{"id":6191,"date":"2011-11-27T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T19:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2011-11-27T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T19:02:44","slug":"who-am-i-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/who-am-i-20","title":{"rendered":"Who Am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m the guy whose idea of a good getaway vacation is spending 4 days in May\/June in Annapolis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjohnscollege.edu\/alumni\/piraeus.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">discussing the work of Flannery O&#8217;Connor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m the guy whose idea of a good getaway vacation is spending 4 days in May\/June in Annapolis discussing the work of Flannery O&#8217;Connor. 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