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Someone found their way to my blog after searching for the phrase \u201cproctology and eschatology\u201d. Apparently some people really are fascinated by everything<\/em> to do with the end<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing it was a typo<\/a> and the person was actually looking for information on protology<\/em> and eschatology. Still, that\u2019s quite a typo!<\/p>\n

What amazes me most is that it brought them to my blog \u2013 I\u2019m pretty sure this is the first time the word \u201cproctology\u201d has appeared on it\u2026<\/p>\n

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Someone found their way to my blog after searching for the phrase \u201cproctology and eschatology\u201d. Apparently some people really are fascinated by everything to do with the end. I\u2019m guessing it was a typo and the person was actually looking for information on protology and eschatology. Still, that\u2019s quite a typo! What amazes me most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe End Is Rear<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Someone found their way to my blog after searching for the phrase "proctology and eschatology". 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