{"id":14719,"date":"2018-05-04T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=14719"},"modified":"2018-05-04T15:35:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T22:35:11","slug":"first-post-friday-may-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2018\/05\/04\/first-post-friday-may-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, May 4, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very bad. Chas. Rose, Leonard Lopate and now the most talented of the bunch: Mistah Se&ntilde;or Junot D&iacute;az. People still read Shakespeare (religiously intolerant) and Lovecraft (racially intolerant) despite the shortcomings of those two guys. Hence we will also probably continue to read Mistah Se&ntilde;or Junot D&iacute;az (incapable of controlling his baser instincts toward the &lsquo;straight pepper diet&rsquo;). Talent is as talent does. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And if Don Trump Sr. &#038; Don Trump Jr., both burdened with libidinous shortcomings similar to those of Mistah Se&ntilde;or Junot D&iacute;az, ever wrote something worth reading, we&rsquo;d continue to read them, too. The work, the art, stands on its own. Shakespeare, D&iacute;az &mdash; both worth reading, no matter what. Trump <em>P&egrave;re<\/em> &#038; Trump <em>Fils<\/em>, not worth reading, even if they were choirboys at the altar of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, er, Kolkata. Thank you! Time&rsquo;s never up for quality work, quality art.<\/p>\n<p>Again, in this day and age of constant stimuli, it is well nigh impossible to maintain a measured, emotional sobriety. SOcial MEdia, MESSage boards etc., they all want you to outsource your reactions and feelings to their care and direction &mdash; true spirituality is far off! 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