{"id":4097,"date":"2010-12-10T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/12\/optical-illusions-for-your-viewing-pleasure.html"},"modified":"2010-12-10T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T18:55:00","slug":"optical-illusions-for-your-viewing-pleasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/12\/optical-illusions-for-your-viewing-pleasure.html","title":{"rendered":"Optical illusions for your viewing pleasure"},"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>Don\u2019t plan on being around much over the weekend.\u00a0 So I thought I\u2019d link to <a href=\"http:\/\/games.yahoo.com\/braingames\/brain-teasers\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this most splendid page<\/a> of illusions guaranteed to blow your mind.\u00a0 I\u2019m working up a first post for a series I\u2019m kicking around.\u00a0 It will look on just why I became Catholic.\u00a0 It certainly wasn\u2019t for the big pay checks.\u00a0 And this time of year I\u2019m keenly aware of the sacrifice my family has made as we came back to the Catholic Faith.\u00a0 So I\u2019ll be posting a little here and there over the coming months, starting with a few posts on <em>Sola Scriptura<\/em> and how it impacted me as a Protestant.\u00a0 Others will follow.\u00a0 If something earth shattering should happen, like our political leaders do something to help the average American and stopping focusing 99% of their attention on what happens to 1% of the population, I might jump on and throw out a thought.\u00a0 Or if we get more snow than what we\u2019ve had so far, which is just enough to make things messy, but not enough to make them pretty.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, spread the word kiddies.\u00a0 Let five people know about my blog between now and when I\u2019m back (probably around Monday).\u00a0 I\u2019m starting to get to know some of you, and the stats show a growing number of regular guests \u2013 which is wonderful!\u00a0 Great comments and insights that get me to thinking.\u00a0 I\u2019m probably the one coming out on top in terms of what I\u2019m getting back from you.\u00a0 Thanks for coming by, and there will be more eclectic I think it was? musings of mine before you know it!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I might have the opportunity of a really swell position at a local publisher.\u00a0 That would be a\u00a0royally awesome development, so prayers are requested. 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