{"id":14941,"date":"2009-06-02T20:17:39","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T02:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/brown-is-beautiful.html"},"modified":"2009-06-03T00:11:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T06:11:50","slug":"brown-is-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/brown-is-beautiful.html","title":{"rendered":"Brown is beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/three-star-dave\/3590415937\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3662\/3590415937_528bf86c78.jpg\" title=\"Brown is beautiful\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nCrikey. Imagine my surprise to discover I actually <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/live-and-learn.html\">passed my belt test<\/a> and am now 3rd <em>kyu<\/em>. 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