{"id":29,"date":"2007-02-15T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T18:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ngc2632.com\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2007-02-15T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T18:19:38","slug":"yes-the-footnotes-are-important-why-else-are-they-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xal.li\/eri\/everything\/yes-the-footnotes-are-important-why-else-are-they-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, the footnotes are important. Why else are they there?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/images4\/banner_island.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"417\" height=\"200\" alt=\"The Footnote (Dot Net!)\" title=\"The Footnote (Dot Net!)\"\/><b>The Footnote<\/b><\/a>&#8216;s latest update:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215biscuit.html\"><b>Ask Miss Biscuit<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Laszlo Xalieri, Guest<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>For reasons that may become clear to you, Laszlo is sitting in for Miss B. What&#8217;s he to do when confronted with a question about keeping a man in bed?<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215bbc.html\"><b>Beyond Book Club<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Adam P. Knave&#8217;s Talking Heads<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>A new occasional feature! Rather than go to all the trouble of reviewing books ourselves, we&#8217;ve recruited the late Ernest Hemmingway and Ayn Rand to do it for us.<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215gently.html\"><b>Gently With a Chainsaw<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Leigh Sholler<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>Unsurprisingly, Leigh&#8217;s off on some adventure &#8212; this time she&#8217;s traveling for work, which means that she&#8217;s hitching a ride with the US Navy.<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215bullets.html\"><b>Just the Right Bullets<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Adam P. 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At least, the tale as D.J. remembers it.<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215truth.html\"><b>The Truth of the Matter<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Ryan Dilbert<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>The intrepidly innocent Ryan makes another shocking discovery, which in turn leads to a bit of an urban dictionary to help you, the reader, understand rap.<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215story.html\"><b>It&#8217;s Story Time!<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Shannon Bayleff<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>Shannon spins a tale of some of the important moments in the life of Harold, a greeting card author.<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefootnote.net\/v4q3\/0215rank.html\"><b>Something is Rank<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Members of the Staff<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>Another occasional feature making its debut, Rank is the results of our contributors assembling as a panel for a discussion of &#8220;Top Five&#8221; lists.<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh yes.<\/p>\n<p>[*]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read The Footnote&#8216;s latest update: Ask Miss Biscuit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Laszlo Xalieri, Guest For reasons that may become clear to you, Laszlo is sitting in for Miss B. 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