{"id":1470,"date":"2012-03-20T07:20:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T11:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2012-03-20T07:20:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T11:20:59","slug":"mindbenders-video-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tedkrever.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/20\/mindbenders-video-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mindbenders&#8217; video review!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nice folks from <a href=\"http:\/\/alchemyofscrawl.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/19\/book-review-mindbenders-by-ted-krever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alchemy of Scrawl<\/a> (great name) did this review the other day in print and video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jmf1eNp6yLk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8216;This story is right up my alley. 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