{"id":7798,"date":"2014-08-03T14:28:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/03\/meta-annoyance\/"},"modified":"2014-08-03T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T14:28:16","slug":"meta-annoyance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/03\/meta-annoyance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worldly Too Know that Life is Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">And so they compose &#39;bucket lists&#39; of things to do before they &#39;kick the bucket.&#39;&#0160; It&#39;s as if, on the sinking Titanic, one were to try to make the most of the ship and its features and amenities instead of considering how one might survive the coming calamity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">&quot;There are a lot of things I want to do before we sink.&#0160; 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