{"id":1135,"date":"2021-09-17T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:42:31","slug":"duct-tape-litmus-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/09\/17\/duct-tape-litmus-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Duct Tape Litmus Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-4.10.30-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-4.10.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-4.10.30-PM.png 550w, https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-17-at-4.10.30-PM-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Duct Tape Litmus Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">I open the<br \/>\nrefrigerator door<br \/>\nand someone<br \/>\nstanding nearby<br \/>\nlaughs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Months ago a<br \/>\nshelf broke and<br \/>\nwas repaired with<br \/>\nduct tape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Now I must<br \/>\ndecide:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Will I feel<br \/>\nshame that<br \/>\nI have<br \/>\nallowed a<br \/>\nmajor appliance<br \/>\nto be held<br \/>\ntogether by<br \/>\nduct tape?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">What sort of<br \/>\nhandy<br \/>\nman<br \/>\nwould do that?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Do I swiftly<br \/>\nclose the door<br \/>\nand act as if<br \/>\nthe bystander<br \/>\ndidn\u2019t see<br \/>\nWhat Sort of<br \/>\nMan<br \/>\nI Really<br \/>\nAm?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Or do I<br \/>\nsmile<br \/>\nbeatifically,<br \/>\naglow with<br \/>\ndivine<br \/>\nnonchalance,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">open<br \/>\nthe freezer<br \/>\ndoor,<br \/>\nand point to<br \/>\nanother<br \/>\nduct-taped<br \/>\nshelf?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Because the<br \/>\nDuct Tape<br \/>\nLitmus Test<br \/>\nwill reveal<br \/>\nmy proximity<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nSatori.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Duct Tape Litmus Test I open the refrigerator door and someone standing nearby laughs. Months ago a shelf broke and was repaired with duct tape. Now I must decide: Will I feel shame that I have allowed a major appliance to be held together by duct tape? What sort of handy man would do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}