{"id":157,"date":"2017-09-20T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2022-02-27T17:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T23:18:33","slug":"parsimony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/parsimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Plays_for_One__Cover_for_Kindle-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4329 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Plays_for_One__Cover_for_Kindle.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, 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