{"id":1038,"date":"2008-07-01T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2008-07-01T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T19:15:00","slug":"order-your-crystal-skulls-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":""Order Your Crystal Skulls Now""},"content":{"rendered":"

Accompanied by a photo of Indiana Jones, that was the message at a rock-and-crystal dealer’s booth that I saw yesterday at the INATS West trade show<\/a>, whose slogan is Connecting Business, Spirit & Sales.<\/em><\/p>\n

In case you are unsure, microscopic examination shows that the famous crystal skulls were produced on 19th-century machinery. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They do not contain messages from the Pleiadean<\/a> Brotherhood, street maps of downtown Atlantis, or proof that Elvis and Jesus were the same being.<\/p>\n

(Well, maybe I could argue the last in a freewheeling archetypal way. Alcohol not necessary but helpful.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Accompanied by a photo of Indiana Jones, that was the message at a rock-and-crystal dealer’s booth that I saw yesterday at the INATS West trade show, whose slogan is Connecting Business, Spirit & Sales. In case you are unsure, microscopic examination shows that the famous crystal skulls were produced on 19th-century machinery. Learn more here. 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