_text": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/351/2018/7f4edccf02.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" />\n",
				"date_published": "2017-05-31T18:48:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/31/httpmanleyorg-this-is.html",
				"tags": ["photos"]
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/28/t868822515174473730.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sorry Indiegogo but recommending an Adam Carolla documentary to me is the last straw. Goodbye forever.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sorry Indiegogo but recommending an Adam Carolla documentary to me is the last straw. Goodbye forever.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-05-28T08:33:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/28/t868822515174473730.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/26/t868095307527200768.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Well, this is sad. Mr Johnson was one of the most important writers working when I was in school.  <a href=\"https://t.co/CVqV8RcvXS\">t.co/CVqV8RcvX&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Well, this is sad. Mr Johnson was one of the most important writers working when I was in school.  [t.co/CVqV8RcvX...](https://t.co/CVqV8RcvXS)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-05-26T08:23:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/05/26/t868095307527200768.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/30/t847583748342378496.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Did my first bit of code sketching in a Jupyter notebook today. I think I get the excitement over that tool now.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Did my first bit of code sketching in a Jupyter notebook today. I think I get the excitement over that tool now.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-30T17:58:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/30/t847583748342378496.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/28/t846755037770649600.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Also for your reading pleasure, @tordotcom&rsquo;s free anthology, Nevertheless She Persisted: <a href=\"https://t.co/62XZW0htna\">t.co/62XZW0htn&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Also for your reading pleasure, @tordotcom's free anthology, Nevertheless She Persisted: [t.co/62XZW0htn...](https://t.co/62XZW0htna)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-28T11:05:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/28/t846755037770649600.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/22/t844653397345210368.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Wait. Chuck Berry and then, right after, Chuck Barris? #conspiracy People are going to get them confused forever.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Wait. Chuck Berry and then, right after, Chuck Barris? #conspiracy People are going to get them confused forever.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-22T15:53:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/22/t844653397345210368.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/20/t843640995019481088.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>2017, you do NOT need to try to keep up with your predecessor. Chuck Berry, Jimmy Breslin AND Bernie Wrightson? That&rsquo;s just egregious.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "2017, you do NOT need to try to keep up with your predecessor. Chuck Berry, Jimmy Breslin AND Bernie Wrightson? That's just egregious.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-19T20:51:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/19/t843640995019481088.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/06/t838836598800281604.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This list of authors from @ThePortalist prescribes some excellent reading all around &amp;amp; is a good start: <a href=\"https://t.co/CNXB6RDA9i\">t.co/CNXB6RDA9&hellip;</a> #readthis</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This list of authors from @ThePortalist prescribes some excellent reading all around &amp;amp; is a good start: [t.co/CNXB6RDA9...](https://t.co/CNXB6RDA9i) #readthis\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-06T14:40:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/06/t838836598800281604.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/02/t837409959348424705.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Holy crap. This show is based on @tcboyle&rsquo;s novel, the 1st book I checked out of the Undergraduate Library when I arrived at Purdue in 1987. <a href=\"https://t.co/TcX922B1nT\">t.co/TcX922B1n&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Holy crap. This show is based on @tcboyle's novel, the 1st book I checked out of the Undergraduate Library when I arrived at Purdue in 1987. [t.co/TcX922B1n...](https://t.co/TcX922B1nT)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-03-02T16:11:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/03/02/t837409959348424705.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/23/t834805458519076864.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What I learned: Do not open a Icelandic-style pizza food truck. <a href=\"https://t.co/dbqduIpz6U\">t.co/dbqduIpz6&hellip;</a> Seafood? Seriously? Pineapple was bad enough.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "What I learned: Do not open a Icelandic-style pizza food truck. [t.co/dbqduIpz6...](https://t.co/dbqduIpz6U) Seafood? Seriously? Pineapple was bad enough.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-23T11:41:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/23/t834805458519076864.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/22/t834242597375852544.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Are you fucking kidding me? <a href=\"https://t.co/tJZz7AMd0F\">t.co/tJZz7AMd0&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Are you fucking kidding me? [t.co/tJZz7AMd0...](https://t.co/tJZz7AMd0F)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-21T22:25:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/21/t834242597375852544.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/21/t834095777660153856.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every time someone mentions the #gigeconomy, I&rsquo;m reminded of this comic from the late 80s: <a href=\"https://t.co/E7KUVByPwK\">t.co/E7KUVByPw&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every time someone mentions the #gigeconomy, I'm reminded of this comic from the late 80s: [t.co/E7KUVByPw...](https://t.co/E7KUVByPwK)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-21T12:41:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/21/t834095777660153856.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/21/t834016176053305344.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Wait wait wait. CBS is effectively producing The Running Man now? How long until this show chases down &ldquo;illegals&rdquo;? Bread &amp;amp; circuses, man. <a href=\"https://t.co/pYAAWPUuY8\">t.co/pYAAWPUuY&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Wait wait wait. CBS is effectively producing The Running Man now? How long until this show chases down \"illegals\"? Bread &amp;amp; circuses, man. [t.co/pYAAWPUuY...](https://t.co/pYAAWPUuY8)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-21T07:25:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/21/t834016176053305344.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/20/t833478357773848576.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Uber provides an almost ideal manual for how not to treat women in engineering. Or anyone in any position. <a href=\"https://t.co/OaYfVt7Fvf\">t.co/OaYfVt7Fv&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Uber provides an almost ideal manual for how not to treat women in engineering. Or anyone in any position. [t.co/OaYfVt7Fv...](https://t.co/OaYfVt7Fvf)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-19T19:48:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/19/t833478357773848576.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/19/t833324260563226625.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Here&rsquo;s your sermon for today, courtesy of @POETSorg: <a href=\"https://t.co/YpCvuODVZH\">t.co/YpCvuODVZ&hellip;</a> #protests #resist</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Here's your sermon for today, courtesy of @POETSorg: [t.co/YpCvuODVZ...](https://t.co/YpCvuODVZH) #protests #resist\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-19T09:36:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/19/t833324260563226625.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/15/t831828779215515648.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is a great set of stories. My vacation reading last year consisted of these books. <a href=\"https://t.co/XNOny6WwpB\">t.co/XNOny6Wwp&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is a great set of stories. My vacation reading last year consisted of these books. [t.co/XNOny6Wwp...](https://t.co/XNOny6WwpB)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-15T06:33:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/15/t831828779215515648.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/14/t831619406564311041.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you&rsquo;re looking for some good urban fantasy storytelling with characters that feel like actual people, you can&rsquo;t beat @djolder. #readthis <a href=\"https://t.co/GomFO6oROl\">t.co/GomFO6oRO&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you're looking for some good urban fantasy storytelling with characters that feel like actual people, you can't beat @djolder. #readthis [t.co/GomFO6oRO...](https://t.co/GomFO6oROl)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-14T16:41:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/14/t831619406564311041.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/14/t831558131633225730.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Their navigation still occasionally vexes me, but I genuinely enjoy the daily comics at @thenib <a href=\"https://t.co/lq6rQglgbg\">t.co/lq6rQglgb&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Their navigation still occasionally vexes me, but I genuinely enjoy the daily comics at @thenib [t.co/lq6rQglgb...](https://t.co/lq6rQglgbg)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-14T12:38:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/14/t831558131633225730.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/12/t830852098849902600.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Damn. His song &ldquo;Since I Fell for You&rdquo; has been stuck in my head for like 30-odd years. RIP, Mr. Jarreau. <a href=\"https://t.co/rNtGR67Aqh\">t.co/rNtGR67Aq&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Damn. His song \"Since I Fell for You\" has been stuck in my head for like 30-odd years. RIP, Mr. Jarreau. [t.co/rNtGR67Aq...](https://t.co/rNtGR67Aqh)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-12T13:52:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/12/t830852098849902600.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/09/t829730929904082945.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Holy shit. <a href=\"https://t.co/Gb40m6Cjg5\">t.co/Gb40m6Cjg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Holy shit. [t.co/Gb40m6Cjg...](https://t.co/Gb40m6Cjg5)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-09T11:37:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/09/t829730929904082945.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/08/t829376654116007936.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>@TimBryantTweets Yesterday &amp;amp; today were gray, but Robert Smith of The Cure insists that Friday is usually a good day. Maybe try that?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "@TimBryantTweets Yesterday &amp;amp; today were gray, but Robert Smith of The Cure insists that Friday is usually a good day. Maybe try that?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-08T12:09:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/08/t829376654116007936.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/08/t829371854141931522.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just in case you&rsquo;re wondering, this has nothing to to do with a hat. <a href=\"https://t.co/6K7v85cbVW\">t.co/6K7v85cbV&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just in case you're wondering, this has nothing to to do with a hat. [t.co/6K7v85cbV...](https://t.co/6K7v85cbVW)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-08T11:50:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/08/t829371854141931522.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/08/t829134903396675584.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So say we all. <a href=\"https://t.co/LYD4z4W35m\">t.co/LYD4z4W35&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "So say we all. [t.co/LYD4z4W35...](https://t.co/LYD4z4W35m)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-07T20:09:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/07/t829134903396675584.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/02/t826980779800530948.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hey Planet Money, have you ever done a show about why it is so damn hard to move money between banks in the US?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hey Planet Money, have you ever done a show about why it is so damn hard to move money between banks in the US?\n",
				"date_published": "2017-02-01T21:29:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/02/01/t826980779800530948.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/26/t824721222869123072.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This totally explains the Music Choice channel left running by one of our dog walkers. <a href=\"https://t.co/LlKUtfzY8S\">t.co/LlKUtfzY8&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This totally explains the Music Choice channel left running by one of our dog walkers. [t.co/LlKUtfzY8...](https://t.co/LlKUtfzY8S)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-26T15:50:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/26/t824721222869123072.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/21/t822887283921735680.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>.@ChicagoPORKCHOP you kinda hung yr employee at yr South Loop location out to dry today. The man was busier than a one-armed paper hanger.</p>\n",
				"content_text": ".@ChicagoPORKCHOP you kinda hung yr employee at yr South Loop location out to dry today. The man was busier than a one-armed paper hanger.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-21T14:23:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/21/t822887283921735680.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/19/t822206608797212672.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This could turn out fun. Wish it had happened before Terry Pratchett passed. <a href=\"https://t.co/tRks2Jm8aO\">t.co/tRks2Jm8a&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This could turn out fun. Wish it had happened before Terry Pratchett passed. [t.co/tRks2Jm8a...](https://t.co/tRks2Jm8aO)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-19T17:18:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/19/t822206608797212672.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/19/t822146146894249984.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hooray! Another Wild Cards story from @tordotcom <a href=\"https://t.co/4moNjZv31k\">t.co/4moNjZv31&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hooray! Another Wild Cards story from @tordotcom [t.co/4moNjZv31...](https://t.co/4moNjZv31k)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-19T13:18:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/19/t822146146894249984.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/18/t821762506158993410.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Marketers: If the only thing you learned from whatever &ldquo;Sales Hacking&rdquo; book you downloaded was to fake conversations in email, just stop.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Marketers: If the only thing you learned from whatever \"Sales Hacking\" book you downloaded was to fake conversations in email, just stop.\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-18T11:53:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/18/t821762506158993410.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/16/t821109907290279937.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you&rsquo;ve not read &ldquo;Letter From a Birmingham Jail&rdquo; before, today would make a fine time to remedy that: <a href=\"https://t.co/MZJwyNeDN4\">t.co/MZJwyNeDN&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you've not read \"Letter From a Birmingham Jail\" before, today would make a fine time to remedy that: [t.co/MZJwyNeDN...](https://t.co/MZJwyNeDN4)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-16T16:40:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/16/t821109907290279937.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/16/t821097694127079424.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Reading this transcript makes me proud to have supported @POTUS the last 8 years &amp;amp; embarrassed as hell about the interim mess coming Friday. <a href=\"https://t.co/owqpN4ZzGO\">t.co/owqpN4ZzG&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Reading this transcript makes me proud to have supported @POTUS the last 8 years &amp;amp; embarrassed as hell about the interim mess coming Friday. [t.co/owqpN4ZzG...](https://t.co/owqpN4ZzGO)\n",
				"date_published": "2017-01-16T15:52:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2017/01/16/t821097694127079424.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/27/t813826661527470080.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Big surprise: Dude who thinks corporations should manage the earth&rsquo;s freshwater thinks food should be manufactured: <a href=\"https://t.co/ZxJAzyuLBM\">t.co/ZxJAzyuLB&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Big surprise: Dude who thinks corporations should manage the earth's freshwater thinks food should be manufactured: [t.co/ZxJAzyuLB...](https://t.co/ZxJAzyuLBM)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-27T14:19:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/27/t813826661527470080.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/25/t813136186453721088.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Falsely-attributed meme still accurate: I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn&rsquo;t like a person. <a href=\"https://t.co/z7FiShfiYk\">t.co/z7FiShfiY&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Falsely-attributed meme still accurate: I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person. [t.co/z7FiShfiY...](https://t.co/z7FiShfiYk)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-25T16:35:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/25/t813136186453721088.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/25/t813095762464804864.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You need this today: <a href=\"https://t.co/sHjiAY0kpS\">t.co/sHjiAY0kp&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "You need this today: [t.co/sHjiAY0kp...](https://t.co/sHjiAY0kpS)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-25T13:55:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/25/t813095762464804864.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/22/t812031251137826816.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Always a good day when there is a new Wild Cards story out: <a href=\"https://t.co/YkVc6aYzmX\">t.co/YkVc6aYzm&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Always a good day when there is a new Wild Cards story out: [t.co/YkVc6aYzm...](https://t.co/YkVc6aYzmX)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-22T15:25:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/22/t812031251137826816.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/16/t809788136339501057.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>OK, 2016. That&rsquo;s it! You&rsquo;ve had your fun. Knock it off, already. <a href=\"https://t.co/71juzOpLXE\">t.co/71juzOpLX&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "OK, 2016. That's it! You've had your fun. Knock it off, already. [t.co/71juzOpLX...](https://t.co/71juzOpLXE)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-16T10:51:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/16/t809788136339501057.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/12/t808396693620264960.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Can&rsquo;t wait for VOA, Radio Free Europe &amp;amp; Radio Free Asia to syndicate RT programs! Bet Drumph&rsquo;ll make Alex Jones CEO. <a href=\"https://t.co/oxvy38RL2N\">t.co/oxvy38RL2&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Can't wait for VOA, Radio Free Europe &amp;amp; Radio Free Asia to syndicate RT programs! Bet Drumph'll make Alex Jones CEO. [t.co/oxvy38RL2...](https://t.co/oxvy38RL2N)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-12T14:42:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/12/t808396693620264960.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/12/t808141465880825856.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I have to applaud the Hacker News members who post Paris Review interviews and stories about poetry. No one comments. It is perfect.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I have to applaud the Hacker News members who post Paris Review interviews and stories about poetry. No one comments. It is perfect.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-11T21:48:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/11/t808141465880825856.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/11/t808069736072351744.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Here&rsquo;s hoping we&rsquo;re all still around to read it. <a href=\"https://t.co/Juu5zY0Dhd\">t.co/Juu5zY0Dh&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Here's hoping we're all still around to read it. [t.co/Juu5zY0Dh...](https://t.co/Juu5zY0Dhd)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-11T17:03:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/11/t808069736072351744.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/10/t807414138645450752.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Who&rsquo;s comfy? @ Irving Park, Chicago <a href=\"https://t.co/ka8VG81pNk\">t.co/ka8VG81pN&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Who's comfy? @ Irving Park, Chicago [t.co/ka8VG81pN...](https://t.co/ka8VG81pNk)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-09T21:38:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/09/t807414138645450752.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/09/t807314223227404290.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>2016 continues its rampage, and this time it took an actual hero. Seriously, we will never see his like again. <a href=\"https://t.co/LC6WfaAWnl\">t.co/LC6WfaAWn&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "2016 continues its rampage, and this time it took an actual hero. Seriously, we will never see his like again. [t.co/LC6WfaAWn...](https://t.co/LC6WfaAWnl)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-09T15:01:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/09/t807314223227404290.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/08/t806928012079833088.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Drumph Sec Labor nom: &ldquo;I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it&rsquo;s very American.&rdquo; #satireisdead <a href=\"https://t.co/2TXjXun8J1\">t.co/2TXjXun8J&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Drumph Sec Labor nom: \"I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it's very American.\" #satireisdead [t.co/2TXjXun8J...](https://t.co/2TXjXun8J1)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-08T13:26:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/08/t806928012079833088.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/08/t806901600765607937.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>All you entrepreneurs out there better get comfortable with crafting good kayfabe if you want an SBA loan in the next few years, looks like.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "All you entrepreneurs out there better get comfortable with crafting good kayfabe if you want an SBA loan in the next few years, looks like.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-08T11:41:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/08/t806901600765607937.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/06/t806275959645208576.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m just sayin. @ Irving Park, Chicago <a href=\"https://t.co/b976YBtyOr\">t.co/b976YBtyO&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm just sayin. @ Irving Park, Chicago [t.co/b976YBtyO...](https://t.co/b976YBtyOr)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-06T18:15:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/06/t806275959645208576.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/06/t806243712909144064.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Right. Selfies. I&rsquo;m sure that&rsquo;s what this&rsquo;ll get used for &amp;amp; no one&rsquo;ll get hurt when the battery dies 10 stories up. <a href=\"https://t.co/m92LuANRFD\">t.co/m92LuANRF&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Right. Selfies. I'm sure that's what this'll get used for &amp;amp; no one'll get hurt when the battery dies 10 stories up. [t.co/m92LuANRF...](https://t.co/m92LuANRFD)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-06T16:07:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/06/t806243712909144064.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/03/t805122430809337856.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This had made the rounds already, but I&rsquo;d not read it until today. Feel about right. <a href=\"https://t.co/vvz8rbjrLl\">t.co/vvz8rbjrL&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This had made the rounds already, but I'd not read it until today. Feel about right. [t.co/vvz8rbjrL...](https://t.co/vvz8rbjrLl)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-03T13:52:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/03/t805122430809337856.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/03/t804864542278877184.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You know what&rsquo;s weird? Arial footage of London totally works with any online radio station. Most compelling TV I&rsquo;ve seen in a long while.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "You know what's weird? Arial footage of London totally works with any online radio station. Most compelling TV I've seen in a long while.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-02T20:47:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/02/t804864542278877184.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/02/t804722772190593024.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Who else in the world is going to tell you what stinks in such detail? What compound makes the stink of sweat-permeated mouse pads? <a href=\"https://t.co/yld7JBG5I5\">t.co/yld7JBG5I&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Who else in the world is going to tell you what stinks in such detail? What compound makes the stink of sweat-permeated mouse pads? [t.co/yld7JBG5I...](https://t.co/yld7JBG5I5)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-02T11:23:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/02/t804722772190593024.