{"id":201,"date":"2008-09-21T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=201"},"modified":"2008-09-21T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T12:20:00","slug":"ew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2008\/09\/21\/ew\/","title":{"rendered":"Ew!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/morris_ani.gif\" title=\"Defying the laws of biology, more like.\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" \/>This morning I spent half an hour extracting something from my elbow. I noticed the lump a few days ago, right on the outside of the joint, and this morning it was a bit scabby and infected. 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