{"id":21470,"date":"2022-10-13T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T22:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=21470"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:56:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T22:56:28","slug":"first-post-thursday-october-13-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2022\/10\/13\/first-post-thursday-october-13-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, October 13, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zpZrxC4QG1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you need to elevate a little. After about two straight weeks of nonstop, media-drip sports-radio talk from WIP in Philalala, we had to take a break, especially owing to the Phillies mail-it-in loss to the hated Hotlanta Bravos in last night\u2019s <em>b\u00e9isbol<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In our experience, this sort of elevation generally takes the form of listening to wall-to-wall classical music over the airwaves: KUSC here in sunny La-La Land is generally enough; but when we need to cleanse the palate completely, there\u2019s only one choice: WQXR straight outta Manhattan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the pieces we encountered was the music played in today\u2019s video lede: the Waldheim Sonata for piano, by Beethoven, as performed in a 1956 RCA Victor recording by Vlado Horowitz. Vlado!<\/p>\n<p>This was elevation but contained some of the manic agitation and nervy angst we are feeling this week as both Dodger &amp; Phillies fans, along with Cowboys week coming up for the Iggles in the Sunday Night \u2019murrikan Gridiron Throwball contest. Squeaky-bum time!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Belmoduct &amp; Keeneland before this. No good, Chollie, no good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strongshots<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Race 3<br \/>\n#1 Stopwatchsonny (.504 Win Prob \/ 0.98-1 Fair Odds \/ 1.38-1 Premium Odds)<\/p>\n<p>Race 5<br \/>\n#2 Juba Baby (.324 \/ 2.09 \/ 2.70)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Longshots<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Race 2<br \/>\n#2 Don\u2019teattheapple (.372 \/ 1.69 \/ 2.23)<br \/>\n#6 Minnetonka (.180 \/ 4.56 \/ 6.78)<br \/>\n#5 One Smart Cookie (.177 \/ 4.65 \/ 6.91)<\/p>\n<p>Race 7<br \/>\n#8 Goodness Gracious (.299 \/ 2.34 \/ 3.01)<br \/>\n#5 Mackenzie\u2019s Music (.278 \/ 2.60 \/ 3.32)<br \/>\n#9 Yolo Charlotte (.202 \/ 3.95 \/ 5.93)<\/p>\n<p>Race 8<br \/>\n#6 Van Hook (.359 \/ 1.79 \/ 2.34)<br \/>\n#1 Impressionism (.193 \/ 4.18 \/ 5.22)<br \/>\n#7 Marmo Moon (.178 \/ 4.62 \/ 6.87)<br \/>\n#3 Amelia\u2019s Dream (.173 \/ 4.78 \/ 7.09)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you need to elevate a little. 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