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/01/t804386998849064960.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>No way this could have unintended consequences. I&rsquo;m sure no one will end up an indentured servant. Nah. Surely not. <a href=\"https://t.co/W2OKK9lztv\">t.co/W2OKK9lzt&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "No way this could have unintended consequences. I'm sure no one will end up an indentured servant. Nah. Surely not. [t.co/W2OKK9lzt...](https://t.co/W2OKK9lztv)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-12-01T13:09:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/12/01/t804386998849064960.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/27/t802916621958291456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Flo Henderson from Rockport. Ron Glass from Evansville. Serial killer 2016 is targeting southern Indiana semi-celebrities. #conspiracytheory</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Flo Henderson from Rockport. Ron Glass from Evansville. Serial killer 2016 is targeting southern Indiana semi-celebrities. #conspiracytheory\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-27T11:46:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/27/t802916621958291456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802241171384832000.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Studying this planet is for the NOAA, which the cons want to defund. #nobodyscores <a href=\"https://t.co/1aD9jfd2r3\">t.co/1aD9jfd2r&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Studying this planet is for the NOAA, which the cons want to defund. #nobodyscores [t.co/1aD9jfd2r...](https://t.co/1aD9jfd2r3)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-25T15:02:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802241171384832000.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802195403198361602.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>He&rsquo;s like a goldfish in that he will apparently grow to fill his container. <a href=\"https://t.co/kmdx1qHXaQ\">t.co/kmdx1qHXa&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "He's like a goldfish in that he will apparently grow to fill his container. [t.co/kmdx1qHXa...](https://t.co/kmdx1qHXaQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-25T12:01:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802195403198361602.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802167852417581056.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>2016, serial killer. <a href=\"https://t.co/78MrZiGfI7\">t.co/78MrZiGfI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "2016, serial killer. [t.co/78MrZiGfI...](https://t.co/78MrZiGfI7)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-25T10:11:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/25/t802167852417581056.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800829265147285504.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>2016 continues its cultural rampage. Trevor is one of the masters of short fiction. I learned a lot from his work. <a href=\"https://t.co/rZBDa2z4oh\">t.co/rZBDa2z4o&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "2016 continues its cultural rampage. Trevor is one of the masters of short fiction. I learned a lot from his work. [t.co/rZBDa2z4o...](https://t.co/rZBDa2z4oh)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-21T17:32:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800829265147285504.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800823075394580480.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Yeah, I wonder the same thing about the neo-Nazis. <a href=\"https://t.co/MnX23CLMug\">t.co/MnX23CLMu&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Yeah, I wonder the same thing about the neo-Nazis. [t.co/MnX23CLMu...](https://t.co/MnX23CLMug)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-21T17:07:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800823075394580480.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800817072150286336.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So apparently the ruling class doesn&rsquo;t know that cameras these days can read fingerprints let alone Times New Roman. <a href=\"https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a50890/kris-kobach-homeland-security-plan-photo/\">Maybe Next Time Use The Folder</a></p>\n<p>Or maybe they do know and want this to be the next distraction while they rob some more people or sell the country to the oligarchs. Dunno.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "So apparently the ruling class doesn't know that cameras these days can read fingerprints let alone Times New Roman. [Maybe Next Time Use The Folder](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a50890/kris-kobach-homeland-security-plan-photo/)\n\nOr maybe they do know and want this to be the next distraction while they rob some more people or sell the country to the oligarchs. Dunno.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-21T16:44:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/21/t800817072150286336.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/16/t798973855251496960.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Listen to Joe. He knows what&rsquo;s what. <a href=\"https://t.co/wxLEbrtXgn\">t.co/wxLEbrtXg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Listen to Joe. He knows what's what. [t.co/wxLEbrtXg...](https://t.co/wxLEbrtXgn)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-16T14:39:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/16/t798973855251496960.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/14/t798195947175972865.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thinking we are long overdue for a repurposed &ldquo;Ain&rsquo;t Gonna Play Sun City.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thinking we are long overdue for a repurposed \"Ain't Gonna Play Sun City.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-14T11:08:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/14/t798195947175972865.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/14/t798012046277312513.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is not a fox, Chicagoans. This is the oft-mentioned lazy dog that the quick brown foxes jump over. #knowyourlocalwildlife <a href=\"https://t.co/DDE1Mr5ue7\">t.co/DDE1Mr5ue&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is not a fox, Chicagoans. This is the oft-mentioned lazy dog that the quick brown foxes jump over. #knowyourlocalwildlife [t.co/DDE1Mr5ue...](https://t.co/DDE1Mr5ue7)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-13T22:57:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/13/t798012046277312513.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/14/t797998347839631360.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>OK, Chicagoans. For the last time: No, my dog is not a fox. Have you ever even seen a fox? Do you know how few domesticated foxes there are?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "OK, Chicagoans. For the last time: No, my dog is not a fox. Have you ever even seen a fox? Do you know how few domesticated foxes there are?\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-13T22:03:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/13/t797998347839631360.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/13/t797917081735811072.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Did I mention I enjoy my new neighborhood, particularly Little Bucharest Bistro? <a href=\"https://t.co/FK0bV8gCk2\">t.co/FK0bV8gCk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Did I mention I enjoy my new neighborhood, particularly Little Bucharest Bistro? [t.co/FK0bV8gCk...](https://t.co/FK0bV8gCk2)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-13T16:40:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/13/t797917081735811072.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/05/t794950811591831552.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Achievement unlocked: @RonnieCraig disturbed b/c I knew the words to the chorus of C.W. McCall&rsquo;s classic song &ldquo;Convoy&rdquo; &amp;amp; sang as chipmunk.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Achievement unlocked: @RonnieCraig disturbed b/c I knew the words to the chorus of C.W. McCall's classic song \"Convoy\" &amp;amp; sang as chipmunk.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-05T12:13:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/05/t794950811591831552.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/04/t794566776545808384.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My unit conversion app just asked if I want more &ldquo;soybean profit.&rdquo; Well of course I do. Who doesn&rsquo;t? For whom is that question not relevant?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My unit conversion app just asked if I want more \"soybean profit.\" Well of course I do. Who doesn't? For whom is that question not relevant?\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-04T10:47:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/04/t794566776545808384.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/04/t794565775558377473.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Always a good day when a new short story from @tcboyle shows up: <a href=\"https://t.co/kTLt0Cto1l\">t.co/kTLt0Cto1&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Always a good day when a new short story from @tcboyle shows up: [t.co/kTLt0Cto1...](https://t.co/kTLt0Cto1l)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-04T10:43:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/04/t794565775558377473.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/03/t794221577294479360.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Don&rsquo;t forget to get a flu shot. Then take the flu&rsquo;s carcass to a local taxidermist. Hang its stuffed head over your trophy room mantle.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Don't forget to get a flu shot. Then take the flu's carcass to a local taxidermist. Hang its stuffed head over your trophy room mantle.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-11-03T11:55:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/11/03/t794221577294479360.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/28/t792051343204593665.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The first of many sendoffs in this vein, I&rsquo;m certain: <a href=\"https://t.co/h5fHg5kdov\">t.co/h5fHg5kdo&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The first of many sendoffs in this vein, I'm certain: [t.co/h5fHg5kdo...](https://t.co/h5fHg5kdov)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-28T12:12:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/28/t792051343204593665.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/28/t792043355093999621.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hey @DZone: Why, years after I unsubscribed to your lists &amp;amp; closed my account, are you spamming me &amp;amp; requiring I log in to unsubscribe?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hey @DZone: Why, years after I unsubscribed to your lists &amp;amp; closed my account, are you spamming me &amp;amp; requiring I log in to unsubscribe?\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-28T11:40:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/28/t792043355093999621.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/27/t791469467549233152.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is why we can&rsquo;t have nice things. #StandWithChelseaCain <a href=\"https://t.co/ni79Irmjyw\">t.co/ni79Irmjy&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is why we can't have nice things. #StandWithChelseaCain [t.co/ni79Irmjy...](https://t.co/ni79Irmjyw)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-26T21:40:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/26/t791469467549233152.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/25/t790991919673384961.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>We&rsquo;ll find his little black packets of hatred in gutters &amp;amp; hipster bookstores for decades, like buried toxic waste:\n<a href=\"https://t.co/tOGQnXkJIz\">t.co/tOGQnXkJI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "We'll find his little black packets of hatred in gutters &amp;amp; hipster bookstores for decades, like buried toxic waste:\n[t.co/tOGQnXkJI...](https://t.co/tOGQnXkJIz)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-25T14:02:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/25/t790991919673384961.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/25/t790950580822822912.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A new novella from Kai Ashante Wilson? Yes, please. Right now, please. <a href=\"https://t.co/RjzkXdr85h\">t.co/RjzkXdr85&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "A new novella from Kai Ashante Wilson? Yes, please. Right now, please. [t.co/RjzkXdr85...](https://t.co/RjzkXdr85h)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-25T11:18:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/25/t790950580822822912.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/23/t790027417788280836.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>FFS, 2016. Now you take @stevedillon20? <a href=\"https://t.co/3ePkmVMmFl\">t.co/3ePkmVMmF&hellip;</a> #comics has lost another one of its greats way too early.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "FFS, 2016. Now you take @stevedillon20? [t.co/3ePkmVMmF...](https://t.co/3ePkmVMmFl) #comics has lost another one of its greats way too early.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-22T22:09:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/22/t790027417788280836.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/21/t789255073834557441.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>NSFW I guess but it made me and my wife both giggle: <a href=\"https://t.co/abqBlZxXJX\">t.co/abqBlZxXJ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "NSFW I guess but it made me and my wife both giggle: [t.co/abqBlZxXJ...](https://t.co/abqBlZxXJX)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-20T19:00:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/20/t789255073834557441.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/11/t785889030734917632.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Bravo on emoji skin color spectrum @Microsoft but I think you&rsquo;re still missing some family groups &amp;amp; people combos: <a href=\"https://t.co/1flPadrzjd\">t.co/1flPadrzj&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Bravo on emoji skin color spectrum @Microsoft but I think you're still missing some family groups &amp;amp; people combos: [t.co/1flPadrzj...](https://t.co/1flPadrzjd)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-11T12:05:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/11/t785889030734917632.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/06/t783854807740284928.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Quite interesting to me: The State Of JavaScript: discover the most popular JavaScript technologies <a href=\"https://t.co/AGZwFAdd1T\">t.co/AGZwFAdd1&hellip;</a> #stateofjs</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Quite interesting to me: The State Of JavaScript: discover the most popular JavaScript technologies [t.co/AGZwFAdd1...](https://t.co/AGZwFAdd1T) #stateofjs\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-05T21:22:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/05/t783854807740284928.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/05/t783779680906207233.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Mean time between posting for sale notices and first scammer trying to rip me off: 15 minutes. Way to go, Humans of the Internet. Way to go.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Mean time between posting for sale notices and first scammer trying to rip me off: 15 minutes. Way to go, Humans of the Internet. Way to go.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-05T16:23:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/05/t783779680906207233.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/03/t783047433831886848.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Horrible news. Gary Reed&rsquo;s work at @CaliberComics got me back into reading #comics in the late 80s. He helped launch so many great artists. <a href=\"https://t.co/LnKX15HmgX\">t.co/LnKX15Hmg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Horrible news. Gary Reed's work at @CaliberComics got me back into reading #comics in the late 80s. He helped launch so many great artists. [t.co/LnKX15Hmg...](https://t.co/LnKX15HmgX)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-10-03T15:53:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/10/03/t783047433831886848.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/26/t780218326173618176.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is impressive. &ldquo;Escape from New York&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t have the budget for digital effects, so they did this instead. <a href=\"https://t.co/LiFY7Aj9w0\">t.co/LiFY7Aj9w&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is impressive. \"Escape from New York\" didn't have the budget for digital effects, so they did this instead. [t.co/LiFY7Aj9w...](https://t.co/LiFY7Aj9w0)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-25T20:31:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/25/t780218326173618176.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/25/t780168240228028416.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This makes me happier than it should. <a href=\"https://t.co/jAKIjCkKqF\">t.co/jAKIjCkKq&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This makes me happier than it should. [t.co/jAKIjCkKq...](https://t.co/jAKIjCkKqF)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-25T17:12:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/25/t780168240228028416.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/25/t780091127076487174.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Damn kids, get offa my lawn. <a href=\"https://t.co/geXScerSF6\">t.co/geXScerSF&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Damn kids, get offa my lawn. [t.co/geXScerSF...](https://t.co/geXScerSF6)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-25T12:06:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/25/t780091127076487174.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/17/t777168418764042240.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ugh. @BoingBoing is hawking vaporizers through a @StackSocial techjunk remainder store. Sorry, folks, but you&rsquo;re killfiled until that stops.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Ugh. @BoingBoing is hawking vaporizers through a @StackSocial techjunk remainder store. Sorry, folks, but you're killfiled until that stops.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-17T10:32:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/17/t777168418764042240.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/12/t775483250781237248.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Your friend who doesn&rsquo;t understand the claims of climate change could maybe start here <a href=\"https://t.co/K9CL6nqGDd\">t.co/K9CL6nqGD&hellip;</a> #comics #science</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Your friend who doesn't understand the claims of climate change could maybe start here [t.co/K9CL6nqGD...](https://t.co/K9CL6nqGDd) #comics #science\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-12T18:56:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/12/t775483250781237248.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/09/t774324565967110144.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I gotta say, @KentuckyKaiju looks like my kind of book.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I gotta say, @KentuckyKaiju looks like my kind of book.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-09T14:12:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/09/t774324565967110144.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/03/t772067778153021440.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you call yourself the voice of a generation, it is probably because you were only listening to yourself.  <a href=\"https://t.co/jOlNKSyxZa\">t.co/jOlNKSyxZ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you call yourself the voice of a generation, it is probably because you were only listening to yourself.  [t.co/jOlNKSyxZ...](https://t.co/jOlNKSyxZa)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-09-03T08:44:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/09/03/t772067778153021440.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/31/t770800554196860929.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Wow. So glad @philhester is doing better now. Been a fan of his since Fringe &amp;amp; other stuff from @CaliberComics. <a href=\"https://t.co/v4PQX9lmbi\">t.co/v4PQX9lmb&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Wow. So glad @philhester is doing better now. Been a fan of his since Fringe &amp;amp; other stuff from @CaliberComics. [t.co/v4PQX9lmb...](https://t.co/v4PQX9lmbi)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-30T20:49:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770800554196860929.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770686761865400322.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Happy when comic/book projects on Kickstarter offer low-price e-book options. Like to help but not thrilled about owning more things.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Happy when comic/book projects on Kickstarter offer low-price e-book options. Like to help but not thrilled about owning more things.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-30T13:16:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770686761865400322.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770661393934594048.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>TFW you can no longer be bothered to distinguish between an actual advertisement &amp;amp; an image posted by @ChuckTingle. <a href=\"https://t.co/d7roxfrRZT\">t.co/d7roxfrRZ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "TFW you can no longer be bothered to distinguish between an actual advertisement &amp;amp; an image posted by @ChuckTingle. [t.co/d7roxfrRZ...](https://t.co/d7roxfrRZT)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-30T11:36:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770661393934594048.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/30/t770454626302697472.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Here&rsquo;s a nice little cache of #scifi short stories from the @omnimagazine archives: <a href=\"https://t.co/Hz8SpzbZb6\">t.co/Hz8SpzbZb&hellip;</a> Some classics hidden in there.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Here's a nice little cache of #scifi short stories from the @omnimagazine archives: [t.co/Hz8SpzbZb...](https://t.co/Hz8SpzbZb6) Some classics hidden in there.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-29T21:54:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/29/t770454626302697472.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/28/t769947962965266432.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Always a welcome occurrence: A new @GingerbreadMag issue arrived today &amp;amp; you should read it: <a href=\"https://t.co/dyjdIYlL5E\">t.co/dyjdIYlL5&hellip;</a> #litmag #fairytales</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Always a welcome occurrence: A new @GingerbreadMag issue arrived today &amp;amp; you should read it: [t.co/dyjdIYlL5...](https://t.co/dyjdIYlL5E) #litmag #fairytales\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-28T12:21:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/28/t769947962965266432.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/27/t769629760246812672.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m not yet convinced this is a real company/product and not just some BS attempt at a Blomkamp-esque viral ripoff. <a href=\"https://t.co/gy0tOELsMe\">t.co/gy0tOELsM&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm not yet convinced this is a real company/product and not just some BS attempt at a Blomkamp-esque viral ripoff. [t.co/gy0tOELsM...](https://t.co/gy0tOELsMe)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-27T15:16:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/27/t769629760246812672.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/27/t769605813774131200.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you&rsquo;ve not read Alice B. Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.), you&rsquo;ve missed some of the most important SF ever written. <a href=\"https://t.co/088IXmbMi3\">t.co/088IXmbMi&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you've not read Alice B. Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.), you've missed some of the most important SF ever written. [t.co/088IXmbMi...](https://t.co/088IXmbMi3)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-27T13:41:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/27/t769605813774131200.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/24/t768532809656840192.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I got 94%, recognized all the non-words they presented, hesitated on 4 real words I dismissed as fake. Terrible. <a href=\"https://t.co/3Zx4GUA1bY\">t.co/3Zx4GUA1b&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I got 94%, recognized all the non-words they presented, hesitated on 4 real words I dismissed as fake. Terrible. [t.co/3Zx4GUA1b...](https://t.co/3Zx4GUA1bY)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-24T14:37:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/24/t768532809656840192.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/24/t768257188544393216.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Any day a package of #comics goodies from @tonybreed shows up in the mail is a good day. <a href=\"https://t.co/Kxrr1GW6Xx\">t.co/Kxrr1GW6X&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Any day a package of #comics goodies from @tonybreed shows up in the mail is a good day. [t.co/Kxrr1GW6X...](https://t.co/Kxrr1GW6Xx)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-23T20:22:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/23/t768257188544393216.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/21/t767443399058132993.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of my favorite games from childhood. I still have a copy of it in our game cabinet. <a href=\"https://t.co/vnrZCb32cg\">t.co/vnrZCb32c&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of my favorite games from childhood. I still have a copy of it in our game cabinet. [t.co/vnrZCb32c...](https://t.co/vnrZCb32cg)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-21T14:28:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/21/t767443399058132993.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/21/t767366630250688512.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you like the science fiction and you like the funny, you should read Drive from @davekellett. <a href=\"https://t.co/x3lkyNpPre\">t.co/x3lkyNpPr&hellip;</a> #comics #scifi</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you like the science fiction and you like the funny, you should read Drive from @davekellett. [t.co/x3lkyNpPr...](https://t.co/x3lkyNpPre) #comics #scifi\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-21T09:23:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/21/t767366630250688512.