{"id":143,"date":"2015-10-30T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2015-10-30T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T23:11:11","slug":"black-cats-are-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Black Cats Are Lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Inky-Fall-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Inky-Fall-1.jpg\" alt=\"Inky Fall 1\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I want to clear up the popular misconception in this country that Black Cats are bad luck.\u00a0 Especially during Halloween.\u00a0 Nothing could be further from the truth.\u00a0 I don\u2019t commiserate with witches or goblins (or dogs).\u00a0 In many countries, such as England and Japan, having me around is considered good luck.\u00a0 Rich knows how lucky he is.\u00a0 He knows there is no greater privilege than being my liege and being responsible for paying me proper homage and vittles.\u00a0 Just like the ancient Egyptians.\u00a0 Those were the days!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a small list of people I am luckier than:<\/p>\n<p>The Leprechaun for \u2018Lucky Charms\u2019 cereal (have you seen what happens to the milk?).<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Luck, quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts (have you seen what\u2019s happened to their record?).<\/p>\n<p>Lucky Luciano, famous 20<sup>th<\/sup> century mobster (died of a \u2018heart attack.\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>Have a happy Halloween.\u00a0 Maybe you\u2019ll have the opportunity for a Black Cat to cross your path.\u00a0 But only if you\u2019re lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Your Omniscience,<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Inky&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I want to clear up the popular misconception in this country that Black Cats are bad luck.\u00a0 Especially during Halloween.\u00a0 Nothing could be further from the truth.\u00a0 I don\u2019t commiserate with witches or goblins (or dogs).\u00a0 In many countries, such as England and Japan, having me around is considered good luck.\u00a0 Rich knows how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/?p=143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Black Cats Are Lucky<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hometownestateplanning.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}