{"id":1266,"date":"2013-08-01T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2013-08-01T11:57:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T19:57:31","slug":"gizmoids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/?p=1266","title":{"rendered":"Gizmoids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to express what gizmoids do. The word is a combination, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portmanteau\" target=\"_blank\">portmanteau<\/a>, of \u201cgizmo\u201d and the suffix \u201c-oid\u201d&#8212;which means \u201c-like.\u201d A gizmo is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/gizmo\" target=\"_blank\">mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget<\/a>. However, being transdimensional, their function and essential nature is more elusive&#8212;hence the \u201c-oid\u201d suffix.<a href=\"http:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gizmoids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"gizmoids\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"gizmoids\" src=\"http:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gizmoids_thumb.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Represented here in two dimensions each gizmoid shown above is a tool, sort of like how an enzyme functions in a biological system. They are among the tools of the angels for getting things done\u2014things that seem to your species at your level of consciousness as \u201ccoincidences.\u201d But then again, very young children hardly appreciate all the steps that go into growing, packaging, shopping, preparing, cooking and serving their meals: It all is just mealtime! As if. So too, what you call coincidence, or some attribute it to Divine Favor and call it \u201cGrace\u201d&#8212;which is closer to the truth&#8212;the work of your squadron of angelic helpers use these little gizmoids to do whatever they do to help you. Just thought you\u2019d like to know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to express what gizmoids do. The word is a combination, a portmanteau, of \u201cgizmo\u201d and the suffix \u201c-oid\u201d&#8212;which means \u201c-like.\u201d A gizmo is a mechanical device or part whose name is forgotten or unknown; a gadget. However, being transdimensional, their function and essential nature is more elusive&#8212;hence the \u201c-oid\u201d suffix. Represented here in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,14,37,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-mandalas-doodles-scripts","category-foolin","category-world-of-almost-real","category-zordaks-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1266\/revisions\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blatner.com\/adam\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}