{"id":5461,"date":"2012-09-03T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2012-09-03T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:33:20","slug":"a-tip-of-the-hat-to-one-of-the-three-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2012\/09\/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-one-of-the-three-kings.html","title":{"rendered":"A Tip of the Hat to One of the Three Kings"},"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\/2012\/09\/freddy-king.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2012\/09\/freddy-king-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"freddy king\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5462\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freddie_King\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Freddy King<\/a> was born on this day in 1934. 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