{"id":14,"date":"2004-04-06T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-07T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=14"},"modified":"2004-04-06T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-07T00:34:00","slug":"if-you-could-talk-to-dead-people-with-whom-would-you-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"If you could talk to dead people, with whom would you talk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; John S wrote:<br \/>\n<br \/>> If you could meet and chat with anyone that you wanted who was<br \/>\n<br \/>> deceased. Whom would you choose?<\/p>\n<p>My reply:<br \/>\n<br \/>I think&#8230; Einstien. He would be a hoot at a party. If I couldn&#8217;t get<br \/>\n<br \/>him, then Uncle Al Crowley. Ooooh! Carl Jung!<\/p>\n<p>Picture this&#8230; a dinner party with Nietzsche, Crowley, and Ayn Rand.<br \/>\n<br \/>Maybe Churchill to provide color commentary?<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; John S wrote: > If you could meet and chat with anyone that you wanted who was > deceased. Whom would you choose? My reply: I think&#8230; Einstien. He would be a hoot at a party. If I couldn&#8217;t get him, then Uncle Al Crowley. Ooooh! Carl Jung! 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