{"id":2091,"date":"2008-06-13T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2008-06-12T21:31:23","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T01:31:23","slug":"unrequired-reading-june-13-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-june-13-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: June 13, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solid, links!<\/p>\n

I know I have at most<\/span> at least one reader who’s excited by the prospect of 20 questions with Thomas Dolby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

60% of NBA players go broke within 5 years of retiring<\/a>? Brian Cuban explores how this happens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Great. More scummy air-travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Springsteen: cock-blocker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Subtraction: Hey, I liked<\/em> Speed Racer!<\/a><\/p>\n

My Year of Flops: I didn’t!<\/a><\/p>\n

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“It is said that half of all construction cranes in the world are in Dubai.”<\/a> I hear the rest are tipping over in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

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Autoextremist unloads on Minimum Bob<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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To quote Grandpa Al Lewis: Fuck the FCC<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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