{"id":1678,"date":"2010-02-02T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/almost-here\/"},"modified":"2010-02-02T12:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T12:23:00","slug":"almost-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/02\/almost-here.html","title":{"rendered":"Almost Here"},"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 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.trb.com\/entertainment\/news\/gambling\/blog\/cupid-valentines-day1.gif\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.trb.com\/entertainment\/news\/gambling\/blog\/cupid-valentines-day1.gif\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Of course, the most exciting fast-approaching important event is the LOST season premiere tonight. But I thought that some\u00a0readers who\u00a0are prone to forget\u00a0other important dates might appreciate a reminder that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b\/?node=1260396011&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a> is also drawing near. <\/p>\n<p>The photo on the\u00a0right is of a cupid that lost track of the date. You\u2019ve been warned. Presumably there is no need to explain who shot him\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Those looking for a Biblical studies\/ancient world gift for the\u00a0occasion\u00a0may want to take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/aramaicdesigns.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/syriac-heart-something-i-made-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve Caruso\u2019s Syriac hearts<\/a>. And we\u2019re all looking forward to this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eisenbrauns.com\/pages\/VDAY2010\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Valentine\u2019s Day poems and other offerings from Eisenbraun\u2019s<\/a>. I\u2019ve always wanted to submit something but have never found the time. But who knows \u2013 there are still ten days left before this year\u2019s deadline!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-7847089308264309817?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, the most exciting fast-approaching important event is the LOST season premiere tonight. But I thought that some\u00a0readers who\u00a0are prone to forget\u00a0other important dates might appreciate a reminder that Valentine\u2019s Day is also drawing near. 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