{"id":48,"date":"2011-01-09T03:14:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T03:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/newcurmudgeonspeaks\/?p=48"},"modified":"2011-01-09T03:14:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T03:14:15","slug":"mysteries-of-life-contemplating-the-door-to-no-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2011\/01\/09\/mysteries-of-life-contemplating-the-door-to-no-where\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries of Life &#8211; Contemplating the door to no where"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been thinking about the mysteries of life. Why am I here? Where does the universe end? Then there is that strange question about trees falling in a vacant forest. I think this last one is a mystery only philosophers consider.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say I have been making any progress on these big questions. I have decided I should begin with a lesser challenge and work my way up. So, I have begun thinking about a question maybe only I have asked. I have worked in Corwin-Larimore hall for 30 years or so. For some of this time, I have even been kind of responsible for what happens in this building. Every morning when I walk into this building I look up and say to myself &#8212; What is that door doing up there? Was there a grand plan that was never realized? Should I be searching for money to finish this project? Am I liable if someone tries to use that door?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mystery by grabe, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/grabe\/4543981629\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4543981629_561a077eca.jpg?resize=334%2C500\" alt=\"Mystery\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been thinking about the mysteries of life. Why am I here? Where does the universe end? Then there is that strange question about trees falling in a vacant forest. I think this last one is a mystery only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2011\/01\/09\/mysteries-of-life-contemplating-the-door-to-no-where\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}