{"id":1234,"date":"2010-09-06T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T00:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2017-11-30T12:33:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:33:16","slug":"weekdays-with-hilby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"Weekdays with Hilby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1235\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1235\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1235 \" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Hilby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-eve10-hilby2.jpg\" alt=\"Hilby\" width=\"508\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-eve10-hilby2.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-eve10-hilby2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilby<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes the best entertainment at the New York State Fair is free.<\/p>\n<p>From the first year I covered the Fair, I&#8217;ve enjoyed shows by juggler, acrobat, magician and street performer Michael Hilby.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1243\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1243\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1243 \" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Hilby at the 2010 New York State Fair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hilby2010.jpg\" alt=\"Hilby at the 2010 New York State Fair\" width=\"576\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hilby2010.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hilby2010-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilby at the 2010 New York State Fair<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The self-proclaimed <em>skinny German<\/em>\u00a0juggles fire, balls,\u00a0 and even carries a chainsaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hilby always draws a crowd and always has a flair for the unordinary, punctuated with a comedian&#8217;s timing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hilby&#8217;s\u00a0act, lasting about an hour,\u00a0is worth one or two Grandstand performances (for about $50 dollars less).\u00a0 He\u00a0reminds me of an essay from <em>The Big Moo<\/em> that says, there are \u00a0three rules of life: 1) Your Attitude is Your Life; 2) Maximize Your Options; and 3) Don&#8217;t Let Seeds Stop You from Enjoying the Watermelon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1242\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1242\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1242 \" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Hilby, juggling fire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-evening-10-hil2.jpg\" alt=\"Hilby, juggling fire\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-evening-10-hil2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/2010-nysfair-evening-10-hil2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hilby, juggling fire<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best entertainment at the New York State Fair is free. From the first year I covered the Fair, I&#8217;ve enjoyed shows by juggler, acrobat, magician and street performer Michael Hilby. The self-proclaimed skinny German\u00a0juggles fire, balls,\u00a0 and even carries a chainsaw. Hilby always draws a crowd and always has a flair for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[752,1178,51,5006,564,1177,1179,1121,111,2675,531,1175,1176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1234"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22947,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions\/22947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}