{"id":39206,"date":"2013-10-15T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/15\/okay-i-feel-a-bit-better-for-being-average-kind-of.html"},"modified":"2013-10-15T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:33:41","slug":"okay-i-feel-a-bit-better-for-being-average-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/15\/okay-i-feel-a-bit-better-for-being-average-kind-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Okay, I feel a bit better for being average. Kind of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Well, yeah, my BMI is over that average. \u00a0The American average, at least. But not by that much. Way over the other fellas, though.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/3J91UtsoWW5MZauQjb1PQcQnY34Fwp3uhwUkPjMBO8ucwh1Tb-Wqi7ilP0uXmNc0yJSCFGJI4fJCd3tlI8dSnvdackeU4Q_vmgZ3r9G4xHOzHdD0qcNGHDvlbRg=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/10\/14\/average-american-male-body_n_4080007.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular'>Average American Male&#8217;s Body Compared To Bodies Of Men From Other Nations (PHOTOS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/PAR1STxWg65' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, yeah, my BMI is over that average. \u00a0The American average, at least. But not by that much. Way over the other fellas, though. 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