{"id":42664,"date":"2021-01-30T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42664"},"modified":"2021-01-30T10:44:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T18:44:07","slug":"personal-update-1-30-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/01\/30\/personal-update-1-30-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Update &#8211; 1\/30\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I told you I&#8217;d be in the saddle today barring unforeseen circumstances.&nbsp; I did not foresee that Mark would be tied up at the hospital and could not make it until today.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I was up waiting long enough to exacerbate my back pain.&nbsp; He just left and the chair is fixed.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, so please expect no more than a Personal Update.&nbsp; Have a great weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:50 (average 5:54).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2021-01-30-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoons<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0130Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0130Cartoon-2.jpg\"><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/study-average-american-can-stand-four-seconds-of-ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a potential stumbling block for his Presidential ambitions, a new study indicates that the average American can stand only four seconds of exposure to Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican.<\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted by University of Minnesota researchers during Tuesday night\u2019s Republican debate, required subjects to be connected to electrodes to measure their tolerance for the senator.  <\/p>\n<p>Within four seconds of watching Cruz, the majority of participants begged to be released from the experiment, researchers reported.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! I guess that makes me way below average!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlBLNzS_JlDAeiH5aW26rvHc&amp;index=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>In My Life (Remastered 2009)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YBcdt6DsLQA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">Build the Future. 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