{"id":701,"date":"2006-05-15T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T04:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/15\/nirvana\/"},"modified":"2006-05-15T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2006-05-15T04:53:14","slug":"nirvana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/15\/nirvana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirvana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’ve put With The Lights Out<\/a> in the virtual CD player (read: amaroK<\/a>) and am remembering why I like Nirvana<\/a>. I just haven’t listened to it in long enough. Actually, now that I come to think of it… long enough is like, what, a week? I know I was listening to it on the way to\/from SFO on the plane.<\/p>\n

Now, after spending the morning on financial issues (tax not fun, especially the weird way I end up getting payed and the complications it has) I may actually get to some work…. Well, conference tutorial preparation… Doing a tutorial where you get the people in the room to do things is always tricky – and nerve racking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I’ve put With The Lights Out in the virtual CD player (read: amaroK) and am remembering why I like Nirvana. I just haven’t listened to it in long enough. 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