{"id":12105,"date":"2010-03-24T21:20:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T02:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/?p=12105"},"modified":"2010-03-25T07:49:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T12:49:41","slug":"for-billy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/24\/for-billy\/","title":{"rendered":"For Billy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing wrecks a day more completely than a full blown ear infection. The puffing, the ringing, the aching. And one gadget that reduced the incessant ear infections I experienced between age six and, um, about five years ago, is the coolio Ear Dryer.<\/p>\n<p>Like a tightly focused hair dryer, the tiny stream of hot air eradicates moisture inside the ear. Why exactly air blasted down the ear canal and tympanic membrane after a shower makes any difference, I have never understood. What I do know is since using it I&#8217;ve only had one ear infection, compared with about six ( or more ) a year every year for the last . . . mumble, mumble . . . years.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Ear Dryer stopped holding its charge. Seconds after turning on the device, the once reliable motor whirred, sighed and gasped. A quick hunting trip on the Internets, a twelve dollar battery and viola!<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;m pumping myself with hot air.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/site-images\/eardryer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This entry is dedicated to the memory of Billy Mays. Sell on, you Harbinger of Infotainment, you!<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy Baybeh 9700.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing wrecks a day more completely than a full blown ear infection. The puffing, the ringing, the aching. And one gadget that reduced the incessant ear infections I experienced between age six and, um, about five years ago, is the coolio Ear Dryer. Like a tightly focused hair dryer, the tiny stream of hot air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12105"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12112,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12105\/revisions\/12112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}