{"id":593,"date":"2006-10-12T11:01:03","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T15:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=593"},"modified":"2006-10-12T11:01:03","modified_gmt":"2006-10-12T15:01:03","slug":"fire-sweep-and-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"fire, sweep, and daylight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the last week:<\/p>\n<p>1. My folks built their first fire of the season Saturday night. The flames crackled and flared and sent the delicious scent of burning wood wafting into the corners of the house.<\/p>\n<p>2. The Mets swept the Dodgers in the first round of the playoffs. I feel good about how they played, but I also don&#8217;t think the Cards are going to roll over without a fight in the NLCS series that begins tonight.<\/p>\n<p>3. Rudi and I normally drive up to Connecticut after work on a Friday night in order to maximize our time there. 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