{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sgwrs Tei Bow","provider_url":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy","author_name":"Clarke Roberts","author_url":"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/author\/clarke-roberts\/","title":"Here comes the first of many pointless ramblings... | Bow Tie Talks","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UcJoc2urk6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/2010\/05\/09\/here-comes-the-first-of-many-pointless-ramblings\/\">Here comes the first of many pointless ramblings&#8230;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/cy\/2010\/05\/09\/here-comes-the-first-of-many-pointless-ramblings\/embed\/#?secret=UcJoc2urk6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Here comes the first of many pointless ramblings&#8230;&#8221; &#8212; Bow Tie Talks\" data-secret=\"UcJoc2urk6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/52.19.228.105\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","description":"As the title of the site suggests, I&#8217;m not just here to provide political news and entertainment know-how&#8230;I&#8217;m also here to share my thoughts with you all. You all being, the select few who have actually decided to follow my blog. So, here is my first &#8216;pointless rambling&#8217; about&#8230;nothing at all really. I just fancied posting a blog because I&#8217;m nice, and I wanted you all to have something to read before you went to bed. &#8216;You all&#8217; &#8211; there&#8230;I&#8217;m using that phrase again. As you can see, I&#8217;m living very much in the land of wishful thinking here, hoping that there are millions of people hanging on to my every word. I know they&#8217;re not, I guess it&#8217;s just nice to think so. So&#8230;I don&#8217;t really have anything else to say &#8211; apart from that I&#8217;m feeling a little tipsy, which might explain my excessive use of\u00a0ellipsis\u00a0and hyphens and my inarticulate sentence structure (so unlike me I know). And that I really hope the way I&#8217;m feeling right now lasts &#8211; for most of you who know me things haven&#8217;t been ideal these past couple of days&#8230;and when I saw something on an unnamed social networking site &#8211; I&#8217;ll admit, I felt bad again. But you know? Life&#8217;s too short to be feeling down and in the dumps. It&#8217;s done and dusted and people just have to pick themselves up from whatever low they&#8217;re facing and look to the light at the end of the tunnel &#8211; that&#8217;s the only way people can get through bad times in their lives and it&#8217;s the way I try to get through mine. Anyway, pointless rambling number 1 of ???? over and out. Goodnight lovely readers (those of you that have actually read this). I shall blog again tomorrow hopefully. Clarke."}