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/17/t766060698187071488.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>No, I&rsquo;m not laughing AT you. I&rsquo;m laughing at YOU. <a href=\"https://t.co/B98WPT9hOz\">t.co/B98WPT9hO&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "No, I'm not laughing AT you. I'm laughing at YOU. [t.co/B98WPT9hO...](https://t.co/B98WPT9hOz)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-17T18:54:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/17/t766060698187071488.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/16/t765355652952633345.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Couldn&rsquo;t distinguish 3 old white dudes on the SCOTUS &amp;amp; swapped 2 quotes. Oops. Scored 47. Citizenship attained?  <a href=\"https://t.co/4Qea3IYg7X\">t.co/4Qea3IYg7&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Couldn't distinguish 3 old white dudes on the SCOTUS &amp;amp; swapped 2 quotes. Oops. Scored 47. Citizenship attained?  [t.co/4Qea3IYg7...](https://t.co/4Qea3IYg7X)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-15T20:13:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/15/t765355652952633345.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/14/t764933050010509313.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hey, novelists. Pay attention to @QueryShark and learn to write better query letters: <a href=\"https://t.co/8puVuXYlXh\">t.co/8puVuXYlX&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hey, novelists. Pay attention to @QueryShark and learn to write better query letters: [t.co/8puVuXYlX...](https://t.co/8puVuXYlXh)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-14T16:13:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/14/t764933050010509313.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/14/t764891559124803584.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Gonna take you a while, but you should read these human stories that help explain recent history in the Middle East: <a href=\"https://t.co/vSyi2xiXuS\">t.co/vSyi2xiXu&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Gonna take you a while, but you should read these human stories that help explain recent history in the Middle East: [t.co/vSyi2xiXu...](https://t.co/vSyi2xiXuS)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-14T13:28:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/14/t764891559124803584.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/13/t764527957578616833.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I heated up leftover Indian food for lunch. It was pretty much a naan event.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I heated up leftover Indian food for lunch. It was pretty much a naan event.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-13T13:24:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/13/t764527957578616833.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/10/t763481955019128834.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The spokesman for a certain GOP presidential candidate is literally, right now, wearing a blackshirt on TV.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The spokesman for a certain GOP presidential candidate is literally, right now, wearing a blackshirt on TV.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-10T16:07:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/10/t763481955019128834.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/10/t763420214251757568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The only character needed in a Wild Cards series is Croyd Crenson, The Sleeper. Maybe The Great and Powerful Turtle. <a href=\"https://t.co/U6fqwkOjPR\">t.co/U6fqwkOjP&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The only character needed in a Wild Cards series is Croyd Crenson, The Sleeper. Maybe The Great and Powerful Turtle. [t.co/U6fqwkOjP...](https://t.co/U6fqwkOjPR)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-10T12:02:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/10/t763420214251757568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/08/t762440404281102340.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>After 30 years of reading and re-reading GRRM&rsquo;s Wild Cards, I&rsquo;m not certain I even want it adapted to the screen. <a href=\"https://t.co/4MnCxbmHiU\">t.co/4MnCxbmHi&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "After 30 years of reading and re-reading GRRM's Wild Cards, I'm not certain I even want it adapted to the screen. [t.co/4MnCxbmHi...](https://t.co/4MnCxbmHiU)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-07T19:08:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/07/t762440404281102340.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/07/t762343015209840640.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A perfectly silent Sunday morning on the street, sliced open like a gutted fish by auto-tuned vocals blasting from a open-windowed Sentra.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "A perfectly silent Sunday morning on the street, sliced open like a gutted fish by auto-tuned vocals blasting from a open-windowed Sentra.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-07T12:41:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/07/t762343015209840640.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/04/t761030770945253376.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I hate to see C&amp;amp;H misused, but this is rather true to life: Donald and Hobbes <a href=\"https://t.co/tPitQdZWSH\">t.co/tPitQdZWS&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I hate to see C&amp;amp;H misused, but this is rather true to life: Donald and Hobbes [t.co/tPitQdZWS...](https://t.co/tPitQdZWSH)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-03T21:47:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/03/t761030770945253376.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/03/t760662634332958721.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Where we are now: Major party candidate for pres rally features: 10 yr old calls opposing candidate &ldquo;bitch&rdquo;; crying baby gleefully ejected.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Where we are now: Major party candidate for pres rally features: 10 yr old calls opposing candidate \"bitch\"; crying baby gleefully ejected.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T21:24:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760662634332958721.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/03/t760658577119817730.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Where we are now: A major party candidate for president claims that &ldquo;the wind kills all your birds. All your birds, killed.&rdquo; Damn dadaist.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Where we are now: A major party candidate for president claims that \"the wind kills all your birds. All your birds, killed.\" Damn dadaist.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T21:08:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760658577119817730.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760527881881747456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just so you know where we are: a major party candidate for pres. said the NYT reporters &ldquo;don&rsquo;t write good.&rdquo; So much for the grammarian vote.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just so you know where we are: a major party candidate for pres. said the NYT reporters \"don't write good.\" So much for the grammarian vote.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T12:29:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760527881881747456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760493057842122752.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dystopian, sure, you can bank on that. Class warfare, absolutely. Ancient wealthy vampires in some kind of Schismatrix rip-off? How novel.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dystopian, sure, you can bank on that. Class warfare, absolutely. Ancient wealthy vampires in some kind of Schismatrix rip-off? How novel.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T10:10:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760493057842122752.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760492574285049856.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Of all the art forms that life could imitate, YA vampire dystopian stories were not what I&rsquo;d have expected: <a href=\"https://t.co/BXidxrDi8P\">t.co/BXidxrDi8&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Of all the art forms that life could imitate, YA vampire dystopian stories were not what I'd have expected: [t.co/BXidxrDi8...](https://t.co/BXidxrDi8P)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T10:08:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760492574285049856.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760486110946402306.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another &ldquo;Bright&rdquo;-titled novel from Jay Mcinerney. If he&rsquo;s not careful, he&rsquo;s gonna become the Lillian Jackson Vernon of yuppie novelists.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Another \"Bright\"-titled novel from Jay Mcinerney. If he's not careful, he's gonna become the Lillian Jackson Vernon of yuppie novelists.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-02T09:43:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760486110946402306.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/02/t760299313952161793.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just finished &ldquo;Open City&rdquo; by Teju Cole &amp;amp; don&rsquo;t know what to think yet. A fully colonized &ldquo;American Psycho&rdquo;? A 21st cen. &ldquo;Diary of a Rapist&rdquo;?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just finished \"Open City\" by Teju Cole &amp;amp; don't know what to think yet. A fully colonized \"American Psycho\"? A 21st cen. \"Diary of a Rapist\"?\n",
				"date_published": "2016-08-01T21:20:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/08/01/t760299313952161793.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/30/t759410408474091520.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Learn from Dennis Cooper: Back up your writing if you use someone else&rsquo;s platform, or host it yourself &amp;amp; syndicate. <a href=\"https://t.co/0L96lYxZIS\">t.co/0L96lYxZI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Learn from Dennis Cooper: Back up your writing if you use someone else's platform, or host it yourself &amp;amp; syndicate. [t.co/0L96lYxZI...](https://t.co/0L96lYxZIS)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-30T10:28:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/30/t759410408474091520.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/24/t757043263647789056.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A 5 star review of Penumbra Wine Bar. Seriously: go there as soon as you can. This place deserves to be popular.  <a href=\"https://t.co/FYfxZuf9gu\">t.co/FYfxZuf9g&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "A 5 star review of Penumbra Wine Bar. Seriously: go there as soon as you can. This place deserves to be popular.  [t.co/FYfxZuf9g...](https://t.co/FYfxZuf9gu)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-23T21:42:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/23/t757043263647789056.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/23/t756984765635375105.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Out of nowhere, the Daily Caller shows up in my Apple News feed. I mute it, of course. I think I may just have been part of an experiment.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Out of nowhere, the Daily Caller shows up in my Apple News feed. I mute it, of course. I think I may just have been part of an experiment.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-23T17:50:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/23/t756984765635375105.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/22/t756568220606267392.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The daily spam has gotten so much weirder. <a href=\"https://t.co/EOymMoERyq\">t.co/EOymMoERy&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The daily spam has gotten so much weirder. [t.co/EOymMoERy...](https://t.co/EOymMoERyq)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-22T14:14:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/22/t756568220606267392.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/18/t755117341835341825.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hey, kids! #Comics! @thenib has relaunched (no longer on @Medium, it appears; yay, if so) and it is pretty great: <a href=\"https://t.co/x96bwRntdM\">t.co/x96bwRntd&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hey, kids! #Comics! @thenib has relaunched (no longer on @Medium, it appears; yay, if so) and it is pretty great: [t.co/x96bwRntd...](https://t.co/x96bwRntdM)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-18T14:09:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/18/t755117341835341825.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750792192923275264.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>7/ Though if I find Hills' book to be prescriptivist on this re-read, it&rsquo;ll go in the &ldquo;Yeah, that&rsquo;s nice for you. Congrats&rdquo; pile.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "7/ Though if I find Hills' book to be prescriptivist on this re-read, it'll go in the \"Yeah, that's nice for you. Congrats\" pile.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:43:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750792192923275264.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750791741549064192.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>6/ Because Hills just gives you some tools and some patterns and, as I recall, doesn&rsquo;t claim to have found the One True Way to write.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "6/ Because Hills just gives you some tools and some patterns and, as I recall, doesn't claim to have found the One True Way to write.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:41:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750791741549064192.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750791043436539904.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>5/ So I guess that&rsquo;s saved me a few bucks &amp;amp; some time and provided me an impetus to go back and re-read Rust Hills' book on the short story.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "5/ So I guess that's saved me a few bucks &amp;amp; some time and provided me an impetus to go back and re-read Rust Hills' book on the short story.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:38:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750791043436539904.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750790452832456704.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>4/ Twenty-odd years later and he&rsquo;s still telling MFA students his method of writing is the only one not &ldquo;mortally flawed.&rdquo; #facepalm</p>\n",
				"content_text": "4/ Twenty-odd years later and he's still telling MFA students his method of writing is the only one not \"mortally flawed.\" #facepalm\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:36:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750790452832456704.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750790180668215296.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>3/ I wrote him off then as a pompous ass. I stopped reading his books. A friend brought him up today and I caught up on his work since.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "3/ I wrote him off then as a pompous ass. I stopped reading his books. A friend brought him up today and I caught up on his work since.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:35:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750790180668215296.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750789872105889793.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>2/ He&rsquo;d come to be a guest at the school&rsquo;s literary award. He sat with a bunch of us and told us his way of writing was the only way.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "2/ He'd come to be a guest at the school's literary award. He sat with a bunch of us and told us his way of writing was the only way.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:33:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750789872105889793.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750788543916576768.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>1/ Curious, I read the Amazon reviews of a writer&rsquo;s book on writing fiction. I&rsquo;d met this writer back in the 90s during my MFA days.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "1/ Curious, I read the Amazon reviews of a writer's book on writing fiction. I'd met this writer back in the 90s during my MFA days.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-07-06T15:28:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/07/06/t750788543916576768.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746421296867614727.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>And a big thank you to Twitter, too, for obliterating RSS entirely. All this stuff could have been so much better.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "And a big thank you to Twitter, too, for obliterating RSS entirely. All this stuff could have been so much better.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-24T14:14:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746421296867614727.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746420826266689537.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh yeah, thanks Apple as well for abusing RSS in your Apple News product. I&rsquo;ve yet to see it actually consume an RSS feed successfully.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh yeah, thanks Apple as well for abusing RSS in your Apple News product. I've yet to see it actually consume an RSS feed successfully.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-24T14:12:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746420826266689537.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746418339375808512.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thanks Google! Thanks Facebook! Thanks for reinventing RSS &amp;amp; ATOM in multiple mutually-incompatible ways that we don&rsquo;t need. Thanks. Really.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thanks Google! Thanks Facebook! Thanks for reinventing RSS &amp;amp; ATOM in multiple mutually-incompatible ways that we don't need. Thanks. Really.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-24T14:02:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/24/t746418339375808512.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/22/t745447265414701056.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In about 30 years, I&rsquo;m looking forward to the launch of Tronc: Legacy.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "In about 30 years, I'm looking forward to the launch of Tronc: Legacy.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-21T21:44:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/21/t745447265414701056.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/15/t743104542892380160.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ain&rsquo;t this the truth.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://t.co/qJqIuJ99AQ\">t.co/qJqIuJ99A&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Ain't this the truth.\n\n[t.co/qJqIuJ99A...](https://t.co/qJqIuJ99AQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-15T10:35:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/15/t743104542892380160.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/12/t742141990133846016.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>No, @thinkprogress editors: That asshole didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;shoot up&rdquo; a club. He killed 50 innocent people. #orlandoshooting <a href=\"https://t.co/0Vf4ZWsKJl\">t.co/0Vf4ZWsKJ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "No, @thinkprogress editors: That asshole didn't \"shoot up\" a club. He killed 50 innocent people. #orlandoshooting [t.co/0Vf4ZWsKJ...](https://t.co/0Vf4ZWsKJl)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-12T18:50:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/12/t742141990133846016.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/12/t742064867561996288.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Turns out all that a story needs sometimes is a villain to help it get straightened out. #amwriting</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Turns out all that a story needs sometimes is a villain to help it get straightened out. #amwriting\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-12T13:43:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/12/t742064867561996288.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/11/t741638121213722629.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Creepy weirdo #drumpf surrogate Jeffery Lord is actually &ldquo;Pro Nun Wrestling&rdquo; reader Rev. Clement Hedges! #conspiracy <a href=\"https://t.co/eALlzetuF7\">t.co/eALlzetuF&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Creepy weirdo #drumpf surrogate Jeffery Lord is actually \"Pro Nun Wrestling\" reader Rev. Clement Hedges! #conspiracy [t.co/eALlzetuF...](https://t.co/eALlzetuF7)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-11T09:28:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/11/t741638121213722629.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/09/t740991051935023104.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If your #javascript framework requires a 27-part video series to explain its proper use, you might want to re-evaluate your life choices.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If your #javascript framework requires a 27-part video series to explain its proper use, you might want to re-evaluate your life choices.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-06-09T14:36:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/06/09/t740991051935023104.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/31/t737470144016879616.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My favorite quote from the long weekend: &ldquo;I shoulda known. Straight guys always have knives.&rdquo; Said after I offered mine to cut ribbons.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My favorite quote from the long weekend: \"I shoulda known. Straight guys always have knives.\" Said after I offered mine to cut ribbons.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-30T21:25:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/30/t737470144016879616.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/26/t735913339113504768.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve distractedly followed the @ChuckTingle/ Whatever Puppies thing, figuring it&rsquo;s a bunch of dicks getting trolled: <a href=\"https://t.co/cQi8NmRZoa\">t.co/cQi8NmRZo&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've distractedly followed the @ChuckTingle/ Whatever Puppies thing, figuring it's a bunch of dicks getting trolled: [t.co/cQi8NmRZo...](https://t.co/cQi8NmRZoa)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-26T14:19:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/26/t735913339113504768.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/25/t735504818102403073.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>We&rsquo;re certain this didn&rsquo;t get produced by The Onion? <a href=\"https://t.co/43TLlXerIe\">t.co/43TLlXerI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "We're certain this didn't get produced by The Onion? [t.co/43TLlXerI...](https://t.co/43TLlXerIe)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-25T11:16:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/25/t735504818102403073.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/24/t735192347483484160.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>“In short stories, all too often ‘the beer’s warm and the coffee’s cold.” @lucekel <a href=\"https://t.co/VrVOCVuI8S\">t.co/VrVOCVuI8&hellip;</a> #readthis <a href=\"https://t.co/kSlpUq0iSQ\">t.co/kSlpUq0iS&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "“In short stories, all too often ‘the beer’s warm and the coffee’s cold.” @lucekel [t.co/VrVOCVuI8...](https://t.co/VrVOCVuI8S) #readthis [t.co/kSlpUq0iS...](https://t.co/kSlpUq0iSQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-24T14:34:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/24/t735192347483484160.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/24/t735189603708108801.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you can&rsquo;t take grim&rsquo;n&rsquo;gritty superhero #comics seriously, you should read the funny &amp;amp; well-done <a href=\"https://t.co/lyIVLVDwNX\">t.co/lyIVLVDwN&hellip;</a> from @TPubComics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you can't take grim'n'gritty superhero #comics seriously, you should read the funny &amp;amp; well-done [t.co/lyIVLVDwN...](https://t.co/lyIVLVDwNX) from @TPubComics\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-24T14:23:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/24/t735189603708108801.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/23/t734803868287008769.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>You should watch this. <a href=\"https://t.co/iJxXEfiYL9\">t.co/iJxXEfiYL&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "You should watch this. [t.co/iJxXEfiYL...](https://t.co/iJxXEfiYL9)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-23T12:51:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/23/t734803868287008769.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/22/t734416886893514752.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Where are the poets, novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, essayists &amp;amp; artists talking about this slow emergency? <a href=\"https://t.co/VF5KwI8YeY\">t.co/VF5KwI8Ye&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Where are the poets, novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, essayists &amp;amp; artists talking about this slow emergency? [t.co/VF5KwI8Ye...](https://t.co/VF5KwI8YeY)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-22T11:13:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/22/t734416886893514752.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733704270420312064.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>TIL there is such a thing as the Nacogdoches Venom Response Team. This is not a municipal service I&rsquo;d have expected: <a href=\"https://t.co/eZEoHQZCKL\">t.co/eZEoHQZCK&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "TIL there is such a thing as the Nacogdoches Venom Response Team. This is not a municipal service I'd have expected: [t.co/eZEoHQZCK...](https://t.co/eZEoHQZCKL)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-20T12:01:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733704270420312064.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733685302930374656.