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I’m gonna be charitable and hope that they were just misquoting that Beastie Boys song<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m gonna be charitable and hope that they were just misquoting that Beastie Boys song.<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-XG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/if-id-known-we-were-gonna-cast-our-feelins-into-words-id-have-memorized-the-song-of-solomon","url_meta":{"origin":3700,"position":0},"title":"If I’d known we were gonna cast our feelin’s into words, I’d have memorized the Song of Solomon","author":"Gil","date":"April 11, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"My favorite flick of all time, soon to be released on DVD!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B00008RH3L.01._PE25_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4684,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ethnic-harmony","url_meta":{"origin":3700,"position":1},"title":"Ethnic Harmony","author":"Gil","date":"November 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I knew bringing a new greyhound into our home would be initially stressful and nerve-wracking for me. 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