{"id":926,"date":"2009-01-02T23:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T03:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2009\/01\/02\/various-sundry-part-eighty-three\/"},"modified":"2009-01-02T23:59:12","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T03:59:12","slug":"various-sundry-part-eighty-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/926","title":{"rendered":"Various &#038; Sundry, part eighty-three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;  Year of 2008 workout totals: Swim-21; Bike-47; Run-21; Lift-19; Yoga-10; Pilates-29; Lupus Drill-18<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;  If I have doubts about whether physical conditioning should be a top priority for me this year, all I have to do is look at my workout totals from the past twelve months and that should be enough to convince me a new diligence about fitness demands a high place on my list of New Year\u2019s resolutions. I shall also add:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 &nbsp; An improved habit of creative goal setting for artistic output.<br \/>\n\u2022 &nbsp; More robust business development efforts into new markets.<br \/>\n\u2022 &nbsp; Periodic infusions of nature, including more time in the woods.<br \/>\n\u2022 &nbsp; Steady progress toward the 30th anniversary of our studio.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/purim.jpg' alt='purim.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 90%; line-height: 90%; margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: gray;\">\nfrom Scott-Martin Krosofsky\u2019s <em>The Book of Customs<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;  Joan sent me a link for some interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/speakingoffaith.publicradio.org\/programs\/2008\/hanukkah\/ss_jewishlife\/#slideshow\">Venetian woodcuts<\/a> that I\u2019ve never seen before. In spite of my ongoing investigation into wood engraving, I\u2019ve yet to try my hand at an authentic woodcut, which is executed on the plank side of the block, in contrast to the end grain. Pete gave me some hemlock slabs from the Broadwing sawmill that I intend to use for my first effort, but I need to find an effective way to plane them down. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;  Got a nice reply to our Christmas e-card from my cousin, Dr. Dave. For a pleasant look at a branch of our extended Clan, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/web.me.com\/msullivanfamily\">It\u2019s a Sullivan Thing<\/a>. A cool site for a cool family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;  <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.australia.com\/campaigns\/australiamovie\/us\/\">Australia!<\/a><\/em><\/strong> I feel sorry for anybody who doesn\u2019t get to see this movie before it departs the wide-screen cinema. Can they still make a full-length motion picture with the same scope and spirit as the classic epics? I say they can, and they did!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;  Uncle Bob\u2019s \u201cFarm Woman: 1936\u201d earned third place this year in NC\u2019s poetry contest for seniors. It was also published in <em>Western North Carolina Woman<\/em>. According to our poet, \u201cSuch times may be more relevant than we would like, I&#8217;m afraid.\u201d I shouldn\u2019t publish it here, but you must read it. Let me know and I\u2019ll send it to you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/nb\/nb.cgi\/search\/uj?q=Sundry&amp;submit=Search\">V &amp; S<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; Year of 2008 workout totals: Swim-21; Bike-47; Run-21; Lift-19; Yoga-10; Pilates-29; Lupus Drill-18 &#8212; If I have doubts about whether physical conditioning should be a top priority for me this year, all I have to do is look at my workout totals from the past twelve months and that should be enough to convince [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,21,18,70,36,22,6,39,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}