{"id":1510,"date":"2007-05-18T06:01:45","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-18-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-05-18T06:01:45","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T11:01:45","slug":"unrequired-reading-may-18-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-18-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: May 18, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

In which the Virtual Memoirist provides links to miscellaneous sites and posts.<\/p>\n

2Blowhards offer up a ton of architecture links<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Tintin’s going big-screen<\/a>? In exactly the wrong way? (For some reason, I keep envisioning the Charles Burns Dog Boy shorts on Liquid Television<\/a>)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Firefox is getting fat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Pfizer is trying to build a bio-incubator<\/a>. If it can get me space in Torrey Pines, maybe I’ll make up some crazy concept and see if they’ll fund me.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Why did you choose that font<\/a>?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Charles Krauthammer writes about the Six-Day War<\/a>. I just read about a new book that contends the Soviets incited the hostilities<\/a> as a way to wipe out Israel’s nuclear site, but didn’t think it would go as far as it did. Or, in the words of Ron Burgundy, “Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast.”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Looks like I can consider buying a Chrysler someday<\/a>. If it’s still in business by the time I need a new car.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Treat your Buddy right<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Friedrich von Blowhard isn't thrilled with U of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Apes"","block_context":{"text":"Apes","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/apes"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2008,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-april-18-2008","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: April 18, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"April 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Special shenanigans-heavy links, dear reader! Just for you! Some say art, some say shenanigans! * * * Some say media coverage, some say shenanigans! * * * Some say mixed-use, some say shenanigans! (redux!) * * * Some say housing crisis, some say shenanigans! (or not!) * * * Some\u2026","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":1614,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-aug-3-2007","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Aug. 3, 2007","author":"Gil","date":"August 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Links a-plenty to ease you into the weekend, dear readers! Enjoy! Tim Sullivan: no longer an Anthony Kiedis fan. * * * My second favorite blogger named Gil opines on the nature of shark attacks. * * * Dita von Teese, talking about elegant fetishism and more. * * *\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195156331","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}