{"id":196,"date":"2009-04-28T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/contest-winner-the-inspirational-kitten.html"},"modified":"2009-04-28T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T08:58:00","slug":"contest-winner-the-inspirational-kitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/04\/contest-winner-the-inspirational-kitten.html","title":{"rendered":"Contest Winner: The Inspirational Kitten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Some of you are more disturbed than I am.<\/span> Lots of good entries in yesterday&#8217;s not-very-inspiring <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonboyett.com\/2009\/04\/caption-contest-inspirational-kitten.html\">&#8220;inspirational kitten&#8221; caption contest<\/a>. Lots of entries that made me throw up in my mouth a little.<\/p>\n<p>Of the good entries, I couldn&#8217;t pick a favorite, so I picked three. If you three winners will email me a mailing address, I&#8217;ll get your signed copies of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Pocket Guide to the Bible<\/span> in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>For the sake of over-achievement, I have taken the liberty of turning these photos and captions into posters. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">From Cameron Reeves<\/span> (who, it should be noted, is a pastor):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcORSUyyII\/AAAAAAAAARk\/To_XpZ1CJvI\/s1600-h\/kitty1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;width: 400px;height: 368px\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcORSUyyII\/AAAAAAAAARk\/To_XpZ1CJvI\/s400\/kitty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">From BrianinBC<\/span> (who came up with one I might have thought of but probably wouldn&#8217;t have submitted):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcOYXhLk-I\/AAAAAAAAARs\/Cr5lQcxV7H8\/s1600-h\/kitty2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;width: 400px;height: 383px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcOYXhLk-I\/AAAAAAAAARs\/Cr5lQcxV7H8\/s400\/kitty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">And from <a href=\"http:\/\/cheri-beri.blogspot.com\/\">Cheri-Beri<\/a><\/span> (a home-schooling mom and boy am I glad she didn&#8217;t come up with the woodchipper one):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcO3F_yIpI\/AAAAAAAAAR0\/0tY9xAC4iBA\/s1600-h\/kitty3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;width: 400px;height: 346px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HXZOhc9ASlo\/SfcO3F_yIpI\/AAAAAAAAAR0\/0tY9xAC4iBA\/s400\/kitty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Congratulations, Cameron, Brian, and Cheri-Beri! <\/span>Get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>To the rest of you kitties who didn&#8217;t win, hang in there. And if you really, really want a copy of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Pocket Guide to the Bible,<\/span> it&#8217;s only $6.99. Click the button on the sidebar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you are more disturbed than I am. Lots of good entries in yesterday&#8217;s not-very-inspiring &#8220;inspirational kitten&#8221; caption contest. Lots of entries that made me throw up in my mouth a little. Of the good entries, I couldn&#8217;t pick a favorite, so I picked three. 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