{"id":6917,"date":"2008-03-21T13:20:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T13:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/21\/gaining\/"},"modified":"2008-03-21T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T13:20:35","slug":"gaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/21\/gaining\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p>As of today, I am no longer twice Ph.&#8217;s age. This is because he is another year older, and I am not.  17? 17! I count his catching up to me in age as reason enough to have a second cupcake with blue frosting when I get home later on.  But for the fact that I am in the WC all day today&#8211;and booked solidly with consulting appointments (more on that later?), I would post a photo of Ph. when he was just a tyke.  May he have a happy birthday all the same, even if I don&#8217;t amp up the frivolity with a humiliating childhood photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span>As of today, I am no longer twice Ph.&#8217;s age. This is because he is another year older, and I am not. 17? 17! I count his catching up to me in age as reason enough to have a second cupcake with blue frosting when I get home later on. 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