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, come on, Twitter. Why make it so hard for people to follow a link: <a href=\"https://t.co/kBk42uPiFV\">t.co/kBk42uPiF&hellip;</a> #readthis #poem #drinking</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, come on, Twitter. Why make it so hard for people to follow a link: [t.co/kBk42uPiF...](https://t.co/kBk42uPiFV) #readthis #poem #drinking\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-20T10:46:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733685302930374656.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733684972381450244.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Yeah, you should read this.  <a href=\"https://t.co/ircKX7WrEe\">t.co/ircKX7WrE&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Yeah, you should read this.  [t.co/ircKX7WrE...](https://t.co/ircKX7WrEe)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-20T10:45:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/20/t733684972381450244.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/17/t732661484250103808.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Interesting conflict here between Purdue&rsquo;s public radio station and This American Life and Pandora. <a href=\"https://t.co/p5ICGrJGul\">t.co/p5ICGrJGu&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Interesting conflict here between Purdue's public radio station and This American Life and Pandora. [t.co/p5ICGrJGu...](https://t.co/p5ICGrJGul)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-17T14:58:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/17/t732661484250103808.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/15/t731663165440839680.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Big thank you to @VeraChicago for an amazing meal tonight. Everything was perfect. And thanks @RonnieCraig for date night!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Big thank you to @VeraChicago for an amazing meal tonight. Everything was perfect. And thanks @RonnieCraig for date night!\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-14T20:51:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/14/t731663165440839680.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/13/t731188061443362818.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;And always hire for horsepower over experience&rdquo; sounds like code for &ldquo;no olds please.&rdquo; Life is not a hackathon. <a href=\"https://t.co/8UKmVoMOOp\">t.co/8UKmVoMOO&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"And always hire for horsepower over experience\" sounds like code for \"no olds please.\" Life is not a hackathon. [t.co/8UKmVoMOO...](https://t.co/8UKmVoMOOp)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-13T13:23:13-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/13/t731188061443362818.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/13/t731163663344762880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Do a theme song for a FOX cop show &amp;amp; next thing you know you&rsquo;re talking to Alex Jones. That&rsquo;s how they get you, man. <a href=\"https://t.co/LUeL02gU29\">t.co/LUeL02gU2&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Do a theme song for a FOX cop show &amp;amp; next thing you know you're talking to Alex Jones. That's how they get you, man. [t.co/LUeL02gU2...](https://t.co/LUeL02gU29)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-13T11:46:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/13/t731163663344762880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/12/t730899953728425984.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>When is someone going to tell @hardball_chris to stop talking over women? I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve ever heard him let a woman finish a sentence.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "When is someone going to tell @hardball_chris to stop talking over women? I don't think I've ever heard him let a woman finish a sentence.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-12T18:18:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/12/t730899953728425984.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/12/t730846344408092673.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Recruiters: Telling me that a company added 200 people in the last year really does not make me want to learn more about that opportunity.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Recruiters: Telling me that a company added 200 people in the last year really does not make me want to learn more about that opportunity.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-12T14:45:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/12/t730846344408092673.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/11/t730506191177187329.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So sorry to hear that the new Instagram app icon killed all those honeybees &amp;amp; got Drumph elected &amp;amp; stole your bike. What a travesty indeed.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "So sorry to hear that the new Instagram app icon killed all those honeybees &amp;amp; got Drumph elected &amp;amp; stole your bike. What a travesty indeed.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-11T16:13:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/11/t730506191177187329.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/11/t730408705477496832.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Wait, wait, wait. They&rsquo;re renaming that &ldquo;beer&rdquo; to &ldquo;America&rdquo; and not to &ldquo;Sex in a Canoe?&rdquo; (Because it is fucking close to water.) #oldjokes</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Wait, wait, wait. They're renaming that \"beer\" to \"America\" and not to \"Sex in a Canoe?\" (Because it is fucking close to water.) #oldjokes\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-11T09:46:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/11/t730408705477496832.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/10/t730048018045644800.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I am skeptical of M. Bison being named the USA official mammal. We don&rsquo;t even know where he&rsquo;s from! #yourgovtatwork <a href=\"https://t.co/KQ0MhwTMMQ\">t.co/KQ0MhwTMM&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I am skeptical of M. Bison being named the USA official mammal. We don't even know where he's from! #yourgovtatwork [t.co/KQ0MhwTMM...](https://t.co/KQ0MhwTMMQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-10T09:53:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/10/t730048018045644800.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t729035586540015616.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Don&rsquo;t want to stand in line at your LCBS for #FreeComicBookDay? Try this site for free #comics! <a href=\"https://t.co/zGPrvABjqm\">t.co/zGPrvABjq&hellip;</a> from @TheOuthousers</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Don't want to stand in line at your LCBS for #FreeComicBookDay? Try this site for free #comics! [t.co/zGPrvABjq...](https://t.co/zGPrvABjqm) from @TheOuthousers\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-07T14:50:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t729035586540015616.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t729028015871643650.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I usually despair at &ldquo;X novels you must read&rdquo; lists, but this one, oddly enough, has #books not normally listed. <a href=\"https://t.co/VGY5Fbcb6G\">t.co/VGY5Fbcb6&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I usually despair at \"X novels you must read\" lists, but this one, oddly enough, has #books not normally listed. [t.co/VGY5Fbcb6...](https://t.co/VGY5Fbcb6G)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-07T14:19:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t729028015871643650.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t728993046570909696.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, @disqus, setting my account &ndash; after how long? &ndash; to default to email notifications for every reply? I never agreed to that. #badform</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, @disqus, setting my account -- after how long? -- to default to email notifications for every reply? I never agreed to that. #badform\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-07T12:01:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/07/t728993046570909696.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/04/t727883680606101505.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the best things that hits my email a few times a week is @readtedium&rsquo;s newsletter: <a href=\"https://t.co/nYDgnV0HD6\">t.co/nYDgnV0HD&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the best things that hits my email a few times a week is @readtedium's newsletter: [t.co/nYDgnV0HD...](https://t.co/nYDgnV0HD6)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-04T10:32:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/04/t727883680606101505.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/01/t726924026744967168.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>In other news, such glee from @RonnieCraig when she bought out @chicagocomics' entire inventory of Dazzler #comics from the 80s today.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "In other news, such glee from @RonnieCraig when she bought out @chicagocomics' entire inventory of Dazzler #comics from the 80s today.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-01T18:59:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/01/t726924026744967168.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/01/t726923127574253568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just read Dave Sim&rsquo;s intro to the collected Puma Blues. What an utterly bugfuck indulgence of religious insanity &amp;amp; scientific ignorance.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just read Dave Sim's intro to the collected Puma Blues. What an utterly bugfuck indulgence of religious insanity &amp;amp; scientific ignorance.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-05-01T18:55:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/05/01/t726923127574253568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/30/t726495370805678081.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Read the conversation here and learned something important. Maybe you will, too. <a href=\"https://t.co/FHdWJjeVUM\">t.co/FHdWJjeVU&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Read the conversation here and learned something important. Maybe you will, too. [t.co/FHdWJjeVU...](https://t.co/FHdWJjeVUM)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-30T14:36:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/30/t726495370805678081.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/29/t726168245284143106.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thanks to the internet, I&rsquo;m assured I&rsquo;m not the only person who thinks Tom Petty&rsquo;s &ldquo;Running Down a Dream&rdquo; could be a Scooby Doo chase song.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thanks to the internet, I'm assured I'm not the only person who thinks Tom Petty's \"Running Down a Dream\" could be a Scooby Doo chase song.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-29T16:56:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/29/t726168245284143106.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/27/t725432592581939200.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just gave to Friends of @SycamoreReview, a student organization I started in 1993, for #PurdueDayofGiving. <a href=\"https://t.co/GCO18r6x51\">t.co/GCO18r6x5&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just gave to Friends of @SycamoreReview, a student organization I started in 1993, for #PurdueDayofGiving. [t.co/GCO18r6x5...](https://t.co/GCO18r6x51)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-27T16:13:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/27/t725432592581939200.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/18/t722194693333737472.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I think Kai Ashante Wilson is my new favorite writer. Sorcerer of the Wildeeps is easily the best #fantasy/#scifi I&rsquo;ve read in years.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I think Kai Ashante Wilson is my new favorite writer. Sorcerer of the Wildeeps is easily the best #fantasy/#scifi I've read in years.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-18T17:46:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/18/t722194693333737472.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/17/t721791161162014721.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Somewhere there must exist a plumbing fixture designer whose work is so inscrutable they are reserved solely for the hospitality industry.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Somewhere there must exist a plumbing fixture designer whose work is so inscrutable they are reserved solely for the hospitality industry.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-17T15:03:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/17/t721791161162014721.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/15/t721060014236966912.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Fascinating. &ldquo;If you eat food, you&rsquo;re being lied to.&rdquo; <a href=\"https://t.co/BJIuvMa41K\">t.co/BJIuvMa41&hellip;</a> #readthis</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Fascinating. \"If you eat food, you're being lied to.\" [t.co/BJIuvMa41...](https://t.co/BJIuvMa41K) #readthis\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-15T14:37:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/15/t721060014236966912.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/15/t720794143367102464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is the weirdest thing I&rsquo;ve ever read by Gay Talese: <a href=\"https://t.co/kXQpWmTFZV\">t.co/kXQpWmTFZ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is the weirdest thing I've ever read by Gay Talese: [t.co/kXQpWmTFZ...](https://t.co/kXQpWmTFZV)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-14T21:01:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/14/t720794143367102464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/12/t719714316409155584.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Now I&rsquo;m pissed off: Local attorney attempts to scam Chicago animal shelter with bogus estate: <a href=\"https://t.co/50a9RFXsHd\">t.co/50a9RFXsH&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Now I'm pissed off: Local attorney attempts to scam Chicago animal shelter with bogus estate: [t.co/50a9RFXsH...](https://t.co/50a9RFXsHd)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-11T21:30:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/11/t719714316409155584.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/11/t719335435017842689.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>IFC Films is showing the movie &ldquo;Troy&rdquo; all month. Instead, read &ldquo;Troy: The Movie&rdquo; at Strange Horizons &amp; have more fun: <a href=\"https://t.co/bfbhWroS6o\">t.co/bfbhWroS6&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "IFC Films is showing the movie \"Troy\" all month. Instead, read \"Troy: The Movie\" at Strange Horizons & have more fun: [t.co/bfbhWroS6...](https://t.co/bfbhWroS6o)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-10T20:25:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/10/t719335435017842689.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/05/t717455720329920512.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Really, @venmo? Your security code takes so long to reach my phone that the form the code is supposed to go into rejects it. #doyoueventest</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Really, @venmo? Your security code takes so long to reach my phone that the form the code is supposed to go into rejects it. #doyoueventest\n",
				"date_published": "2016-04-05T15:55:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/04/05/t717455720329920512.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/31/t715638220822880257.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Currently listening to: <a href=\"https://t.co/tHnk2KKjkF\">t.co/tHnk2KKjk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Currently listening to: [t.co/tHnk2KKjk...](https://t.co/tHnk2KKjkF)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-31T15:33:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/31/t715638220822880257.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/31/t715571692483948546.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Yeah, this happened. <a href=\"https://t.co/C5AAQvrYzA\">t.co/C5AAQvrYz&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Yeah, this happened. [t.co/C5AAQvrYz...](https://t.co/C5AAQvrYzA)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-31T11:09:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/31/t715571692483948546.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/31/t715359002448691200.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Now this is a nice surprise. A new Wild Cards story!  <a href=\"https://t.co/XyWblLgEdW\">t.co/XyWblLgEd&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Now this is a nice surprise. A new Wild Cards story!  [t.co/XyWblLgEd...](https://t.co/XyWblLgEdW)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-30T21:04:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/30/t715359002448691200.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714567642011541505.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Eventually someone&rsquo;ll make a gun-shaped phone case for a phone-shaped gun &amp;amp; we can just call it quits as a species. <a href=\"https://t.co/qYG901LEly\">t.co/qYG901LEl&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Eventually someone'll make a gun-shaped phone case for a phone-shaped gun &amp;amp; we can just call it quits as a species. [t.co/qYG901LEl...](https://t.co/qYG901LEly)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-28T16:39:36-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714567642011541505.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714557759706935296.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Worst. Transformer. Ever. <a href=\"https://t.co/bsTjrwRw6d\">t.co/bsTjrwRw6&hellip;</a> #goodluckwiththat</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Worst. Transformer. Ever. [t.co/bsTjrwRw6...](https://t.co/bsTjrwRw6d) #goodluckwiththat\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-28T16:00:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714557759706935296.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714486939290836992.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Written 6 years ago, but gives an idea why his death was such a loss: The Comedian’s Comedian’s Comedian <a href=\"https://t.co/0NYYP7kyIZ\">t.co/0NYYP7kyI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Written 6 years ago, but gives an idea why his death was such a loss: The Comedian’s Comedian’s Comedian [t.co/0NYYP7kyI...](https://t.co/0NYYP7kyIZ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-28T11:18:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714486939290836992.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714452660544487425.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sad news on a Monday morning. Goodbye to one of my favorite fiction &amp;amp; food writers, Jim Harrison. I&rsquo;ll miss him. <a href=\"https://t.co/pMvgeGCg85\">t.co/pMvgeGCg8&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sad news on a Monday morning. Goodbye to one of my favorite fiction &amp;amp; food writers, Jim Harrison. I'll miss him. [t.co/pMvgeGCg8...](https://t.co/pMvgeGCg85)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-28T09:02:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/28/t714452660544487425.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/21/t711938431740465152.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I move that the CTA officially put ironic quotation marks around the T in its logo and name. #chicago</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I move that the CTA officially put ironic quotation marks around the T in its logo and name. #chicago\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-21T10:32:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/21/t711938431740465152.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/20/t711369532963565568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I love it when this kind of weirdness pops up: Customs seizes $4.65 million in &lsquo;hell money&rsquo; <a href=\"https://t.co/qiyE9cgg5L\">t.co/qiyE9cgg5&hellip;</a> #writingprompt</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I love it when this kind of weirdness pops up: Customs seizes $4.65 million in 'hell money' [t.co/qiyE9cgg5...](https://t.co/qiyE9cgg5L) #writingprompt\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-19T20:51:27-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/19/t711369532963565568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/19/t711232255838912512.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;Mistakes: Belief in Seth Rogan&rdquo; Further evidence of the republic&rsquo;s last days from @chainsawsuit:\n<a href=\"https://t.co/Co618onDdG\">t.co/Co618onDd&hellip;</a> #whogreenlitthis</p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"Mistakes: Belief in Seth Rogan\" Further evidence of the republic's last days from @chainsawsuit:\n[t.co/Co618onDd...](https://t.co/Co618onDdG) #whogreenlitthis\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-19T11:45:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/19/t711232255838912512.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/18/t710873953867141120.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Every day there&rsquo;s another reason to keep your phone turned off. <a href=\"https://t.co/eZbv4pg39D\">t.co/eZbv4pg39&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Every day there's another reason to keep your phone turned off. [t.co/eZbv4pg39...](https://t.co/eZbv4pg39D)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-18T12:02:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/18/t710873953867141120.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/15/t709810086869344256.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;You might&rsquo;ve thought a world built entirely on #Bitcoin transactions would be a horrific dystopia.&rdquo; Yep. Still do. <a href=\"https://t.co/gU9XDBbEJx\">t.co/gU9XDBbEJ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"You might've thought a world built entirely on #Bitcoin transactions would be a horrific dystopia.\" Yep. Still do. [t.co/gU9XDBbEJ...](https://t.co/gU9XDBbEJx)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-15T13:34:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/15/t709810086869344256.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/11/t708370667649957889.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh @github, this is not nearly expressive enough for my usual reaction to new issues. At least one gesture missing. <a href=\"https://t.co/cKDP1VnJeK\">t.co/cKDP1VnJe&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh @github, this is not nearly expressive enough for my usual reaction to new issues. At least one gesture missing. [t.co/cKDP1VnJe...](https://t.co/cKDP1VnJeK)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-11T14:15:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/11/t708370667649957889.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/08/t707035772126244864.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looks like @BoingBoing pulled the April Fools trigger a few weeks early. <a href=\"https://t.co/OboApnG2uX\">t.co/OboApnG2u&hellip;</a> #jumptheshark #nukethefridge #fillthehouse</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looks like @BoingBoing pulled the April Fools trigger a few weeks early. [t.co/OboApnG2u...](https://t.co/OboApnG2uX) #jumptheshark #nukethefridge #fillthehouse\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-07T21:50:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/07/t707035772126244864.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/07/t706920688842440704.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>For me, it was realizing what side Miller was actually on in the Martha Washington stories, but yeah: <a href=\"https://t.co/yY06FFOM4X\">t.co/yY06FFOM4&hellip;</a> #comics`</p>\n",
