{"id":2157,"date":"2013-10-18T03:50:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T03:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/10\/18\/2013-10-17-octobernationals-html\/"},"modified":"2013-10-18T03:50:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T03:50:33","slug":"2013-10-17-octobernationals-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/2013-10-17-octobernationals-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Octobernationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"full-image-block ssNonEditable\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5a24a280e45a7c6cc6f5e27d\/5ada7ae2c4997ba0fc862517\/5ada7ae3c4997ba0fc8631bf\/1524271341279\/hey.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"thumbnail-caption\" style=\"width: 300px;\">That&#8217;s Exciting!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Friends,<\/p>\n<p>I was driving home this sunny and comfortable afternoon with the windows rolled down and was passed by a rough looking <a class=\"offsite-link-inline\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4NybkPI6bYA\">Mercury Villager<\/a> minivan. A minivan held together with duct tape and drywall screws. A minivan that smelled like taco grease and farts.<\/p>\n<p>I changed lanes and pulled up alongside at the red light when I caught the driver&#8217;s eye. He grimaced a little, his eyes narrowed, and he started revving the bag of broken hammers under his imaginary race car&#8217;s hood. So this was going to be a race then?<\/p>\n<p>Not sure I want to know what I would have received for winning. Fare thee well, fart van man. Fare thee well.<\/p>\n<p>Your pal,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s Exciting! Friends, I was driving home this sunny and comfortable afternoon with the windows rolled down and was passed by a rough looking Mercury Villager minivan. A minivan held together with duct tape and drywall screws. A minivan that smelled like taco grease and farts. I changed lanes and pulled up alongside at the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/2013-10-17-octobernationals-html\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Octobernationals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,39],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cars","tag-this-day-in-nonsense"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}