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And alas, Second-thought-me was right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I *this* close to believing and accepting that the internet had eaten this blog. It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve been a regular poster, but I was wanting to jot something or other down so as not to lose the thought that has sense evaporated. I was just going to start over elsewhere, I guess, and redirect&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/always-just-ask\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Always Just Ask<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-1oB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/asparagus-artichoke-polenta-with-vodka-cream-sauce\/","url_meta":{"origin":5369,"position":0},"title":"Asparagus-artichoke polenta with vodka cream sauce","author":"admin","date":"June 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"First I have to say that this Paperchef contest made me feel all Iron-Chef-like. 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