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Go here<\/a> to listen to an improvised Irish folk song offered up as an apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go here to listen to an improvised Irish folk song offered up as an apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/10\/11\/change_for_the_worse\/","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":0},"title":"Change for the worse","author":"Brian","date":"11 October 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm glad I choose to cycle to work, here in Auckland. With the change in Mayor and a looney council we can expect traffic congestion to increase and rates to go up. I'm willing to brave the traffic, and with the increasing congestion, I won't have to worry so much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Announcements"","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/08\/26\/the_morning_news_tricks_of_the_trade\/","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":1},"title":"The Morning News – Tricks of the Trade","author":"Brian","date":"26 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew Baldwin reveals many Tricks of the Trade Technical Support When helping someone fix their computer over the phone, and you want them to see if all the cables are plugged in correctly, don't ask, \"Have you checked to see if the cable is plugged in?\" because the customer will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/virtu\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/08\/20\/quote_born_with_tragedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":2},"title":"Quote – Born with Tragedy","author":"Brian","date":"20 August 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Quotes"","block_context":{"text":"Quotes","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/category\/words\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2004\/08\/Toys.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":76,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/15\/my-left-foot\/","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":3},"title":"My Left Foot","author":"Brian","date":"15 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"That title will screw up people's expectations in the search engines. I'm already making the title of each entry a permalink to the individual post, and as a

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