{"id":516,"date":"2005-03-04T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-05T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=516"},"modified":"2005-12-09T10:35:10","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T15:35:10","slug":"tmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tmi","title":{"rendered":"TMI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barry Bonds, rambling about steroid abuse<\/a> without ever saying, “No, I don’t use steroids”:<\/p>\n

Bonds even brought up another alleged side affect of using steroids, a reduction in size of genitalia.<\/p>\n

“They say it makes your testicles shrink,” he said. “I can tell you my testicles are the same size. They haven’t shrunk. They’re the same and work just the same as they always have.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like that the article’s sidebar reads, “Canseco: Steroids help staying power”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barry Bonds, rambling about steroid abuse without ever saying, “No, I don’t use steroids”: Bonds even brought up another alleged side affect of using steroids, a reduction in size of genitalia. “They say it makes your testicles shrink,” he said. “I can tell you my testicles are the same size. They haven’t shrunk. They’re the … <\/p>\n

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