{"id":121,"date":"2004-04-13T12:43:56","date_gmt":"2004-04-13T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/04\/im_still_here.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:44","slug":"im_still_here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/04\/im_still_here.shtml","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m still here &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quiet &#8217;round these parts lately.  I have had many thoughts of late that I want to share, but I&#8217;m trying to get a handle on how to present them.  I guess I&#8217;m trying to figure out what my thoughts actually<i> are<\/i>.  Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quiet &#8217;round these parts lately. 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