{"id":32645,"date":"2016-07-14T23:11:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=32645"},"modified":"2016-07-14T23:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T03:11:59","slug":"randomthoughts-71416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/14\/randomthoughts-71416\/","title":{"rendered":"RandomThoughts! (7\/14\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a slow news week. So let&#8217;s think randomly!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no shortage of Big Boards in the SouthsideCentral inventory, so here&#8217;s a brand new one&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Maddie Jackson. She put up one hell of a fight to beat a lot of medical predictions, but she&#8217;s at rest now. She&#8217;s a hero in my book.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m still amazed at the boldness of W.L. Pryor trying to get a &#8220;bingo hall&#8221; in the Dan River Plaza while still under deferred prosecution for 15 gambling machine felonies in Rockingham County.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;d give the Virginia Flaggers a lot more respect if they&#8217;d put up a few American flags too.<\/li>\n<li>I still have no idea what &#8220;Middle Border Forward&#8221; actually is.<\/li>\n<li>Whatever happened to Moving Danville Forward?<\/li>\n<li>Whatever happened to Love Danville?<\/li>\n<li>I get annoyed when businesses try to use a personal Facebook profile instead of making a page for their business.<\/li>\n<li>Few people take advantage of the Golden Leaf Bistro&#8217;s &#8220;bar menu&#8221; from 3 to 7 PM. They have a lot of food choices at half price and drink specials.<\/li>\n<li>That damned &#8220;Dead Pennrose Mall&#8221; series has gone viral again. 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