{"id":10308,"date":"2013-08-08T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=10308"},"modified":"2013-08-08T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:00:08","slug":"odds-and-ends-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/odds-and-ends-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After two summers of desert heat, we now have a summer of tropical monsoon rain. The Little Arkansas River, which runs north, west and south of my place, is the highest it’s been in years. More rain is predicted.<\/p>\n

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It occurs to me that comparing Stella etc.<\/a><\/b><\/i> to Girls und Panzer<\/a><\/b><\/i> is misguided. Yura has more in common with such painfully self-conscious characters as Inu x Boku SS<\/a><\/b><\/i>‘s Ririchiyo and Tsuritama<\/a><\/b><\/i>‘s Yuki than with with Miho, and the story thus far has been more about Yura learning to play well with others than about girls playing with guns.<\/p>\n

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Ryutaro Nakamura, who directed Serial Experiments Lain<\/a><\/b><\/i> and Kino’s Journey<\/b><\/i>, recently died. Jonathan Clements’ appreciation is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita<\/a><\/b><\/i>‘s Mediator should beware the dangers of undead hair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I generally consider “critic” to be a subset of the category “pompous fool.” Here’s an example why<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ISON is approaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One of my pictures was yesterday’s Botany Photo of the Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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