{"id":2784,"date":"2018-07-08T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2021-04-23T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T02:36:24","slug":"am-i-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2018\/07\/08\/am-i-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>by Reinhard Kargl<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I regret to inform you that I have been murdered. That&#8217;s at least according to a local press report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smobserved.com\">Santa Monica Observer<\/a>&nbsp;.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Since I serve as chairman on the local neighborhood council (which is no small feat for a &#8220;transient from San Diego&#8221;), I have no doubt that there are those who want me dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But, in the words of one of my favorite authors (Mark Twain), the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2786\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2786\" class=\"wp-image-2786\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1.jpg 1275w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1-309x400.jpg 309w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1-768x994.jpg 768w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Dead-Man-Found-on-Bench-Outside-St.-Johns-is-Identified-Santa-Monica-Observer-Page-1-624x808.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(click or tap to enlarge)<\/p><\/div><div id=\"apf_post_footer\"><h4>Related Articles:<\/h4>\n<ul><li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3442\">Cover of LIFE Magazine, 1941<\/a><\/li><li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3419\">Weren&#8217;t They Funny?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3372\">70 Years Ago<\/a><\/li><li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3265\">A Letter From Mrs. Rayburn<\/a><\/li><li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3257\">Cat On The Moon<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Reinhard Kargl I regret to inform you that I have been murdered. That&#8217;s at least according to a local press report in the Santa Monica Observer&nbsp;.&nbsp;Since I serve as chairman on the local neighborhood council (which is no small feat for a &#8220;transient from San Diego&#8221;), I have no doubt that there are those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}