{"id":51542,"date":"2015-03-11T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=51542"},"modified":"2015-03-11T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T03:45:00","slug":"geee-no-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/11\/geee-no-kidding\/","title":{"rendered":"Geee!\u2026 No Kidding?  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