{"id":479,"date":"2009-11-24T18:14:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/11\/24\/just-a-reminder-my-birthday-is-dec-22\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:47","slug":"just-a-reminder-my-birthday-is-dec-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/11\/24\/just-a-reminder-my-birthday-is-dec-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a reminder: My birthday is Dec. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And what I really, really want is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2009\/11\/24\/original-king-kong-model-for-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">the original articulated model of King Kong<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/King-Kong-model-500x355.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nChristie&#8217;s is offering this beauty as part of a pop culture sale.  It&#8217;s estimated to go for between $168,000 and $252,000 when it is auctioned off today!<\/p>\n<p>Better hurry up and get those bids in!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media3.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/photo\/gallery\/091119\/GAL-09Nov19-3117\/media\/PHO-09Nov19-188516.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billcrider.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Bill Crider<\/a> for the heads up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And what I really, really want is the original articulated model of King Kong! Christie&#8217;s is offering this beauty as part of a pop culture sale. 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