{"id":9922,"date":"2022-01-15T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9922"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T14:04:19","slug":"a-beautiful-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/15\/a-beautiful-video\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beautiful Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9b43PzBO7I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>2021 Happy New Year from the Crafsman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We cancelled regular cable services a little while ago, and while we subscribe to some streaming channels and services, we have been getting a lot of entertainment from YouTube.  I want to do a round up of all the fabulous channels and creators I have been enjoying, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzsjHlc0WRwZYwlinsmtM4w\">Crafsman <\/a>will definitely be on it.  This video is too beautiful not to share right away (that is, as soon as I&#8217;ve seen it), and perhaps every single year to come.  It&#8217;s still January.  Lunar new year has not yet passed.  Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We cancelled regular cable services a little while ago, and while we subscribe to some streaming channels and services, we have been getting a lot of entertainment from YouTube. I want to do a round up of all the fabulous channels and creators I have been enjoying, and the Crafsman will definitely be on it.&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/15\/a-beautiful-video\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Beautiful Video<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[172,91,72],"class_list":["post-9922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-consumption","tag-new-year","tag-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9924,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2026\/03\/30\/online-entertainments\/","url_meta":{"origin":9922,"position":0},"title":"Online Entertainments","author":"leems","date":"March 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After walking away from cable my household has been trying different streaming entertainment options. 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