{"id":455,"date":"2005-01-14T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2005-01-14T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=455"},"modified":"2005-12-05T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T19:32:56","slug":"these-arent-the-droids-youre-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/these-arent-the-droids-youre-looking-for","title":{"rendered":"These aren&#8217;t the droids you&#8217;re looking for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How did I fail to add <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B00067F1CE\/voyantpublishing\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> to my Amazon wish list?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/B00067F1CE\/voyantpublishing\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/B00067F1CE.01-A1K6WA0VRJP9VZ.MZZZZZZZ.jpg?w=525\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did I fail to add this to my Amazon wish list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-455","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-7l","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":716,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/is-it-racist-to-call-it-black-friday","url_meta":{"origin":455,"position":0},"title":"Is it racist to call it Black Friday?","author":"Gil","date":"November 25, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't know the answer to that question, but if you're looking to buy me stuff and avoid going to a mall, you oughtta go to my wish list on Amazon! 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