Imagine how much better this blog would be if I had time to write about all these stories!<\/p>\n
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BLDG BLOG discusses the phenomenon of solar architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Jane Galt goes through the same crap<\/a> that the rest of us go through with the TSA.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The reader comments in this loving article about the luxurious wonders of Dubai<\/a> are pretty funny. As is the fact that the article doesn’t mention the ban on visitors who hold Israeli passports. I’ve always wondered if my middle name — Yisrael — would be enough to get me turned back at customs. (Not that I’ve ever considered visiting.)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Vince Colletta: not as bad as people think<\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Kate Moss and British snobbery<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Wanna write a novel on your Mac<\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n My buddy Sang thinks that Radio Shack is a huge cocaine-money laundering scheme. How many amateur electronics enthusiasts can there possibly be<\/a>? At least someone’s willing to call a spade an 86-year-old milquetoast retailer with moribund growth<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine how much better this blog would be if I had time to write about all these stories!<\/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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,27,26,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-big-business","category-comics","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-nX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1061,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/take-it-to-the-bridge","url_meta":{"origin":1485,"position":0},"title":"Take it to the bridge!","author":"Gil","date":"August 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an article on revolutions in bridge-building, accompanied by a gorgeous little slide show.","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":946,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food","url_meta":{"origin":1485,"position":1},"title":"More posts about buildings and food","author":"Gil","date":"May 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across BLDG BLOG yesterday, thanks to a link in the NY Observer. 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