{"id":3964,"date":"2010-04-05T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2010-04-05T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T02:59:00","slug":"cdf-crazy-deranged-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/05\/cdf-crazy-deranged-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"CDF :: Crazy Deranged Fool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the pic is <a href=\"http:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/028de8672d5f9a229f15e9edf\/images\/cdf_002Copy.1.jpg\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This print is the logo for an earlier incarnation of this newsletter, which I called &#8220;Crazy Deranged Fools&#8221;.<br \/>\n<strong>A CDF is my term for somebody like me, i.e. somebody who actually has the temerity to TRY to do what he loves for a living, as opposed to shlepping for his daily crust.<\/strong><br \/>\nI&amp;apos;d say most of the people who read my work on a regular basis would consider themselves CDFs. The desire to &#8220;unify work and love&#8221; is a powerful driving force in society, and I see it getting more powerful by the day.<strong> The days of just turning up and getting paid well for it are over. The world is just too interesting and competitive now.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd Thank Goodness for that&#8230;.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/us1.campaign-archive.com\/?u=028de8672d5f9a229f15e9edf&amp;id=ebcdbd680e&amp;e=d7f0ee7f37\"><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You have to join Hugh&#8217;s Daily Cartoon here<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gvoK\"> http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gvoK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the pic is here This print is the logo for an earlier incarnation of this newsletter, which I called &#8220;Crazy Deranged Fools&#8221;. A CDF is my term for somebody like me, i.e. somebody who actually has the temerity to TRY to do what he loves for a living, as opposed to shlepping for his daily &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/05\/cdf-crazy-deranged-fool\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CDF :: Crazy Deranged Fool&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,44,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-read","category-inspiring","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}