{"id":7238,"date":"2015-10-15T19:36:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T02:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7238"},"modified":"2015-10-16T19:47:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T02:47:18","slug":"7-quick-takes-mining-my-links-collection-and-a-post-season-baseball-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7238","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Mining My Links Collection and a Post-Season Baseball Take"},"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>Very interesting.<\/strong>  My priest&#8217;s husband shared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2015\/10\/how-one-of-americas-fattest-cities-lost-a-million-pounds\/410371\/?utm_source=SFFB\">this article<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a> and I thought it was worth sharing.  If Oklahoma City can lose a million pounds, what is stopping other cities with at-risk health populations from doing the same?<\/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>#MedicatedAndMighty<\/strong>  Because there is no shame in me taking antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds to keep myself healthy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/some-people-need-medication-for-their-mental-health-these-selfies-show-thats-perfectly-ok?c\">I am not alone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/medselfie.JPG\" alt=\"Me and my meds.\" \/><\/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>Impressed.<\/strong>  I don&#8217;t know who shared <a href=\"http:\/\/fatgirlrunning-fatrunner.blogspot.com\/\">the Fat Girl Running blog<\/a> with me; but dang it, y&#8217;all need to go read it and give Mirna some love.  She is freaking amazing!<\/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>Holy frivolous lawsuits, Batman!<\/strong>  Did you hear about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/local-news\/32704024-story\">the woman who sued her 12 year old nephew for $127,000 because he was overly effusive in greeting her when he was 8 and accidentally knocked her down and broke her wrist<\/a>?  I mean, he injured her so badly that this &#8220;severely disrupted her life in Manhattan&#8221; and she was at a party the week before where couldn&#8217;t hold her hors d&#8217;ouevres plate.  Yeah&#8230; I&#8217;m thinking she&#8217;s childless because HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD!!!!!<\/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>Prerequisite baseball take.<\/strong>  The Mets play the Dodgers tonight in LA to determine who gets to go on and face the Cubs.  Go Mets!  #BeatLA  (Bummed that the Cards were knocked out by the Cubs but I&#8217;ll live.)<\/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>Calvinism humor.<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/churchyear.blogspot.com\/\">Jessica<\/a> posted this link to a page about <a href=\"http:\/\/theblazingcenter.com\/2015\/10\/early-warning-signs-of-adult-onset-calvinism.html\">the warning signs of adult onset Calvinism<\/a>.  This is totally tongue-in-cheek and scarily reminds me of some people I knew in college!<\/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>IKEA contest.<\/strong>  I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/contest.togetherweeat.com\/pages\/index.php\">this IKEA contest<\/a> in my email and wanted to share.  I&#8217;m probably going to enter a recipe my dad made for my mom when they were dating.  (They&#8217;ve been married for 43 years.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"Bonus\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; Bonus &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link-toberfest: Week 3.<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">Kelly&#8217;s<\/a> bonus question this week is: &#8220;Who is your favorite blogger that you discovered through Quick Takes?&#8221;  She shared me as hers and she is definitely mine &#8212; as she said, we&#8217;ve bonded over the struggles of special needs parenting, I love her off-the-wall sense of humor, and the fact that she doesn&#8217;t gloss over the good and bad in her life.  She is very truly the definition of &#8220;authentic&#8221;.  I also am pretty sure that there isn&#8217;t a place that can contain all the AWESOME if the two of us get a chance to meet.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Some others who make my favorites list are&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/kathleenbasi.com\/blog\">Kathleen<\/a> (another mama who I defer to when it comes to parenting a kiddo with special needs), <a href=\"https:\/\/knowledgehungry.wordpress.com\/\">Jeanne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejammiegirl.com\/\">Angie<\/a>, Thomas (not blogging these days as being the dad of twins occupies his spare time), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsthebaum.com\/\">Emily<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kateslifeisadisaster.wordpress.com\/\">Kate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/churchyear.blogspot.com\/\">Jessica<\/a> (a fellow CofE person and southern Californian), <a href=\"http:\/\/bethannesbest.com\/\">Beth Anne<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ablogaboutmiscarriage.blogspot.com\/\">Mandi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aknottedlife.com\/\">Bonnie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/doloski.blogspot.com\/\">Jennifer<\/a> (I prayed Joshua home), <a href=\"https:\/\/catholiccoffeetalk.wordpress.com\/\">Marie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/revolutionoflove.com\/\">Bobbi<\/a>, and so many others.  My <a href=\"http:\/\/bloglovin.com\">Bloglovin<\/a> overflows on Friday because of Quick Takes!  \ud83d\ude42<\/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; Very interesting. My priest&#8217;s husband shared this article on Facebook and I thought it was worth sharing. 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