{"id":13131,"date":"2008-07-14T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/14\/riding-the-rails-2.html"},"modified":"2008-07-14T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T20:40:56","slug":"riding_the_rails_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/14\/riding_the_rails_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Riding the Rails"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><a title=\"Riding the Rails\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/three-star-dave\/2668937874\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click to go to this pic on Flickr\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3042\/2668937874_ca2074c6e5.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>An early commute home to cover a rescheduled early evening phonecon. More on the State of the Commute in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: So I&#8217;ve been doing this for a month and a half now. 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