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<\/a><\/p>\nYeah, so this turned out to be way harder than I anticipated.<\/p>\n
And I don\u2019t just mean it was hard to read so many submissions on so little sleep. That part was my fault for being dumb and not scheduling this part of the process earlier. You know, like way before when there was a for real chance of the baby arriving.<\/p>\n
Live and learn.<\/p>\n
What I mean is this thing was crazy hard because there were so many good posts. Seriously. Look, I know it\u2019s cliche to hear that, but it\u2019s true. When you do this sort of open call thing you\u2019re opening the door to lots of crazies and people who have no business writing \u2019cause whoa, it just ain\u2019t their spiritual gift.<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t get any of that.<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t one post that I read where I like \u201cYeah, thanks for trying, but maybe don\u2019t ever open up Microsoft Word again.\u201d Obviously I liked some more than others, but they were all good. None of them were bad.<\/p>\n
But alas, I can only choose 4.<\/p>\n
Actually, about that\u2026.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m terrible at choosing. I thought I wasn\u2019t, but dude, seriously, I felt soooo terrible not being able to share everybody\u2019s posts. (On that note, if you submitted a post, but it wasn\u2019t selected, please tweet it to me with the hashtag #openmicweek and I would be more than happy to retweet it and hopefully send some much deserved traffic your way.)<\/p>\n
But yeah, I\u2019m a sap. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m a new dad or maybe I just don\u2019t have it in me to be the callous jerk I thought I could be.<\/p>\n
So, I decided to share 5 posts instead of 4.<\/p>\n
Sure, that means one will go up on Thanksgiving, but on my end I can schedule that ahead of time (ain\u2019t technology grand?) and on your end, everybody\u2019s on vacation that day and you know at some point they\u2019re gonna get tired of listening to Uncle Ed\u2019s rant about Obamacare for the millionth time and pick up their smartphone to zone out and find a happy place or just any other place. So, I thought I would offer them the welcomed distraction they\u2019re looking for. In other words, just because it\u2019s a holiday doesn\u2019t mean people aren\u2019t on the internet. They are. And probably more so if their family is really annoying.<\/p>\n
Again, I can\u2019t stress how difficult it really was to choose just 5 posts and if your post didn\u2019t make the lineup this year, don\u2019t take it personally and please don\u2019t be discouraged. I\u2019m just a random guy with a blog and that\u2019s about all my opinion is worth. Just because I didn\u2019t add your post to the lineup doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not awesome. In fact, there\u2019s a really could chance it\u2019s fantastic, everyone will love it when you share it, and I just missed the boat. Seriously.<\/p>\n
That being said, per the established guidelines I do reserve the right to share any crazy \u201cyou\u2019re an idiot for not choosing my post!!\u201d hate mail with the rest of the internet should you choose to go that direction. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Ok, I\u2019ll stop rambling.<\/p>\n
But not without one more sincere word of thanks to everyone who submitted a post for Open Mic Week Vol. 2. I am genuinely honored that you would share your words with me and it was a privilege getting to read all of them.<\/p>\n
Ok I\u2019m done rambling for real now.<\/p>\n
So without further ado and with no rhyme or reason for order (other than Kate\u2019s post is about family so I figured it fit best on Thanksgiving) here it is\u2026.<\/p>\n
Open Mic Week Vol. 2 \u2013 The Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\nMonday, Nov. 25th \u2013\u00a0We Should Listen To Louis C.K.<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Cindy Brandt<\/p>\nTuesday, Nov. 26th \u2013\u00a0The Blacksmith\u2019s Garden<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Preetamdas Kirtana<\/p>\nWednesday, Nov. 27th \u2013 Confessions of An Evolving Baptist<\/em> by Nathan Hale<\/p>\nThursday, Nov. 28th \u2013 Jim Dugger Just Ain\u2019t My Thang<\/em> by Kate Hall<\/p>\nFriday, Nov. 29th \u2013 Love That Swerves<\/em> by Shannan Martin<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Tuesday, Nov. 26th \u2013\u00a0The Blacksmith\u2019s Garden<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Preetamdas Kirtana<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov. 27th \u2013 Confessions of An Evolving Baptist<\/em> by Nathan Hale<\/p>\n Thursday, Nov. 28th \u2013 Jim Dugger Just Ain\u2019t My Thang<\/em> by Kate Hall<\/p>\n Friday, Nov. 29th \u2013 Love That Swerves<\/em> by Shannan Martin<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yeah, so this turned out to be way harder than I anticipated. And I don\u2019t just mean it was hard to read so many submissions on so little sleep. That part was my fault for being dumb and not scheduling this part of the process earlier. You know, like way before when there was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3437,"featured_media":11104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n