{"id":6746,"date":"2011-10-19T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T00:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2011-10-19T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T00:37:58","slug":"new-hindu-goddess-statue-kali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/10\/19\/new-hindu-goddess-statue-kali\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hindu Goddess statue, Kali"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-6746\">\n<p>I have a set of statues of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hindu deities\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hindu_deities\">Hindu gods<\/a> at work &#8211; I started collecting them when I worked at Classmates.com, and one day the women on the team (the team was more than half female) came into my office and wanted to know why there were no goddesses. Oops. Not wanting an HR scene, I promptly ordered one and purchased another locally.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve always wanted a statue of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Kali\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kali\">Kali<\/a>, the annihilator. And thanks to amazon.com I have one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/19\\\/new-hindu-goddess-statue-kali\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:37193943}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 208px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"208\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 277px; height: 208px;\" data-original-width=\"277\" data-original-height=\"208\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"273\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"204\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-6746\" data-attachment-id=\"6748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3GS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1319041217&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"All the Hindu Gods in my office\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?fit=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?w=273&#038;h=204&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/HinduGods.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"273\" height=\"204\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"273\" data-original-height=\"204\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"All the Hindu Gods in my office\" alt=\"All the Hindu Gods in my office\" style=\"width: 273px; height: 204px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> All the Hindu Gods in my office <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 223px; height: 208px;\" data-original-width=\"223\" data-original-height=\"208\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"219\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"204\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\" colorbox-6746\" data-attachment-id=\"6747\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,745\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3GS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1319041242&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kali\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?fit=300%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?fit=800%2C745&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?w=219&#038;h=204&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Kali.jpg?resize=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1 300w\" width=\"219\" height=\"204\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"219\" data-original-height=\"204\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Kali\" alt=\"Kali\" style=\"width: 219px; 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I started collecting them when I worked at Classmates.com, and one day the women on the team (the team was more than half female) came into my office and wanted to know why there were no goddesses. Oops. 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