{"id":3786,"date":"2006-05-01T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T17:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/01\/the-importance-of-education\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T10:08:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T18:08:58","slug":"the-importance-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/01\/the-importance-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6604,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\\\/books\\\/268419_bizarro01.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.seattlepi.com\\\/books\\\/268419_bizarro01.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6603,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bizarro.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309084632\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bizarro.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bizarro.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 20:35:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 16:17:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 11:19:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 09:09:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 09:09:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/books\/268419_bizarro01.html\" title=\"Seattle PI: A moment with ... Dan Piraro, 'Bizarro' cartoonist\">Dan Piraro<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizarro.com\/\" title=\"Bizarro\">Bizarro<\/a> comic for years, but this one gave me a really good laugh this morning. Definitely one of my favorites.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2006\/05\/graphics\/Bizarro.gif\" height=\"382\" width=\"320\" alt=\"(c)2006 Dan Piraro\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp; offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id= xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp; offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms %253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa %252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253F artistTerm%253DToperczer, Peter\/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Bystrik Rezucha)%2526songTerm=Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in B flat major op. 23: II. 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Andantino semplice &#8211; Presto &#8211; Tempo I<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/ stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid= 1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252F MZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252Fadvanced SearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DToperczer, Peter\/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Bystrik Rezucha)%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Toperczer, Peter\/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Bystrik Rezucha)' on the iTMS\">Toperczer, Peter\/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Bystrik Rezucha)<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click. linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type= 3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple. com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search. 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Definitely one of my favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","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=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}