{"id":22,"date":"2013-11-13T17:22:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2013-11-13T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:22:22","slug":"some-nice-things-ive-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Some Nice Things I’ve Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1974, Frank Sinatra released an album titled\u00a0Some Nice Things I’ve Missed<\/em>, a collection of his own takes on songs released by other artists during his brief retirement from 1971-1973. Having myself been “retired” for the last four years I wonder where to start in revealing content for this site. I’ve written a few things over these past years and I will post them eventually, though sadly most of the “current events” articles one would post on a blog are out of date. Principles, though, never expire.<\/p>\n

On a personal note, I’ve had a few life changes over the past four years. I got married, moved to Virginia, and bought the house in which I now live. My wife and I also adopted two cats. Those of you with pets know this is a major life change.<\/p>\n

I still teach and I still play music, and soon I’ll have some song selections available here. For now you can check out\u00a0Mike O’Connell Meets the Mike O’Connell Trio<\/em> on Amazon<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or most other online music sources.<\/p>\n

Life hasn’t been too bad for me these past four years. I’ve missed having a forum to share the good things. But let’s face it, the reason one has a blog is to rant about things he\u00a0doesn’t<\/em> like, and that’s the real advantage to maintaining a presence in cyberspace. Check back on Friday for a few notes on political changes over the past four years, some good, some (mostly) bad, and some, well, the same as they’ve always been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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