{"id":1069,"date":"2008-04-16T00:55:25","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2008-04-16T00:57:24","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T14:57:24","slug":"epic-portion-of-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/epic-portion-of-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic portion of FAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Excel-Your-Database-Paul-Cornell\/dp\/1590597516\">Excel as Your Database<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike told me there&#8217;s a book. It&#8217;s a real book. Epic FAIL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excel as Your Database Mike told me there&#8217;s a book. It&#8217;s a real book. 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