{"id":6853,"date":"2012-03-16T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=6853"},"modified":"2012-03-16T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T19:04:10","slug":"st-patrick-and-medusa-on-a-blind-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/03\/st-patrick-and-medusa-on-a-blind-date.html","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick and Medusa on a Blind Date"},"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 slightly early and very bizarre happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day wish to you, courtesy of Bizarro.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/391484.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"714\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/bizarro-saint-patrick\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">HT Targuman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A slightly early and very bizarre happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day wish to you, courtesy of Bizarro. 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