{"id":11274,"date":"2007-10-06T09:35:33","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T16:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/10\/06\/problems-with-your-colon.html"},"modified":"2007-10-06T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T16:35:33","slug":"problems_with_your_colon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/06\/problems_with_your_colon.html","title":{"rendered":"Problems with your colon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Then you should probably have attended <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpunctuationday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Punctuation Day<\/a> celebrations, back on September 24th.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>National Punctuation Day, the holiday that reminds America that a \u201csemicolon is not a surgical procedure,\u201d celebrates its fourth anniversary September 24. 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