{"id":19557,"date":"2025-01-27T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19557"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:38:11","slug":"words-getting-more-common-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=19557","title":{"rendered":"Words Getting More Common: Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"490\" data-attachment-id=\"19560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=19560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?fit=1494%2C1046&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1494,1046\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;946713478&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00000339\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?fit=700%2C490&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?resize=700%2C490&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?resize=1024%2C717&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/00000339.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Portal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most of my life &#8220;portals&#8221; were a science fiction mechanism for getting from one state to another. They were ways to rip through the space time continuum. Now I have to have a portal to communicate with my doctors office. It creeps me out even though I know that portal is a word on the move. How are we coping?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noun: An electronic door manned by distrustful algorithms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example: &#8220;I&#8217;ll have my portal call your portal about the patient.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pronunciation: mortal with a p <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo was taken many years ago at El Morro, a National Monument, in Western New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portal For most of my life &#8220;portals&#8221; were a science fiction mechanism for getting from one state to another. They were ways to rip through the space time continuum. Now I have to have a portal to communicate with my doctors office. 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