{"id":3450,"date":"2011-08-04T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2011-08-04T01:45:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T06:45:02","slug":"feeling-trivial-maybe-you-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3450","title":{"rendered":"feeling trivial; maybe you can help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I try not to meld my work life and my real life, because, well, I&#8217;d rather not waste my time thinking about work when I don&#8217;t have to. However, every once in a while, I get to do something fun for work and then I like to share it.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I&#8217;m working on compiling some factoids that pertain to science. For instance, did you know that the 27 moons of Uranus are named after characters created by Shakespeare and Pope (Alexander, not The)? [Confidential to Karen: I said Venus earlier, but was not paying attention. 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