{"id":5044,"date":"2003-11-11T11:49:31","date_gmt":"2003-11-11T18:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2003-11-11T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2003-11-11T18:49:31","slug":"you_write_the_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/11\/you_write_the_p.html","title":{"rendered":"<i>You <\/i>Write the Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than send this out by e-mail, I&#8217;m going to solicit opinions <i>back <\/i>by e-mail, and then post the results here.  It&#8217;s the classic Interesting Dinner question, for you, my readers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Select 1-20 <i>non-fictional <\/i>people you think would be considered to be &#8220;<b>History&#8217;s Most Interesting Dinner Companions<\/b>.&#8221;  They can be living or dead (assume they&#8217;ll be living for dinner, unless it&#8217;s more interesting if they&#8217;re not), from any country or era.   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