{"id":77,"date":"2004-03-16T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2004-03-16T18:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=77"},"modified":"2004-03-16T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2004-03-16T18:07:20","slug":"how-to-achieve-nothingness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"How to achieve nothingness."},"content":{"rendered":"

The internet provides. You can now be at peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If that doesn’t work, try this<\/a>. I find it calming.<\/p>\n

And since today is my birthday, I authorize any of you to buy me this<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The internet provides. You can now be at peace. If that doesn’t work, try this. I find it calming. And since today is my birthday, I authorize any of you to buy me this.<\/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\/p73iP8-1f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":706,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=706","url_meta":{"origin":77,"position":0},"title":"Twitter does not sound so calming.","date":"12\/20\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't have Twitter. I don't think I need it. But everyone needs these succinct little beauties. 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