{"id":1336,"date":"2007-02-09T05:39:57","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T10:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-feb-9-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-02-09T05:43:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-09T10:43:00","slug":"unrequired-reading-feb-9-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-feb-9-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Feb. 9, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re off to San Diego for the wedding of official VM bestest friends Ian &#038; Jess, dear reader! Here are some links I didn&#8217;t have time or inclination to write about this week!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>No one knows what <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2159098\">Google&#8217;s stock is actually worth<\/a>. 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