{"id":66,"date":"2004-06-03T11:42:09","date_gmt":"2004-06-03T10:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/06\/03\/slow-thursday\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:48:51","slug":"slow-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/slow-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11342,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/cgi.ebay.com\\\/ws\\\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=62054&amp;item=8107675670&amp;rd=1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210310110554\\\/http:\\\/\\\/cgi.ebay.com\\\/ws\\\/ebayISAPI.dll?viewitem&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 21:00:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 16:41:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 17:54:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 12:13:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 11:51:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 10:38:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 12:41:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:400},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 09:10:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 22:56:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:59:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 11:13:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:30:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 01:32:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:29:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:29:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11343,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.lee-chapman.com\\\/tokyo_times\\\/2004\\\/05\\\/british_brutali.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.lee-chapman.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11344,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.allsci.com\\\/parallel.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080704102721\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.allsci.com\\\/parallel.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 21:00:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-11 14:59:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 17:54:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 12:13:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-30 11:51:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 10:38:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 12:41:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 09:10:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 22:56:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 05:59:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 11:13:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 02:30:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 01:32:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:29:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:29:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:202},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I think I\u2019ve decided to go for the larger room in college because I like my space. 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