{"id":255,"date":"2008-05-08T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/?p=255"},"modified":"2008-05-08T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T17:05:00","slug":"am-i-missing-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ravenfamily.org\/sam\/2008\/05\/08\/am-i-missing-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I missing something?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ravenfamily.org\/sam\/avatars\/aeonflux3.jpg\" title=\"So I'm reading the bit about him arguing with the spotty kid next door and I'm thinking 'yes, and?' Now wikipedia says it's like that ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Damn. No wonder Mark David Chapman went a bit nuts.\" hspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" \/>I&#8217;m reading <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catcher_in_the_rye\">Catcher in the Rye<\/a>. 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