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  "html": "<ul>\n<li><p>Today was my last day at my job in downtown Detroit.  Change is afoot.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>I put together a bed today from <a href=\"http://www.worldmarket.com/index.htm\">Cost Plus World Market</a> that could have probably crushed me.  This was dumb.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><p>I still have a reflexive dislike for PHP, for many of the same reasons (and more!) I tend to avoid Perl after having lived in it for over a decade.  </p>\n<p>But, damn, if the developers of WordPress and MediaWiki didn't make things easy to install.  My horror will probably return once I start to look under the hood.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Methinks that <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku\">Sudoku</a> puzzles were what Ragle Gumm was working on in <a href=\"http://www.philipkdick.com/works_novels_timeoutofjoint.html\">Phillip K. Dick's <em>Time Out of Joint</em></a>.  They're making me all shifty and paranoid.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it just me, or is there some almost obscene irony to have just seen a local TV news program present a story about rising oil and fuel prices--only to see them, with straight faces, immediately follow that up with a report on the upcoming <a href=\"http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/\">Woodward Dream Cruise in the Detroit area</a>?</li>\n</ul>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084963\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://photomatt.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=767fc9c115a1b989744c755db47feb60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://photomatt.net/\">Matt</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221084963\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T01:10:52\">2005-08-15T01:10:52</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Well if you have any questions or concerns about WP be sure to drop me an email. :)</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084964\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221084964\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T10:00:24\">2005-08-15T10:00:24</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">And if you compare the current WP code to some of the earlier versions, you probably won't cringe quite as badly. There has been steady refactoring going on.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084965\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221084965\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T10:26:55\">2005-08-15T10:26:55</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Dougal: Oh, I'm sure WP looks pretty good under the hood -- this is just an irrational phobia of PHP in general that I'm talking about.  :)</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "* Today was my last day at my job in downtown Detroit.  Change is afoot.\r\n\r\n* I put together a bed today from [Cost Plus World Market][cost] that could have probably crushed me.  This was dumb.\r\n\r\n[cost]: http://www.worldmarket.com/index.htm\r\n\r\n* I still have a reflexive dislike for PHP, for many of the same reasons (and more!) I tend to avoid Perl after having lived in it for over a decade.  \r\n\r\n  But, damn, if the developers of WordPress and MediaWiki didn't make things easy to install.  My horror will probably return once I start to look under the hood.\r\n\r\n* Methinks that [Sudoku][] puzzles were what Ragle Gumm was working on in [Phillip K. Dick's *Time Out of Joint*][joint].  They're making me all shifty and paranoid.\r\n\r\n[sudoku]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku\r\n[joint]: http://www.philipkdick.com/works_novels_timeoutofjoint.html\r\n\r\n* Is it just me, or is there some almost obscene irony to have just seen a local TV news program present a story about rising oil and fuel prices--only to see them, with straight faces, immediately follow that up with a report on the upcoming [Woodward Dream Cruise in the Detroit area][cruise]?  \r\n\r\n[cruise]: http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084963\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://photomatt.net/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=767fc9c115a1b989744c755db47feb60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://photomatt.net/\">Matt</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221084963\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T01:10:52\">2005-08-15T01:10:52</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Well if you have any questions or concerns about WP be sure to drop me an email. :)</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084964\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=81717a172b6918071fbea1a52483294b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/\">Dougal Campbell</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221084964\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T10:00:24\">2005-08-15T10:00:24</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">And if you compare the current WP code to some of the earlier versions, you probably won't cringe quite as badly. There has been steady refactoring going on.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221084965\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=eb7f2a3ba74af37415ab7df101a86c75&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"\">l.m. orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221084965\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-08-15T10:26:55\">2005-08-15T10:26:55</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Dougal: Oh, I'm sure WP looks pretty good under the hood -- this is just an irrational phobia of PHP in general that I'm talking about.  :)</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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