{"id":573892526,"date":"2020-09-16T23:47:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T03:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573892526"},"modified":"2020-10-01T00:03:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T04:03:54","slug":"being-quick-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/09\/16\/being-quick-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Being quick about it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever gotten to the end of a day and thought the aggravation wasn&#8217;t worth the minimal mental effort? Ever screen capped conversations and come back to them later, just to make sure you weren&#8217;t imagining them? <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got about a half-dozen followup rhetorical questions, and the answer to all of them, of course, is &#8220;Yes. So what?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which, dear reader, is a profoundly on-point answer today. <\/p>\n<p>Great column here:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve interviewed Dr. Carroll. To say he knows his stuff doesn&#39;t say enough.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It is completely understandable that many are tiring of restrictions due to Covid-19. Their resolve is weakening right when we need it to harden. This could cost us dearly.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNgj6kc1Zj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JNgj6kc1Zj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1306102783666462720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This stuff is aggravating:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Super encouraged by the prevalence of public restrooms that can&#39;t get warm water into their sinks during a health crisis &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N0FYEOdIeV\">pic.twitter.com\/N0FYEOdIeV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1306253445926662146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I think I started really riding bikes again 10-or-so years ago just as a release. Sometimes I remember that and today was one of those days.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I had one word for that bike ride I&#39;d say: hard.<\/p>\n<p>If I had two words I&#39;d use: quite necessary.<\/p>\n<p>If I had three words: almost cathartic, actually.<\/p>\n<p>Four words: just what I needed.<\/p>\n<p>Hard, quite necessary, almost cathartic, actually and just what I needed to put today behind me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q6v9ZWhE6g\">pic.twitter.com\/Q6v9ZWhE6g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1306377152938610688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been saving this story to share for just such a day. No! Really! I have a bunch of tabs open and this was one of them and I&#8217;ve been hanging on to it because the numbers are oddly inspiring. You&#8217;ll like this. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This story is from last year. So what? Maybe you missed it. Perhaps you&#39;ve forgotten it. Read it now.<\/p>\n<p>There&#39;s something immensely satisfying in considering these odds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iYNmKPoL7E\">https:\/\/t.co\/iYNmKPoL7E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1306398574712885248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And, now, back to the bike race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever gotten to the end of a day and thought the aggravation wasn&#8217;t worth the minimal mental effort? Ever screen capped conversations and come back to them later, just to make sure you weren&#8217;t imagining them? 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