{"id":3858,"date":"2009-04-29T17:55:33","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T21:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2009-04-29T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T21:56:36","slug":"dam-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/dam-straight","title":{"rendered":"Dam, straight."},"content":{"rendered":"

I took a half-day, ran some errands, and then got home with plenty of time to work on my post about John Lanchester & the metaphors of risk and finance. Or I could’ve written up the rest of my notes about last week’s Las Vegas trip, and posted the pix from that. Or I could’ve sprawled out on the sofa, read some Plutarch, and let the afternoon drift by.<\/p>\n

Instead, I drove Rufus out to the pet store and then took him on a walk across the Monksville Dam. Enjoy the pix<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I took a half-day, ran some errands, and then got home with plenty of time to work on my post about John Lanchester & the metaphors of risk and finance. Or I could’ve written up the rest of my notes about last week’s Las Vegas trip, and posted the pix from that. Or I could’ve … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Dam, straight.”<\/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":[61,19],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-3858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis","category-urban-issues","tag-rufus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-10e","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4436,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/angels-with-muddy-paws","url_meta":{"origin":3858,"position":0},"title":"Angels with Muddy Paws","author":"Gil","date":"September 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We took Rufus on his first greyhound hike in about 5 weeks! 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