{"id":639,"date":"2013-04-15T18:50:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T22:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=639"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:42:01","slug":"on-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/04\/15\/on-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"On Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_640\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chasm-between.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-640\" alt=\"The chasm between kindness and chaos by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/chasm-between.png?resize=1000%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chasm between kindness and chaos by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wanted to try to capture my own feelings about the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon today, and this was the result. 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