{"id":248,"date":"2004-08-23T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-23T00:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2004-08-23T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-23T00:58:00","slug":"248","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Randomness<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am really too busy preparing for fall classes to blog right now, but meanwhile…<\/p>\n

First, from CultureCat<\/a> (11 August), this thought:<\/p>\n

[Colleague who’s just starting to learn about blogs, reflecting after our lengthy discussion of public\/private and the pros and cons of real name v. pseudonym in blogging] “You know, academic blogging under your real name is sort of like the intellectual equivalent of going to a nude beach.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second, from Dave Haxton’s blog<\/a>, another attempt to outlaw a plant<\/a>, or the uses thereof. You will see from the design of this blog why I’m amused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Randomness I am really too busy preparing for fall classes to blog right now, but meanwhile… First, from CultureCat (11 August), this thought: [Colleague who’s just starting to learn about blogs, reflecting after our lengthy discussion of public\/private and the pros and cons of real name v. pseudonym in blogging] “You know, academic blogging under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-248","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1806,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1806","url_meta":{"origin":248,"position":0},"title":"Jay Kinney Has a Blog","author":"Chas S. 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