{"id":1615,"date":"2007-08-02T16:11:50","date_gmt":"2007-08-02T21:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-didnt-even-have-to-use-my-ak\/"},"modified":"2007-08-02T16:11:50","modified_gmt":"2007-08-02T21:11:50","slug":"i-didnt-even-have-to-use-my-ak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-didnt-even-have-to-use-my-ak","title":{"rendered":"“I didn’t even have to use my AK”"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of Cal Ripken’s induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame, I’ve taken a couple of days off in the last week. Today’s theme was laziness, or my version of it.<\/p>\n

Before the heat got too intense (mid-90s right now), I moved some lumber in the back yard, then settled in to listen to Howard Stern, take care of bills, clean up our recycling area, update the Books on My Nightstand picture, read the first chapter of a short book on architecture, and learn how to use the espresso\/cappuccino maker we got as a wedding gift, 16 months ago! Now I’m watching the Yankees lose to the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Time for an espresso.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of Cal Ripken’s induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame, I’ve taken a couple of days off in the last week. Today’s theme was laziness, or my version of it. Before the heat got too intense (mid-90s right now), I moved some lumber in the back yard, then settled in to listen to Howard … <\/p>\n

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