{"id":2969,"date":"2020-11-11T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2020-11-11T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:26:11","slug":"when-i-was-a-kid-this-was-a-day-off-from-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"When I was a kid this was a day off from school"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things were different when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

Have I now reached the age at which I can begin remarks with “when I was a kid…”?<\/p>\n

And sometimes I get confused about which holidays of my youth really are still holidays.<\/p>\n

Veterans Day? Columbus Day?<\/p>\n

Remember when people still called it Washington’s Birthday?<\/p>\n

I guess these days I’d take an actual celebration of pretty much\u00a0any<\/em> holiday, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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