{"id":136,"date":"2009-11-29T09:33:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T08:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=136"},"modified":"2025-02-22T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:07:56","slug":"two-contests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Two Contests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Patiently awaiting the results of two video contests I&#8217;ve entered:&nbsp; Reel Insights&#8217; monthly contest and a last-minute entry to WordPress.com&#8217;s &#8220;Give Thanks&#8221; contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Reel Insights contest, mine was the only entry for about two weeks.\u00a0 Then there was a second with a couple days ago, and during the last 24 hours of the contest it seems the number rose to 13!\u00a0 The monthly theme was &#8220;the Most Generous Person I know&#8221;, and some of the entries focused on convincing the public that &#8220;their&#8221; person was THE most generous, while I and some others focused on defining and understanding &#8220;generosity&#8221; &#8211; which is what I understood the assignment to be (despite the title!).  My entry is here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Score One for Generosity!  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