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Sometimes, I feel like Rusty<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This weather (it’s -30 outside of my building today) only makes me believe that humans should take a hint from other large mammals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, I feel like Rusty. This weather (it’s -30 outside of my building today) only makes me believe that humans should take a hint from other large mammals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":331,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=331","url_meta":{"origin":37,"position":0},"title":"“Write Post,” say you WordPress? 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