{"id":261,"date":"2009-08-25T02:12:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T07:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=261"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:54:38","slug":"origin-of-the-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/25\/origin-of-the-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/mb_first\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB_first.jpg?fit=546%2C773&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"546,773\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M&amp;#038;B_first\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;First apperance of Monkey and Bird&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB_first.jpg?fit=546%2C773&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"M&amp;B_first\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB_first.jpg?resize=382%2C541&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"M&amp;B_first\" width=\"382\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB_first.jpg?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB_first.jpg?resize=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is the first appearance of the dynamic duo known as <strong>Monkey &amp; Bird<\/strong> who will soon debut in comic strip form at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co2comics.com\/pages\/co2_comics.html\">CO2 Comics<\/a>.<\/strong> The original is crude, but don&#8217;t let that keep you from checking out their cartoon adventures! This was a card I gave Tina for our second wedding anniversary back in 1998. I&#8217;ve had plenty of time to smooth out the rough edges of the characters who will soon premier on the virtual pages of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co2comics.com\/pages\/co2_comics.html\">CO2 Comics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the mean time, go read\u00c2\u00a0 some terrific comics at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co2comics.com\/pages\/co2_comics.html\">CO2 Comics!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/25\/origin-of-the-species\/mb-love\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?fit=1530%2C1530&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1530,1530\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M&amp;#038;B Love\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-267\" title=\"M&amp;B Love\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"M&amp;B Love\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?resize=1023%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 1023w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?w=1530&amp;ssl=1 1530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/MB-Love.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first appearance of the dynamic duo known as Monkey &amp; Bird who will soon debut in comic strip form at CO2 Comics. The original is crude, but don&#8217;t let that keep you from checking out their cartoon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/25\/origin-of-the-species\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,53],"tags":[12,3664,5,6],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawer-cards","category-monkey-bird","tag-co2-comics","tag-drawer-cards","tag-joe-williams","tag-tina-garceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/28\/origin-of-the-species-continues\/","url_meta":{"origin":261,"position":0},"title":"Origin of the Species Continues","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This was the announcement we sent out to friends and family when Tina was expecting the arrival of what turned out to be our son Lloyd. 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