{"id":1999,"date":"2007-07-23T13:29:18","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/07\/23\/random-bits\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:40:04","slug":"random-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/07\/23\/random-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some things I&#8217;ve noticed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riding a stationary bike gives me round ligament pain and stimulates Braxton-Hicks contractions.<\/li>\n<li>Sleep is becoming elusive again.<\/li>\n<li>I crave vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>People really do become more solicitous towards obviously pregnant women in grocery stores, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some things I&#8217;ve done:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Had friends over for dinner on Saturday. (Every weekend this month we&#8217;re hosting dinner with friends. We call them <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Last_Chance_to_See\">&#8220;Last Chance to See&#8221;<\/a> dinners.)<\/li>\n<li>Devoured <em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Become as inert as a potted plant.<\/li>\n<li>Lost the desire to do much, which includes writing posts for this blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay cool, people. And if you need a laugh or some light refreshment, give a visit to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/icanhascheezburger.com\/\">I Can Has Cheezburger?<\/a> (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1642897,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Time article <\/a>for background on the phenomenon. If you <em>really<\/em> want to learn about the origin of this trend, you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/icanhascheezburger.com\/2007\/05\/08\/a-special-in-depth-analysis-by-david-mcraney-l337-katz0rz\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Special In-Depth Analysis by David McRaney &#8211; L337 Katz0rz<\/a>. And yes, my geek husband says I&#8217;m late to the party; it&#8217;s new to me but has been around for quite some time.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cuteoverload.com\/\">Cute Overload<\/a>: no explanation needed!\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some things I&#8217;ve noticed: Riding a stationary bike gives me round ligament pain and stimulates Braxton-Hicks contractions. Sleep is becoming elusive again. I crave vegetables. People really do become more solicitous towards obviously pregnant women in grocery stores, etc. Some things I&#8217;ve done: Had friends over for dinner on Saturday. (Every weekend this month we&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recreation","category-technology"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11311,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999\/revisions\/11311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}