{"id":1996,"date":"2008-04-10T12:51:25","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T16:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2008-04-10T12:51:25","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T16:51:25","slug":"mental-health-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/mental-health-day-2","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t really believe in the term, “Mental Health Day,” but this qualifies. It’s a gorgeous day, so I decided to take a vacation day, run some errands, hang out with Rufus, and otherwise not do any job-related stuff.<\/p>\n

One of the errand-class activities was upgrading this site to WordPress 2.5. The new administrator interface is different enough that it made me averse to writing anything this morning, but I figure I oughtta post something on it before the dog & I head out to Ringwood Manor<\/a> for a little meander (with cameras, of course).<\/p>\n

Here’s a little double-whammy I’ve been waiting to post. I’m not getting anywhere in my ruminations on them, so I offer them up to you, dear readers. I hope they coalesce into a little something that you can share with me.<\/p>\n

First, Ron Rosenbaum offers up some ruminations on Hiroshima in the 21st century<\/a>. (Of course, Ron being Ron, it’s “what we talk about when we talk about Hiroshima.”)<\/p>\n

Then, Steven Heller examines the history of the CND symbol<\/a>, and how it may stretch back a lot further than its official 50 years.<\/p>\n

I’m gonna head out with my dog; don’t work too hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t really believe in the term, “Mental Health Day,” but this qualifies. It’s a gorgeous day, so I decided to take a vacation day, run some errands, hang out with Rufus, and otherwise not do any job-related stuff. One of the errand-class activities was upgrading this site to WordPress 2.5. The new administrator interface … <\/p>\n

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