{"id":523,"date":"2012-10-05T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/?p=523"},"modified":"2012-10-05T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T14:08:28","slug":"location-an-arcane-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/general\/location-an-arcane-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Location, an arcane art."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t worry daughter, one day you\u2019ll be as good at finding things as your mother is at hiding them\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7sGYK1gj\">http:\/\/t.co\/7sGYK1gj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C.G.Ayling (@CGAyling) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGAyling\/status\/254221686902239233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My youngest daughter was in a foul mood this morning, seems our wicked house had conspired to hide her shoes \u2013 all searches had failed, with no clues on the whereabouts of the missing footwear.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;ve been the victim of similar malign intent on far too many occasions, I attempted to console her \u2013 I failed, Julia\u2019s determination to remain angry prevailed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Though my wife expressed deplorable disinterest in our beloved daughter\u2019s plight, in passing she casually inquired if Julia had showered the previous evening.\u00a0 \u201cYes\u201d, Julia grouched.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later an evidently satisfied mother returned bearing the errant red shoes.\u00a0 Suspicious at the speed with which my wife had solved the unsolvable, I turned to Julia and said \u201cDon\u2019t worry daughter, one day you\u2019ll be as good at finding things as your mother is at hiding them\u2026\u201d\u00a0 Julia\u2019s face cracked, along with her bad mood as she responded \u201cGood one, dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My wife has an almost uncanny ability at finding the things our house goes to such lengths to hide.\u00a0 Indeed, a little too good\u2026\u00a0 I\u2019m not ashamed to admit I\u2019ve often accused her of being adept at hiding things in plain sight.<\/p>\n<p>With Julia\u2019s crisis averted, my wife seized opportunity to explain her system of echo-location, \u201cFinding things is simple really, just visualize the object you\u2019re looking for \u2013 its size, shape and color, then restrict your search to only that.\u00a0 Another thing that helps, is backtracking where you last remember having the item.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded sage agreement, as though I too used these very tactics.\u00a0 Secretly I thought, \u201cExplain magic any way you will, witch!\u00a0 I\u2019m on to you \u2013 you\u2019re in cahoots with the house\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My youngest daughter was in a foul mood this morning, seems our wicked house had conspired to hide her shoes \u2013 all searches had failed, with no clues on the whereabouts of the missing footwear.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;ve been the victim of similar malign intent on far too many occasions, I attempted to console her \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cgayling.com\/malmaxa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}