{"id":2133,"date":"2003-10-22T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-22T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2021-05-26T16:29:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T20:29:29","slug":"mind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/10\/22\/mind-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/newsbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; So what.  Some monkey can <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/sections\/scitech\/Living\/monkeys031013.html\">move a mechanical arm<\/a> just through thought impulses. Big deal. I have mysterious powers too, but no one&#8217;s writing news stories about me. For instance, I can make my stomach growl just by <i>thinking<\/i> about KFC&#8217;s Popcorn Chicken. Or I can make a traffic light turn red by applying pressure to my accelerator pedal. Similarly, I can make cars ahead of me slow down merely by merging into their lane.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; I can remember all week to watch a certain TV show but then forget about it ten minutes before it starts. And I can make Fox cancel TV shows just by watching those shows. I promise to try and use these powers for good.  Except for, come to mention it, needing to start liking <i>Simpsons<\/i> again.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; So what. Some monkey can move a mechanical arm just through thought impulses. Big deal. I have mysterious powers too, but no one&#8217;s writing news stories about me. For instance, I can make my stomach growl just by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/10\/22\/mind-power\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,16,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-news","category-me","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}