{"id":1708,"date":"2003-09-08T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2003-09-09T00:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/08\/the-doctor-is-in\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:28:14","slug":"the-doctor-is-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/08\/the-doctor-is-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctor is in!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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10:34:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13408,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com\\\/2003_09_07_archive.html#a003515&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090106001415\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com\\\/2003_09_07_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13409,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.deanforamerica.com\\\/archives\\\/001386.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13410,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ilx.wh3rd.net\\\/thread.php?showall=true&amp;msgid=3832725#3832738&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13411,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/radio.weblogs.com\\\/0108026\\\/2003\\\/09\\\/08.html#a1297&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20081203122335\\\/http:\\\/\\\/radio.weblogs.com\\\/0108026\\\/2003\\\/09\\\/08.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13412,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pacificviews.org\\\/archives\\\/000174.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080807170107\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.pacificviews.org\\\/archives\\\/000174.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 10:34:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13413,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.feedster.com\\\/search.php?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=dean+flash+mob&amp;btnG=Search&amp;sort=date&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/feedster.com\\\/search.php?hl=en&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13414,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/djwudi.typepad.com\\\/eclecticism\\\/2003\\\/08\\\/flash_mobsso_wh.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/action.deanforamerica.com\/meet\/selectmtg.html?zip=98109&amp;distance=1\" title=\"Dean for America Outreach Events\">Real life<\/a> imitates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doonesbury.com\/strip\/dailydose\/index.html?uc_full_date=20030908\" title=\"Doonesbury\">art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupbrain.com\/2003_09_07_archive.html#a003515\" title=\"Dean for America\">Dori Smith<\/a> &#8212; sorry for the word-for-word copy, but with four words to work with, it seemed silly to rework it)<\/p>\n<p>Update:<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the thing about flash mobs (at least originally) is that they were underground, unpublicised, seemingly-spontaneous events. With this particular one originating in a comic strip, being turned into reality, and then posted around the &#8216;net (here, Dori&#8217;s post, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.deanforamerica.com\/archives\/001386.html\" title=\"Flash Mobs for Dean\">Blog for America<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ilx.wh3rd.net\/thread.php?showall=true&amp;msgid=3832725#3832738\" title=\"Flashmob for Dean!\">The Democratic Primary 2004 Thread<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.weblogs.com\/0108026\/2003\/09\/08.html#a1297\" title=\"Flash Mobs for Howard Dean Campaign\">The Mediaburn Radio Weblog<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificviews.org\/archives\/000174.html\" title=\"DeanCorps Food Drive &amp; Seattle Flash Mob\">Pacific Views<\/a>, and probably <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedster.com\/search.php?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=dean+flash+mob&amp;btnG=Search&amp;sort=date\" title=\"Feedster search for 'dean flash mob'\">many others<\/a>), doesn&#8217;t that more or less kill much of the original spirit of the &#8216;flash mob&#8217; meme?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe I&#8217;m just <a href=\"http:\/\/djwudi.typepad.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/flash_mobsso_wh.html\" title=\"Flash mobs...so what?\">grumbling again<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real life imitates art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-1708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}