{"id":325,"date":"2003-12-25T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2003-12-25T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=325"},"modified":"2003-12-25T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2003-12-25T15:00:57","slug":"lost_dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Lost Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

My parents and sister are visiting and this morning we opened presents. Here’s a picture of the l00t:
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\nI got the new Stephen King novel, the second season DVD set of Buffy, and the new Shins CD. My big gift, a pair of high-end Shure earphones<\/a> for my iPod, hasn’t arrived yet. And everyone seemed to enjoy the gifts I got for them. My nurses managed to surprise me by getting me a lovely teak table for the television in my bedroom. Thanks, guys!
\nReturn of the King was crazy good. By the end, I was physically exhausted. With only a couple exceptions (what, no Mouth of Sauron?), it was remarkably faithful to the book. Some people have complained about the length of the ending, but with a story so epic in scale it’s difficult to wrap everything up in a single denouement. I’ll probably see it again next week and that will be enough until the extended DVD is released.
\nAnd here’s hoping that the Beagle 2<\/a> decides to give its makers a Merry Christmas by sending a signal home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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