{"id":1622,"date":"2007-08-06T05:07:26","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T10:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/best-possible-news\/"},"modified":"2007-08-06T05:07:26","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T10:07:26","slug":"best-possible-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/best-possible-news","title":{"rendered":"Best Possible News"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no better way to start the week than to find out that R. Kelly is about release the second installment of Trapped in the Closet<\/a>! The NYPost kindly provides a tongue-in-cheek synopsis of the first part!<\/p>\n

Amy & I caught part of the first run on TV, and a friend kindly bought us the DVD<\/a> of the whole TWELVE<\/em> episode “cycle.” We’ve held off on watching it, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear. But now that we’re up to TWENTY-TWO<\/a><\/em> episodes? Time for a party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no better way to start the week than to find out that R. Kelly is about release the second installment of Trapped in the Closet! The NYPost kindly provides a tongue-in-cheek synopsis of the first part! Amy & I caught part of the first run on TV, and a friend kindly bought us … <\/p>\n

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