Exquisite Irony
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Wikipedia notes that "An intentionally blank page is a page that is devoid of content, and may be unexpected. Such pages may serve purposes ranging from place-holding to space-filling and content separation. Sometimes, these pages carry a notice such as, "This page [is] intentionally left blank." Such notices typically appear in printed works, such as legal documents, manuals and exam papers, in which the reader might otherwise suspect that the blank pages are due to a printing error and where missing pages might have serious consequences."
I have always been amused by this idea of putting text on a blank page in order to tell the 'reader' that the lack of any text was not a mistake and there is nothing to read. In doing this they obviously are making the page 'not blank' and giving them something to read. This makes the statement itself false. What an exquisite irony!!
Imagine my dismay when I realized that I wanted to do something similar with a blog post!! Seeing that it is over a week since the last post, and realizing that this may cause some confusion or distress (well maybe not that much distress...), I felt the need to tell you "We have nothing much to tell you".
Suffice to say that The Journey continues.
If you are reading this you are expressing your love and care of us, and a desire to travel with us. For that we remain humbly grateful and feel richly blessed.
Maybe the post wasn't completely 'blank' after all?
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