{"id":346,"date":"2004-09-04T12:33:40","date_gmt":"2004-09-04T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=346"},"modified":"2005-01-14T00:48:19","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T05:48:19","slug":"early_this_afte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/04\/early_this_afte\/","title":{"rendered":"Early this afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\nI listened carefully for the usual remark, and wondered what it would be. My mind flashed forward to a scene of myself, explaining to a judge why I had decided to wastefully pelt these kids with my precious produce. I was also wondering, in another part of my mind, whether I would miss my peaches or beets more, and which ones would be more accurate to throw. I wished I had picked up some overripe tomatoes just a few minutes before, to make sauce with and to express myself more precisely with. With the anniversary of 9-11 approaching, I really didn&#8217;t feel like smiling and turning the other cheek at a threat, an accusation of terrorism, or my favorite phrase (which I haven&#8217;t heard here yet), &#8220;Sand Nigger.&#8221; <br>\n\n<br>The chatter from the boat dimmed as they noticed me, and I tensed slightly. Finally one of them yelled, &#8220;Nice Beard!&#8221;  <br>\n\n<br>&#8220;Thanks!&#8221; I responded. &#8220;I grew it myself!&#8221; \n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Excerpts above; <a href=\"http:\/\/triptronix.net\/ishbadiddle\/archives\/2004\/09\/04\/16.23.51\/#more\">the full version is available at my home blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I listened carefully for the usual remark, and wondered what it would be. My mind flashed forward to a scene of myself, explaining to a judge why I had decided to wastefully pelt these kids with my precious produce. I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/09\/04\/early_this_afte\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}