{"id":1204,"date":"2007-12-19T01:40:30","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T07:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/1204"},"modified":"2007-12-19T01:40:30","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T07:40:30","slug":"its-a-small-world-after-all-no-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/1204","title":{"rendered":"It’s a small world after all. No, really."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel like life’s just a big jigsaw puzzle, only we’re missing that handy picture on the box cover that tells you how it goes. But every once in a while, if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of the overall pattern.<\/p>\n

Enlightenment is usually only temporary and then it’s back to living in a big jumble again. But those moments are so worth it.<\/p>\n

I read something like this in a book once, only it had to do with a character finding nirvana while studying glass bricks. Wonder what that was.<\/p>\n

My dream last night: I was going fishing. I cast my line into the water but realized there was no bait on it. So I affixed some Koosh-looking<\/a> bait and cast again, but realized there was no hook. So I attached a hook, and cast again, but realized I needed a sinker. So I attached a sinker and waited patiently. I got a nibble, and with perfect Wii-developed The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess skills, I hooked my catch well and reeled it in. It was an enormous bass, the largest ever caught in the world. And because I was patient and adaptable, I attained it.<\/p>\n

How trite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel like life’s just a big jigsaw puzzle, only we’re missing that handy picture on the box cover that tells you how it goes. But every once in a while, if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of the overall pattern. Enlightenment is usually only temporary and then it’s back to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}