{"id":1987,"date":"2008-04-04T07:16:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T11:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/amazon-sightings\/"},"modified":"2008-04-04T07:16:42","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T11:16:42","slug":"amazon-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/amazon-sightings","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of my morning web-trawl, I check Amazon to see if they have any good daily specials<\/a>; I’ve found some neat buys that way. Today’s is not one of them:<\/p>\n

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I guess that’s a step up from this odd attempt at selling Vista Service Pack 1:<\/p>\n

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“more fun”?<\/p>\n

It almost makes me want to buy the new album from Madonna Jessica Parker<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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As part of my morning web-trawl, I check Amazon to see if they have any good daily specials; I’ve found some neat buys that way. Today’s is not one of them: I guess that’s a step up from this odd attempt at selling Vista Service Pack 1: “more fun”? It almost makes me want to … <\/p>\n

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