{"id":5824,"date":"2010-12-30T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2010-12-30T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:41:32","slug":"dear-continental-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/dear-continental-airlines","title":{"rendered":"“Dear Continental Airlines” . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

We made it home from Louisiana last night, following a 650-mile drive in a rented Ford Edge from Cincinnati. I’m busily composing the story of the Rothyssey, which will likely include the “Dear Continental Airlines” letter. Suffice to say that we’re home safe & sound, and our dogsitters were kind enough to offer to keep Rufus & Otis one more night, knowing how zonked we’d be by the post-blizzard trek home\u00c2\u00a0(we were supposed to come home on Sunday). I’m off to get the boys now; we’ll see if they still recognize me after a week away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We made it home from Louisiana last night, following a 650-mile drive in a rented Ford Edge from Cincinnati. I’m busily composing the story of the Rothyssey, which will likely include the “Dear Continental Airlines” letter. Suffice to say that we’re home safe & sound, and our dogsitters were kind enough to offer to keep … <\/p>\n

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