{"id":12491,"date":"2012-07-05T10:24:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T16:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=12491"},"modified":"2012-07-05T10:24:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T16:24:49","slug":"this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/07\/05\/this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"This is why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went to watch other <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>fire<\/strong> off the fireworks <strong>last<\/strong> <strong>night<\/strong>\u2026 in retrospect this is why I don\u2019t do fireworks much anymore\u2026 way too many idiots..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ddba40ee-152f-4d4e-993c-7b49b4ac1880\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div><object width=\"638\" height=\"358\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D5jI92Ht99Y?hl=en&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:638px;clear:both;font-size:.8em\">I don\u2019t think I every got close to these idiots but I do remember some ???? 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