{"id":234,"date":"2004-05-14T07:37:57","date_gmt":"2004-05-14T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=234"},"modified":"2005-12-31T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2005-12-31T21:10:12","slug":"wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wow","title":{"rendered":"Wow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of my friends (the non-sporting kind) don’t get why I “waste my time” watching pro sports. The Spurs-Lakers playoff game<\/a> last night had one of the most exciting finishes I’ve ever seen. Three lead changes in the last 12 seconds, after one team blows a 16-point lead. Two impossible shots going in, the second with no time left on the clock. Just a tremendous game, even though the wrong team pulled off the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of my friends (the non-sporting kind) don’t get why I “waste my time” watching pro sports. The Spurs-Lakers playoff game last night had one of the most exciting finishes I’ve ever seen. Three lead changes in the last 12 seconds, after one team blows a 16-point lead. Two impossible shots going in, the second … <\/p>\n

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