{"id":208,"date":"2006-04-08T08:14:22","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T12:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/08\/dirty-car\/"},"modified":"2006-12-01T12:05:51","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T16:05:51","slug":"dirty-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/08\/dirty-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirty Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mshepherd.com\/images\/dirtywives.jpg\" alt=\"Dirty Wives\" align=\"right\" \/>I&#8217;m trying to figure out why I don&#8217;t have pride in my vehicle any longer.   I remember when I got my first car, a white Pontiac Fiero with black trim.  I washed that car more than I did myself!  I shopped for accessories more than I did for clothing.  It was like my first real independence by which I could come and go as I please not having to rely upon anyone.  <\/p>\n<p>Many years later, I view my car as simple transportation.  How it looks is not so important as whether or not it will get me from point A to Point B in a reliable fashion.  Stale french fries litter the floor, windows are smudged and grimy, gas receipts are stuffed everywhere, empty fast food containers and soda cups are strewn about.  <\/p>\n<p>I suppose it&#8217;s representative of a new set of priorities in life.  By that I mean what used to seem important to me now seems trivial compared to my other responsibilities.  Either that, or I&#8217;m just a lazy sack of lard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to figure out why I don&#8217;t have pride in my vehicle any longer. I remember when I got my first car, a white Pontiac Fiero with black trim. I washed that car more than I did myself! I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/08\/dirty-car\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}