{"id":8892,"date":"2002-07-24T12:40:19","date_gmt":"2002-07-24T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/07\/24\/first-entry-to-blogdom\/"},"modified":"2017-07-23T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T19:53:44","slug":"first-entry-to-blogdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/07\/first-entry-to-blogdom\/","title":{"rendered":"First entry to blogdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

And I said let there be blog, and there was blog and it was\u00a0good.<\/p>\n

“It is a good sign in a nation when things\u00a0are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And\u00a0it is bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for\u00a0it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them,\u00a0and that the nation is merely looking on.” – G.K.\u00a0Chesterton “Patriotism and Sport,” All Things Considered
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if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.” G.K. Chesterton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully my blogging will be a good sign, even if done badly. While reading through the blogs of the parishioners of St. Blog’s Parish, I have been tempted to add my two cents to the\u00a0discussions. Not all blogs have comment sections and there is the vanity in me that prefers not to have my ideas hidden in the comment section. This blog is my comment section on life.<\/p>\n

I throw my blog on the mercy of Nihil Obstat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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