{"id":6602,"date":"2013-04-23T08:29:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T12:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=6602"},"modified":"2013-04-23T08:53:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T12:53:09","slug":"a-tip-of-the-hat-to-the-bard-of-avon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2013\/04\/a-tip-of-the-hat-to-the-bard-of-avon.html","title":{"rendered":"A Tip of the Hat to the Bard of Avon"},"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\/2013\/04\/William-Shakespeare.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/04\/William-Shakespeare-296x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"William-Shakespeare\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6603\"><\/a><br>\nWilliam Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so glad\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMkuUADWW2A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have two minutes, this is worth it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTbLlf00CoE?list=PL67ySUngd6KdDw1RZPTT4kLfo43SXZMsp\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you have an hour and a half, the whole darned thing, sort of\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yqmfrqAVeK0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(with a brief tip of the hat to Amy Webb for editorial assistance\u2026)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564. 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