				"content_text": "For me, it was realizing what side Miller was actually on in the Martha Washington stories, but yeah: [t.co/yY06FFOM4...](https://t.co/yY06FFOM4X) #comics`\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-07T14:13:20-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/07/t706920688842440704.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/03/t705234243325014016.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I plan to lose so many hours reading @Kitbashed: <a href=\"https://t.co/iIUzEbP9jQ\">t.co/iIUzEbP9j&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I plan to lose so many hours reading @Kitbashed: [t.co/iIUzEbP9j...](https://t.co/iIUzEbP9jQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-03-02T22:32:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/03/02/t705234243325014016.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/26/t703327471790395394.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I don&rsquo;t think I can adequately express how happy this makes me: <a href=\"https://t.co/slkb5Cb3UT\">t.co/slkb5Cb3U&hellip;</a> #gopher</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I don't think I can adequately express how happy this makes me: [t.co/slkb5Cb3U...](https://t.co/slkb5Cb3UT) #gopher\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-26T16:15:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/26/t703327471790395394.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/25/t702887490693304324.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, so he died doing what he loved: Predator cosplay. <a href=\"https://t.co/VygVmsN3IT\">t.co/VygVmsN3I&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, so he died doing what he loved: Predator cosplay. [t.co/VygVmsN3I...](https://t.co/VygVmsN3IT)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-25T11:06:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/25/t702887490693304324.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/25/t702886118665166848.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I understand, but don&rsquo;t like, how things like this can be published and a violent revolution not start immediately: <a href=\"https://t.co/y6tTfIfVNo\">t.co/y6tTfIfVN&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I understand, but don't like, how things like this can be published and a violent revolution not start immediately: [t.co/y6tTfIfVN...](https://t.co/y6tTfIfVNo)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-25T11:01:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/25/t702886118665166848.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/22/t701852506112954369.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>It is the 21st damn century and we’re still using passwords for most services. Even with 2FA this is just dismal.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "It is the 21st damn century and we’re still using passwords for most services. Even with 2FA this is just dismal.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-22T14:34:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/22/t701852506112954369.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/21/t701481176809283585.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh good. Another day in which I learn that an author whose work I&rsquo;ve enjoyed moonlights as a privileged, bigoted jackass.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh good. Another day in which I learn that an author whose work I've enjoyed moonlights as a privileged, bigoted jackass.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-21T13:58:40-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/21/t701481176809283585.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/21/t701230580139057157.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;A Friendly Game&rdquo; by @ReeAmilcarScott damn near stopped my heart in a whole bunch of ways. You should read it: <a href=\"https://t.co/W13F3DIzjZ\">t.co/W13F3DIzj&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"A Friendly Game\" by @ReeAmilcarScott damn near stopped my heart in a whole bunch of ways. You should read it: [t.co/W13F3DIzj...](https://t.co/W13F3DIzjZ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-20T21:22:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/20/t701230580139057157.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/20/t701156923601723396.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The best random internet rabbit hole ever led me to this piece of statistical genius: <a href=\"https://t.co/HY0BLSm2Pe\">t.co/HY0BLSm2P&hellip;</a> #bobross</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The best random internet rabbit hole ever led me to this piece of statistical genius: [t.co/HY0BLSm2P...](https://t.co/HY0BLSm2Pe) #bobross\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-20T16:30:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/20/t701156923601723396.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/16/t699454336477368320.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Tonight&rsquo;s Feature: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. In Spielberg&rsquo;s 1977 E.T. prequel, aliens operate a musical tour of WY. <a href=\"https://t.co/lsOLMHevJW\">t.co/lsOLMHevJ&hellip;</a> #movies</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Tonight's Feature: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS. In Spielberg's 1977 E.T. prequel, aliens operate a musical tour of WY. [t.co/lsOLMHevJ...](https://t.co/lsOLMHevJW) #movies\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-15T23:44:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699454336477368320.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/16/t699450964445634560.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of my favorite series from one of my favorite authors is finally coming to TV. <a href=\"https://t.co/bYkMHZtfey\">t.co/bYkMHZtfe&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of my favorite series from one of my favorite authors is finally coming to TV. [t.co/bYkMHZtfe...](https://t.co/bYkMHZtfey)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-15T23:31:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699450964445634560.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699328921767190528.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you&rsquo;re not reading Adam Huber&rsquo;s Bug Martini, you&rsquo;re missing out on one of the funniest #comics going today. <a href=\"https://t.co/ZLGwfe9SoO\">t.co/ZLGwfe9So&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you're not reading Adam Huber's Bug Martini, you're missing out on one of the funniest #comics going today. [t.co/ZLGwfe9So...](https://t.co/ZLGwfe9SoO)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-15T15:26:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699328921767190528.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699280285960163329.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Hope this is making fun of poorly translated tattoos &amp;amp; not a real attempt at &ldquo;Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.&rdquo; #comics <a href=\"https://t.co/6zFgZdD3Fc\">t.co/6zFgZdD3F&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Hope this is making fun of poorly translated tattoos &amp;amp; not a real attempt at \"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.\" #comics [t.co/6zFgZdD3F...](https://t.co/6zFgZdD3Fc)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-15T12:13:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699280285960163329.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/15/t699052524465029120.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Tonight&rsquo;s Feature: WOLF, a 1994 documentary about the dog-eat-dog world of the New York publishing business. #movies <a href=\"https://t.co/aNtvd7GFW6\">t.co/aNtvd7GFW&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Tonight's Feature: WOLF, a 1994 documentary about the dog-eat-dog world of the New York publishing business. #movies [t.co/aNtvd7GFW...](https://t.co/aNtvd7GFW6)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-14T21:08:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/14/t699052524465029120.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/14/t698737447828639744.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Tonight&rsquo;s feature: DEAD OF WINTER, 1987 noirish thriller in which Mary Steenburgen plays 3 roles &amp;amp; does not need a dude to save her. #movies</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Tonight's feature: DEAD OF WINTER, 1987 noirish thriller in which Mary Steenburgen plays 3 roles &amp;amp; does not need a dude to save her. #movies\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-14T00:16:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/14/t698737447828639744.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/12/t698261068456460289.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Great site about women crime writers from @LibraryAmerica <a href=\"https://t.co/MwYYuTIb3t\">t.co/MwYYuTIb3&hellip;</a> Be sure to check out the book list in the bonus features.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Great site about women crime writers from @LibraryAmerica [t.co/MwYYuTIb3...](https://t.co/MwYYuTIb3t) Be sure to check out the book list in the bonus features.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-12T16:43:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/12/t698261068456460289.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/11/t697904029251325952.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Speaking of good #comics, you should read Watson &amp;amp; Holmes. Here&rsquo;s a collection of good books by black creators: <a href=\"https://t.co/qX1FqqNPy1\">t.co/qX1FqqNPy&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Speaking of good #comics, you should read Watson &amp;amp; Holmes. Here's a collection of good books by black creators: [t.co/qX1FqqNPy...](https://t.co/qX1FqqNPy1)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-11T17:04:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/11/t697904029251325952.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/11/t697889677588721664.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dunno about the 13 best #comics, but definitely 13 damned good ones, if a little superhero heavy: <a href=\"https://t.co/8bgni2vGTv\">t.co/8bgni2vGT&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dunno about the 13 best #comics, but definitely 13 damned good ones, if a little superhero heavy: [t.co/8bgni2vGT...](https://t.co/8bgni2vGTv)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-11T16:07:19-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/11/t697889677588721664.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/10/t697509077233115137.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Thanks to last fall&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://t.co/nJk95giQzF\">t.co/nJk95giQz&hellip;</a> update, I&rsquo;ve possibly recovered the &ldquo;Cyberpunk Mad-Libs&rdquo; feature I built in 2001 for Playboy.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Thanks to last fall's [t.co/nJk95giQz...](https://t.co/nJk95giQzF) update, I've possibly recovered the \"Cyberpunk Mad-Libs\" feature I built in 2001 for Playboy.\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-10T14:54:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/10/t697509077233115137.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/10/t697476949816565761.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>New Moviegoer from @LibraryAmerica (hoping it doesn&rsquo;t devolve into a We Like Daniel Day-Lewis #Movies column) <a href=\"https://t.co/fEqZqRZ8cf\">t.co/fEqZqRZ8c&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "New Moviegoer from @LibraryAmerica (hoping it doesn't devolve into a We Like Daniel Day-Lewis #Movies column) [t.co/fEqZqRZ8c...](https://t.co/fEqZqRZ8cf)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-10T12:47:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/10/t697476949816565761.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/08/t696805297625690112.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>An annual tradition. A big bundle of good #scifi &amp;amp; #fantasy short fiction, free for the download from @torbooks. <a href=\"https://t.co/TEvzGylXI2\">t.co/TEvzGylXI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "An annual tradition. A big bundle of good #scifi &amp;amp; #fantasy short fiction, free for the download from @torbooks. [t.co/TEvzGylXI...](https://t.co/TEvzGylXI2)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-08T16:18:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/08/t696805297625690112.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/08/t696721084465307648.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>To the point: How does biology explain the low numbers of women in computer science? Hint: It doesn&rsquo;t: <a href=\"https://t.co/v3Mh7yQ5OY\">t.co/v3Mh7yQ5O&hellip;</a> #womenintech</p>\n",
				"content_text": "To the point: How does biology explain the low numbers of women in computer science? Hint: It doesn't: [t.co/v3Mh7yQ5O...](https://t.co/v3Mh7yQ5OY) #womenintech\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-08T10:43:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/08/t696721084465307648.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/04/t695287270262362112.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Re. other things I wish dudes would stop doing: There&rsquo;s no damn reason @AlisonLeiby should&rsquo;ve been treated this way:\n<a href=\"https://t.co/kXKdwRwpcu\">t.co/kXKdwRwpc&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Re. other things I wish dudes would stop doing: There's no damn reason @AlisonLeiby should've been treated this way:\n[t.co/kXKdwRwpc...](https://t.co/kXKdwRwpcu)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-04T11:46:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/04/t695287270262362112.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/04/t695285176310632448.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Damn, someone&rsquo;s been busy. <a href=\"https://t.co/Gi2cw4v7eC\">t.co/Gi2cw4v7e&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Damn, someone's been busy. [t.co/Gi2cw4v7e...](https://t.co/Gi2cw4v7eC)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-04T11:37:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/04/t695285176310632448.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/03/t694994651045040129.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another account of my favorite tech story of the last year: Appalachian Miners Are Learning to Code <a href=\"https://t.co/DZGd9AlFVb\">t.co/DZGd9AlFV&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Another account of my favorite tech story of the last year: Appalachian Miners Are Learning to Code [t.co/DZGd9AlFV...](https://t.co/DZGd9AlFVb)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-03T16:23:31-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/03/t694994651045040129.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/02/t694662172475990017.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I, too, loved Hanna-Barbera #cartoons when I was a kid, but I wish dudes my age would stop with this kind of thing: <a href=\"https://t.co/O1OOXnDq7y\">t.co/O1OOXnDq7&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I, too, loved Hanna-Barbera #cartoons when I was a kid, but I wish dudes my age would stop with this kind of thing: [t.co/O1OOXnDq7...](https://t.co/O1OOXnDq7y)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-02-02T18:22:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/02/t694662172475990017.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/02/01/t693967784296869888.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Did you know that @motherboard publishes an original #scifi feature called Terraform? Me neither. I like it, though. <a href=\"https://t.co/VmKf9GuoBQ\">t.co/VmKf9GuoB&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Did you know that @motherboard publishes an original #scifi feature called Terraform? Me neither. I like it, though. [t.co/VmKf9GuoB...](https://t.co/VmKf9GuoBQ)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-31T20:23:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/31/t693967784296869888.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/30/t693524034080735232.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Do yourself a favor and read @maritzac&rsquo;s POWER NAP from the beginning. Good #comics: funny story, great artwork. <a href=\"https://t.co/W78aLM8nrR\">t.co/W78aLM8nr&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Do yourself a favor and read @maritzac's POWER NAP from the beginning. Good #comics: funny story, great artwork. [t.co/W78aLM8nr...](https://t.co/W78aLM8nrR)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-30T14:59:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/30/t693524034080735232.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/29/t693138178786598917.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Actually better than the current Muppets TV show: Jim Henson’s Violent Wilkins Coffee Commercials <a href=\"https://t.co/BJNsVq69ZH\">t.co/BJNsVq69Z&hellip;</a> via @openculture</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Actually better than the current Muppets TV show: Jim Henson’s Violent Wilkins Coffee Commercials [t.co/BJNsVq69Z...](https://t.co/BJNsVq69ZH) via @openculture\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-29T13:26:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/29/t693138178786598917.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/27/t692464061167095808.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Inaugural &ldquo;The Moviegoer&rdquo; column from @LibraryAmerica covers Last of the Mohicans. I like the feature&rsquo;s concept:\n<a href=\"https://t.co/cQvfA6kRdv\">t.co/cQvfA6kRd&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Inaugural \"The Moviegoer\" column from @LibraryAmerica covers Last of the Mohicans. I like the feature's concept:\n[t.co/cQvfA6kRd...](https://t.co/cQvfA6kRdv)\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-27T16:47:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/27/t692464061167095808.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/27/t692450929799487490.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I wonder how much carbon goes into the air for the operation of websites that keep the world apprised of Abe Vigoda&rsquo;s status. #alsothistweet</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I wonder how much carbon goes into the air for the operation of websites that keep the world apprised of Abe Vigoda's status. #alsothistweet\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-27T15:55:41-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/27/t692450929799487490.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/15/t687833172504084480.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ok #faceoff contestants. Why do the alien bounty hunters have to look like their spaceships? Do you all look just like your cars?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Ok #faceoff contestants. Why do the alien bounty hunters have to look like their spaceships? Do you all look just like your cars?\n",
				"date_published": "2016-01-14T22:06:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2016/01/14/t687833172504084480.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/29/t681759062011326464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Old but interesting back story to one of my favorite comics: Jim Shooter: The Coming of ROM <a href=\"https://t.co/BQigmRlEcJ\">t.co/BQigmRlEc&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/QqrXI0TLHE\">t.co/QqrXI0TLH&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Old but interesting back story to one of my favorite comics: Jim Shooter: The Coming of ROM [t.co/BQigmRlEc...](https://t.co/BQigmRlEcJ) [t.co/QqrXI0TLH...](https://t.co/QqrXI0TLHE)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-29T03:50:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/29/t681759062011326464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/28/t681556825192411137.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Aw, man. RIP, good sir. You made me laugh. <a href=\"https://t.co/TZVCiaPcqt\">t.co/TZVCiaPcq&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Aw, man. RIP, good sir. You made me laugh. [t.co/TZVCiaPcq...](https://t.co/TZVCiaPcqt)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-28T14:26:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/28/t681556825192411137.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/27/t681205165064601601.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dogs and cats living together.. mass hysteria: A Simulation In Emoji <a href=\"https://t.co/a6HGEuFaya\">t.co/a6HGEuFay&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dogs and cats living together.. mass hysteria: A Simulation In Emoji [t.co/a6HGEuFay...](https://t.co/a6HGEuFaya)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-27T15:09:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/27/t681205165064601601.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/23/t679584739901222912.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Uh-oh, poets. You, too, will be automated out of a job: How Machines Write Poetry <a href=\"https://t.co/Zk026DFnwy\">t.co/Zk026DFnw&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Uh-oh, poets. You, too, will be automated out of a job: How Machines Write Poetry [t.co/Zk026DFnw...](https://t.co/Zk026DFnwy)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-23T03:50:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/23/t679584739901222912.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/22/t679222378203844608.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The Daily WTF accidentally publishes a work of creepypasta: The Machine <a href=\"https://t.co/JhwTeO34ba\">t.co/JhwTeO34b&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/W06jF6yTyP\">t.co/W06jF6yTy&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The Daily WTF accidentally publishes a work of creepypasta: The Machine [t.co/JhwTeO34b...](https://t.co/JhwTeO34ba) [t.co/W06jF6yTy...](https://t.co/W06jF6yTyP)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-22T03:50:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/22/t679222378203844608.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678701916872835072.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I never much liked any &ldquo;mind mapping&rdquo; tools as a form of info capture until I used @scappleapp. Now I do a lot of my thinking in that app.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I never much liked any \"mind mapping\" tools as a form of info capture until I used @scappleapp. Now I do a lot of my thinking in that app.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-20T17:22:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678701916872835072.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678668472210071552.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>SF story anthology from @imaginationASU: Hieroglyph: Stories &amp;amp; Visions for a Better Future <a href=\"https://t.co/SwMpVeJaMW\">t.co/SwMpVeJaM&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/xCHlv7UT0G\">t.co/xCHlv7UT0&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "SF story anthology from @imaginationASU: Hieroglyph: Stories &amp;amp; Visions for a Better Future [t.co/SwMpVeJaM...](https://t.co/SwMpVeJaMW) [t.co/xCHlv7UT0...](https://t.co/xCHlv7UT0G)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-20T15:09:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678668472210071552.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678603590408216576.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>An annual must-read: The 4th Twelve Tomorrows science fiction anthology from @techreview: <a href=\"https://t.co/j8cXcMyXzm\">t.co/j8cXcMyXz&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/eR1QCHci9s\">t.co/eR1QCHci9&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "An annual must-read: The 4th Twelve Tomorrows science fiction anthology from @techreview: [t.co/j8cXcMyXz...](https://t.co/j8cXcMyXzm) [t.co/eR1QCHci9...](https://t.co/eR1QCHci9s)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-20T10:51:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678603590408216576.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678557735408050177.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Free science fiction anthology from @AtlanticCouncil: War Stories from the Future <a href=\"https://t.co/lVNBl7x4mn\">t.co/lVNBl7x4m&hellip;</a> #ebook <a href=\"https://t.co/CI3HVd3pWa\">t.co/CI3HVd3pW&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Free science fiction anthology from @AtlanticCouncil: War Stories from the Future [t.co/lVNBl7x4m...](https://t.co/lVNBl7x4mn) #ebook [t.co/CI3HVd3pW...](https://t.co/CI3HVd3pWa)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-20T07:49:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678557735408050177.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678497573670428672.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Free (but please consider donating) short fiction anthology from @EFF: Pwning Tomorrow <a href=\"https://t.co/diDR01obpd\">t.co/diDR01obp&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/fYhwC2tomP\">t.co/fYhwC2tom&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Free (but please consider donating) short fiction anthology from @EFF: Pwning Tomorrow [t.co/diDR01obp...](https://t.co/diDR01obpd) [t.co/fYhwC2tom...](https://t.co/fYhwC2tomP)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-20T03:50:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/20/t678497573670428672.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/19/t678313448615362560.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If this is for real, it&rsquo;ll be huge: Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative … <a href=\"https://t.co/uK5l4mClOu\">t.co/uK5l4mClO&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/FjNnXD09dm\">t.co/FjNnXD09d&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If this is for real, it'll be huge: Aluminum battery from Stanford offers safe alternative … [t.co/uK5l4mClO...](https://t.co/uK5l4mClOu) [t.co/FjNnXD09d...](https://t.co/FjNnXD09dm)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-19T15:38:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/19/t678313448615362560.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/19/t678256452138631168.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Gorgeous: Dizzying Birds-Eye Views of Imaginary Cityscapes by Daisuke Tajima <a href=\"https://t.co/ACZ1DIcCXh\">t.co/ACZ1DIcCX&hellip;</a> @SpoonTamago <a href=\"https://t.co/FgiXB1kET4\">t.co/FgiXB1kET&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Gorgeous: Dizzying Birds-Eye Views of Imaginary Cityscapes by Daisuke Tajima [t.co/ACZ1DIcCX...](https://t.co/ACZ1DIcCXh) @SpoonTamago [t.co/FgiXB1kET...](https://t.co/FgiXB1kET4)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-19T11:51:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/19/t678256452138631168.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/17/t677538065112563712.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>6 Chicago tech companies changing the world for the better, including @publicgood:  <a href=\"https://t.co/lB1fnVDpCw\">t.co/lB1fnVDpC&hellip;</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/s1b1rtgmXP\">t.co/s1b1rtgmX&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "6 Chicago tech companies changing the world for the better, including @publicgood:  [t.co/lB1fnVDpC...](https://t.co/lB1fnVDpCw) [t.co/s1b1rtgmX...](https://t.co/s1b1rtgmXP)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-17T12:17:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/17/t677538065112563712.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/15/t676572578601766913.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I donated my $16.09 LinkedIn class action settlement check to @_MakerGirl via @publicgood #DoPublicGood <a href=\"https://t.co/q0iChYp1Un\">t.co/q0iChYp1U&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I donated my $16.09 LinkedIn class action settlement check to @_MakerGirl via @publicgood #DoPublicGood [t.co/q0iChYp1U...](https://t.co/q0iChYp1Un)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-14T20:20:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/14/t676572578601766913.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/13/t676095358536171521.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Honestly, @Apple, what were you thinking? If I put a date on an item in Reminder, it should show up in Calendar.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Honestly, @Apple, what were you thinking? If I put a date on an item in Reminder, it should show up in Calendar.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-13T12:44:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/13/t676095358536171521.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/11/t675155539215712256.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>@LindseyGrahamSC, demanding encryption backdoors, probably also thinks only locksmiths know how to use lock picks: <a href=\"https://t.co/YqTYehF23Q\">t.co/YqTYehF23&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "@LindseyGrahamSC, demanding encryption backdoors, probably also thinks only locksmiths know how to use lock picks: [t.co/YqTYehF23...](https://t.co/YqTYehF23Q)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-10T22:29:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/10/t675155539215712256.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/08/t674075676287217665.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Our favorite @NashWhiskeyFest find was the Triple Smoke Single Barrel from @corsairartisan and now it is ours. <a href=\"https://t.co/nfkcPeMtq2\">t.co/nfkcPeMtq&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Our favorite @NashWhiskeyFest find was the Triple Smoke Single Barrel from @corsairartisan and now it is ours. [t.co/nfkcPeMtq...](https://t.co/nfkcPeMtq2)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-07T22:58:59-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/07/t674075676287217665.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/08/t674072289613250561.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What I learned today from the @NewYorkerRadio podcast: Jonathan Safran Foer apparently had never heard of flypaper until recently.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "What I learned today from the @NewYorkerRadio podcast: Jonathan Safran Foer apparently had never heard of flypaper until recently.