{"id":9,"date":"2013-08-13T01:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T01:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2013-08-13T01:30:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T01:30:02","slug":"about-running-from-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/about-running-from-office\/","title":{"rendered":"About Running FROM Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hello!<\/p>\n<p>I first built the Music For A New Age web site in 1995.\u00a0 At one time, it was the number one Google hit when \u201cNew Age Music\u201d was the search criteria.<\/p>\n<p>That was then, this is now.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve let the site go catatonic, having found work, life and technology take priority.\u00a0 So, I thought maybe it\u2019s time to get modern.\u00a0 With the latest and greatest software, I chose to turn my \u201cfirst generation portal\u201d into something a little more interactive. And personal.<\/p>\n<p>The title of this blog comes from two of my primary interests: Running and politics.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been a runner for decades, and although I can tell my days of distance running are numbered, I still have a love for the activity, and hope to be running into my declining years. My interest in politics goes back to my childhood, growing up in a government service family, and my undergraduate studies in international relations.\u00a0 I confess, that the current state of politics \u2013 American politics in particular \u2013 distresses me.\u00a0 I think we\u2019ve come so far from what the original framers intended that they wouldn\u2019t recognize the country they birthed.\u00a0 And many died to preserve.<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ll be writing about things that interest me.\u00a0 I have no intention of running for office; I served six years as a volunteer in a state-mandated organization and feel I\u2019ve done my part for public service.\u00a0 From here on in, I\u2019ll be an observer, running FROM office!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I first built the Music For A New Age web site in 1995.\u00a0 At one time, it was the number one Google hit when \u201cNew Age Music\u201d was the search criteria. That was then, this is now. I\u2019ve let &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/about-running-from-office\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}