{"id":683,"date":"2007-11-16T20:58:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-17T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/when-a-blog-is-quiet.html"},"modified":"2007-11-16T20:58:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-17T01:58:10","slug":"when-a-blog-is-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/when-a-blog-is-quiet.html","title":{"rendered":"When a blog is quiet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>There are many reasons why a blog might be quiet.<\/b> &nbsp;Maybe there&#8217;s not a lot to write about (that&#8217;s not the case with us &#8211; I have a list of things to write about when I have the time). &nbsp;Maybe the blogger just doesn&#8217;t feel like writing. &nbsp;Maybe things are really busy, and there&#8217;s just no time. &nbsp;Or maybe things are just downright CRAZY!<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week I was getting together with my friend Tim. &nbsp;I was a little late &#8211; ok, about 45 minutes late. &nbsp;I took a wrong turn. &nbsp;Well, ok, not so much a wrong turn &#8211; 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