{"id":3336,"date":"2019-11-01T08:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2019-11-01T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:33:12","slug":"whats-the-worst-that-could-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Worst That Could Happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JPA212.jpg\" alt=\"What's the Worst That Could Happen?\" class=\"wp-image-3337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JPA212.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/JPA212-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I  know this is a fairly obscure reference but hang with me \u2014 there is a  point to it: Thirty-ish years ago the&nbsp; late great Phil Hartman had a  reoccurring character on Saturday Night Live called The Anal Retentive  Guy. A sketch would have him as an instructor demonstrating how to do  something. For example, a chef showing you how to create a certain dish.  The humorous conceit was that he was so overly meticulous that he would  never get around to doing what he was actually supposed to do. In the end, he&#8217;d pleasantly acknowledge that he&#8217;d run out of time as he  continued to be sidetracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\n kind of have to see it to understand. Unfortunately NBC has those \nsketches locked down, so it&#8217;s not just a simple trip to YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\n anyway, the point: If the continuum goes from Totally Spontaneous Guy \non one end to Anal Retentive Guy on the other, I&#8217;m more on the latter. \nAnd that can be really frustrating to people who just want to get stuff \ndone. Especially if it&#8217;s something that seems way past due. Like, say, \nlegalizing marijuana for recreational use. I can understand that. But I \nalso understand that there are consequences for moving ahead too fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I&#8217;ve lost you either with the cartoon or what I&#8217;ve written here, please  let me be clear about one thing: I&#8217;m NOT saying that marijuana is the  same as opioids and vaping. I&#8217;m saying that there are lessons to be  learned from experiences with legal use of opioids and vaping mistakes should be considered and avoided. That may slow the process, but I think we&#8217;ll be better off for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this is a fairly obscure reference but hang with me \u2014 there is a point to it: Thirty-ish years ago the&nbsp; late great Phil Hartman had a reoccurring character on Saturday Night Live called The Anal Retentive Guy. A sketch would have him as an instructor demonstrating how to do something. For example, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrewheller-com","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}