{"id":17843,"date":"2016-09-04T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T23:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=17843"},"modified":"2016-09-04T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T23:24:45","slug":"bartenders-and-film-editors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=17843","title":{"rendered":"Bartenders and film editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late last night I had a very inspiring conversation with a colleague, after which I excitedly wrote down a note to myself.  I was sure this would be a wonderful subject for a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>When I looked at the note sometime later, I saw that it simply said &#8220;Bartender == Film Editor&#8221;.  That&#8217;s it, just three words and an equals sign.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried to reconstruct in my mind what this could possibly have meant.  I vaguely recall that it had something to do with the way a good bartender can seem to read peoples&#8217; minds.  A talented and perceptive bartender can tell whether you are happy or blue, and knows at a glance whether you are in need of a stiff drink or just someone to talk to.<\/p>\n<p>Presumably, at the time, I saw how all of this tied together with the art of film editing.  But I must admit, the connection now eludes me entirely.<\/p>\n<p>And so, alas, the brilliant and pithy hypothetical blog post I might have written on the subject is not to be.  I shall not be expounding today on the subtle yet powerful connection between the talents of bartenders and the talents of film editors.<\/p>\n<p>Yet all is not lost.  For it seems that I have indeed found a topic for today&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last night I had a very inspiring conversation with a colleague, after which I excitedly wrote down a note to myself. I was sure this would be a wonderful subject for a blog post. When I looked at the note sometime later, I saw that it simply said &#8220;Bartender == Film Editor&#8221;. That&#8217;s it, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=17843\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bartenders and film editors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17844,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17843\/revisions\/17844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}