{"id":293,"date":"2008-06-27T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2008-06-27T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T13:27:00","slug":"riley-isnt-happy-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Riley isn&#8217;t happy with me &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In yesterday&#8217;s post, you will remember I listed <strong><em>some<\/em><\/strong> of the things that I consider essential to a well rounded, happy and contented life. This morning, Riley would not speak to me at all.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVSQ7-pI\/AAAAAAAAB1s\/NAaFdBBzBHU\/s1600-h\/riley05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216549720779651730\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVSQ7-pI\/AAAAAAAAB1s\/NAaFdBBzBHU\/riley05.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>He refused to play with any of his toys.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVRrxdtI\/AAAAAAAAB1k\/n_MUBuI94A4\/s1600-h\/riley04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216549720623773394\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVRrxdtI\/AAAAAAAAB1k\/n_MUBuI94A4\/riley04.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>He was clearly upset about something.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVDSkRWI\/AAAAAAAAB1M\/fYB_o0Y3dj8\/s1600-h\/riley01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216549716759954786\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVDSkRWI\/AAAAAAAAB1M\/fYB_o0Y3dj8\/riley01.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Finally, I was able to coax out of him the reason for his dismay.<br \/>Riley: <span style=\"color:#993300;\">I was looking on your blog yesterday and you listed a lot of things that you really like, but there was nothing about me at all.<\/span><br \/>dlyn: Good grief &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t a definitive itemization of <u>everything<\/u> that makes a happy life. In fact, it is probably the beginning of a sort of series of posts concerning things I enjoy. I am sure you will show up on there very soon.<br \/>Riley: <span style=\"color:#993300;\">That doesn&#8217;t sound very encouraging. How soon?  People on your blog really really like me you know.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVKa06gI\/AAAAAAAAB1c\/XmXZZzNUOyM\/s1600-h\/riley03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216549718673648130\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVKa06gI\/AAAAAAAAB1c\/XmXZZzNUOyM\/riley03.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>dlyn: Okay, Okay! I <strong><em>promise<\/em><\/strong> that you will have a starring role in my very next happy life post!<br \/>Riley: <span style=\"color:#993300;\">Now, <strong><em>that<\/em><\/strong> sounds like great blogging &#8211; I will be watching for it. <strong><em>Very<\/em><\/strong> soon!<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVM-K2aI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/Fm58DsHheZU\/s1600-h\/riley02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216549719358757282\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SGToVM-K2aI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/Fm58DsHheZU\/riley02.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I never should have let him on the internet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In yesterday&#8217;s post, you will remember I listed some of the things that I consider essential to a well rounded, happy and contented life. 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