{"id":16588,"date":"2014-02-28T01:58:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=16588"},"modified":"2014-02-28T01:58:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T09:58:16","slug":"friday-links-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/friday-links-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Since we&#8217;ve been on the subject of writers lately: here&#8217;s Megan McArdle on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2014\/02\/why-writers-are-the-worst-procrastinators\/283773\/\" target=\"_blank\">why writers are the worst procrastinators<\/a>. This isn&#8217;t really just about writers, but about fear of failure and the recent &#8220;special snowflake&#8221; self-esteem generation.\n<li>And <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/23\/opinion\/sunday\/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html\" target=\"_blank\">this column<\/a> about how to get a job at Google isn&#8217;t really about how to get a job at Google, either. It&#8217;s about creativity. Adaptability. And other good things.\n<li>Good news for all you who listened to (or played) too much loud rock-n-roll. A cure for noise-induced hearing loss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2014\/02\/21\/researchers-discover-potential-cure-for-noise-induced-hearing-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">may be on the horizon<\/a>\n<li>All hope is not lost. Hungry cougar stalks teenage boy. Cougar gets shot by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2014\/02\/27\/washington-girl-11-shoots-and-kills-cougar-tracking-her-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\">guess who<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2568771\/Girl-11-shoots-cougar-following-brother-14-home-making-THIRD-mountain-cat-killed-one-week.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pix here<\/a>.\n<li>Very cool! A nifty <a href=\"http:\/\/stormdrane.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/pineapple-knot-paracord-boot-knife.html\" target=\"_blank\">handle wrap<\/a> for a boot knife &#8212; that <i>glows in the dark<\/i>.\n<li>Very odd. Did you know there&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/atlas_obscura\/2014\/02\/27\/murphy_ranch_in_rustic_canyon_los_angeles_is_an_abandoned_nazi_compound.html\" target=\"_blank\">abandoned Nazi compound<\/a> in the hills above L.A.?\n<li>Brigid at Home on the Range <a href=\"http:\/\/mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/july-11-2003-february-24-2014-there-is.html\" target=\"_blank\">writes a heart-rending tribute<\/a> to her just-departed four-footed best friend.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we&#8217;ve been on the subject of writers lately: here&#8217;s Megan McArdle on why writers are the worst procrastinators. This isn&#8217;t really just about writers, but about fear of failure and the recent &#8220;special snowflake&#8221; self-esteem generation. And this column about how to get a job at Google isn&#8217;t really about how to get a job at Google, either. It&#8217;s about creativity. Adaptability. And other good things. Good news for all you who listened to (or played) too much loud rock-n-roll. A cure for noise-induced hearing loss may be on the horizon All hope is not lost. Hungry cougar stalks&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/friday-links-21\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,13,18,19,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-health-and-science","category-mind-and-spirit","category-miscellaneous","category-rural-and-small-town-living","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}