{"id":9,"date":"2011-03-01T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/wp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2011-03-07T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T19:55:27","slug":"hi-there-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spurs-done3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59\" title=\"spurs-done\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spurs-done3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spurs-done3.jpg 610w, http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spurs-done3-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a>The Lorimer Series<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"contentarea\">\n<p>The Lorimer Series was inspired by the Ted conference. In fact, I&#8217;ve ripped off everything about the Ted conference, a gathering of the rich, famous, and influential for a series of incredibly interesting talks on a vast array of subjects. I&#8217;ve just added two ingredients \u00c2\u00a0&#8211; Brooklyn and beer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mini Faq<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Why am I doing<br \/>\nthis?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It gives me and my friends and friends of friends an opportunity to sharpen our own understanding of the things about which we&#8217;re passionate. The idea is that in order to explain things you need to understand them very well indeed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Why the<br \/>\n&#8220;Lorimer&#8221; series? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lectures were originally held at my apartment on Lorimer St., but the reason is deeper than that. My friend Deborah, pointed out to me that the word\u00c2\u00a0Lorimer is the name for a specialized blacksmith who creates horse tack: bridles, stirrups, spurs, etc. I&#8217;ve thought of the ideas presented in The Lorimer Series as the tack that we can all use to harness our passions into a force with intention, direction, and meaning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">How much does<br \/>\nit cost?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t cost you anything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lorimer Series The Lorimer Series was inspired by the Ted conference. In fact, I&#8217;ve ripped off everything about the Ted conference, a gathering of the rich, famous, and influential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thelorimerseries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}