{"id":2359,"date":"2002-07-08T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-08T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2002-07-08T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2002-07-08T12:11:00","slug":"harumph_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/08\/harumph_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Harumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/06\/nobody_expects.html\">Lutheran Inquisition<\/a>,&#8221; I was hoping not to be embarrassed by any Christians for at least a <i>few <\/i>days.  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On the gravelly pavement.<\/p>\n<p>Bi<!-- she is -->tch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the &#8220;Lutheran Inquisition,&#8221; I was hoping not to be embarrassed by any Christians for at least a few days. 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