{"id":2482,"date":"2004-01-29T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-29T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:29:53","slug":"around-the-web-on-a-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/01\/29\/around-the-web-on-a-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Web on a Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    The Internet is a wondrous thing, especially on slow-moving Thursday afternoons. Within its bounteous riches I was able to dive for such pearls as Office Clips.com<\/a>, where I was able to repeatedly watch a fat lady fall<\/a> down a trap door.
    Or, this article<\/a> from the Atlantic Monthly<\/i>, which describes how the government drafted thousands of pages brainstorming the peaceful transition to a post-war Iraq, only to have it all thrown out the window because “postwar planning was an impediment to war&#8221. Furthermore, since “detailed thought about the postwar situation meant facing costs and potential problems, and thus weakened the case for launching a ‘war of choice’ (the Washington term for a war not waged in immediate self-defense), it could be seen as an ‘antiwar’ undertaking.” But ultimately, “U.S. government predictions about postwar Iraq’s problems have proved as accurate as the assessments of pre-war Iraq’s strategic threat have proved flawed.”M
    Or, the URL for the second greatest site in the world<\/a>*<\/b>, a place where I can buy cheese online!
    *<\/b> The first<\/i> greatest website being of course Homestar Runner<\/a>.’,\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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