{"id":527,"date":"2016-12-29T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=527"},"modified":"2016-12-29T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:17:57","slug":"random-musings-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"Random musings for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I finally started an Instagram account: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/michaeldurkota\/\">michaeldurkota<\/a>. Stand by for pictures of beer and coffee.<\/li>\n<li>Started reading Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson. Good stuff.<\/li>\n<li>Looking forward to the Ronda Rousey fight.<\/li>\n<li>Office Christmas Party was not as bad as it could have been.<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t read or write nearly as much as I had hoped.<\/li>\n<li>Still excited about the <a href=\"http:\/\/triblive.com\/aande\/books\/11604167-74\/durkota-blue-says\">article in the Tribune Review<\/a>!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-530 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/trib-article.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Only two weeks until the new season of Homeland!<\/li>\n<li>The Breaking Bad marathon is killing my productivity.<\/li>\n<li>Love the new Highly Suspect album. In a word, it\u2019s \u2018groovy.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>My review of The Bull by <a href=\"http:\/\/ericacrockett.com\/\">Erica Crockett<\/a> is coming soon.<\/li>\n<li>Best Christmas present \u2013 a precision spinning top from my brother. I didn\u2019t know these existed. It has changed my life, and possibly created yet another addiction.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top-676x451.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/top.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Only one month until Black Sails returns!<\/li>\n<li>I watch too much TV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally started an Instagram account: michaeldurkota. 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