{"id":1966,"date":"2008-03-28T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-mar-28-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-03-27T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T02:03:07","slug":"unrequired-reading-mar-28-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-mar-28-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Mar. 28, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even my conference travels can’t keep me from serving up some Unrequired Reading links to while away your Fridays, dear readers! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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When I was a child, I wanted to be a veterinarian. These animals scare the living crap out of me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

They didn’t spill a drop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

“And, in the original<\/a>, they’re the Baseball Eumenides. . .”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I wish this article on hangovers and their history<\/a> came out before I began this conference trip. (I’ve actually made out okay: middle-of-the-night headaches, but no other badness, despite my attempts at drinking all the Hendricks<\/a> in Philadelphia)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Has HBO become kinda aimless<\/a>, post-Sopranos? I like how the writer sorta goofs on the “Big Themes” meme among the HBO execs. Fortunately, their vampire series will have plenty of Big Themes.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Rick Astley is never gonna give us up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even my conference travels can’t keep me from serving up some Unrequired Reading links to while away your Fridays, dear readers! 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Lisa Simpson, in this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! * *\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics (explicit)"","block_context":{"text":"Politics (explicit)","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/politics-explicit"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5434,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-july-16-2010","url_meta":{"origin":1966,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: July 16, 2010","author":"Gil","date":"July 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a long, tedious week at a conference, but at least I got to see some friends and got home in time to get you a fresh dose of Unrequired Reading! Enjoy! Air travel sucks. 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