{"id":4557,"date":"2012-02-15T20:41:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T01:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2017-01-26T21:35:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T02:35:28","slug":"clever-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/02\/clever-boy.html","title":{"rendered":"clever boy&#8230;"},"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>\u2026 A friend asked my son if he was going to see the Star Wars movie in 3-D and he looked thoughtful for a moment then plainly replied, \u201cI don\u2019t think Jar Jar Binks in 3-D would be too entertaining. No. I\u2019ll pass.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>So we went to see Journey 2 the Mysterious Island instead because George Lucas sold his soul and Jules Verne commands more respect in our household. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/I-miss-my-childhood-before-George-Lucas-ruined-it-all-with-prequels-and-shit.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/02\/I-miss-my-childhood-before-George-Lucas-ruined-it-all-with-prequels-and-shit.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"I miss my childhood before George Lucas ruined it all with prequels and shit\" width=\"600\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4561\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was my childhood; full of science fiction-y whimsy. 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