{"id":174,"date":"2011-05-14T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2011\/05\/a-mind-bubble-for-old-blue-eyes\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:02:10","slug":"a-mind-bubble-for-old-blue-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2011\/05\/a-mind-bubble-for-old-blue-eyes.html","title":{"rendered":"A Mind Bubble for Old Blue Eyes"},"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><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\">I see that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Sinatra\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Sinatra<\/a> died on this day in 1998. If he were a Christian saint this would be his feast day. Of course he wasn\u2019t. And it isn\u2019t. But I find myself thinking of him, nonetheless\u2026\n<p>His was my parent\u2019s music, so it took a while to appreciate him.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Turns out there is a fair amount to appreciate\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-1015580280246613048?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see that Frank Sinatra died on this day in 1998. If he were a Christian saint this would be his feast day. Of course he wasn\u2019t. And it isn\u2019t. But I find myself thinking of him, nonetheless\u2026 His was my parent\u2019s music, so it took a while to appreciate him. 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