{"id":1719,"date":"2008-10-25T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2008-10-25T06:33:29","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T22:33:29","slug":"irish-whiskey-and-a-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/irish-whiskey-and-a-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"irish whiskey and a rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/irish.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/irish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/irish.jpg?fit=280%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"280,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"irish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/irish.jpg?fit=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/irish.jpg?fit=280%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1720 alignright\" title=\"irish\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/irish.jpg?resize=186%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 6:21 am and I&#8217;m drinking Irish whiskey. 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