{"id":2524,"date":"2012-09-22T08:10:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2012-09-22T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T15:15:35","slug":"rip-van-markie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/rip-van-markie\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip Van Markie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Time flies,&#8221; they say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But isn&#8217;t this ridiculous?&#8221; I reply, questioningly.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes ago (or so it seemed), I laid down on the floor, put my feet up on the handiest foot elevator, and closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was Summer.<\/strong> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scant moments later (or so it seemed), I opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is Fall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:courier new, courier, monospace; font-size:300%; color:red; background-color:black; padding:15px; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; margin-left:150px; margin-right:150px; border:3px solid red\">What?!<\/p>\n<p>Surely I wasn&#8217;t sleeping <i>that<\/i> long!?!<\/p>\n<p>Oh well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"green-back\" style=\"border:5px solid green\"><p><b>Life Lesson #09222012.001<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If life makes you old, make lemonade (just be sure to use little limes and add plenty of sugar).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Summer&#39;s slipping from my grasp&#8230;and you&#39;re not doing any better&#8230;unless you&#39;re below the equator.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/249507057689038848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch summer slip &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/SEcZyDYg\">http:\/\/t.co\/SEcZyDYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/249510277085806592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Autumn 2012 + 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/249520946304675840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Autumn!<\/p>\n<p>PS: Three years ago today, I posted from a different geographic location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/rip-van-markle\/\" title=\"Rip Van Markle | Ain't Complicated\">Rip Van Markle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/pantinghart\/2007\/counting-and-bringing\/\" title=\"Counting and Bringing\">Counting and Bringing<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Time flies,&#8221; they say. &#8220;But isn&#8217;t this ridiculous?&#8221; I reply, questioningly. 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