{"id":6679,"date":"2011-03-17T01:15:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T05:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2011-07-24T22:39:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T02:39:47","slug":"st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss Me I&#8217;m Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/st-patricks-day\/w_b-vong-com_pix_sanford_01\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/w_b-vong.com_pix_sanford_01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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