{"id":5607,"date":"2017-04-17T05:24:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/04\/17\/obscure-and-grateful\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T05:24:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:24:45","slug":"obscure-and-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/04\/17\/obscure-and-grateful\/","title":{"rendered":"Obscure and Grateful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">We who are obscure ought to be grateful for it.&#0160; It is wonderful to be able to walk down the street and<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">be taken for an ordinary schlep.&#0160; A little recognition from a few high-quality individuals is all one needs.&#0160; Fame&#0160;can be a curse.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;\">The unhinged Mark David Chapman, animated by Holden Caulfield&#39;s animus against phoniness, decided that John Lennon was a phony, and so had to be shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; 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