on this thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In case you have not noticed it in the comments, I wanted to just say that my life has been consumed by the new house for the last month. And Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":[537],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-existential-fodder","tag-home-owner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-3u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":236,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/04\/13\/metafilter-comments\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":0},"title":"Metafilter Comments","author":"Swanky","date":"April 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"My stats are through the roof for the last couple of days thanks to a post on Metafilter. Good to have you. But, I don't want to pay $5 to register, just to answer the negative comments there. So, I'll do it here! For the record, my site may not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Existential Fodder"","block_context":{"text":"Existential Fodder","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/existential-fodder\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":142,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/31\/a-good-laugh\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":1},"title":"A good laugh","author":"Swanky","date":"July 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I read a number of the comments on this site and got a good laugh. This particular one just has everything. It's\u00c2\u00a0a real classic. I have stated my disdain for the Intelligent Design idea a long time ago. I believe it was discussed and tossed out a few hundred years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Existential Fodder"","block_context":{"text":"Existential Fodder","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/existential-fodder\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":651,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2011\/02\/27\/mr-fatu-live-at-the-hawaiian-inn-daytona\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":2},"title":"Mr. Fatu – Live at the Hawaiian Inn Daytona","author":"Swanky","date":"February 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Elvis was huge in Hawaii, but I guess that crossed on over to Samoa and Mr. Fatu got the bug. I don't know much about what is going on here, so I will leave off with comments. I will note that the track names are as they were printed on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"Tiki\" Collecting"","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mr. Fatu","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Fatu-002-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":138,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/07\/24\/the-secret-to-getting-your-house-really-clean\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":3},"title":"The secret to getting your house really clean","author":"Swanky","date":"July 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Keeping your house clean is a lot of work. Day to day you put dirty clothes in the hamper and dishes in the dish washer and wipe up messes on the counters. You straighten the house continually. But, really cleaning the house, often does not happen. When was the last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Existential Fodder"","block_context":{"text":"Existential Fodder","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/existential-fodder\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":470,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2009\/03\/29\/robert-daniel-house-by-fitzgibbon-in-knoxville\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":4},"title":"Robert Daniel House by Fitzgibbon in Knoxville","author":"Swanky","date":"March 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We had the pleasure of visiting with the owners of the Robert Daniel house here in Knoxville. The house was designed and built by\u00c2\u00a0James Fitzgibbon in 1950. I won't bore you too much with words. The house is incredible. The owners say they regulalrly find architects at their door dropping\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/tn_daniel-house-0151-2.jpg?fit=500%2C375&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":191,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/11\/20\/uncovering-tennessee-tiki-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":216,"position":5},"title":"Uncovering Tennessee Tiki History","author":"Swanky","date":"November 20, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"When Basement Kahuna visited last weekend, he handed me a postcard for Dobb's House Luau, with locations in Memphis and Atlanta. I had known there was a Dobb's House in Memphis at 3135 Poplar (Is the building still there?) and am always on the lookout for items from that long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Googie"","block_context":{"text":"Googie","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/googie\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/dobbs-1.jpg?fit=450%2C706&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}