{"id":1548,"date":"2001-12-12T19:45:27","date_gmt":"2001-12-13T00:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2001-12-12T19:45:27","modified_gmt":"2001-12-13T00:45:27","slug":"it_will_not_mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/12\/it_will_not_mat.html","title":{"rendered":"“It will not matter how late you are.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crazy Tracy at “Time For Your Meds” has some words of wisdom<\/a> for folks traveling this holiday season, inspired by two accidents she passed. An excerpt (read the whole thing, whydontcha):<\/p>\n

Slow down. Be late. Make an entrance. Be the one everyone is waiting for. Be the guy or girl that the family’s holding dinner for. Show up with an air of mystery and intrigue, but fucking SHOW UP. It will not matter how late you are. Trust me this one time.<\/p>\n

Words, literally, to live by.<\/p>\n

Or, in the far simpler words many folks use but never quite think about what they mean, “Better late than never.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crazy Tracy at “Time For Your Meds” has some words of wisdom for folks traveling this holiday season, inspired by two accidents she passed. 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