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  "html": "<p>Hmm.  A <a href=\"http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/11/07/firefox-rss-xsl-from-anger-to-apathy#comment-47968\">comment by Joe Grossberg</a> leads me to consider that perhaps referring to \"<a href=\"http://www.sheep101.info/farm.html\">sheep farming</a>\" as my eventual stressed-out programmer out-to-pasture phase is as insulting to <a href=\"http://www.sheepusa.org/\">those who herd sheep</a> as <a href=\"http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2006/08/05/your-mom-is-not-an-example-user\">using \"Mom\" to stand in for \"naive user\"</a> is to <a href=\"http://www.mommybloggers.com/\">actual mothers</a>.  Maybe what I'm really after is to <a href=\"http://www.bloosheep.com/Furry%20pics/picturesofframpton/Sheep-n-Skunk_JPG.html\"><em>become</em> a sheep</a> - though that's a bit scary.  Or better yet, I'd like to be <a href=\"http://flickr.com/photos/deusx/60976291/in/set-1316941/\">one of our own pampered cats</a>.  </p>\n<p>Yeah, that's the ticket.</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087979\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://bright-green.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=56a92f0c36ff78d8ab2e0d8255588ecc&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://bright-green.com\">Alan Green</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087979\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T02:08:33\">2006-11-08T02:08:33</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Ewe do come across as one crazy cat. </p>\n<p>More seriously, my father recently decided that being an Oracle guru was too stressful, so he gave that up and bought a newsagency. He now works harder than ever - 14 hour days, 6.5 days a week - but is really loves the work, particularly dealing with customers and growing the business.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087983\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=3e12425a65c72d80bc36c5c8d696e667&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://www.coxesroost.net/journal/\">Will Cox</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087983\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T15:29:08\">2006-11-08T15:29:08</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Les, re shepherding as an escape, see Donald McCaig.</p>\n<p>http://www.amazon.com/American-Homeplace-Virginia-Bookshelf/dp/0813917751</p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute; top:-3456px; left:-3456px\">\n<a href=\"http://www.fahlstad.se/2006/09/11/got-myself-a-day-job/\">custom essays</a>\n</div>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087985\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&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://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221087985\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T16:11:23\">2006-11-08T16:11:23</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>\"Affectionately describing his working dogs, farm animals and wildlife, he gives the grim details of putting down more than 100 diseased sheep at one time.\"</p>\n<p>Ouch.  Poor sheep.  Yeah, I certainly wouldn't make a good farmer.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "Hmm.  A [comment by Joe Grossberg][jg] leads me to consider that perhaps referring to \"[sheep farming][sf]\" as my eventual stressed-out programmer out-to-pasture phase is as insulting to [those who herd sheep][who] as [using \"Mom\" to stand in for \"naive user\"][mom] is to [actual mothers][actual].  Maybe what I'm really after is to [*become* a sheep][become] - though that's a bit scary.  Or better yet, I'd like to be [one of our own pampered cats][cats].  \r\n\r\nYeah, that's the ticket.\r\n\r\n[cats]: http://flickr.com/photos/deusx/60976291/in/set-1316941/\r\n[become]: http://www.bloosheep.com/Furry%20pics/picturesofframpton/Sheep-n-Skunk_JPG.html\r\n[actual]: http://www.mommybloggers.com/\r\n[who]: http://www.sheepusa.org/\r\n[sf]: http://www.sheep101.info/farm.html\r\n[mom]: http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2006/08/05/your-mom-is-not-an-example-user\r\n[jg]: http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/11/07/firefox-rss-xsl-from-anger-to-apathy#comment-47968\n\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n            \n        <ul class=\"comments\">\n            \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087979\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://bright-green.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=56a92f0c36ff78d8ab2e0d8255588ecc&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://bright-green.com\">Alan Green</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087979\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T02:08:33\">2006-11-08T02:08:33</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Ewe do come across as one crazy cat. </p>\n\n<p>More seriously, my father recently decided that being an Oracle guru was too stressful, so he gave that up and bought a newsagency. He now works harder than ever - 14 hour days, 6.5 days a week - but is really loves the work, particularly dealing with customers and growing the business.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087983\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=3e12425a65c72d80bc36c5c8d696e667&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.coxesroost.net/journal/\">Will Cox</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087983\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T15:29:08\">2006-11-08T15:29:08</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Les, re shepherding as an escape, see Donald McCaig.</p>\n\n<p>http://www.amazon.com/American-Homeplace-Virginia-Bookshelf/dp/0813917751</p>\n\n<div style='position:absolute; top:-3456px; left:-3456px'>\n<a href=\"http://www.fahlstad.se/2006/09/11/got-myself-a-day-job/\">custom essays</a>\n</div></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221087985\">\n            <div class=\"meta\">\n                <div class=\"author\">\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n                </div>\n                <a href=\"#comment-221087985\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-11-08T16:11:23\">2006-11-08T16:11:23</time></a>\n            </div>\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>\"Affectionately describing his working dogs, farm animals and wildlife, he gives the grim details of putting down more than 100 diseased sheep at one time.\"</p>\n\n<p>Ouch.  Poor sheep.  Yeah, I certainly wouldn't make a good farmer.</p></div>\n            \n        </li>\n    \n        </ul>\n    \n        </div>\n    ",
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