{"id":1100,"date":"2006-02-28T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2006-02-28T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T10:49:00","slug":"non-death-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1100","title":{"rendered":"Non death things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaaaaaaaand we&#8217;re back to our regularly scheduled non &#8220;meaningless death of a friend of the family&#8221; related programming.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/editorial.gettyimages.com\/source\/search\/details_pop.aspx?iid=56895844&#038;cdi=0\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cache.gettyimages.com\/xc\/56895844.jpg?v=1&#038;c=MS_GINS&#038;k=2&#038;d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193CC300C081D9F4700F0981E9464C7D7EC4F3874705B290BE8\" width=300 ismap align=right><\/a>  First off, we have the Japanese training for a level 3 furry outbreak.  <em>TOKYO, Feb 21: A zoo employee dressed as an escaped mock gorilla tries to attack visitors during a training exercise at Ueno Zoo February 21, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Under the assumption that a big earthquake could happen at any time in Tokyo, the training is conducted for zoo staff in how to capture animals and lead the visitors to safety. (Koichi Kamoshia\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The car dealership called <lj user=redmed> today.  Apparently we need to write them a check for $1,900 because they forgot to include sales tax in the figure that they gave us.  The question is:  &#8220;why do I care?&#8221;  The answer is that they have not yet submitted the registration because they realized their mistake when they noticed that (wait for it&#8230;) they had also forgotten to collect the $20 check that goes to the DMV.  I was present for the conversation.  Sales tax was certainly discussed.  I need to look at the paperwork to see if my &#8220;they&#8217;re trying to shaft you&#8221; instincts are misfiring here.  Remember, never assume malice when incompetence will suffice.  <\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;ve been fighting with the stupid filesystem again.  I had to open port 69 on the firewall so that TFTP could run.  Does it never end?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaaaaaaaand we&#8217;re back to our regularly scheduled non &#8220;meaningless death of a friend of the family&#8221; related programming. <\/p>\n<p> First off, we have the Japanese training for a level 3 furry outbreak. TOKYO, Feb 21: A zoo employee dressed as an escaped mock gorilla tries to attack visitors during a training exercise at Ueno <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1100\">Non death things<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}