{"id":1883,"date":"2007-03-02T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/observations-xvi-apparently-their-beige-hearts-no-longer-bleed-with-neutrality.html"},"modified":"2007-03-02T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T17:22:00","slug":"observations-xvi-apparently-their-beige-hearts-no-longer-bleed-with-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/03\/observations-xvi-apparently-their-beige-hearts-no-longer-bleed-with-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations XVI: Apparently their beige hearts no longer bleed with neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<li type=\"square\">It would figure that two days after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/cly\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">my brother officially quit blogging<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dc.metblogs.com\/archives\/2007\/03\/call_to_action.phtml\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Switzerland would invade Liechtenstein<\/span><\/a>. He warned us about the threat of Swiss tyranny hiding under the guise of neutrality.\n<li type=\"square\">Congratulations to <b>Dan Steinberg<\/b> of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/\"><b>DC Sports Bog<\/b><\/a> on the arrival of his daughter. It figures it would happen now, just as I have posted a potentially Bog-worthy entry about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/norv.html\"><b>Norv Turner<\/b><\/a>.\n<li type=\"square\">An article in <i>The Times<\/i> looks at the &#8220;family bed&#8221; and how some parents are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/01\/garden\/01bed.html?8dpc\"><b>not really happy about having one<\/b><\/a>. Duh. In addition to ensuring nobody sleeps well, the family bed just screams major codependency issues.\n<li type=\"square\">Recent overplayed songs: Lowdown, The Sweater Song\n<li type=\"square\">High school sophomores were not even born when <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Nevermind<\/span> came out. Time flies.\n<li type=\"square\"><b>George Michael<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/video.nbc4.com\/player\/?id=47502\">is done as WRC-TV<\/a> sports anchor. He has been there forever, but let&#8217;s not forget that he only ascended to #1 after the great <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dc.metblogs.com\/archives\/2006\/01\/remembering_gle.phtml\">Glenn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dc.metblogs.com\/archives\/2006\/10\/glenn_brenner_o.phtml\">Brenner<\/a><\/span> died.\n<li type=\"square\">Ted Leonsis is <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.aol.com\/index.php?ID=733\"><b>dumping on<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.aol.com\/index.php?ID=739\">newspapers<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ted.aol.com\/index.php?ID=736\"><b>lately<\/b><\/a>. I&#8217;m not sure an AOL employee should be getting too excited about this issue. Lots of media, traditional and even first-wave new media are having some serious challenges right now.\n<li type=\"square\">By the way, Post editor <b>Len Downie<\/b> recently did a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.editorandpublisher.com\/eandp\/news\/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003548486\"><b>Q&#038;A<\/b><\/a> with <i>Editor &#038; Publisher<\/i> that might interest a few <i>WWN<\/i> readers.\n<li type=\"square\">A <i>Philly Daily News<\/i> blogger thinks that <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Punxsutawney Phil<\/span> ignored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attytood.com\/2007\/02\/17_words_when_groundhogs_lie_1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">readily available intelligence<\/span><\/a> in his winter prediction this year.\n<li type=\"square\">It is 62&deg; out. I&#8217;m going for a walk.\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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