{"id":21303,"date":"2026-08-17T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21303"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:25:54","slug":"die-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21303","title":{"rendered":"Die First"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"21276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=21276\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1559&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1559\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1757140406&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00038299502106473&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4115\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?fit=700%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115.jpeg?resize=700%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21276\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6409989320586478;width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C624&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C468&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C935&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1247&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4115-scaled.jpeg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cPeople have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/strong>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Novelist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather in Phoenix has been very hot. Fortunately we are only here for three weeks before we set off for Europe and a reunion with my brothers. If you haven&#8217;t figured out I write most of my blog posts in advance. Sometimes, like with The Founders months in advance. 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