{"id":1672,"date":"2007-09-21T06:03:30","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T11:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sep-21-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-09-21T06:03:30","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T11:03:30","slug":"unrequired-reading-sep-21-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sep-21-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Sep. 21, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

To my Jewish readers: have an easy fast.<\/p>\n

To my non-Jewish readers: be fast and easy.<\/p>\n

On with the show!<\/p>\n

Just for Tina: Australian architecture and ugliness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Um, I was just gonna go with Wite-Out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Michael Bierut (go buy his book<\/a>) looks back at his design portfolio<\/a>, c. 1979.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Light keeps me company<\/a>, part 2.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

While music keeps Tom Spurgeon company<\/a>. (And they’re some mighty fine selections) (Go buy his book<\/a>, too)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Sports uniforms are made for superheroes<\/a>. The steroid-business all makes sense now!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I would probably do something like this<\/a> if I were in comparable straits. (Get well, VIP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To my Jewish readers: have an easy fast. To my non-Jewish readers: be fast and easy. 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Have a good Ramadan, my Muslim readers! I offer up links for all! Agent Zero on the Glove, and Relationships 101. * * * My college had the worst architecture I've ever seen on a campus. 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":1911,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-feb-22-2008","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":1},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Feb. 22, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"February 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Look who's makin' with the links, dear readers! As a connoisseur of retail landscapes, I thought Daniel Gross made some good points about excess retail space. Even if he tries to use some sparse anecdotal items about freegans. * * * The national drink of Brazil? I'm gonna stay far\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":1836,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-dec-28-2007","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":2},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Dec. 28, 2007","author":"Gil","date":"December 28, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I lied, dear readers! Here's a fresh passel of links to see you through the New Year's weekend! It seems that British historians -- legal and otherwise -- have some trouble putting Cromwell and the commonwealth in context. Okay, maybe that sounds like a dull topic, but I found this\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":1672,"position":3},"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":[]},{"id":1506,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/emerald-architecture","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":4},"title":"Emerald Architecture","author":"Gil","date":"May 16, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Haven't posted one of these in a while: a slideshow by Witold Rybczynski about the architecture in Seattle! (here's my slideshow about Seattle, including a bunch of architecture pix. And here's my wife's slideshow, from the same trip to Seattle!)","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":1476,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-27-2007","url_meta":{"origin":1672,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Apr. 27, 2007","author":"Gil","date":"April 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Links galore, dear readers! Bonfire of the Vanity Fairs. * * * Apple: bad for design? * * * Why do American bazillionaires buy UK fooball clubs? * * * Anne Applebaum, Charles Krauthammer, and Ron Rosenbaum muse about the death of Boris Yeltsin (standard joke: I didn't even know\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":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672","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=1672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}