{"id":11631,"date":"2007-08-13T04:59:21","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T03:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog-wp-temp\/?p=11631"},"modified":"2007-08-13T04:59:21","modified_gmt":"2007-08-13T03:59:21","slug":"the_swimming_ow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/the_swimming_ow\/","title":{"rendered":"the swimming owl story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funkypancake.com\/blog\/images\/070528_350d_img_9008b.html\" onclick=\"try{if(document.designMode &#038;&#038; document.designMode == 'on') return false;}catch(e){} window.open('http:\/\/www.funkypancake.com\/blog\/images\/070528_350d_img_9008b.html', 'popup', 'width=639,height=481,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funkypancake.com\/blog\/images\/070528_350d_img_9008b-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"070528_350d_img_9008b.jpg\" 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