{"id":222,"date":"2008-06-03T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=222"},"modified":"2014-09-09T16:24:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T23:24:01","slug":"cure-for-pouting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/03\/cure-for-pouting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cure for Pouting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } --><\/p>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7173\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/03\/cure-for-pouting\/bridge-pouting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bridge-pouting.png?fit=640%2C853\" data-orig-size=\"640,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bridge pouting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bridge-pouting.png?fit=640%2C853\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bridge-pouting.png?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"bridge pouting\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bridge-pouting.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bridge-pouting.png?resize=300%2C399 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">I&#8217;ve been out of sorts all day. 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