{"id":2951,"date":"2011-05-18T22:55:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:45:34","slug":"the-brute-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/18\/the-brute-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brute Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after we were engaged, Aaron and I went to dinner with some friends. We got to talking about my family, so I pulled this picture of my dad and brothers from my wallet.\u00a0 Lars looked at the picture a moment, then set it down on the table while backing away a bit.<\/p>\n

He turned to my husband and said, “Dude, whatever you do, don’t piss her off.”<\/p>\n

\"brutesquad068\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, so good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after we were engaged, Aaron and I went to dinner with some friends. We got to talking about my family, so I pulled this picture of my dad and brothers from my wallet.\u00a0 Lars looked at the picture a moment, then set it down on the table while backing away a bit. 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