{"id":1558,"date":"2007-06-22T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-june-22-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-06-22T05:14:55","modified_gmt":"2007-06-22T10:14:55","slug":"unrequired-reading-june-22-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-june-22-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: June 22, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m busy with those pharma profiles, but not so busy that I didn’t have time to assemble some links for you to follow into the weekend, dear reader!<\/p>\n

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Cominatcha in 3-D<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Ron Rosenbaum gets all over Angelina Jolie<\/a> (get yer mind outta the gutter) and the idiocy of the celebrity profile. (But who wrote it<\/a>?)<\/p>\n

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Without New Jersey or Louisiana, is it really<\/em> a comprehensive list of failed states<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Gothic dance<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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A few months ago, I posted a link to an article about Cabo Wabo, Sammy Hagar’s tequila business. He just sold a majority stake in it for $80 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’ve goofed plenty on Frank Gehry, but now I have to give him props: his MIT building pisses off Noam Chomsky<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And leaving with a laff-laff: ranking the Cincinnati Bengals arrests<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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