{"id":573883986,"date":"2012-10-03T23:58:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573883986"},"modified":"2012-10-09T01:19:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T06:19:13","slug":"and-the-spiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/03\/and-the-spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"And the spiders?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned Colin Hay on Twitter last night, since you asked. I really fell into Hay’s music again around 2000 or so, and then again off and on since. For a while, I’ve been trying to describe it. If there is an overriding sentiment, what would it be? I’ve settled on midlife, convertible, late-afternoon sun.<\/p>\n

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The prologue in that particular live performance is his getting dropped by his record label after Men at Work. He released the album carrying that song in his mid-40s, so it makes sense.<\/p>\n

The debates?<\/strong> Twitter had a big night. Remember when the media scoffed at Twitter? I love that all the big national folks fall all over themselves to report about it now. I bet we’ll find that this was one of the biggest nights yet for the microblogger. <\/p>\n

New York Times? Fact checking in real time<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Who won? Big Bird, clearly. Maybe he should moderate the next one. And if that works out well, maybe we could start a write-in campaign for him. <\/p>\n

Thirty-one cases<\/strong> of West Nile Virus in the state. Guess that’ll be the watchword of the season again. <\/p>\n

Speaking of arboviral diseases, researchers are tracking down where Eastern equine encephalitis spends the winter. Snakes!<\/a><\/p>\n

The spiders? They’ve got nothing to do with it. They’re just over here making art. <\/p>\n

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Looks even more like a heart today. <\/p>\n

More on Tumblr<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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