{"id":2760,"date":"2013-03-09T00:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T00:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2013-03-09T00:19:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-09T00:19:58","slug":"307-temptations-temptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/2013\/03\/09\/307-temptations-temptations\/","title":{"rendered":"#307: Temptations, Temptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2766 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 7px;\" title=\"lakergirl_cropped_blob\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob-148x110.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob-31x23.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.danklass.com\/pill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lakergirl_cropped_blob-38x28.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was faced with a moral dilemma: do I keep the things that fall into my lap (espeically since they would so perfectly fit my waist), or do I do the right thing, even though nobody is watching. \u00a0Or, is somebody watching? 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