{"id":37623,"date":"2015-08-09T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T14:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=37623"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T15:03:01","slug":"uncommon-personalities-meet-peter-kokis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2015\/uncommon-personalities-meet-peter-kokis\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Personalities: Meet Peter Kokis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/PeterKokis1.jpg\" alt=\"PeterKokis\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Peter Kokis,\u00a0Security Manager<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>My hometown\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nBrooklyn, ahem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m inspired by\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nThe beauty of designs found in nature; what occurs naturally is amazing, better than anything we could do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When I was little, I dreamed of\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nDinosaurs, sharks, and robots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When I\u2019m not working, I\u2019m probably\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the gym, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynrobotworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">building robots<\/a>, or looking for a place to park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The accomplishment I\u2019m most proud of is\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nEarning my wings through the military. Also, becoming a NY State Notary Public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other galaxies, I believe there is\/are\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nSpaceships heading towards Earth, their intent in question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An uncommon fact about me\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nI took a kangaroo for a walk through midtown Manhattan once (I was on tail-holding detail\u2026that\u2019s how you keep them from jumping).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you rather have the ability to read minds, or to tell the future?<\/strong><br \/>\nActually, I already know that in the future I will read your mind\u2026 what was the question again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is the case with Peter Kokis, it&#8217;s generally a plus to have a Security Manager who spends his spare time building robots and subduing kangaroos on the streets of Manhattan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":38789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[365,1632,1172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37623"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39419,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37623\/revisions\/39419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}