{"id":3287,"date":"2011-05-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/05\/more-light-blogging.html"},"modified":"2011-05-23T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T09:00:00","slug":"more-light-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/05\/more-light-blogging.html","title":{"rendered":"More light blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I know, I know.\u00a0 I\u2019ve not been around for a while, and my declining readership stats show it.\u00a0 Sorry about that.\u00a0 These last few months have been whirlwind at best.\u00a0 Right now I\u2019m in the midst of preparing for some examinations that might help propel me into a new career path, something we could seriously use.\u00a0 I passed the first round just yesterday.\u00a0 Another is coming up this week.\u00a0 Add to that the stacking end-of-the-school-year obligations, and it\u2019s enough to make my head spin.\u00a0 So suffice to say, I won\u2019t be around.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>There has been much worth reflecting on, not the least of which was the much talked about release of the report on the Catholic Church Abuse Scandal.\u00a0 Also our illustrious president once more putting foot in mouth by saying about Israel publicly what probably should have been discussed in private.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, his propaganda ministry will no doubt rush to his aid as we will all learn new truths about the issue that nobody ever knew.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Newt Gingrich\u2019s campaign continues to explode just outside of the starting gate, while several other contenders bow out, leaving the very wealthy Mitt Romney to garner support from the No Morals, Just Money wing of the GOP.\u00a0 Ron Paul is wacky as always, insisting that people would rather die than blaspheme the sacred untouchable holiness of the Federal Government.\u00a0 And of course, Conehead the Barbarian implodes at 25000 feet as it turns out he did more than talk the talk when it came to jettisoning those pesky old traditional Christan values, as his 10 year old love child attests.\u00a0 Pray for that family, and all of the children involved.<\/p>\n<p>And naturally, the fact that I\u2019m\u00a0still\u00a0here past May 21\u00a0suggests some manner of spiritual deformity.\u00a0 No doubt I have failed to see it the way any other blogger who feels heaven is no place for a [non-me] Christian.\u00a0 Ironically, Harold Camping is nowhere to be found today.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 Maybe he was right.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, assuming there is still hope, and he\u2019s just in hiding, I\u2019ll continue to plow forward as best I can.\u00a0 Hopefully things will work out, resolve themselves, and slow down in the coming weeks.\u00a0 Until then, I may go back and pull up and re-post a few of my more popular or highly praised articles.\u00a0 When I get time, I\u2019ll look into the missing comments boxes.\u00a0 Probably something simple.\u00a0 Just can\u2019t worry about it now.\u00a0 So see everyone soon, have a fun and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend.\u00a0 I would like to go visit my Dad\u2019s grave this weekend.\u00a0 It will be the first I\u2019ve traveled there since the funeral.\u00a0 Take care, God Bless, let me know if there are any prayers in the meantime, please keep my family in prayers through all these upcoming weeks and months, and Peace be with you all.<\/p>\n<p>TTFN<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know.\u00a0 I\u2019ve not been around for a while, and my declining readership stats show it.\u00a0 Sorry about that.\u00a0 These last few months have been whirlwind at best.\u00a0 Right now I\u2019m in the midst of preparing for some examinations that might help propel me into a new career path, something we could seriously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More light blogging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I know, I know.&nbsp; 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