{"id":2758,"date":"2014-03-24T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T09:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2014-03-24T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T09:34:04","slug":"testing-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-ethics\/2014\/03\/24\/testing-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing, testing&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, yeah.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">It&#8217;s been a bit quiet here, hasn&#8217;t it?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a range of reasons. \u00a0Mainly, it&#8217;s had to do with David and I both having to do (whisper it)\u00a0<em>real w*rk<\/em>, and that&#8217;s got in the way.<\/p>\n<p>And then WordPress went a bit odd, which made it impossible to post anything. \u00a0(Part of the reason for this post is to confirm that I can publish something.)<\/p>\n<p>And something else, too, from my personal perspective: I&#8217;ve been blogging here since 2008, and it&#8217;s hard to stay grumpy for that long. \u00a0Even for me. \u00a0So think of recent quietness as a sabbatical. \u00a0I think my grumpiness is recharged now, though. \u00a0So there&#8217;ll be a guest post going up soon, and then &#8211; I hope &#8211; back to something like normal from me.<\/p>\n<p>Hello, hello; it&#8217;s good to be back. \u00a0I&#8217;d post a link to a vid for that, too, except for the unfortunate associations with Gary Gli&#8230; \u00a0Wait: what? \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglitterband.co.uk\/shows\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">The Glitter Band is still touring<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>? \u00a0Good grief. \u00a0Well, if they can keep going, I have no excuse, do I?<\/p>\n<p>Still can&#8217;t embed videos, though&#8230;<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, yeah. 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