{"id":601,"date":"2010-01-01T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T19:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/2010\/01\/01\/on-a-side-note-ever-notice-how-we-never-try-to-save-the-really-ugly-animals\/"},"modified":"2010-01-01T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T19:36:24","slug":"on-a-side-note-ever-notice-how-we-never-try-to-save-the-really-ugly-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelcrane.net\/wp\/on-a-side-note-ever-notice-how-we-never-try-to-save-the-really-ugly-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"On a side note, ever notice how we never try to save the really ugly animals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick update here, I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year&#8217;s Eve!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of, I wish I could have posted this yesterday for everyone.\u00a0 But you know maybe for everyone celebrating Orthodox New Year&#8217;s&#8230;wait, what?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uBJQDpWD32E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Best thing I found out during the holidays: Pita Chips are awesome!\u00a0 Why did I not know about these before?<\/p>\n<p>Good gravy, is <a href=\"http:\/\/slog.thestranger.com\/slog\/archives\/2009\/12\/31\/3111805-today-in-online-gaming\">Google really trying to break into gaming now<\/a>?\u00a0 And while it makes sense for them to be in casual games (Remember I posted earlier this year about Popcap games inside WoW), this is getting a bit much.\u00a0 But hey, if they go in, and so does Apple, which has been rumored for years and I don&#8217;t think it will happen, won&#8217;t that be a nice little fun grouping of companies: Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Google.<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"blog\/and-i-got-my-h1n1-shot-today-but-now-my-kids-will-die-of-autism-because-jenny-mccarthy-kirk-cameron-said-so\">showed the original video a few days ago<\/a>, here&#8217;s it backwards, which is really forwards:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2bAWFWG8eYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>City Paper has a pretty cool wrap-up of 2009,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws\/\/gyrobase\/Content?oid=73397\"> check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Or you can check out <a href=\"http:\/\/carbolicsmoke.com\/2009\/12\/28\/the-year-in-review\/\">Carbolic Smoke Ball&#8217;s<\/a>.\u00a0 I suggest reading both.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never read or seen anything to do with Twilight.\u00a0 But to those who have, does this about sum New Moon up?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bXeQ7baYEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This is a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.visuwords.com\/\"> pretty cool site<\/a>, and I think I could spend a lot of time looking up words, but hey, I&#8217;ll be learning stuff in the process!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, what I actually originally was going to post, the biggest 25 pop songs from last year, mashed up into one amazing track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1098\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNzrwh2Z2hQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now, I&#8217;m hoping to do two big posts this weekend (really though, if I get one of them done, I&#8217;ll consider it a success).\u00a0 Have a great one everybody!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick update here, I hope everyone had a fun and safe New Year&#8217;s Eve! 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