{"id":2126,"date":"2008-07-11T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2008-07-10T21:31:52","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T01:31:52","slug":"unrequired-reading-july-11-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-july-11-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: July 11, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read some links already!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I toldja that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/08_28\/b4092068999640.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Belfast is doing alright<\/a>! (remember? <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/virtual-memories-belfast\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m waiting for the <a href=\"http:\/\/thenonist.com\/index.php\/annex\/permalink\/infinity_of_the_10_planes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sefirot Swatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtc2011.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">new Twin Towers<\/a> would bring Philippe Petit out of retirement . . .<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Oil: <a href=\"http:\/\/meganmcardle.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/07\/oil_are_we_in_a_bubble.php\" target=\"_blank\">bubbling up<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>You punks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reason.com\/blog\/show\/127437.html\" target=\"_blank\">get outta my yard<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themaninblue.com\/articles\/handwritten_typographers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Typographers in longhand<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read some links already!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59,27,20,1],"tags":[226,225],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belfast","category-big-business","category-religion","category-uncategorized","tag-kabbalah","tag-philippe-petit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-yi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2282,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-aug-22-2008","url_meta":{"origin":2126,"position":0},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Aug. 22, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"August 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Summer's nearly over, but there are plenty of oddball links to carry you through another week! 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