{"id":1780,"date":"2007-11-15T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/deee-layed\/"},"modified":"2007-11-15T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T15:58:00","slug":"deee-layed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/deee-layed","title":{"rendered":"Deee-LAYED!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we got out of the hotel at 6am to get to the airport for the 8am flight. There was an enormous line for security, but my Elite Access pass got us to the front. And, as it turns out, the Delta Crown Room Club accepted my Il Duce Club card, so my boss &amp; I got to lounge for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>And, as it turns out, the card is worth every penny. Our flight&#8217;s delayed 75 minutes, and the atmosphere out at the gate is getting pretty surly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we got out of the hotel at 6am to get to the airport for the 8am flight. There was an enormous line for security, but my Elite Access pass got us to the front. And, as it turns out, the Delta Crown Room Club accepted my Il Duce Club card, so my boss &amp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/deee-layed\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Deee-LAYED!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-sI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/bad-pun-of-the-day","url_meta":{"origin":1780,"position":0},"title":"Bad pun of the day","author":"Gil","date":"March 26, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Official VM girlfriend: Take a right on Camp. 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