{"id":711,"date":"2010-08-18T21:46:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T04:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=711"},"modified":"2010-08-18T21:46:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T04:46:18","slug":"conversations-with-the-patriarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/conversations-with-the-patriarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with the Patriarch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My family has a standing dinner each Wednesday at my grandfather&#8217;s house. We have been doing this for probably 25 years. Over the years the nights have changed, but it&#8217;s been a constant. Jason night. It&#8217;s the place to be.<\/p>\n<p>With the amount of smarts on that side of the family, you would think we would have amazing conversations&#8230; You would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Jason: You weren&#8217;t unemployed very long.<br \/>\nMe: No, I was only a hobo for two months.<br \/>\nJason: A hobo? Is that what you were? Better than a ho.<br \/>\nMe: &#8230;<br \/>\nJason: *smirk*<br \/>\nMe: OR IS IT? Because &#8212;<br \/>\nMy Mother: &#8212; Ho&#8217;s get paid!<br \/>\nMe: That&#8217;s what I was going to say!<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Jason is 83 and we all discussed ho&#8217;s. \u00a0And a good time was had by all! hahaha<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/conversations-with-the-patriarch\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My family has a standing dinner each Wednesday at my grandfather&#8217;s house. We have been doing this for probably 25 years. Over the years the nights have changed, but it&#8217;s been a constant. Jason night. It&#8217;s the place to be. With the amount of smarts on that side of the family, you would think we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/conversations-with-the-patriarch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conversations with the Patriarch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,256],"tags":[280,279],"class_list":["post-711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-family","tag-geezers","tag-the-great-ho-vs-hobo-debate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}