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W<\/span>ell that went surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

We chatted about 45 minutes, and he ended by asking about my availability. Considering what his time’s worth, I think he’s already out several grand on me.<\/p>\n

Sue the receptionist told me that these things rarely take more than fifteen minutes. The really bad ones don’t last fifteen seconds<\/i>.<\/p>\n

He’s apparently leaving for Belgium tomorrow, so the offer (if it appears) will happen later today.<\/p>\n

But of course, he’s got two other candidates to meet today.<\/p>\n

So let’s keep up those prayers and well-wishes!<\/p>\n

I dropped by Saint James Cathedral afterwards, and I’m currently catching my breath in the Tulleys’ at 4th and Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well that went surprisingly well. We chatted about 45 minutes, and he ended by asking about my availability. Considering what his time’s worth, I think he’s already out several grand on me. Sue the receptionist told me that these things rarely take more than fifteen minutes. The really bad ones don’t last fifteen seconds. He’s apparently leaving for Belgium tomorrow, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moments-in-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/my-son-tristan-was-the-victim-of-a-hit-and-run-accident\/","url_meta":{"origin":54,"position":0},"title":"My son Tristan was the victim of a hit-and-run accident","author":"Thom","date":"23 November 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Tristan was struck by an SUV while crossing the street in the early morning hours of last Saturday while I was in Pittsburgh. 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