{"id":1335,"date":"2007-02-06T06:50:26","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T11:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/four-more-years\/"},"modified":"2007-02-06T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2007-02-06T11:52:04","slug":"four-more-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/four-more-years","title":{"rendered":"Four More Years?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy anniversary, dear readers! Today marks four years since I started writing Virtual Memories<\/em>, and I can’t believe some of you are still coming back after all this time!<\/p>\n

But seriously, thanks for checking in on this site, all of you regulars.<\/p>\n

And to all you people who keep getting to this site because you’re looking for images of Giada De Laurentiis, I’m sorry, but I only have that one from the Gatorade post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’m glad I’ve been able to keep this blog going for so long. Despite the season, you should have a G&T (or the drink of your choice, but the G&T is the official drink of VM) in honor of Virtual Memories<\/em> tonight! (In fact, if you take a picture of yourself drinking one (or the aforementioned drink of choice), e-mail<\/a> it over to me, I’ll post it in a goofy flickr photoset!)<\/p>\n

Cheers! And here’s to many more years of strange links, random reminiscences, and quotidian ague!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy anniversary, dear readers! Today marks four years since I started writing Virtual Memories, and I can’t believe some of you are still coming back after all this time! But seriously, thanks for checking in on this site, all of you regulars. And to all you people who keep getting to this site because you’re … <\/p>\n

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