{"id":2008,"date":"2007-08-22T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-23T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2007\/08\/22\/if-it-aint-broke-and-a-poem\/"},"modified":"2007-08-22T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-23T03:20:00","slug":"if-it-aint-broke-and-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2007\/08\/22\/if-it-aint-broke-and-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"If It Ain&#8217;t Broke&#8230; (and a poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, the OddPoll on the blog&#8217;s new look is complete, with pretty mixed results.  We&#8217;ll leave it up in the sidebar for a while, so you can check it out fer yerself.  We guess we&#8217;ll leave it like this for a while, but will probably go back to the old one someday   and maybe even a different one altogether &#8211; who knows?<\/p>\n<p>We like to keep our fans guessing, after all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Just so this post isn&#8217;t completely worthless, here&#8217;s a pretty-much random poem by Thomas Moore &#8211; pictured, of course &#8211; that I (Orin) was thinking about tonight.  I sang a nifty musical arrangement with these words in college days.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_-rOepCflcK8\/Rsz-aOTOOzI\/AAAAAAAAAxY\/Y0Cv9Fz9aLI\/s1600-h\/thomas.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_-rOepCflcK8\/Rsz-aOTOOzI\/AAAAAAAAAxY\/Y0Cv9Fz9aLI\/s400\/thomas.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101732204372704050\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">            <\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:sans-serif,Helvetia,Arial;\"><b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family:sans-serif,Helvetia,Arial;\"><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><p><span style=\"font-family:sans-serif,Helvetia,Arial;font-size:130%;\"><b>The Time I&#8217;ve Lost in Wooing<\/b><\/span>  <script language=\"JavaScript\"> <!--   if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf(\"msie\") != -1 &&       parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)         document.write('<span style=\"font-size:medium;\">'); \/\/ -->   <\/script><span style=\"font-family:Courier,sans-serif;font-size:130%;\">  <\/p>\n<pre>The time I've lost in wooing,<br \/>In watching and pursuing<br \/>The light, that lies<br \/>In woman's eyes,<br \/>Has been my heart's undoing.<br \/>Though Wisdom oft has sought me,<br \/>I scorn'd the lore she brought me,<br \/>My only books<br \/>Were woman's looks,<br \/>And folly's all they've taught me.<br \/><br \/>Her smile when Beauty granted,<br \/>I hung with gaze enchanted,<br \/>Like him, the sprite,<br \/>Whom maids by night<br \/>Oft meet in glen that's haunted.<br \/>Like him, too, Beauty won me,<br \/>But while her eyes were on me,<br \/>If once their ray<br \/>Was turn'd away,<br \/>Oh! winds could not outrun me.<br \/><br \/>And are those follies going?<br \/>And is my proud heart growing<br \/>Too cold or wise<br \/>For brilliant eyes<br \/>Again to set it glowing?<br \/>No, vain, alas! th' endeavour<br \/>From bonds so sweet to sever;<br \/>Poor Wisdom's chance<br \/>Against a glance<br \/>Is now as weak as ever.<br \/><br \/>  Thomas Moore<\/pre>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Courier,sans-serif;font-size:130%;\"><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p> <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\";font-family:Courier,sans-serif;font-size:130%;\"  ><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\";font-family:Courier,sans-serif;font-size:130%;\"  ><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Courier,sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">So, the OddPoll on the blog&#8217;s new look is complete, with pretty mixed results. We&#8217;ll leave it up in the sidebar for a while, so you can check it out fer yerself. We guess we&#8217;ll leave it like this for a while, but will probably go back to the old one someday and maybe even&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/2007\/08\/22\/if-it-aint-broke-and-a-poem\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poll","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddwalkministries.com\/oddblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}