{"id":31590,"date":"2012-12-02T17:13:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-quenyas.html"},"modified":"2014-06-17T07:29:18","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T13:29:18","slug":"cloudy-with-a-chance-of-quenyas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/02\/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-quenyas.html","title":{"rendered":"Cloudy with a chance of Quenyas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those New Zealanders are seriously getting into this whole &quot;Hobbit&quot; thing.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><iframe type='text\/html' width='97.5%' height='385' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t9weJoPZgl8?version=3&#038;autohide=1' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/XMeeswXTGA9' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those New Zealanders are seriously getting into this whole &quot;Hobbit&quot; thing. 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