{"id":360,"date":"2005-01-24T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-24T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2005-01-24T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-24T22:22:00","slug":"360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fingernails<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/thejuggler.blogspot.com\/2005_01_16_thejuggler_archive.html#110641499703181670\">compact essay by Tyrsson<\/a> connects fingernail clippings, New Year&#8217;s resolutions, and the end of the-world-as-we-know-it.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fingernails A compact essay by Tyrsson connects fingernail clippings, New Year&#8217;s resolutions, and the end of the-world-as-we-know-it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-360","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":188,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=188","url_meta":{"origin":360,"position":0},"title":"Blogging--and gardening--resume Back from visiting\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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