{"id":1672,"date":"2011-09-16T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:34:55","slug":"a-life-misspent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=1672","title":{"rendered":"A Life Misspent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scout: Dad, have you ever been in a circus and you’re up in the air and you fall on the trapeze and you swing and smash into the side and fall off the trapeze and hurt yourself?<\/p>\n

Me: No.<\/p>\n

(beat)<\/p>\n

Scout: Why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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