{"id":10270,"date":"2004-09-14T22:24:05","date_gmt":"2004-09-14T22:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samhilliard.com\/wordpress?p=10270"},"modified":"2006-11-19T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2006-11-19T15:12:20","slug":"starbucks-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/2004\/09\/14\/starbucks-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"$tarbucks Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often a stranger penetrates the thin veneer that shields my perceptions,  challenges my shallow take on the universe and reminds me &#8211; there&#8217;s some hysterical people living in New Jersey.   Not The Shining sort of hysterical, but a proper fitting strait jacket and a shot of Thorazine just might help them focus.<\/p>\n<p>Picture a cool September morning in $tarbucks, as I add sugar and cream to my to go coffee at the kiosk.  A $tarbucksDad holds a 1 year old boy in his arms nearby.<\/p>\n<p>$tarbucks Dad:  You got a watch?<br \/>\nsam: Yeah.<br \/>\n$tarbucks Dad: What time is it?<br \/>\nsam( pours milk ): Gimme a second.<br \/>\n$tarbucks Dad( no pause ):  Come on, what time is it?<br \/>\nsam( adds sugar ): One second, OK?<br \/>\n$tarbucks Dad( no pause ): I&#8217;m in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>Tasting the coffee, I decide the brew needs more sugar and add it.  Satisfied, I check my watch for a long second and then smile at $tarbucks Dad.<\/p>\n<p>$tarbucks Dad: You keeping it a secret?<br \/>\nsam( walks away ):  Yes, sir.  I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often a stranger penetrates the thin veneer that shields my perceptions, challenges my shallow take on the universe and reminds me &#8211; there&#8217;s some hysterical people living in New Jersey. Not The Shining sort of hysterical, but a proper fitting strait jacket and a shot of Thorazine just might help them focus. Picture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.samhilliard.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}