{"id":6456,"date":"2021-10-03T03:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T07:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2021-10-03T03:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T07:59:13","slug":"excuse-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6456","title":{"rendered":"Excuse me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BE1B5EAC-57F1-480D-B920-4111B2FFDDBB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BE1B5EAC-57F1-480D-B920-4111B2FFDDBB.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BE1B5EAC-57F1-480D-B920-4111B2FFDDBB-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BE1B5EAC-57F1-480D-B920-4111B2FFDDBB-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Loaded up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure what all was crammed into this guy\u2019s car (bananas or greens?) but it was really loaded up when I was behind him yesterday &#8211; he must do it often enough that he\u2019s written \u201cExcuse Me\u201d on the bumper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a good week dominated by endless talks about bidding for our onward post! We still have no idea where we will end up but it\u2019s fun to daydream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had chats with Joan (San Antonio), Cathy (Calgary), Mary (temporarily in Nashville to see her granddaughter), and Pamela (Little Rock) &#8211; all fun and good to catch up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished reading a Chris Bohjalian book, \u201cThe Sleepwalker,\u201d and Claire Messud\u2019s \u201cThe Woman Upstairs\u201d this week. John and I re-watched \u201cTraffic\u201d and also watched an old movie called \u201cThe Killing\u201d that had some great scenes in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7BF18C85-3A66-46F2-ADF5-F3F8D6A1FBA5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7BF18C85-3A66-46F2-ADF5-F3F8D6A1FBA5.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7BF18C85-3A66-46F2-ADF5-F3F8D6A1FBA5-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Good use of government money? The President, \u201cthe epitome of excellence,\u201d \u201cWe wish you the fulfillment of all the wishes lurking in the corners of your heart.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9EC41183-65BF-474F-9189-D0481CBBB474-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9EC41183-65BF-474F-9189-D0481CBBB474-edited.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9EC41183-65BF-474F-9189-D0481CBBB474-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Cookie Man coming to a neighborhood near you<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure what all was crammed into this guy\u2019s car (bananas or greens?) but it was really loaded up when I was behind him yesterday &#8211; he must do it often enough that he\u2019s written \u201cExcuse Me\u201d on the bumper! This was a good week dominated by endless talks about bidding for our onward [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6465,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions\/6465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}