{"id":16,"date":"2011-12-04T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2011-12-04T03:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T03:36:00","slug":"odd-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Odd Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today as I was contemplating my navel after clearing the snow off the sidewalk and driveway, I began to meander down several odd mental pathways. So here are some odd thoughts for your perusal.<\/p>\n<p>1) How great is it to live in a small town? I am out in shorts and parka this morning clearing the snow when the postman pulls up and yells &#8220;Hi Dan, just got a package for you, I&#8217;ll be by with the mail in a bit.&#8221; as he walks to the door. No comments about my choice of clothing or sanity level or &#8230; That is\u00c2\u00a0because\u00c2\u00a0in a small town everyone knows your name and accepts your\u00c2\u00a0behavior, just as you accept theirs.<\/p>\n<p>2) How different is it to meet the love of your life at different ages? At least for me, the mental picture I see when I close my eyes and kiss L is of the wonderful young girl from 40+ years ago. We have been married for going on 37 years and I still think of her as a teenager. If I had not met her until later in life, what mental image would be the one etched in my memory?<\/p>\n<p>3) How\u00c2\u00a0appropriate\u00c2\u00a0is this to most arguments?<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KSd1RLGfGLg\/Ttru7Ze3P_I\/AAAAAAAABCE\/gk678g00Z8Q\/s1600\/room_in_ass.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KSd1RLGfGLg\/Ttru7Ze3P_I\/AAAAAAAABCE\/gk678g00Z8Q\/s1600\/room_in_ass.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today as I was contemplating my navel after clearing the snow off the sidewalk and driveway, I began to meander down several odd mental pathways. So here are some odd thoughts for your perusal. 1) How great is it to live in a small town? I am out in shorts and parka this morning clearing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=16\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odd Thoughts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}