{"id":396,"date":"2006-08-20T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2006-08-20T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2006-08-20T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2006-08-20T16:07:10","slug":"spooky-sparky-sticky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Sparky Sticky"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the spooky Norman-Gregor-Malcolm convergence discussed on my LJ here<\/a>, I’ve had a couple other spooky moments – both occasions where I was prompted by some random stimulus to think of someone I haven’t seen for many years, and wonder what happened to them, only to see them coming towards me moments later. Fun thing.
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\nBasketball world champs are on now! I am excited. The highlight of my sports-appreciation calendar, this. Four years ago the NZ team came in and shocked everyone, making its way to a fourth place finish. This year, that ain’t gonna happen, but judging by last night we’re not gonna disgrace ourselves either.
\nMinor grump for NZ player Mark Dickel being sidelined for three more games. He tested positive for cannabis after a match recently – apparently at a party five weeks prior to that (when he wasn’t under contract) he had a smoke. He ended up with a 2-game suspension and a serious warning from the NZ bball body, but then FIBA (bball’s international body) stepped in and imposed a further 3 games.
\nThe grump has two sides – first, that using cannabis draws such penalties at all, it certainly isn’t performance enhancing (as the entirety of Wellington’s underperforming Saints side through the 90s could tell you, ahem) – and second, that FIBA felt the need to overrule the NZ body’s decision and slap on a further three games. Bah.
\nStill, as JB points out, it adds new meaning to the guy’s nickname, ‘Sparky’.
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\nPost of the week: d3vo explains how to cook rice<\/a>. It begins:
\nMost instructions on how to make rice are crap. I am a computer programmer. I know how to write instructions.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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