{"id":78,"date":"2003-11-26T16:47:59","date_gmt":"2003-11-26T21:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=78"},"modified":"2005-12-30T07:24:52","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T12:24:52","slug":"the-poseidon-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-poseidon-adventure","title":{"rendered":"The Poseidon Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently, we&#8217;re soon to get on a ferry in the Windiest Place On Earth (Cook Strait), in order to get from Wellington down to Nelson. I <em>knew<\/em> I shouldn&#8217;t have eaten those oxen of the sun last night!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/1434128\/\" target=\"_blank\">(My New Zealand pix via Flickr)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently, we&#8217;re soon to get on a ferry in the Windiest Place On Earth (Cook Strait), in order to get from Wellington down to Nelson. I knew I shouldn&#8217;t have eaten those oxen of the sun last night! 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