{"id":127942,"date":"2015-09-10T18:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/a-short-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams.html"},"modified":"2015-09-11T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T01:19:24","slug":"a-short-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/a-short-open-letter-to-j-j-abrams.html","title":{"rendered":"A short, open letter to J. J. Abrams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Ryan M. Danks<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No pressure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/117033915544635907540\/albums\/6192779693321443793\/6192779700021595170'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ErafzFrxg4c\/VfEsU5AJjCI\/AAAAAAAAGEE\/gzfbLqJN030\/11219602_1072734522744621_9131458856038132886_n.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Fzr3GB9cy8x'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word. Originally shared by +Ryan M. 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