{"id":3588,"date":"2010-06-08T06:45:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2010-06-07T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T00:22:05","slug":"childhood-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My childhood heroes could &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/childhood_heroes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"My childhood heroes could destroy your childhood heroes\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/childhood_heroes.jpg\" alt=\"My childhood heroes could destroy your childhood heroes\" width=\"520\" height=\"819\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; destroy your childhood heroes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m not sure where this originated, but my thanks to Cary from <a title=\"The Unique Geek Listserv\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/theuniquegeek\" target=\"_blank\">THE UNIQUE GEEK listserv<\/a> for sharing this awesome image!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3588\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3588\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3588\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/08\/childhood-heroes\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My childhood heroes could &#8230; &#8230; destroy your childhood heroes. 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