{"id":573,"date":"2006-09-20T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=573"},"modified":"2006-09-20T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2006-09-20T15:10:19","slug":"please-stand-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"please stand by"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Burrow experienced technical difficulties last night as Verizon did not see fit to deign to grant us internet access all last night. Therefore, instead of posting photos of pretty yarn and recent knitted objects or sending my friend Brian birthday greetings, I spent the evening doing off-line activities.<\/p>\n<p>I celebrated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talklikeapirate.com\/\">International Talk Like a Pirate Day<\/a> by cracking open Gideon DeFoe&#8217;s <em>The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists<\/em>. 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