{"id":542,"date":"2017-02-03T15:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=542"},"modified":"2017-02-03T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:37:10","slug":"random-musings-for-groundhogs-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"Random Musings for Groundhog Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m not overly disappointed that Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Aside from a few frigid days, this winter has been a letdown. I want some snow.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-541 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/groundhog-day-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/groundhog-day-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/groundhog-day-676x464.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/groundhog-day.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>I will probably watch the Super Bowl on Sunday even though I will be angry when the Patriots inevitably win.<\/li>\n<li>I will definitely watch the next episode of Black Sails to uplift my spirits after suffering through the Patriots victory. Unless of course they use a flashback to remind me that they killed my favorite character at the end of last season.<\/li>\n<li>Despite having two whole days off work, I have not a read a single thing. That said, I have written over 2000 words in those two days and topped 12000 for the year so far.<\/li>\n<li>I am proud of Black Rifle Coffee Company for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\/2017\/02\/02\/coffee-company-takes-on-starbucks-refugee-plan-pledges-to-hire-10000-veterans.html\">standing up to Starbucks<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle-676x676.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/starbuckVblackrifle.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not overly disappointed that Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Aside from a few frigid days, this winter has been a letdown. I want some snow. I will probably watch the Super Bowl on Sunday even though I will be angry when the Patriots inevitably win. I will definitely watch the next episode [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee","category-miscellany-entertainment","category-musings","category-writery-things"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Random Musings for Groundhog&#039;s Day\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike D\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=542\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"rogue rhetoric\" 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