{"id":28059,"date":"2025-09-12T17:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=28059"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:09:27","slug":"first-post-friday-september-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/09\/12\/first-post-friday-september-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, September 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HBD 2025 Courtney MacGraw\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1118256497?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It&#8217;s your birthday, so what better time to hit a winner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many happy returns to longtime Cynthia Publishing Co. mainstay Courtney MacGraw, still alive, still kicking, still bashing winners from the baseline. Keep swinging!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of winners, what about these races? Or are we talking just unforced errors, etc.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"519\" data-attachment-id=\"28061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/09\/12\/first-post-friday-september-12-2025\/fri0912ct7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?fit=2126%2C1724&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2126,1724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri0912CT7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?fit=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?fit=640%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?resize=640%2C519&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?w=2126&amp;ssl=1 2126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?resize=1536%2C1246&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?resize=2048%2C1661&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912CT7.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 12Sep25 7CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"614\" data-attachment-id=\"28062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/09\/12\/first-post-friday-september-12-2025\/fri0912rp5b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP5b.jpg?fit=1596%2C1530&amp;ssl=1\" 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class=\"wp-image-28062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP5b.jpg?w=1596&amp;ssl=1 1596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP5b.jpg?resize=300%2C288&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP5b.jpg?resize=1536%2C1472&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP5b.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 12Sep25 5RP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"28063\" 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1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912RP9.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 12Sep25 9RP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" data-attachment-id=\"28065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/09\/12\/first-post-friday-september-12-2025\/fri0912prm7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912PrM7.jpg?fit=2126%2C1526&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2126,1526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" data-attachment-id=\"28066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/09\/12\/first-post-friday-september-12-2025\/fri0912prm9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fri0912PrM9.jpg?fit=2128%2C1370&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2128,1370\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri0912PrM9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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