{"id":23431,"date":"2019-04-01T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=23431"},"modified":"2019-04-01T09:44:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T16:44:14","slug":"ah-yes-april-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2019\/04\/ah-yes-april-fools-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Ah, Yes, April Fool&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2019\/04\/spaghetti-baby.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23434\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2019\/04\/spaghetti-baby.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"343\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A time to recall the human adventure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are the classics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVo_wkxH9dU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And, a lesser known follow up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fACJ22ixzhg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A time to recall the human adventure. \u00a0 And\u2026 \u00a0 Of course, there are the classics. 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