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-07T22:45:32-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/07/t674072289613250561.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/03/t672225229268197376.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the best tech stories I&rsquo;ve read this year: “Can You Teach a Coal Miner to Code?” by @laurensmiley <a href=\"https://t.co/kQ7LQjkndP\">t.co/kQ7LQjknd&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the best tech stories I've read this year: “Can You Teach a Coal Miner to Code?” by @laurensmiley [t.co/kQ7LQjknd...](https://t.co/kQ7LQjkndP)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-12-02T20:25:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/12/02/t672225229268197376.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/31/t660488515931774976.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I kind of miss being able to discover the costume gags myself, but the great Halloween tradition continues: <a href=\"https://t.co/ddqO7H38Wi\">t.co/ddqO7H38W&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I kind of miss being able to discover the costume gags myself, but the great Halloween tradition continues: [t.co/ddqO7H38W...](https://t.co/ddqO7H38Wi)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-10-31T11:08:28-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/31/t660488515931774976.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/28/t659379029645074432.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The new local TV station seems a little limited in its programming: <a href=\"https://t.co/XTOu0sm2rD\">t.co/XTOu0sm2r&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The new local TV station seems a little limited in its programming: [t.co/XTOu0sm2r...](https://t.co/XTOu0sm2rD)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-10-28T09:39:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/28/t659379029645074432.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/09/t652276053377982464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The creators of Homestar Runner have a new pile of weirdness for you called Two More Eggs: <a href=\"https://t.co/gFgnS78azW\">t.co/gFgnS78az&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The creators of Homestar Runner have a new pile of weirdness for you called Two More Eggs: [t.co/gFgnS78az...](https://t.co/gFgnS78azW)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-10-08T19:15:04-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/10/08/t652276053377982464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/23/t646524698315108353.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Decent gag 3 in #TheMuppets premiere: Animal falling into the drum at the end. Weak, but still reminiscent of the old show.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Decent gag 3 in #TheMuppets premiere: Animal falling into the drum at the end. Weak, but still reminiscent of the old show.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-09-22T22:21:14-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/22/t646524698315108353.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/23/t646524495621177348.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Decent gag 2 in #TheMuppets premiere: Gonzo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Dancing with the Czars&rdquo; pitch.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Decent gag 2 in #TheMuppets premiere: Gonzo's \"Dancing with the Czars\" pitch.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-09-22T22:20:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/22/t646524495621177348.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/23/t646524256575201280.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Decent gag 1 in #TheMuppets premiere:Honeydew zapping Beaker and saying it was safe because of his gloves.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Decent gag 1 in #TheMuppets premiere:Honeydew zapping Beaker and saying it was safe because of his gloves.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-09-22T22:19:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/22/t646524256575201280.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/23/t646523961560449024.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Only 3 gags in #TheMuppets tonight that were what I would expect. The rest was misguided at best, crass at worst, not worth watching more.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Only 3 gags in #TheMuppets tonight that were what I would expect. The rest was misguided at best, crass at worst, not worth watching more.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-09-22T22:18:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/22/t646523961560449024.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/06/t640365873463730176.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looking for a fun movie? Can&rsquo;t go wrong with @bam_snap. Saw the premiere the other night &amp;amp; it was awesome. <a href=\"https://t.co/YztRuKSlCf\">t.co/YztRuKSlC&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looking for a fun movie? Can't go wrong with @bam_snap. Saw the premiere the other night &amp;amp; it was awesome. [t.co/YztRuKSlC...](https://t.co/YztRuKSlCf)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-09-05T22:28:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/09/05/t640365873463730176.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/16/t632989399337185280.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I really enjoyed Shadow Unit (<a href=\"http://t.co/tiztzSuJnh)\">http://t.co/tiztzSuJnh)</a>, so I&rsquo;m looking forward to following @serialboxpub &amp;amp; their new serial fiction.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I really enjoyed Shadow Unit (http://t.co/tiztzSuJnh), so I'm looking forward to following @serialboxpub &amp;amp; their new serial fiction.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-08-16T13:56:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/16/t632989399337185280.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/12/t631274667005751296.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Nice little profile on one of my favorite bookstores in Chicago, @QuimbysBooks: <a href=\"http://t.co/VUK6BVC25p\">t.co/VUK6BVC25&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Nice little profile on one of my favorite bookstores in Chicago, @QuimbysBooks: [t.co/VUK6BVC25...](http://t.co/VUK6BVC25p)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-08-11T20:23:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/11/t631274667005751296.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/04/t628387314516000768.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Gave @ronniecraig my copies of @joe_hill&rsquo;s Locke &amp;amp; Key to read. Devoured in hours. Gonna need a bigger book.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Gave @ronniecraig my copies of @joe_hill's Locke &amp;amp; Key to read. Devoured in hours. Gonna need a bigger book.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-08-03T21:09:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/08/03/t628387314516000768.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/07/14/t620970358770786305.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s best weirdness courtesy of @openculture: Orson Welles reads Edgar Allan Poe on The Alan Parsons Project album <a href=\"http://t.co/TmD9qrOskv\">t.co/TmD9qrOsk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's best weirdness courtesy of @openculture: Orson Welles reads Edgar Allan Poe on The Alan Parsons Project album [t.co/TmD9qrOsk...](http://t.co/TmD9qrOskv)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-07-14T09:57:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/07/14/t620970358770786305.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/06/27/t614900695414603777.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>.@ronniecraig and her dog just burped at each other. It&rsquo;s like their own special language, just for the two of them.</p>\n",
				"content_text": ".@ronniecraig and her dog just burped at each other. It's like their own special language, just for the two of them.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-06-27T15:58:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/06/27/t614900695414603777.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/06/22/t613004605123788800.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I got 7/8 &ldquo;You know Chicago&rsquo;s bike laws.&rdquo; on &ldquo;How Well Do You Know Chicago&rsquo;s Bike Laws?&rdquo; What about you? <a href=\"https://t.co/HzXuusKCCL\">t.co/HzXuusKCC&hellip;</a> via @Qzzr_</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I got 7/8 \"You know Chicago's bike laws.\" on \"How Well Do You Know Chicago's Bike Laws?\" What about you? [t.co/HzXuusKCC...](https://t.co/HzXuusKCCL) via @Qzzr_\n",
				"date_published": "2015-06-22T10:24:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/06/22/t613004605123788800.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/05/14/t598680249958817792.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Look what I got to ride home tonight. #blackhawksbike <a href=\"https://t.co/RjdgMpmT4a\">t.co/RjdgMpmT4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Look what I got to ride home tonight. #blackhawksbike [t.co/RjdgMpmT4...](https://t.co/RjdgMpmT4a)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-05-13T21:44:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/05/13/t598680249958817792.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/04/17/t589060948406632448.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Space is big / Space is Dark/ It&rsquo;s Hard to Find / A Place to Park / Burma Shave <a href=\"http://t.co/RtVyxV8tSi\">t.co/RtVyxV8tS&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Space is big / Space is Dark/ It's Hard to Find / A Place to Park / Burma Shave [t.co/RtVyxV8tS...](http://t.co/RtVyxV8tSi)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-04-17T08:40:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/04/17/t589060948406632448.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/04/15/t588391023350394880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>How did this become a thing? <a href=\"http://t.co/z7zuvlNUU9\">t.co/z7zuvlNUU&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "How did this become a thing? [t.co/z7zuvlNUU...](http://t.co/z7zuvlNUU9)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-04-15T12:18:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/04/15/t588391023350394880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/15/t577144926942715904.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The most brazen rip-off ever: How the beverage industry brainwashed you to fear tap water <a href=\"http://t.co/9gSvM3qTa4\">t.co/9gSvM3qTa&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The most brazen rip-off ever: How the beverage industry brainwashed you to fear tap water [t.co/9gSvM3qTa...](http://t.co/9gSvM3qTa4)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-03-15T11:30:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/15/t577144926942715904.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/15/t577133605744291842.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Spent a bit of the morning using Lynxlet to browse Gopher sites. The old internet was snappy &amp;amp; information-rich! Next, going to visit BBSes.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Spent a bit of the morning using Lynxlet to browse Gopher sites. The old internet was snappy &amp;amp; information-rich! Next, going to visit BBSes.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-03-15T10:45:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/15/t577133605744291842.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/13/t576429362267844608.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” RIP, Terry Pratchett.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” RIP, Terry Pratchett.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-03-13T12:07:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/03/13/t576429362267844608.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/27/t571414792658915328.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Made it to El Ateneo! Cross that one off the list. Sadly, the 4-volume complete Borges was too big to… <a href=\"https://t.co/S77FgoHggF\">t.co/S77FgoHgg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Made it to El Ateneo! Cross that one off the list. Sadly, the 4-volume complete Borges was too big to… [t.co/S77FgoHgg...](https://t.co/S77FgoHggF)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-27T16:01:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/27/t571414792658915328.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/23/t569984688930066432.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oops. Out of the country for the Chicago municipal elections. Could someone go vote a second time for me, per tradition?</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oops. Out of the country for the Chicago municipal elections. Could someone go vote a second time for me, per tradition?\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-23T17:18:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/23/t569984688930066432.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/23/t569973299100442625.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Mi esposa, plotting our migration to Colonia. I&rsquo;ve created a monster. @ Colonia, Uruguay <a href=\"https://t.co/OenNddSaCn\">t.co/OenNddSaC&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Mi esposa, plotting our migration to Colonia. I've created a monster. @ Colonia, Uruguay [t.co/OenNddSaC...](https://t.co/OenNddSaCn)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-23T16:33:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/23/t569973299100442625.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/22/t569603685250146305.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I guess this means good luck for PGS in the future. It also means I have to wash my shirt.… <a href=\"http://t.co/KLnQ3ddA1f\">t.co/KLnQ3ddA1&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I guess this means good luck for PGS in the future. It also means I have to wash my shirt.… [t.co/KLnQ3ddA1...](http://t.co/KLnQ3ddA1f)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-22T16:04:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/22/t569603685250146305.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/22/t569601090813083649.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Ronnie &amp;amp; Guillermo, who stayed behind in Costa Rica to guard the room. #latergram @ Playa Tamarindo,… <a href=\"http://t.co/pgEHOGJF2u\">t.co/pgEHOGJF2&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Ronnie &amp;amp; Guillermo, who stayed behind in Costa Rica to guard the room. #latergram @ Playa Tamarindo,… [t.co/pgEHOGJF2...](http://t.co/pgEHOGJF2u)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-22T15:54:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/22/t569601090813083649.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/19/t568491672440610816.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Lake Arenal speeding by earlier this afternoon. At the moment I&rsquo;m looking up at the volcano and hoping… <a href=\"http://t.co/FboMoKnjgN\">t.co/FboMoKnjg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Lake Arenal speeding by earlier this afternoon. At the moment I'm looking up at the volcano and hoping… [t.co/FboMoKnjg...](http://t.co/FboMoKnjgN)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-19T14:25:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/19/t568491672440610816.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/16/t567115579283496960.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>On your birthday, Costa Rican tradition is to leave an elephant&rsquo;s head in your room. But there aren&rsquo;t… <a href=\"http://t.co/PK2RfPH1i2\">t.co/PK2RfPH1i&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "On your birthday, Costa Rican tradition is to leave an elephant's head in your room. But there aren't… [t.co/PK2RfPH1i...](http://t.co/PK2RfPH1i2)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-15T19:17:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/15/t567115579283496960.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/16/t567112328005816320.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>So we found a place to crash when arrived in San Jose. I guess it&rsquo;ll do. @ Marriott Costa Rica, San Jose <a href=\"http://t.co/2sDdfxan7k\">t.co/2sDdfxan7&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "So we found a place to crash when arrived in San Jose. I guess it'll do. @ Marriott Costa Rica, San Jose [t.co/2sDdfxan7...](http://t.co/2sDdfxan7k)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-15T19:04:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/15/t567112328005816320.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/15/t566812856168247297.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My Spanish is wretched when I&rsquo;m at my best. Since I arrived in Costa Rica, it has practically devolved into caveman-level Esperanto.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "My Spanish is wretched when I'm at my best. Since I arrived in Costa Rica, it has practically devolved into caveman-level Esperanto.\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-14T23:14:50-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/14/t566812856168247297.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/10/t565263575917559810.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Congratulations to the editors of @VelaMag on their new site. Looking forward to reading <a href=\"http://t.co/iz2SivH8Gf\">t.co/iz2SivH8G&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Congratulations to the editors of @VelaMag on their new site. Looking forward to reading [t.co/iz2SivH8G...](http://t.co/iz2SivH8Gf)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-10T16:38:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/10/t565263575917559810.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/01/t561972252309467136.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I used to say that my ashes were to be interred at Borderlands Books in SF. So much for that plan. h/t @jpellerin: <a href=\"http://t.co/GPLYaZSeDD\">t.co/GPLYaZSeD&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I used to say that my ashes were to be interred at Borderlands Books in SF. So much for that plan. h/t @jpellerin: [t.co/GPLYaZSeD...](http://t.co/GPLYaZSeDD)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-02-01T14:40:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/02/01/t561972252309467136.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/17/t556269075652169728.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Nice to see someone learning. &ldquo;What Taking My Daughter to a Comic Book Store Taught Me&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/Qi9hzCkWYF\">t.co/Qi9hzCkWY&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Nice to see someone learning. \"What Taking My Daughter to a Comic Book Store Taught Me\" [t.co/Qi9hzCkWY...](http://t.co/Qi9hzCkWYF)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-01-16T20:57:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/16/t556269075652169728.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/12/t554737819042594816.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is hypnotizing: <a href=\"https://t.co/RFxinnnSWq\">t.co/RFxinnnSW&hellip;</a> It reminds me of <a href=\"http://t.co/qkIvuNW2xt\">t.co/qkIvuNW2x&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is hypnotizing: [t.co/RFxinnnSW...](https://t.co/RFxinnnSWq) It reminds me of [t.co/qkIvuNW2x...](http://t.co/qkIvuNW2xt)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-01-12T15:32:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/12/t554737819042594816.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/11/t554102826373095426.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The only year&rsquo;s end retrospectives I enjoy are the photography ones, like this one: <a href=\"http://t.co/XLx3bwdvl6\">t.co/XLx3bwdvl&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The only year's end retrospectives I enjoy are the photography ones, like this one: [t.co/XLx3bwdvl...](http://t.co/XLx3bwdvl6)\n",
				"date_published": "2015-01-10T21:29:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2015/01/10/t554102826373095426.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/31/t550337035467501568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Writers like Ursula Le Guin keep my faith in fiction from completely collapsing. <a href=\"http://t.co/KpURSWdu6b\">t.co/KpURSWdu6&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Writers like Ursula Le Guin keep my faith in fiction from completely collapsing. [t.co/KpURSWdu6...](http://t.co/KpURSWdu6b)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-31T12:05:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/31/t550337035467501568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/17/t545334148328472577.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Expect the privileged to treat Cuba as a poverty zoo until it recovers from generations of economic degradation &amp;amp; stops being &ldquo;authentic.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Expect the privileged to treat Cuba as a poverty zoo until it recovers from generations of economic degradation &amp;amp; stops being \"authentic.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-17T16:46:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/17/t545334148328472577.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/15/t544591622101401601.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Old news if you&rsquo;ve ever studied comics history, but worth a read: <a href=\"http://t.co/EOFOsFTvmh\">t.co/EOFOsFTvm&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Old news if you've ever studied comics history, but worth a read: [t.co/EOFOsFTvm...](http://t.co/EOFOsFTvmh)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-15T15:35:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/15/t544591622101401601.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/11/t542906013264121857.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Been a week of nostalgia: giant robot coloring books, Magnavox Odyssey 2 video games, Micronauts and Galaxy Laser Team, Commodore VIC-20.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Been a week of nostalgia: giant robot coloring books, Magnavox Odyssey 2 video games, Micronauts and Galaxy Laser Team, Commodore VIC-20.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-10T23:57:34-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/10/t542906013264121857.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/09/t542420266924507136.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s American nightmare courtesy of @voxdotcom: How Medicaid forces families like mine to stay poor <a href=\"http://t.co/fI32x3OwC0\">t.co/fI32x3OwC&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's American nightmare courtesy of @voxdotcom: How Medicaid forces families like mine to stay poor [t.co/fI32x3OwC...](http://t.co/fI32x3OwC0)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-09T15:47:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/09/t542420266924507136.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/03/t540169063465357312.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the oddest things I&rsquo;ve read in a while: <a href=\"http://t.co/PTns3Lpc4r\">t.co/PTns3Lpc4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the oddest things I've read in a while: [t.co/PTns3Lpc4...](http://t.co/PTns3Lpc4r)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-12-03T10:41:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/12/03/t540169063465357312.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/30/t539171118498603008.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is awesome. “@joelansdale: Hap and Leonard from the Sundance Channel, late 2015 or early 2016. <a href=\"http://t.co/vDBWBJchxi\">t.co/vDBWBJchx&hellip;</a>”</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is awesome. “@joelansdale: Hap and Leonard from the Sundance Channel, late 2015 or early 2016. [t.co/vDBWBJchx...](http://t.co/vDBWBJchxi)”\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-30T16:36:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/30/t539171118498603008.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/30/t538885847731687424.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Oh, for pete&rsquo;s sake. We coulda taken the bus here? @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar <a href=\"http://t.co/fO35i9mNC1\">t.co/fO35i9mNC&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Oh, for pete's sake. We coulda taken the bus here? @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar [t.co/fO35i9mNC...](http://t.co/fO35i9mNC1)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T21:42:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538885847731687424.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/30/t538873659016757248.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Interested in a career in animal haberdashery? Come to Louisville, where demand is high and licensing… <a href=\"http://t.co/IUGU4winI3\">t.co/IUGU4winI&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Interested in a career in animal haberdashery? Come to Louisville, where demand is high and licensing… [t.co/IUGU4winI...](http://t.co/IUGU4winI3)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T20:54:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538873659016757248.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/30/t538871262932910081.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Here we see a more traditional Louisville Hotel Bear in its ceremonial garb worn while longing for… <a href=\"http://t.co/w6SPswtq7O\">t.co/w6SPswtq7&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Here we see a more traditional Louisville Hotel Bear in its ceremonial garb worn while longing for… [t.co/w6SPswtq7...](http://t.co/w6SPswtq7O)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T20:44:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538871262932910081.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538823342451486722.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>As with many of the finer hotels in the area, 21-C offers complimentary 24-hour  access to giant red… <a href=\"http://t.co/gIWkLIi9Dk\">t.co/gIWkLIi9D&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "As with many of the finer hotels in the area, 21-C offers complimentary 24-hour  access to giant red… [t.co/gIWkLIi9D...](http://t.co/gIWkLIi9Dk)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:34:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538823342451486722.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538820982392512514.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The only problem with Louisville hotels is that the bears tend to get a little handsy. Otherwise they… <a href=\"http://t.co/ADPC2GST5c\">t.co/ADPC2GST5&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The only problem with Louisville hotels is that the bears tend to get a little handsy. Otherwise they… [t.co/ADPC2GST5...](http://t.co/ADPC2GST5c)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:25:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538820982392512514.