{"id":31,"date":"2004-01-26T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2004-01-26T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=31"},"modified":"2004-01-26T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2004-01-26T14:05:10","slug":"let-me-be-the-first-to-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Let me be the first to welcome&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;my friends to the blogging community.  Although they might not be posting too many linky items, I did think it was a cute idea to have a &#8220;wedlog&#8221; to keep people informed about the happenings surrounding their wedding.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t help it.  I get all jazzed when I put up a new site.  Besides, I&#8217;m the best man, so I&#8217;m in charge of publicity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessandmike.us\/\" target=\"new\">jessandmike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;my friends to the blogging community. Although they might not be posting too many linky items, I did think it was a cute idea to have a &#8220;wedlog&#8221; to keep people informed about the happenings surrounding their wedding. I can&#8217;t help it. I get all jazzed when I put up a new site. 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