{"id":7454,"date":"2003-12-09T19:57:40","date_gmt":"2003-12-10T00:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2003\/12\/09\/an-early-christmas\/"},"modified":"2003-12-09T19:57:40","modified_gmt":"2003-12-10T00:57:40","slug":"an-early-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/12\/an-early-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"An Early Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is fun to create something that has amused other people and I was pretty happy with the notice given by the trifecta of Catholic blogging Kathy Shaidle<\/a>, Amy Welborn<\/a>, and Mark Shea<\/a>. It is quite another surprise to receive the massive avalanche of hits from The Corner<\/a> via Jonah Goldberg. So while my head is still below the mass of planetary systems I would also like to give thanks to those bloggers above and also to others that have linked to my avazon.com<\/a> parody. Kat Lively<\/a>, Dale Price<\/a>, Gregory Popcak<\/a>, John Betts<\/a>, The Meandering Mind of a Seminarian<\/a>, Fr. Bryce Sibley<\/a>, David Ancell<\/a>, Peppermint Patty<\/a>, TS O’Rama<\/a>, Jeanetta<\/a>, Victor Lams<\/a>, Confessions of a Recovering Choir Director<\/a> and anybody else that I might have missed.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Michelle of And Then?<\/a> whose satire suggestion this time and in the past have born fruit.<\/p>\n

Here is something I wrote on a previous occasion which seems appropriate now<\/p>\n

The Litany of Blog Humility <\/b><\/p>\n

From the desire of my blog being read
\nDeliver me dear Jesus
\nFrom the desire of my blog being praised
\nDeliver me dear Jesus
\nFrom the fear of my blog being despised
\nDeliver me dear Jesus
\nFrom the fear of my blog being forgotten
\nDeliver me dear Jesus
\nFrom the fear of no page views
\nDeliver me dear Jesus
\nThat other blogs may be loved more than mine
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat Nihil Obstat may find all my grammatical and spelling errors
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat Google may never list my blog
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat comments always be negative and abusive
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat my commenting system always say “commenting temporarily unavailable”
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat Mark Shea may notice every blog but mine
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it
\nThat others may be pithier than I, provided that I may become as pithy as I should
\nJesus, grant me the grace to desire it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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