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538815112396947456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Quite the interesting learning experience at the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, though I&rsquo;m not sure… <a href=\"http://t.co/JHv8blDEAK\">t.co/JHv8blDEA&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Quite the interesting learning experience at the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, though I'm not sure… [t.co/JHv8blDEA...](http://t.co/JHv8blDEAK)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:01:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538815112396947456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538815070890131456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Kentucky&rsquo;s emergency services are top notch. We were issued adorable little vipers at the state line.… <a href=\"http://t.co/kmcTWrISrP\">t.co/kmcTWrISr&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Kentucky's emergency services are top notch. We were issued adorable little vipers at the state line.… [t.co/kmcTWrISr...](http://t.co/kmcTWrISrP)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:01:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538815070890131456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814987293437952.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>We wanted to visit the Speed Museum, but they are busy installing the old museum inside a larger… <a href=\"http://t.co/c1VtzHbO0z\">t.co/c1VtzHbO0&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "We wanted to visit the Speed Museum, but they are busy installing the old museum inside a larger… [t.co/c1VtzHbO0...](http://t.co/c1VtzHbO0z)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:01:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814987293437952.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814952807481344.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This map of the city is a little outdated. Come on, Louisville Ministry of Tourism! @ Ekstrom Library,… <a href=\"http://t.co/SY19L7EOVp\">t.co/SY19L7EOV&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This map of the city is a little outdated. Come on, Louisville Ministry of Tourism! @ Ekstrom Library,… [t.co/SY19L7EOV...](http://t.co/SY19L7EOVp)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:01:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814952807481344.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814896884826113.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Who knew the king lived in downtown Louisville? @ Louisville Palace Theatre <a href=\"http://t.co/JtNYgNp4E5\">t.co/JtNYgNp4E&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Who knew the king lived in downtown Louisville? @ Louisville Palace Theatre [t.co/JtNYgNp4E...](http://t.co/JtNYgNp4E5)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-29T17:00:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/29/t538814896884826113.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/19/t535134258483167232.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today I had a flu shot. I say have all the flu shot! Up against the wall, flu! Death to the oppressor viruses! ¡Viva la revolución!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today I had a flu shot. I say have all the flu shot! Up against the wall, flu! Death to the oppressor viruses! ¡Viva la revolución!\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-19T13:15:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/19/t535134258483167232.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/14/t533369371045810176.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looking for a good sci-fi comic to read? Go read <a href=\"http://t.co/deGrLUUd73\">t.co/deGrLUUd7&hellip;</a> by @davekellett. I&rsquo;m enjoying starting from the beginning again.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looking for a good sci-fi comic to read? Go read [t.co/deGrLUUd7...](http://t.co/deGrLUUd73) by @davekellett. I'm enjoying starting from the beginning again.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-14T16:22:22-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/14/t533369371045810176.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/12/t532618355731996672.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The 2014 Birthday Bash series from @GopherAcademy&rsquo;s blog is proving to be very interesting reading thus far. <a href=\"http://t.co/oJdcs6Nn4G\">t.co/oJdcs6Nn4&hellip;</a> #golang</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The 2014 Birthday Bash series from @GopherAcademy's blog is proving to be very interesting reading thus far. [t.co/oJdcs6Nn4...](http://t.co/oJdcs6Nn4G) #golang\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-12T14:38:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/12/t532618355731996672.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/07/t530822605021118464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>First he guests on Pearls Before Swine, now this? A good year for Watterson&rsquo;s fans: <a href=\"http://t.co/P9jDwVXBrI\">t.co/P9jDwVXBr&hellip;</a> #Comics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "First he guests on Pearls Before Swine, now this? A good year for Watterson's fans: [t.co/P9jDwVXBr...](http://t.co/P9jDwVXBrI) #Comics\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-07T15:42:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/07/t530822605021118464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/07/t530817806925692928.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is 21st century writing: Grief and emulators. <a href=\"https://t.co/NyYmAXL7zo\">t.co/NyYmAXL7z&hellip;</a>  #readthis</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is 21st century writing: Grief and emulators. [t.co/NyYmAXL7z...](https://t.co/NyYmAXL7zo)  #readthis\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-07T15:23:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/07/t530817806925692928.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/06/t530468022759464962.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My genealogist mom tried for years to explain this to me. This chart would have helped: <a href=\"http://t.co/HHRpAr7RTI\">t.co/HHRpAr7RT&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My genealogist mom tried for years to explain this to me. This chart would have helped: [t.co/HHRpAr7RT...](http://t.co/HHRpAr7RTI)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-06T16:13:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/06/t530468022759464962.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/06/t530458009030643713.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Terms of Service: A graphic novella about privacy, Big Data and the future of sharing. via @ajam <a href=\"http://t.co/ZAkcVbVxgc\">t.co/ZAkcVbVxg&hellip;</a> #readthis</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Terms of Service: A graphic novella about privacy, Big Data and the future of sharing. via @ajam [t.co/ZAkcVbVxg...](http://t.co/ZAkcVbVxgc) #readthis\n",
				"date_published": "2014-11-06T15:33:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/11/06/t530458009030643713.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/31/t528034887987507200.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Important reading on sexism in tech: <a href=\"http://t.co/aQFRR4vUsP\">t.co/aQFRR4vUs&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Important reading on sexism in tech: [t.co/aQFRR4vUs...](http://t.co/aQFRR4vUsP)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-30T23:05:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/30/t528034887987507200.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/30/t527837396763545600.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The typewriter also shows pictures of six-toed cats who can haz conch fritters on demand. New @RubenBolling cartoon: <a href=\"http://t.co/ge5MKWhFfV\">t.co/ge5MKWhFf&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The typewriter also shows pictures of six-toed cats who can haz conch fritters on demand. New @RubenBolling cartoon: [t.co/ge5MKWhFf...](http://t.co/ge5MKWhFfV)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-30T10:00:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/30/t527837396763545600.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/28/t526948151253807104.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m sure this is a metaphor for something. &ldquo;Hundreds of People Running Into a Solid Spinning Metal Fence&rdquo;  <a href=\"http://t.co/D4hwazsqn3\">t.co/D4hwazsqn&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm sure this is a metaphor for something. \"Hundreds of People Running Into a Solid Spinning Metal Fence\"  [t.co/D4hwazsqn...](http://t.co/D4hwazsqn3)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-27T23:06:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/27/t526948151253807104.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/26/t526495085228490752.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p><a href=\"http://t.co/U8t7ci6VvC\">t.co/U8t7ci6Vv&hellip;</a> Its a decent enough list of books, but 90% white men and only one woman? This shouldn&rsquo;t define well-read for anyone.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "[t.co/U8t7ci6Vv...](http://t.co/U8t7ci6VvC) Its a decent enough list of books, but 90% white men and only one woman? This shouldn't define well-read for anyone.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-26T17:06:24-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/26/t526495085228490752.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/24/t525484713784664066.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I love when something innocuous turns into a writing prompt &amp;amp; this kind of thing happens: Outside No One is Outside <a href=\"http://t.co/96mR7evhwe\">t.co/96mR7evhw&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I love when something innocuous turns into a writing prompt &amp;amp; this kind of thing happens: Outside No One is Outside [t.co/96mR7evhw...](http://t.co/96mR7evhwe)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-23T22:11:33-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/23/t525484713784664066.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/07/t519306849732927489.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One of the best books of the last few years, Elizabeth Strout&rsquo;s &ldquo;Olive Kitteridge&rdquo; is coming to HBO. <a href=\"http://t.co/56pUONM1gf\">t.co/56pUONM1g&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "One of the best books of the last few years, Elizabeth Strout's \"Olive Kitteridge\" is coming to HBO. [t.co/56pUONM1g...](http://t.co/56pUONM1gf)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-06T21:02:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/06/t519306849732927489.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/04/t518487654468685824.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>@RonnieCraig and I managed 27/50 before we called the game on account of stuffed. #macandcheesefest <a href=\"http://t.co/UOjj0GA0aD\">t.co/UOjj0GA0a&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "@RonnieCraig and I managed 27/50 before we called the game on account of stuffed. #macandcheesefest [t.co/UOjj0GA0a...](http://t.co/UOjj0GA0aD)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-10-04T14:47:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/10/04/t518487654468685824.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/23/t514422124216594432.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest book review for @threeguys1book: Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball <a href=\"http://t.co/enQ15LpS3Q.\">t.co/enQ15LpS3&hellip;</a> All my reviews: <a href=\"http://t.co/DWrr3Rj9G4\">t.co/DWrr3Rj9G&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest book review for @threeguys1book: Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball [t.co/enQ15LpS3...](http://t.co/enQ15LpS3Q.) All my reviews: [t.co/DWrr3Rj9G...](http://t.co/DWrr3Rj9G4)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-09-23T09:32:46-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/23/t514422124216594432.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/18/t512674591328567296.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>What would happen if the @Trello team dropped everything to celebrate 5 million users? #trello5m #ouch <a href=\"http://t.co/Ffbj4eEgsM\">t.co/Ffbj4eEgs&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "What would happen if the @Trello team dropped everything to celebrate 5 million users? #trello5m #ouch [t.co/Ffbj4eEgs...](http://t.co/Ffbj4eEgsM)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-09-18T13:48:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/18/t512674591328567296.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/01/t506524880951836673.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Enjoying the @WayDownWanderer band at @CityWineryCHI</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Enjoying the @WayDownWanderer band at @CityWineryCHI\n",
				"date_published": "2014-09-01T14:31:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/09/01/t506524880951836673.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504295795865423873.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>&ldquo;The Man Who Liked Dogs&rdquo; by Raymond Chandler: <a href=\"http://t.co/WV6tnrZHWT\">t.co/WV6tnrZHW&hellip;</a> and &ldquo;The Man Who Loved Dogs&rdquo; by Leonardo Padura: <a href=\"http://t.co/dzvj1ZdlTV\">t.co/dzvj1ZdlT&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "\"The Man Who Liked Dogs\" by Raymond Chandler: [t.co/WV6tnrZHW...](http://t.co/WV6tnrZHWT) and \"The Man Who Loved Dogs\" by Leonardo Padura: [t.co/dzvj1ZdlT...](http://t.co/dzvj1ZdlTV)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-08-26T10:54:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504295795865423873.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504285571146338304.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>All of my book reviews for @ThreeGuys1Book <a href=\"http://t.co/bss3uVX8kU\">t.co/bss3uVX8k&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "All of my book reviews for @ThreeGuys1Book [t.co/bss3uVX8k...](http://t.co/bss3uVX8kU)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-08-26T10:13:43-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504285571146338304.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504285259417268224.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>After a prolonged absence, my latest book review for @ThreeGuys1Book: The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura <a href=\"http://t.co/IyIXZJeyGK\">t.co/IyIXZJeyG&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "After a prolonged absence, my latest book review for @ThreeGuys1Book: The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura [t.co/IyIXZJeyG...](http://t.co/IyIXZJeyGK)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-08-26T10:12:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/26/t504285259417268224.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/19/t501736747558924289.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looking forward to @SpaceMovers &ndash; looks like it could be a fun game. <a href=\"http://t.co/bIWo0apWFm\">t.co/bIWo0apWF&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looking forward to @SpaceMovers -- looks like it could be a fun game. [t.co/bIWo0apWF...](http://t.co/bIWo0apWFm)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-08-19T09:25:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/08/19/t501736747558924289.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/14/t488495814012960769.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The Bojeffries Saga: Alan Moore &amp;amp; Steve Parkhouse do Mad Magazine x The Aadams Family &amp;amp; show some loathe for merry ol' England. #comics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "The Bojeffries Saga: Alan Moore &amp;amp; Steve Parkhouse do Mad Magazine x The Aadams Family &amp;amp; show some loathe for merry ol' England. #comics\n",
				"date_published": "2014-07-13T20:30:52-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/13/t488495814012960769.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/12/t487989045851865089.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sexism in the workplace can be subtle and hard to describe, even for those on the receiving end. <a href=\"http://t.co/ZQVhApZslF\">t.co/ZQVhApZsl&hellip;</a> #womenintech #comics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sexism in the workplace can be subtle and hard to describe, even for those on the receiving end. [t.co/ZQVhApZsl...](http://t.co/ZQVhApZslF) #womenintech #comics\n",
				"date_published": "2014-07-12T10:57:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/12/t487989045851865089.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/11/t487638490541068289.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Wish I&rsquo;d had this resource back in my tech management days, but I&rsquo;m glad it&rsquo;s here now: <a href=\"http://t.co/k36Jh9gVkv\">t.co/k36Jh9gVk&hellip;</a> (h/t @cgansen) #womenintech</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Wish I'd had this resource back in my tech management days, but I'm glad it's here now: [t.co/k36Jh9gVk...](http://t.co/k36Jh9gVkv) (h/t @cgansen) #womenintech\n",
				"date_published": "2014-07-11T11:44:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/07/11/t487638490541068289.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473251652271476737.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Terribly sorry to hear that Jay Lake passed away. I enjoyed his books.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Terribly sorry to hear that Jay Lake passed away. I enjoyed his books.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-06-01T18:56:01-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473251652271476737.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473206847521189888.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Also at #cake2014, @tonymillionaire PBR belched while signing my books. I think Drinky Crow would approve</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Also at #cake2014, @tonymillionaire PBR belched while signing my books. I think Drinky Crow would approve\n",
				"date_published": "2014-06-01T15:57:58-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473206847521189888.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473205770541363201.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Why, yes, I did attend #cake2014 this weekend. @CAKEchicago puts on a good show. <a href=\"http://t.co/4gfDFRzYbw\">t.co/4gfDFRzYb&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Why, yes, I did attend #cake2014 this weekend. @CAKEchicago puts on a good show. [t.co/4gfDFRzYb...](http://t.co/4gfDFRzYbw)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-06-01T15:53:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/06/01/t473205770541363201.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/19/t468406034499788802.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>HT @jfruh the Comics Curmudgeon for what might be my favorite thing ever today. #comics <a href=\"http://t.co/iwsktRyQHs\">t.co/iwsktRyQH&hellip;</a> T-R-A-ILL</p>\n",
				"content_text": "HT @jfruh the Comics Curmudgeon for what might be my favorite thing ever today. #comics [t.co/iwsktRyQH...](http://t.co/iwsktRyQHs) T-R-A-ILL\n",
				"date_published": "2014-05-19T10:01:15-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/19/t468406034499788802.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/13/t466023996258283520.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Sitting here listening to @RonnieCraig recite Jaws line for line. Again. This is one of her superpowers.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Sitting here listening to @RonnieCraig recite Jaws line for line. Again. This is one of her superpowers.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-05-12T20:15:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/12/t466023996258283520.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/07/t464161741631262720.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>RIP Russell Edson, whom I took an obsessive interest in as an undergrad. What was this crazy &ldquo;prose poem&rdquo; thing? <a href=\"http://t.co/VKxjE0Ow7z\">t.co/VKxjE0Ow7&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "RIP Russell Edson, whom I took an obsessive interest in as an undergrad. What was this crazy \"prose poem\" thing? [t.co/VKxjE0Ow7...](http://t.co/VKxjE0Ow7z)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-05-07T16:55:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/07/t464161741631262720.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/06/t463684054584672257.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s #comics: @boxbrown is an amazing cartoonist &amp;amp; his new book Andre the Giant: Life &amp;amp; Legend is a must-read: <a href=\"http://t.co/QxjwQ3TCoS\">t.co/QxjwQ3TCo&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's #comics: @boxbrown is an amazing cartoonist &amp;amp; his new book Andre the Giant: Life &amp;amp; Legend is a must-read: [t.co/QxjwQ3TCo...](http://t.co/QxjwQ3TCoS)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-05-06T09:17:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/05/06/t463684054584672257.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/27/t460433812283875330.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just in case you needed it today, here&rsquo;s Wolverine eating a banana. #comics <a href=\"http://t.co/vdWeWnab4d\">t.co/vdWeWnab4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just in case you needed it today, here's Wolverine eating a banana. #comics [t.co/vdWeWnab4...](http://t.co/vdWeWnab4d)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-27T10:02:29-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/27/t460433812283875330.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/26/t460088651872235520.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s #comic from @recode: What It’s Really Like to Be Around Neil deGrasse Tyson <a href=\"http://t.co/dgqTw5bo3k\">t.co/dgqTw5bo3&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's #comic from @recode: What It’s Really Like to Be Around Neil deGrasse Tyson [t.co/dgqTw5bo3...](http://t.co/dgqTw5bo3k)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-26T11:10:57-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/26/t460088651872235520.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/20/t457921761448058880.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m very happy to announce that I&rsquo;ve joined the team at @publicgood &ndash; here&rsquo;s a bit about what the company is doing. <a href=\"http://t.co/B1BNif9xf6\">t.co/B1BNif9xf&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm very happy to announce that I've joined the team at @publicgood -- here's a bit about what the company is doing. [t.co/B1BNif9xf...](http://t.co/B1BNif9xf6)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-20T11:40:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/20/t457921761448058880.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/19/t457537964353261568.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I don&rsquo;t normally promote XKCD since everyone else already does, but this one should be repeated far and wide: <a href=\"http://t.co/hJyo0m44cd\">t.co/hJyo0m44c&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I don't normally promote XKCD since everyone else already does, but this one should be repeated far and wide: [t.co/hJyo0m44c...](http://t.co/hJyo0m44cd)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-19T10:15:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/19/t457537964353261568.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/17/t456932773476188160.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just picked up @wmbrandoniii&rsquo;s new book, &ldquo;Silence&rdquo; from @blackhillpress <a href=\"http://t.co/xcVvYvepNJ\">t.co/xcVvYvepN&hellip;</a>  Happy to see it published!</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just picked up @wmbrandoniii's new book, \"Silence\" from @blackhillpress [t.co/xcVvYvepN...](http://t.co/xcVvYvepNJ)  Happy to see it published!\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-17T18:10:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/17/t456932773476188160.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/17/t456812229833535488.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today&rsquo;s #comics to read: Chris Ware in classic form with &ldquo;Heads or Tails&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/8LzSKFng4H\">t.co/8LzSKFng4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today's #comics to read: Chris Ware in classic form with \"Heads or Tails\" [t.co/8LzSKFng4...](http://t.co/8LzSKFng4H)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-17T10:11:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/17/t456812229833535488.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/14/t455788505520959488.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>J.G. Ballard and @tomgauld all in one spot. My day is complete. You should read both authors' books. <a href=\"http://t.co/lMlXI1fC4m\">t.co/lMlXI1fC4&hellip;</a> #comics #books</p>\n",
