{"id":1726,"date":"2004-11-24T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-24T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/24\/in-the-beginning-there-was\/"},"modified":"2004-11-24T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-24T17:34:00","slug":"in-the-beginning-there-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/24\/in-the-beginning-there-was\/","title":{"rendered":"In the beginning there was&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the beginning there was a Plan.<br \/>\nAnd then came the Assumptions.<br \/>\nAnd the Assumptions were without form.<br \/>\nAnd the Plan was without substance.<br \/>\nAnd darkness was upon the face of the Workers.<br \/>\nAnd the Workers spoke among themselves, saying,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;This is a crock of shit, and it stinks.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Workers went unto their Supervisors and said,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;It is a pail of dung, and we can&apos;t live with the smell,&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Supervisors went unto their Managers, saying,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;It is a pail of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Managers went unto their Directors, saying,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Directors spoke among themselves, saying to one another,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;It contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very strong.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Directors went to the Vice Presidents, saying unto them,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;It promotes growth, and it is very powerful.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the Vice Presidents went to the President, saying unto him,<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>&#8220;This new plan will actively promote the growth and vigor of the company with very powerful effects.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nAnd the President looked upon the Plan and saw that it was good,<br \/>\nAnd the Plan became Policy.<br \/>\nAnd that, my friend, is how shit happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beginning there was a Plan. And then came the Assumptions. And the Assumptions were without form. And the Plan was without substance. And darkness was upon the face of the Workers. And the Workers spoke among themselves, saying, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;This is a crock of shit, and it stinks.&#8221; And the Workers went unto their&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/24\/in-the-beginning-there-was\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;In the beginning there was&#8230;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-rQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}