{"id":1713,"date":"2012-10-27T00:03:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T00:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/2012\/10\/27\/duck-lips-i-blame-the-alcohol-i-m-so-sorry\/"},"modified":"2012-10-27T00:03:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T00:03:24","slug":"duck-lips-i-blame-the-alcohol-i-m-so-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/duck-lips-i-blame-the-alcohol-i-m-so-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck lips. I blame the alcohol. I\u2019m so sorry."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, let&#8217;s see what we have today.<\/p>\n<p>First up, a really cool webpage from Starbucks that allows you to <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.starbucks.com\/wrapper?url=http%3a%2f%2fvote.good.is%2f&amp;category=%2f&amp;macaddr=00:1E:64:0A:B3:62&amp;storeaddress=3460+William+Penn+Highway++Pittsburgh+PA+15235&amp;storenumber=07284&amp;tileid=97e50e03-1d2b-4bac-9a7d-0f1e9907870b&amp;lat=40.42943&amp;long=-79.810417&amp;postalcode=15235\">look up referendum that are going on in your state this election<\/a>. \u00a0Note to those in Pa: we got nothing.<\/p>\n<p>But I do have to say to the House of Pa: WTF. \u00a0No seriously. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2012\/10\/25\/pennsylvania-republicans-write-bill-punishing-newborns-rape-victims\">YOU WANT NEWBORN BABIES TO STARVE<\/a>. \u00a0What is wrong with you?!<\/p>\n<p>This is going around, I saw it from Betty Bowers, and of course, Santorum make an appearance:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1711\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/www.thestranger.com_binary_0df5_1351121585-gop_rape_advisory-2.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"1550\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2012\/10\/23\/sweet-debate-tweets-ann-coulter-edition\">Amazing take-downs of Ann Coulter<\/a>. \u00a0Although I am loath to even mention it, I hate giving her any attention.<\/p>\n<p>And President <a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2012\/10\/25\/potty-mouthed-president-obama-expertly-dissects-ayn-rands-novels\">Obama takes down Ayn Rand<\/a>. \u00a0Very well done.<\/p>\n<p>But this will make you a smile, a <a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2012\/10\/24\/chris-kluwes-radio-spot-for-minnesotans-for-equality\">fun radio ad airing in Minnesota<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And quite possibly the best tweet ever:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px; color: #050505; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;\"><em>This has made me happy all day: &#8220;Not my problem&#8221; in Polish is &#8220;nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy.&#8221; Literally &#8220;not my circus, not my monkey.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; background-color: #f7f6ef;\">\u2014 Howard Tayler (@howardtayler)\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howardtayler\/status\/260944798167482368\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #00408c; cursor: pointer; outline: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px;\" data-datetime=\"2012-10-24T03:24:22+00:00\">October 24, 2012<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So here is the first TV spot for The Hobbit:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXh2P382us0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Or if you&#8217;d rather learn about Middle Earth, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/lotrproject.com\/statistics\/\">LotR statistics project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2012\/10\/25\/two-of-the-big-six-publishers-to-merge\">Penguin and Random House are in talks to merge<\/a>. \u00a0Not great for the publishing world, or readers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manmadediy.com\/chris\/posts\/2179-cuts-of-wood\">This is really cool<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1712\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s3.amazonaws.com_manmadediy-uploads-production_photos_19888_vincent-kohler-billon.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"495\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s3.amazonaws.com_manmadediy-uploads-production_photos_19888_vincent-kohler-billon.jpg 495w, https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s3.amazonaws.com_manmadediy-uploads-production_photos_19888_vincent-kohler-billon-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And finally, coming soon to The Nerdist channel on Youtube:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_p45cKYSGc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now, have a great one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, let&#8217;s see what we have today. First up, a really cool webpage from Starbucks that allows you to look up referendum that are going on in your state this election. \u00a0Note to those in Pa: we got nothing. But I do have to say to the House of Pa: WTF. \u00a0No seriously. \u00a0YOU WANT NEWBORN BABIES [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[221,1833,338,1844,1834,1831,1837,1840,923,722,1150,85,1835,278,1048,35,1347,1839,457,1838,1832,1843,1199,1841,312,1836,1474,1842],"class_list":["post-1713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ad","tag-ann-coulter","tag-asshatery","tag-astrophysics","tag-ayn-rand","tag-babies","tag-chris-kluwe","tag-circus","tag-gop","tag-hobbit","tag-lotr","tag-marriage-equality","tag-minnesota","tag-monkey","tag-nerdist","tag-obama","tag-pa","tag-polish","tag-politics","tag-radio","tag-rape","tag-star-talk","tag-starbucks","tag-statistics","tag-tweet","tag-vikings","tag-vote","tag-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}