{"id":1812,"date":"2007-12-06T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T14:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/year-of-the-my-dogs-are-killing-me\/"},"modified":"2007-12-06T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T14:47:07","slug":"year-of-the-my-dogs-are-killing-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/year-of-the-my-dogs-are-killing-me","title":{"rendered":"Year of the my dogs are killing me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to their packaging, my new dress shoes from Rockport are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockportthestore.com\/rockport\/text_2.asp\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Powered by DMX,&#8221;<\/a> which worries me:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DMX_(rapper)\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dmx.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, it could be worse. 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