{"id":7139,"date":"2013-10-16T18:22:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2013-10-16T18:22:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:22:48","slug":"armadillo-interlude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2013\/10\/armadillo-interlude.html","title":{"rendered":"armadillo interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">There is absolutely no serious reason for me to post this goofy clip of dueling armadillos. Except that I&#8217;m sick of the sequester, the shutdown, politics, and mean hateful people. Sometimes, you just need a break. 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