{"id":2128,"date":"2008-07-07T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2008-07-06T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T02:05:45","slug":"what-it-is-7708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-7708","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 7\/7\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The July issue of The Atlantic<\/a>\"\" (on my Kindle!). There’s an article by Fred Kaplan on Donald Rumsfeld<\/a> that I found fascinating, because it looks beyond The Big Mistake and finds that Rumsfeld actually pulled off a lot of significant accomplishments as defense secretary. Also, Zenith<\/a>, which I just adored back in college.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Orblivion<\/a>\"\" by The Orb and Illumination<\/a>\"\" by Paul Weller. It’s been that sort of week.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> The Whole Nine Yards<\/a>. It occurs to me that, not only have I never seen an episode of Friends,<\/em> I’ve never seen a movie starring any of the six cast-members, till now. Also, the epic Federer\/Nadal match at Wimbledon. Holy crap, was that an amazing match.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Now that my local supermarket has a good supply of limes, I’m back to Martin Miller’s G&Ts.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> To sleep, once this issue is done.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That I was finally able to work a Terence McKenna\/Timewave Zero<\/a> reference into one of my Top Comapnies profiles.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Still too busy to be sad. I’ll get back to you next week on that one.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How to outsource next year’s Top Companies ish to India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The July issue of The Atlantic (on my Kindle!). There’s an article by Fred Kaplan on Donald Rumsfeld that I found fascinating, because it looks beyond The Big Mistake and finds that Rumsfeld actually pulled off a lot of significant accomplishments as defense secretary. Also, Zenith, which I just adored back in … <\/p>\n

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