{"id":4244,"date":"2010-11-24T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-5.html"},"modified":"2010-11-24T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T11:28:00","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-5.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving"},"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>To all of my regulars \u2013 and I thank ye \u2013 I wish a Happy Thanksgiving.\u00a0To my new, non-regular visitors or those who just stumble along on their way through the net, thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 The best to you and yours during this season of thanks.\u00a0 I hope you\u2019ll come back and help me be a better thinker and poster of profound thoughts.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of things to be thankful for.\u00a0 Despite clouds on the horizon, which always\u00a0lurk there in any age, we Americans have freedom \u2013 so far.\u00a0 I can do what I want, go where I want.\u00a0 I don\u2019t expect folks to kick in my door and drag me away in the dead of night.\u00a0 I will go to church where I want, vote how I want, and it will all happen without violence and bloodshed.\u00a0 While there always are those who would like to put an end to such pesky things as liberty and freedom for everyone who doesn\u2019t think the way they think, common sense usually prevails and keeps such things from going that far.\u00a0 Hopefully that trend will continue.<\/p>\n<p>As I said earlier, don\u2019t know how much \u2013 if any \u2013 blogging will happen over the next few days.\u00a0 Probably none tomorrow or even the next day.\u00a0 If something really happens, like a blow up in Korea, I\u2019ll watch.\u00a0 Remember, I only post observations, I\u2019m not an expert nor do I claim to be an expert or even play one on TV when it comes to such things.\u00a0 At best, for now, I offer my prayers for peace in that region and for those who have already died.\u00a0 Just like I pray for our soldiers in foreign lands who are fighting to keep me a free puppy here behind the lines.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Thanks again for everyone who has come by, who has commented, and who has come back.\u00a0 The blog is starting to take shape, though I\u2019m sure things will be tweaked here and there in the months to come.\u00a0 I\u2019m heartened by the number of visits and, more to the point, the number of repeat visitors.\u00a0 I\u2019ll work on the problems with the <strong>Followers<\/strong> tab and see about <strong>Comments <\/strong>services.\u00a0 But for now, just bear with me, and keep on giving me insights.\u00a0 I learn from the comments as much as I learn from posting my thoughts.\u00a0 Enjoy the time with family, friends, and those you care for.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ll be talking to you soon.\u00a0 Till then, have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday.\u00a0 TTFN<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To all of my regulars \u2013 and I thank ye \u2013 I wish a Happy Thanksgiving.\u00a0To my new, non-regular visitors or those who just stumble along on their way through the net, thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 The best to you and yours during this season of thanks.\u00a0 I hope you\u2019ll come back and help me [&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-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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