{"id":14419,"date":"2011-04-11T23:13:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T06:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14419"},"modified":"2011-04-11T23:13:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T06:13:19","slug":"how-to-be-a-coward-part-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14419\/how-to-be-a-coward-part-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be a Coward: Part 10."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=811\">Greg likes Michelle Pfeifer.<\/a>  I can dig it.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wb_Z814A4i8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis is more my speed.   Look, there&#8217;s always &#8211; always a justification to surrender, give up liberty, give up more.  There&#8217;s always &#8211; always some call to pretend that everything is OK.<\/p>\n<p>And we surrender in our selves first, because we become addicted to things.  We become addicted to stuff.  That stuff owns us.<\/p>\n<p>Then we become addicted to making nice.  Because if we&#8217;re not nice, someone might not let us have stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Screw that.  Take back your dignity and only tolerate excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Hard to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg likes Michelle Pfeifer. I can dig it. This is more my speed. Look, there&#8217;s always &#8211; always a justification to surrender, give up liberty, give up more. There&#8217;s always &#8211; always some call to pretend that everything is OK. And we surrender in our selves first, because we become addicted to things. 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