{"id":994,"date":"2004-07-04T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2004-07-04T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/04\/nothing-doing\/"},"modified":"2015-04-27T16:42:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T21:42:20","slug":"nothing-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/04\/nothing-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing doing."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>I suppose it&#8217;s a symptom of the holiday weekend, but it seems like there&#8217;s not a lot going on.  I&#8217;ve been listening to NPR all morning (and I&#8217;m already on the second airing of the morning shows), and everything seems to be a rehash of things that occurred earlier in the week.  I suppose there&#8217;s <a target=\"NewWindow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/nyregion\/04WIRE-REBUILD.html?ex=1246680000&amp;en=026aaffafdf861e9&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserlandhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/nyregion\/04WIRE-REBUILD.html?ex=1246680000&amp;en=026aaffafdf861e9&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\">this<\/a>, but that&#8217;s really just a manufactured event for the fourth of July (although it should be of note that they&#8217;re laying a cornerstone for a building that&#8217;s still in dispute)  At least they didn&#8217;t wait until the Republican convention &#8211; although I imagine <a target=\"NewWindow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gothamist.com\/archives\/2004\/06\/24\/mayor_b_hates_another_republican_congressman.php\">Bloomberg<\/a> encouraging the boycotting of every event that involved senators and representatives who voted against additional terrorism funding for NYC.  That could have been fun.  And I was sad about <a target=\"NewWindow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/07\/02\/movies\/02CND-BRANDO.html?ex=1246507200&amp;en=76ae8f4cc18a26e9&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\">this<\/a>, but given his recent troubles, it appears he may have gotten out just in time.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s time for me to leave the cocoon of my apartment, because I can&#8217;t spend all day listening to folksy radio programming.  Although <a target=\"NewWindow\" href=\"http:\/\/prairiehome.publicradio.org\/\">Prairie Home Companion<\/a> is apparently broadcasting from <a target=\"NewWindow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bso.org\/armsOfBSO.jhtml?catName=Tanglewood&amp;area=tgl\">Tanglewood<\/a> today &#8211; if I stay in, it&#8217;s almost like I went to visit my folks in the Berkshires without having to sit in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Independence Day kids.  Let&#8217;s all remember the values that our founding fathers held dear, particularly those incorporated into the Bill of Rights, and reaffirmed (somewhat) by the Supreme Court last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suppose it&#8217;s a symptom of the holiday weekend, but it seems like there&#8217;s not a lot going on. I&#8217;ve been listening to NPR all morning (and I&#8217;m already on the second airing of the morning shows), and everything seems to be a rehash of things that occurred earlier in the week. 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