{"id":40,"date":"2007-04-12T01:11:59","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T09:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?p=40"},"modified":"2009-01-06T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T23:22:45","slug":"kurt-vonnegut-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/kurt-vonnegut-rip\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ray.ivey1\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; 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