{"id":217,"date":"2009-03-27T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/03\/two-reasons-not-to-blog-today.html"},"modified":"2009-03-27T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T09:32:00","slug":"two-reasons-not-to-blog-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/03\/two-reasons-not-to-blog-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Two Reasons Not to Blog Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>I had a whole lot of visitors<\/span> to this blog on Wednesday thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonboyett.com\/2009\/03\/please-explain-this-christian-art.html\">to the Jesus art<\/a>, and a really committed blogger would post something really great today to build on that traffic spike, but I just can&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>For the following reasons:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">1. Today is a snow day in Amarillo. <\/span>Blizzard warning. School is canceled. The interstate highways are closed. Drifts of up to 10 feet are predicted. (By the way, it was a nice 60-degree spring day yesterday.) So the kids are home this morning, I&#8217;m home, and we&#8217;re all hanging out. Who wants to blog when you can, you know, live?<\/p>\n<p>(He said while writing a short blog post.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">2. Tonight is my annual fantasy baseball auction draft,<\/span> one I participate in with 20 other guys I&#8217;ve known forever. One of my favorite nights of the year. Starts at 6 pm and will end in the wee hours of the morning. And if you think a blizzard will keep us from doing this, then obviously you don&#8217;t know how seriously we take fantasy baseball. Anyway, no time to blog. Gotta research players and work on my budgets and spreadsheets!<\/p>\n<p>[\/end geekery]<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough, right? Priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Have a happy Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a whole lot of visitors to this blog on Wednesday thanks to the Jesus art, and a really committed blogger would post something really great today to build on that traffic spike, but I just can&#8217;t do it. For the following reasons: 1. Today is a snow day in Amarillo. Blizzard warning. 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