				"content_text": "J.G. Ballard and @tomgauld all in one spot. My day is complete. You should read both authors' books. [t.co/lMlXI1fC4...](http://t.co/lMlXI1fC4m) #comics #books\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-14T14:23:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/14/t455788505520959488.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/07/t453284455055380480.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Folks, you should read @beatonna&rsquo;s &ldquo;Duck&rdquo; sketch comic. Actually, you should read all of her work, but this one now: <a href=\"http://t.co/0WK7hQ6Ewy\">t.co/0WK7hQ6Ew&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Folks, you should read @beatonna's \"Duck\" sketch comic. Actually, you should read all of her work, but this one now: [t.co/0WK7hQ6Ew...](http://t.co/0WK7hQ6Ewy)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-07T16:33:30-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/07/t453284455055380480.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/01/t451104499747553281.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A new poem by my friend, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, at Cider Press Review: Punctuation <a href=\"http://t.co/TPzqnqAVkv\">t.co/TPzqnqAVk&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "A new poem by my friend, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, at Cider Press Review: Punctuation [t.co/TPzqnqAVk...](http://t.co/TPzqnqAVkv)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-04-01T16:11:08-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/04/01/t451104499747553281.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/26/t448897838429507584.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My friend John McDermott&rsquo;s new memoir at @TropMag: &ldquo;Grace or Something Like It&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/lHDDeFY5xU\">t.co/lHDDeFY5x&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My friend John McDermott's new memoir at @TropMag: \"Grace or Something Like It\" [t.co/lHDDeFY5x...](http://t.co/lHDDeFY5xU)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-26T14:02:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/26/t448897838429507584.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/15/t444913675493601280.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Embarrassed to have attended the same high school as Cutler. <a href=\"http://t.co/LuhUW8cFBz\">t.co/LuhUW8cFB&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Embarrassed to have attended the same high school as Cutler. [t.co/LuhUW8cFB...](http://t.co/LuhUW8cFBz)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-15T14:11:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/15/t444913675493601280.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/11/t443430094455861248.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My new favorite time-waster: <a href=\"http://t.co/I1Bn1XVk5R\">t.co/I1Bn1XVk5&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My new favorite time-waster: [t.co/I1Bn1XVk5...](http://t.co/I1Bn1XVk5R)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-11T11:55:47-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/11/t443430094455861248.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/11/t443179814678462464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Today is a good day because there is a new episode of Shadow Unit out. One more until the series finale: Due North <a href=\"http://t.co/NT8m3jAz4J\">t.co/NT8m3jAz4&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Today is a good day because there is a new episode of Shadow Unit out. One more until the series finale: Due North [t.co/NT8m3jAz4...](http://t.co/NT8m3jAz4J)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-10T19:21:16-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/10/t443179814678462464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/10/t443039833939013632.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Quinn Norton&rsquo;s &ldquo;A Day of Speaking Truth to Power&rdquo; should scare you w/ her depiction of the intelligence community. <a href=\"http://t.co/K9HodPdphw\">t.co/K9HodPdph&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Quinn Norton's \"A Day of Speaking Truth to Power\" should scare you w/ her depiction of the intelligence community. [t.co/K9HodPdph...](http://t.co/K9HodPdphw)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-10T10:05:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/10/t443039833939013632.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/08/t442102556979101697.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I hope to add this print to my collection of @tomgauld artwork &ndash; <a href=\"http://t.co/T1IJ1sdSjy\">t.co/T1IJ1sdSj&hellip;</a> &ndash; but will be happy for him if it sells out first.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I hope to add this print to my collection of @tomgauld artwork -- [t.co/T1IJ1sdSj...](http://t.co/T1IJ1sdSjy) -- but will be happy for him if it sells out first.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T20:00:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442102556979101697.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/08/t442096105996947456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>One last resource for anyone interested in True Detective&rsquo;s &ldquo;Yellow King&rdquo; references, <a href=\"http://t.co/Z25egmQxGr\">t.co/Z25egmQxG&hellip;</a> There&rsquo;s a wiki for everything.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "One last resource for anyone interested in True Detective's \"Yellow King\" references, [t.co/Z25egmQxG...](http://t.co/Z25egmQxGr) There's a wiki for everything.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T19:35:00-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442096105996947456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442084256488378368.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>After reading <a href=\"http://t.co/6Kzb1XQZJw\">t.co/6Kzb1XQZJ&hellip;</a> I&rsquo;ll be giving @SonOfGhostman a try! <a href=\"http://t.co/DxSM4iWXs5\">t.co/DxSM4iWXs&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "After reading [t.co/6Kzb1XQZJ...](http://t.co/6Kzb1XQZJw) I'll be giving @SonOfGhostman a try! [t.co/DxSM4iWXs...](http://t.co/DxSM4iWXs5)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T18:47:54-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442084256488378368.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080680550621184.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Another True Detective ref: Karl Edward Wagner&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sticks&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/MKugjfub3J\">t.co/MKugjfub3&hellip;</a>  &ndash; I recommend Hartwell&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Dark Descent&rdquo; anthology.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Another True Detective ref: Karl Edward Wagner's \"Sticks\" [t.co/MKugjfub3...](http://t.co/MKugjfub3J)  -- I recommend Hartwell's \"The Dark Descent\" anthology.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T18:33:42-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080680550621184.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080281840062464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looking for True Detective&rsquo;s references? Read Robert W. Chambers' &ldquo;The King in Yellow&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/c7LXOk0OkH\">t.co/c7LXOk0Ok&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looking for True Detective's references? Read Robert W. Chambers' \"The King in Yellow\" [t.co/c7LXOk0Ok...](http://t.co/c7LXOk0OkH)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T18:32:07-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080281840062464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080090793721856.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Looking for True Detective&rsquo;s references? Read Ambrose Bierce&rsquo;s &ldquo;An Inhabitant of Carcosa&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/iSvxsX9AGY\">t.co/iSvxsX9AG&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Looking for True Detective's references? Read Ambrose Bierce's \"An Inhabitant of Carcosa\" [t.co/iSvxsX9AG...](http://t.co/iSvxsX9AGY)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T18:31:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442080090793721856.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442077465062957056.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve enjoyed True Detective, even if I&rsquo;m unhappy that it has everyone bugfuck over Carcosa and The King in Yellow. <a href=\"http://t.co/VfIow9FBVm\">t.co/VfIow9FBV&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've enjoyed True Detective, even if I'm unhappy that it has everyone bugfuck over Carcosa and The King in Yellow. [t.co/VfIow9FBV...](http://t.co/VfIow9FBVm)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-07T18:20:55-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t442077465062957056.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/07/t441726818941296641.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest review is up at @ThreeGuys1Book: Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow <a href=\"http://t.co/8rGGbySGsT\">t.co/8rGGbySGs&hellip;</a> All my reviews at <a href=\"http://t.co/8GNto5a4LP\">t.co/8GNto5a4L&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest review is up at @ThreeGuys1Book: Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow [t.co/8rGGbySGs...](http://t.co/8rGGbySGsT) All my reviews at [t.co/8GNto5a4L...](http://t.co/8GNto5a4LP)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-06T19:07:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/06/t441726818941296641.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/06/t441716368333758464.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I always like to tell people, &ldquo;Space is big.&rdquo; This page tries to show just how big even our little piece of it is. <a href=\"http://t.co/CD1aVE1WjT\">t.co/CD1aVE1Wj&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I always like to tell people, \"Space is big.\" This page tries to show just how big even our little piece of it is. [t.co/CD1aVE1Wj...](http://t.co/CD1aVE1WjT)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-03-06T18:26:03-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/03/06/t441716368333758464.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/23/t437616913062322176.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>RIP cartoonist Morrie Turner, who was more important than I ever knew. Thanks to Candorville by Darrin Bell <a href=\"http://t.co/7Lm8P3VFtd\">t.co/7Lm8P3VFt&hellip;</a> #comics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "RIP cartoonist Morrie Turner, who was more important than I ever knew. Thanks to Candorville by Darrin Bell [t.co/7Lm8P3VFt...](http://t.co/7Lm8P3VFtd) #comics\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-23T10:56:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/23/t437616913062322176.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437319279432982528.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>A piece from last August that shows a cozy little portrait of a literary clan. Stephen King’s Family Business <a href=\"http://t.co/f6vfboakGk\">t.co/f6vfboakG&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "A piece from last August that shows a cozy little portrait of a literary clan. Stephen King’s Family Business [t.co/f6vfboakG...](http://t.co/f6vfboakGk)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-22T15:13:35-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437319279432982528.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437278916529893376.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>The &ldquo;12 Panel Pitch&rdquo; #comics experiment at @slate is over. I thought it was fun, but a mixed bag. Read them all at <a href=\"http://t.co/uJvyoT4uNA\">t.co/uJvyoT4uN&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "The \"12 Panel Pitch\" #comics experiment at @slate is over. I thought it was fun, but a mixed bag. Read them all at [t.co/uJvyoT4uN...](http://t.co/uJvyoT4uNA)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-22T12:33:12-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437278916529893376.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437276118417412096.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My favorite #comics company of the 80s/90s is back: Caliber Comics to release books starting Spring of 2014. <a href=\"http://t.co/nJ2lcPbCgT\">t.co/nJ2lcPbCg&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My favorite #comics company of the 80s/90s is back: Caliber Comics to release books starting Spring of 2014. [t.co/nJ2lcPbCg...](http://t.co/nJ2lcPbCgT)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-22T12:22:05-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437276118417412096.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/22/t437043467567763456.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve enjoyed everything by @boxbrown I&rsquo;ve read so far. You should give his new comic Soft Core a try here: <a href=\"http://t.co/d6wKrTKF5g\">t.co/d6wKrTKF5&hellip;</a> #comics</p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've enjoyed everything by @boxbrown I've read so far. You should give his new comic Soft Core a try here: [t.co/d6wKrTKF5...](http://t.co/d6wKrTKF5g) #comics\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-21T20:57:37-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/21/t437043467567763456.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/16/t434873973117943809.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Dinner at my favorite restaurant (@ThePortage) with my favorite person (@RonnieCraig). Best way to turn 45 ever.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Dinner at my favorite restaurant (@ThePortage) with my favorite person (@RonnieCraig). Best way to turn 45 ever.\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-15T21:16:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/15/t434873973117943809.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/14/t434342039644155904.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I just backed Finn &amp;amp; Charlie Are Hitched: Everyone Is Someone&rsquo;s Fetish on @Kickstarter <a href=\"http://t.co/DeiOV9Z3u1\">t.co/DeiOV9Z3u&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I just backed Finn &amp;amp; Charlie Are Hitched: Everyone Is Someone's Fetish on @Kickstarter [t.co/DeiOV9Z3u...](http://t.co/DeiOV9Z3u1)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-14T10:03:06-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/14/t434342039644155904.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/11/t433338060487409665.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>If you like #comics, you&rsquo;ll like the 20 nominees for the second annual @slatebooks/@cartoonstudies comics prize: <a href=\"http://t.co/LiNdZ2jtet\">t.co/LiNdZ2jte&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "If you like #comics, you'll like the 20 nominees for the second annual @slatebooks/@cartoonstudies comics prize: [t.co/LiNdZ2jte...](http://t.co/LiNdZ2jtet)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-11T15:33:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/11/t433338060487409665.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/03/t430364159973548032.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest book review @ThreeGuys1Book: Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet <a href=\"http://t.co/FK0krue1Bc\">t.co/FK0krue1B&hellip;</a> All my reviews: <a href=\"http://t.co/C8uLtjccJp\">t.co/C8uLtjccJ&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest book review @ThreeGuys1Book: Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet [t.co/FK0krue1B...](http://t.co/FK0krue1Bc) All my reviews: [t.co/C8uLtjccJ...](http://t.co/C8uLtjccJp)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-02-03T10:36:26-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/02/03/t430364159973548032.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/29/t428646322053582849.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;ve been reading about this comic for years but was too lazy to learn enough French to read the available version: <a href=\"http://t.co/UcBNmPuTPn\">t.co/UcBNmPuTP&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I've been reading about this comic for years but was too lazy to learn enough French to read the available version: [t.co/UcBNmPuTP...](http://t.co/UcBNmPuTPn)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-01-29T16:50:21-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/29/t428646322053582849.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/27/t427834065505763328.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This one is much shorter than the last one: My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book, Kevin Baker&rsquo;s novel The Big Crowd <a href=\"http://t.co/lG364Acy57\">t.co/lG364Acy5&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This one is much shorter than the last one: My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book, Kevin Baker's novel The Big Crowd [t.co/lG364Acy5...](http://t.co/lG364Acy57)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-01-27T11:02:44-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/27/t427834065505763328.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/22/t425806986677346304.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book: Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III  <a href=\"http://t.co/w8YrzkqTPK\">t.co/w8YrzkqTP&hellip;</a> &amp;amp; all my reviews at <a href=\"http://t.co/jokTeSx4yH\">t.co/jokTeSx4y&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book: Dirty Love by Andre Dubus III  [t.co/w8YrzkqTP...](http://t.co/w8YrzkqTPK) &amp;amp; all my reviews at [t.co/jokTeSx4y...](http://t.co/jokTeSx4yH)\n",
				"date_published": "2014-01-21T20:47:51-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2014/01/21/t425806986677346304.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/12/12/t411200382988070912.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>LinkedIn No more RSS feed? Welcome to the growing pile of walled gardens (with FB &amp; TWTR) I won&rsquo;t pay as much attention to as I once did.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "LinkedIn No more RSS feed? Welcome to the growing pile of walled gardens (with FB & TWTR) I won't pay as much attention to as I once did.\n",
				"date_published": "2013-12-12T13:26:25-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/12/12/t411200382988070912.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/12/10/t410213007097339905.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>I&rsquo;m enjoying this experiment in cartooning by @Slate and @cartoonstudies: 12 Panel Pitch <a href=\"http://t.co/ZDD54YrKhO\">t.co/ZDD54YrKh&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "I'm enjoying this experiment in cartooning by @Slate and @cartoonstudies: 12 Panel Pitch [t.co/ZDD54YrKh...](http://t.co/ZDD54YrKhO)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-12-09T20:02:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/12/09/t410213007097339905.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/29/t395287361254588416.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>How NOT to do a comics listicle: &ldquo;The 10 Best Comics Of 2013 (NEW BOOK)&rdquo; <a href=\"http://t.co/Agpx7kCmBg\">t.co/Agpx7kCmB&hellip;</a> No links, artwork and caption mismatch.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "How NOT to do a comics listicle: \"The 10 Best Comics Of 2013 (NEW BOOK)\" [t.co/Agpx7kCmB...](http://t.co/Agpx7kCmBg) No links, artwork and caption mismatch.\n",
				"date_published": "2013-10-29T15:33:45-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/29/t395287361254588416.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/29/t395283630249218049.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>From today&rsquo;s link mining: #Markdown Service Tools <a href=\"http://t.co/QjtIPOxFMw\">t.co/QjtIPOxFM&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "From today's link mining: #Markdown Service Tools [t.co/QjtIPOxFM...](http://t.co/QjtIPOxFMw)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-10-29T15:18:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/29/t395283630249218049.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/15/t390125228975988736.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>All my reviews @ThreeGuys1Book: <a href=\"http://t.co/ByHOQAJsv3\">t.co/ByHOQAJsv&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "All my reviews @ThreeGuys1Book: [t.co/ByHOQAJsv...](http://t.co/ByHOQAJsv3)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-10-15T09:41:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/15/t390125228975988736.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/15/t390124499917881344.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest review for @ThreeGuys1Book : On The Floor by Aifric Campbell  <a href=\"http://t.co/bwk2iNGkHy\">t.co/bwk2iNGkH&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest review for @ThreeGuys1Book : On The Floor by Aifric Campbell  [t.co/bwk2iNGkH...](http://t.co/bwk2iNGkHy)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-10-15T09:38:23-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/10/15/t390124499917881344.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/09/12/t378204773620936704.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is what excites me about @OmniReboot: Who else would publish an essay tying together JG Ballard and Seinfeld? <a href=\"http://t.co/YzqPaV8BSA\">t.co/YzqPaV8BS&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is what excites me about @OmniReboot: Who else would publish an essay tying together JG Ballard and Seinfeld? [t.co/YzqPaV8BS...](http://t.co/YzqPaV8BSA)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-09-12T12:13:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/09/12/t378204773620936704.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/14/t367640448778895360.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>And because I haven&rsquo;t promoted this in a while, here are all my reviews:\nMichael Manley @ThreeGuys1Book <a href=\"http://t.co/XJLEOyvobw\">t.co/XJLEOyvob&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "And because I haven't promoted this in a while, here are all my reviews:\nMichael Manley @ThreeGuys1Book [t.co/XJLEOyvob...](http://t.co/XJLEOyvobw)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-14T08:34:48-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/14/t367640448778895360.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/14/t367639714830245888.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest review at 3G1B: The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver | Three Guys One Book <a href=\"http://t.co/j7664oYSuz\">t.co/j7664oYSu&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest review at 3G1B: The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver | Three Guys One Book [t.co/j7664oYSu...](http://t.co/j7664oYSuz)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-14T08:31:53-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/14/t367639714830245888.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/09/t365875024395124739.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>This is why I&rsquo;m sometimes embarrassed to like comics. Legendary Comics Creators Dismiss Sexism Critiques: <a href=\"http://t.co/0Jo3SKMy1r\">t.co/0Jo3SKMy1&hellip;</a> #facepalm</p>\n",
				"content_text": "This is why I'm sometimes embarrassed to like comics. Legendary Comics Creators Dismiss Sexism Critiques: [t.co/0Jo3SKMy1...](http://t.co/0Jo3SKMy1r) #facepalm\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-09T11:39:38-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/09/t365875024395124739.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/07/t365206949165416448.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book, in which I rant at length about a book I didn&rsquo;t much enjoy: <a href=\"http://t.co/XIL5R2AEbM\">t.co/XIL5R2AEb&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My latest review at @ThreeGuys1Book, in which I rant at length about a book I didn't much enjoy: [t.co/XIL5R2AEb...](http://t.co/XIL5R2AEbM)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-07T15:24:56-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/07/t365206949165416448.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/03/t363724231357390848.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Long term investment: Roll of Baggies purchased in 1987 might finally run out during this weekend&rsquo;s move. Maybe. <a href=\"http://t.co/4sGsTnwPAs\">t.co/4sGsTnwPA&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Long term investment: Roll of Baggies purchased in 1987 might finally run out during this weekend's move. Maybe. [t.co/4sGsTnwPA...](http://t.co/4sGsTnwPAs)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-03T13:13:10-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/03/t363724231357390848.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/02/t363424293893324800.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Fun, weird, long comic: The Long Journey <a href=\"http://t.co/M2hiJK6Io1\">t.co/M2hiJK6Io&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Fun, weird, long comic: The Long Journey [t.co/M2hiJK6Io...](http://t.co/M2hiJK6Io1)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-08-02T17:21:18-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/08/02/t363424293893324800.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/07/31/t362691342503116803.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Enjoy Pee-wee Herman as you&rsquo;ve never seen him before in THE FINAL MOMENTS OF KARL BRANT (YouTube 16:27): <a href=\"http://t.co/frWPbpf2xH\">t.co/frWPbpf2x&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Enjoy Pee-wee Herman as you've never seen him before in THE FINAL MOMENTS OF KARL BRANT (YouTube 16:27): [t.co/frWPbpf2x...](http://t.co/frWPbpf2xH)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-07-31T16:48:49-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/07/31/t362691342503116803.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/07/03/t352224584315047937.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Just took my first ride across town using a bike from @DivvyBikes. Definitely going to be doing that more often.</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Just took my first ride across town using a bike from @DivvyBikes. Definitely going to be doing that more often.\n",
				"date_published": "2013-07-02T19:37:39-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/07/02/t352224584315047937.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336921596218441731.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My reviews page at 3G1B.</p>\n<p>Michael Manley @ Three Guys One Book <a href=\"http://t.co/tSNTziLwT4\">t.co/tSNTziLwT&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My reviews page at 3G1B. \n\nMichael Manley @ Three Guys One Book [t.co/tSNTziLwT...](http://t.co/tSNTziLwT4)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-05-21T14:09:02-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336921596218441731.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336856697844928514.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My most recent review for 3G1B: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson <a href=\"http://t.co/CahQmtFH8g\">t.co/CahQmtFH8&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My most recent review for 3G1B: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson [t.co/CahQmtFH8...](http://t.co/CahQmtFH8g)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-05-21T09:51:09-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336856697844928514.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336810928651780096.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>My second review for 3G1B: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid <a href=\"http://t.co/o4ZGaQ7SEk\">t.co/o4ZGaQ7SE&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "My second review for 3G1B: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid [t.co/o4ZGaQ7SE...](http://t.co/o4ZGaQ7SEk)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-05-21T06:49:17-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336810928651780096.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336750757577641985.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Promoting this a little late. My first review for 3G1B: The World' Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne  <a href=\"http://t.co/2Btaq2rmrV\">t.co/2Btaq2rmr&hellip;</a></p>\n",
				"content_text": "Promoting this a little late. My first review for 3G1B: The World' Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne  [t.co/2Btaq2rmr...](http://t.co/2Btaq2rmrV)\n",
				"date_published": "2013-05-21T02:50:11-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/21/t336750757577641985.html"
			},
			{
				"id": "http://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/13/t334064876127399939.html",
				
				"content_html": "<p>Overheard today in a meeting: &ldquo;Mobile is not going anywhere.&rdquo;</p>\n",
				"content_text": "Overheard today in a meeting: \"Mobile is not going anywhere.\"\n",
				"date_published": "2013-05-13T16:57:27-05:00",
				"url": "https://michaelsmanley.micro.blog/2013/05/13/t334064876127399939.html"
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