{"id":145,"date":"2007-03-06T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T19:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2007-12-09T14:03:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T20:51:46","slug":"im-a-lousy-pen-pal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m A Lousy Pen Pal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All of your replies have been 3 or 4 words. Why so reserved? Are you concerned that you might say the wrong thing and scare me off? Do you (inaccurately) assume that the acorn didn&sbquo;&Auml;&ocirc;t grow far from the tree? Are you not sure how to categorize me? Do you find conflict in what you think you know of me versus who I actually am? Do you not give a shit? Do you feel uneasy knowing that I have thrown away many offers in the adult business that most would dream to have? Is it that I have serious moral conflict with the business that destroyed so many? 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