{"id":396,"date":"2004-11-29T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2004-11-29T18:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=396"},"modified":"2005-12-30T06:52:05","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T11:52:05","slug":"whew-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whew-2","title":{"rendered":"Whew!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relatively uneventful Thanksgiving weekend. The official VM girlfriend<\/a> cooked a fantastic meal for me, the official VM Mom<\/a> and my college buddy Mark. There was duck, cornbread\/chicken dressing, fig\/zinfandel sauce, butternut squash soup, and a sweet potato pie to die for. And there were plenty of leftovers, as expected.<\/p>\n

The weekend\/vacation was punctuated by a trip to suburban Philadelphia for my 15-year high school reunion (small turnout, and I left my digital camera at a friend’s house, so no pix).<\/p>\n

My new assistant just started today, so I’m trying to turn my pontificate-o-meter down. It’s hard work, but I’ll figure out how to shut up someday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Relatively uneventful Thanksgiving weekend. The official VM girlfriend cooked a fantastic meal for me, the official VM Mom and my college buddy Mark. There was duck, cornbread\/chicken dressing, fig\/zinfandel sauce, butternut squash soup, and a sweet potato pie to die for. And there were plenty of leftovers, as expected. The weekend\/vacation was punctuated by a … <\/p>\n

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