{"id":102,"date":"2011-09-23T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T04:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/23\/brown-spot-death-or-something-a-life-update\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:42","slug":"brown-spot-death-or-something-a-life-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/brown-spot-death-or-something-a-life-update\/","title":{"rendered":"brown spot = DEATH (or something). A life update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My brother got all freaked out because I&#8217;ve got a little brown spot on the top of my head. He&#8217;s all worried that I have like melanoma or something. I told him not to stress, brother, it&#8217;s all good in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p> No, honestly he&#8217;s kind of spooked me a little. But what am I supposed to do about it, yanno?<\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;ve been writing copious amounts, and I&#8217;ve discovered Coke Zero. Yes, it has a real Coca-Cola TASTE, but it&#8217;s mixed with the flavor of aspartamine and POISON. It&#8217;s my new favorite drink. Boing.<\/p>\n<p> I put some crap up on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/harperkingsley.livejournal.com\">http:\/\/harperkingsley.livejournal.com<\/a>. You know, excerpts and whatnot. All cross-posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/harperkingsley.dreamwidth.com\">http:\/\/harperkingsley.dreamwidth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brother got all freaked out because I&#8217;ve got a little brown spot on the top of my head. He&#8217;s all worried that I have like melanoma or something. I told him not to stress, brother, it&#8217;s all good in the neighborhood. No, honestly he&#8217;s kind of spooked me a little. But what am I&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/brown-spot-death-or-something-a-life-update\/\" title=\"brown spot = DEATH (or something). A life update\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">brown spot = DEATH (or something). 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