{"id":5234,"date":"2014-04-20T19:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T02:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2014-04-20T19:10:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T02:10:31","slug":"if-this-isnt-nice-what-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=5234","title":{"rendered":"If this isn’t nice, what is?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, \u201cIf this isn\u2019t nice, what is?”
\n–Kurt Vonnegut\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brats and chicken BBQ’ed by someone else. <\/p>\n

Sitting outside in the sun with friends, drinking some hoppy beverages on Easter Sunday. <\/p>\n

Watching the Blazer game. Well, I’m not. I’m writing this. <\/p>\n

Dante is the only sad one here. No one will play chase the laser pointer with him. <\/p>\n

I know the best people. <\/p>\n

If this isn’t nice, what is?<\/p>\n

Happy Easter everybody.<\/p>\n

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So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, \u201cIf this isn\u2019t nice, what is?” –Kurt Vonnegut Brats and chicken BBQ’ed by someone else. 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