{"id":87302,"date":"2016-06-07T05:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T12:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=87302"},"modified":"2016-06-03T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T03:18:18","slug":"ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/span>n this day, ten years ago, this blog was born. It’s had a bit of a bumpy ride, changing venues a couple of times in the process. This is what I said in that first post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Post<\/a><\/p>\n

So much has changed in that short decade. These days, when someone tells me I’m a traditionalist, I’m forced to correct them.<\/p>\n

I’m a medievalist.<\/p>\n

Here’s to ten more years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On this day, ten years ago, this blog was born. It’s had a bit of a bumpy ride, changing venues a couple of times in the process. This is what I said in that first post: So much has changed in that short decade. These days, when someone tells me I’m a traditionalist, I’m forced to correct them. 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