{"id":428,"date":"2013-09-28T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2013-09-28T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T20:28:22","slug":"the-existential-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-existential-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"The existential hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>In the existential hotel are two rooms with an adjoining door. In one room the door leads in, the other out. It is a point of contention.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Raffin (@David_Raffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Raffin\/statuses\/383403939493711872\">September 27, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the existential hotel are two rooms with an adjoining door. In one room the door leads in, the other out. It is a point of contention. &mdash; David Raffin (@David_Raffin) September 27, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-my-books","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-6U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":671,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/at-the-existential-sandwich-shop-your-sandwich-calls-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":428,"position":0},"title":"At the existential sandwich shop, your sandwich calls you","author":"David Raffin","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"At the existential sandwich shop your sandwich talks to you. 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