{"id":19574,"date":"2022-01-17T18:54:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T23:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19574"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T00:16:25","slug":"death-wins-a-goldfish-reflections-from-a-grim-reapers-yearlong-sabbatical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19574","title":{"rendered":"Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper’s Yearlong Sabbatical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper’s Yearlong Sabbatical<\/a><\/em> (2019) Brian Rea<\/p>\n

\"Death<\/a><\/p>\n

“It has come to our attention that you have a substantial number of unused days off. Records indicate you’ve never taken a sick day, sabbatical, or leave of absence.”<\/p>\n

Thus, death has to take a year off work.<\/p>\n

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Publisher: Chronicle Books
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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