{"id":9849,"date":"2016-02-29T23:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaphone.geeb.us\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2016-02-29T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:00:46","slug":"the-dispatch-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/?p=9849","title":{"rendered":"The Dispatch #9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings from a snow dusted River of Boiling Water (NO NOT THAT ONE<\/a>)\u00a0where things seem to be going just ok.<\/p>\n

On the Internets:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\nThe internet thinks Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer<\/a>. Uganda tried to block out social media in an attempt to control elections, but Ugandans got around it<\/a>. Fat penguins are not as good at waddling as thinner penguins<\/a>. A city in Canada wants to track criminals in their town with technology that doesn’t exist<\/a>. A unicorn got a time-out for being naughty<\/a>. Eric Holder wishes he was Kareem Abdul-Jabar<\/a>. A woman in Romania knitted a coat<\/a> out of her own hair.
\nWhy do\u00a0we encourage girls to be scared<\/a>?\u00a0A man gets hacked<\/a> because he asked for it. The guy who created the worst Atari game<\/a> in history claims it was Spielberg’s fault.<\/a><\/p>\n

Locally:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It’s been a busy week with work, but I did get a chance to work some more on my moped, but it’s still not running the way I want it. It was warm enough yesterday that I could roast coffee, which is great, because I had some really not good stuff from a local roaster and needed a palate cleanser.<\/p>\n

I’ve Been Reading:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Finally finished [amazon text=The Sandman&asin=1401225756]. It was just as good as everyone ever said it was. Thanks for pretty much every friend of mine ever for recommending it.
\nThis piece<\/a> by Laura Munoz
\nAlso the 100 jokes that shaped modern comedy<\/a>. I am still not funny.<\/p>\n

In the Earhole:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nAvatar<\/th>\nArtist name<\/th>\nScrobbles<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n\"Portastatic\"<\/td>\nPortastatic<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n51<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\"Small<\/td>\nSmall Faces<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n42<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n\"Sugar\"<\/td>\nSugar<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n39<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n\"Sonic<\/td>\nSonic Youth<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n31<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\"Beat<\/td>\nBeat Happening<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n30<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\"Ghostface<\/td>\nGhostface Killah<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n29<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n\"The<\/td>\nThe Clientele<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n23<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\"Ween\"<\/td>\nWeen<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n20<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\"Cappadonna\"<\/td>\nCappadonna<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n17<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n\"The<\/td>\nThe Unicorns<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n17<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Eye Pollution:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Speaking of things that aren’t funny, [amazon text=Ernest Goes to Camp&asin=B004DOTKDM]\u00a0does not hold up. I’ve been watching [amazon text=Borgen&asin=B00BELOF14], and have also become completely fascinated by Insert Name Here<\/a>. Quite possibly one of the funniest British panel shows out right now. And yes, I’m including [amazon text=QI&asin=B003XEF6IQ] in that list.
\nI also watched Trapped<\/a>, which aside from not knowing how to pronounce any fucking character’s name was not too bad. There was also [amazon text=30 Degrees in February] which I just couldn’t get into.<\/p>\n

Boring, Boring Arsenal:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After an absolutely maddening performance against Barcelona ended with the visitors wining 2-0, Arsenal somehow couldn’t get their shit enough to beat a Manchester United team that was missing FIFTEEN first team players, losing 3-2. Title chances aren’t gone, but coming back is going to take SCORING GOALS and it wouldn’t hurt if Leicester lost a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings from a snow dusted River of Boiling Water (NO NOT THAT ONE)\u00a0where things seem to be going just ok. On the Internets: The internet thinks Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer. Uganda tried to block out social media in an attempt to control elections, but Ugandans got around it. Fat penguins are not as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-dispatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghost.geeb.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}