{"id":163,"date":"2009-09-19T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html"},"modified":"2009-09-19T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T00:15:00","slug":"be-afraid-be-very-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html","title":{"rendered":"Be afraid.  Be very afraid."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay.  After all the confusion over <a href=\"http:\/\/deacbench.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/why-only-books-i-favor-burning-are.html\">these pictures<\/a>, here&#8217;s the real deal, from my senior yearbook.  (Note: I didn&#8217;t need to wear glasses until college.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SrRbImTornI\/AAAAAAAAGNY\/ADNqitj-iKU\/s1600-h\/Greg.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 222px;height: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SrRbImTornI\/AAAAAAAAGNY\/ADNqitj-iKU\/s320\/Greg.jpeg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Gregory James Kandra<br \/>\n<br \/> Pallotti High School<br \/>\n<br \/>Laurel, Maryland<br \/>\n<br \/>Class of 1977<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SrRd5Qc5b7I\/AAAAAAAAGNg\/h_HuiYwFhAM\/s1600-h\/Kandra2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 214px;height: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SrRd5Qc5b7I\/AAAAAAAAGNg\/h_HuiYwFhAM\/s320\/Kandra2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/>&lt;\/a<span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Deacon Greg Kandra<br \/>\n<br \/>Forest Hills, New York<br \/>\n<br \/>2009<\/span><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. 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