{"id":1785,"date":"2010-01-20T22:59:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T02:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shermandorn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2010-01-20T22:59:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T02:59:17","slug":"odds-and-ends-from-the-peanut-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shermandorn.com\/?p=1785","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends from the peanut gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a few minutes before closing at this Super-Brand coffee store, so it&#8217;s time for a few thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The successor editorial team at <i>Education Policy Analysis Archives<\/i>\/<i>Archivos Analiticos de Politicas Educativas<\/i> has unveiled <a href=\"http:\/\/epaa.asu.edu\">the new website<\/a>. New submissions should head there. For a few months you&#8217;ll still see articles I accepted, but otherwise, go Gustavo and company! (My apologies for not having figured out how to get accented characters to show in this version of MovableType.)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m still feeling fine after the accident on the 11th. My car&#8230; well, let&#8217;s just say that we&#8217;ll be doing our part for the recovery, thanks to an insurance company and our bank account.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The theme of the month thus far is &#8220;nothing happens without hiccups and red tape.&#8221; I swear that if I die before the end of January, I&#8217;ll have to fill out several forms before I&#8217;m buried or cremated.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Did the Cowboys release Martha Coakley at the end of November? Sure looks like it now.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krugman.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/20\/he-wasnt-the-one-weve-been-waiting-for\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Paul Krugman says<\/a>&nbsp;he&#8217;s &#8220;pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama.&#8221; I like Krugman&#8217;s public writings a great deal, but didn&#8217;t Krugman give up on Obama several times in early 2008 (and in a rather nasty way)? Cue the editorial cartoonist and lines from Brokeback Mountain.<\/li>\n<li>My daughter and I went on our last joint college visit over the holiday weekend. I wondered aloud if the sparkly bits in the sidewalk were either mica or the remains of Stephanie Meyer vampires. My daughter would have winced except that she barely got through&nbsp;<i>Twilight<\/i>&nbsp;without the gag reflex taking control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The friendly mop is now telling me I need to go, though its wielder is saying otherwise. Time to go.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a few minutes before closing at this Super-Brand coffee store, so it&#8217;s time for a few thoughts&#8230; The successor editorial team at Education Policy Analysis Archives\/Archivos Analiticos de Politicas Educativas has unveiled the new website. New submissions should head there. 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