{"id":4823,"date":"2010-07-04T09:14:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T09:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2010\/07\/04\/fourth-of-july-open-delurking\/"},"modified":"2010-07-04T09:14:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T09:14:31","slug":"fourth-of-july-open-delurking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2010\/07\/04\/fourth-of-july-open-delurking\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth of July Open Delurking Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Independence Day here in the US, where we spend the day playing with fire (grilling during the day, fireworks at night) to express our gratitude for not needing to give a damn about the British royal family. Or something like that.<\/p>\n

Since I’m going to do my patriotic playing-with-fire duty (augmented by a possible trip to the zoo with SteelyKid), there won’t be any deep thoughts forthcoming today, but to give those of you in need of web-based entertainment something to do, here’s a question for all my readers:<\/p>\n

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Who are you, and how did you get here?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s been a while since I did one of these, and I keep getting asked “What sort of people read your blog, anyway?” in interviews and the like. I’ve got some sense of the people who regularly comment here, but if you read the blog and don’t usuaully comment, please leave a comment here saying something about yourself (are you a scientist? a student? just a fan of talking dogs and cute toddler pictures?) and how you found this site (crossover from another ScienceBlogs blog? link from another blog or aggregator? Google search for “cutest baby in the universe”?)<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance for commenting, and happy Fourth of July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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