{"id":9,"date":"2018-12-21T06:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T06:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemos.net\/recipe-blog-07\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-02-19T23:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:06:25","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Hatter-Chatter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-558x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2881\" style=\"width:990px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-558x1024.png 558w, https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-163x300.png 163w, https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-768x1410.png 768w, https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-837x1536.png 837w, https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-1116x2048.png 1116w, https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-twirl-of-a-whirl-of-Roberts-in-the-MHTP-Copy-1-82x150.png 82w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-block-1dc6e6c9-bbb2-4940-afcf-754a38ecb779 uagb-post__arrow-outside uagb-slick-carousel\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-carousel uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1\">\n\n\t\t<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=2919\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Treasure found on Snark Hunt<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2024-02-19T22:58:29+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tFebruary 19, 2024\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tSometimes what you see is what you get&#8230;\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=2783\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Free Choice Is Neither<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-07-01T16:57:24+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tJuly 1, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\t1 Comment\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tCould I ? Should I ? Would I ? . . . Did I ?\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=2773\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Make America Great Again<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-05-26T22:16:32+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMay 26, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tFor the last two decades, I have made it a habit to read Pericles\u2019 Funeral Oration on Memorial&hellip;\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=1509\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">5 ways of knowing<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-03-26T00:30:52+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMarch 26, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tI like to think of my epistemology as an enlightened form of Natural Realism. It is patterned on&hellip;\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=793\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Tea for two<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-03-23T05:15:00+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMarch 23, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\t2 Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tI often make reference to sampling the readings and communing in the Collective Unconscious.&nbsp; Pour a cup of&hellip;\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=692\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">BOREDOM<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-03-22T10:44:07+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMarch 22, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t&#8230;excerpts from Bertrand Russell\u2019s 1930 classic The Conquest of Happiness, in a chapter titled \u201cBoredom and Excitement\u201d\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=695\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Define This Word&#8230;<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-03-21T10:50:55+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMarch 21, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\t2 Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tDeath of the Author&nbsp;is a theoretical construct from mid-20th Century literary criticism, that holds that neither an&nbsp;author&#8217;s&nbsp;life story&hellip;\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<article>\n\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uagb-post__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/the-mad-hatters-tea-party.xyz\/?p=694\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Alice, when she&#8217;s 10 ft tall!<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post-grid-byline\">\n\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-03-20T10:50:16+00:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-calendar dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tMarch 20, 2020\t<\/time>\n\t\t<span class=\"uagb-post__comment\">\n\t\t<span class=\"dashicons-admin-comments dashicons\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo Comments\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__excerpt\">\n\t\tThe workings of our minds have long been a mystery to us. 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