{"id":9894,"date":"2013-05-19T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T20:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=9894"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:21:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T17:21:36","slug":"notes-from-nineveh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/notes-from-nineveh\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Nineveh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bishop administered Confirmation this Pentecost Sunday at the Cathedral this morning. While he was annointing the confirmandi, a string quartet in the choir loft played the &#8220;nocturne&#8221; from Borodin&#8217;s quartet. I would have enjoyed it under other circumstances, but this was the wrong place and time for the music. I suppose I should grateful that it wasn&#8217;t Marty Haugen or the St. Louis Jesuits.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tiffany051913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/tiffany051913-555x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany\" width=\"555\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9895\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose season has begun, with Tiffany, above, and the ubiquitous Dr. Huey, below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hueytoo051913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/hueytoo051913-600x546.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Huey\" width=\"600\" height=\"546\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9896\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>And there go the tornado sirens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/radar051913.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/radar051913.png\" alt=\"Radar\" width=\"632\" height=\"478\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/radar051913.png 632w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/radar051913-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/radar051913-396x300.png 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: the sounds of a peaceful May afternoon in Kansas.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.setup(\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-audio-player\/player\/player.swf\", { width: 290 });<\/script><p id=\"audioplayer_2953\"><audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/sirensFB.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"audioplayer_2953\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/tancos.net\/audio\/sirensFB.mp3\",  titles: \"Zoopraxiscope\", autostart: \"no\", loop: \"no\", animation: \"yes\", remaining: \"yes\", noinfo: \"no\", initialvolume: \"70\", buffer: \"5\", encode: \"no\", checkpolicy: \"no\", rtl: \"no\", width: \"100%\", transparentpagebg: \"no\", bg: \"E5E5E5\", leftbg: \"CCCCCC\", lefticon: \"333333\", voltrack: \"F2F2F2\", volslider: \"666666\", rightbg: \"B4B4B4\", rightbghover: \"999999\", righticon: \"333333\", righticonhover: \"FFFFFF\", loader: \"009900\", track: \"FFFFFF\", tracker: \"DDDDDD\", border: \"CCCCCC\", skip: \"666666\", text: \"333333\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update II<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/wichita-avoided-catastrophe.html\" target=\"_blank\">What almost happened<\/a>. As near as I can judge from what I saw on the radar and what I&#8217;ve read, the rotation went directly over my place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bishop administered Confirmation this Pentecost Sunday at the Cathedral this morning. While he was annointing the confirmandi, a string quartet in the choir loft played the &#8220;nocturne&#8221; from Borodin&#8217;s quartet. I would have enjoyed it under other circumstances, but this was the wrong place and time for the music. I suppose I should grateful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/notes-from-nineveh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Notes from Nineveh&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16,22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholicism","category-music","category-photo-gallery","category-real-life-adventures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-2zA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13638,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions\/13638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}