{"id":7081,"date":"2015-08-06T15:33:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7081"},"modified":"2015-08-06T15:33:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T22:33:29","slug":"7-quick-takes-why-i-am-not-watching-the-gop-debate-and-other-parts-of-my-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7081","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Why I Am Not Watching the GOP Debate and Other Parts of My Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #1 why I am not watching the GOP debate.<\/strong>  I can only deal with so many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocabulary.com\/dictionary\/bloviate\">bloviating<\/a> people before I want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/the-official-gop-debate-drinking-game-rules-20150805#ixzz3hy9n0ALE\">drink myself into a stupor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #2 why I am not watching the GOP debate.<\/strong>  The election is not until November of next year.  I honestly don&#8217;t give a crap at this juncture about who in the GOP thinks they should run.  When we&#8217;re 6 months from Election Day, I&#8217;ll possibly start paying attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #3 why I am not watching the GOP debate.<\/strong>  Donald Trump.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/a-note-about-our-coverage-of-donald-trumps-campaign_55a8fc9ce4b0896514d0fd66\">Enough<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/geoffrey-r-stone\/dump-the-trump_b_7945372.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reason #4 why I am not watching the GOP debate.<\/strong>  I don&#8217;t have a TV.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jen and her food issues.<\/strong>  I find that I really resonate with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/krystieyandoli\/things-picky-eaters-are-tired-of-hearing#.hujJ8YDzp\">this piece from Buzzfeed on picky eating<\/a>.  Between food allergies and having to avoid certain foods (and cuisines) 6yto keep from exacerbating my G-I issues, I get quite a lot of flak for being a picky eater.  Thing is&#8230; I&#8217;m not rude about it and for me it comes down to the fact that I don&#8217;t want to eat something that is going to cause me pain or aggravation.  <\/p>\n<p>There are also just some foods that I just don&#8217;t like and I&#8217;ll take small portions of those to be polite; but I&#8217;m not going to eat large amounts of something on my plate and praise it unless I actually *LIKE* it.  To do otherwise would be a lie and will cause me problems down the road when people assume I love it and make it for me in large quantities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The prerequisite take on vaccines.<\/strong>  Some of the most vociferous objectors to vaccines that I&#8217;ve found have been Catholics claiming that it isn&#8217;t allowable because of their derivation from cell lines taken from aborted fetuses.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbcenter.org\/page.aspx?pid=1284#whatDoNoAlt\">it *IS* allowable regardless because of the effect on public health<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel&#8217;s dental appointment.<\/strong>  Daniel had a consultation at a pediatric dentist in Rancho Cucamonga on Wednesday.  He was relatively good for it but definitely refused to let them do the full exam with x-rays, cleaning, etc.  The dentist is totally used to this and can sedate him for the exam so we&#8217;re seeing his doctor tomorrow to get medical clearance for the sedation.  Once we have that in hand, we can schedule the appointment.  Denti-Cal has to pre-authorize all this so I&#8217;m thinking we&#8217;ll have at least a month before they can get it scheduled.  If you could pray that this all comes together sooner than later, I&#8217;d appreciate it.  Please and thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Daniel also lost his second tooth last night while we were brushing his teeth.  Given that they thought they might have to extract it, this is good news.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; Reason #1 why I am not watching the GOP debate. I can only deal with so many bloviating people before I want to drink myself into a stupor. &#8212; 2 &#8212; Reason #2 why I am not &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7081\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,37,2,4,41,25,11,7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-daniel","category-faith","category-family","category-food-drink","category-health","category-media","category-memes-and-link-ups","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p38xoO-1Qd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7081\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}