{"id":2147,"date":"2008-07-25T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2008-07-24T19:01:50","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T23:01:50","slug":"unrequired-reading-july-25-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-july-25-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: July 25, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s the sound of the men, working on the link gang. . .<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure if this<\/a> qualifies for another installment of F*** You, You Whining F***<\/em>, because I think she’s actually right. Still, a 20-year-old complaining that “I’m leaving the NYC literary scene for Paris” borders on Whining F*** territory. . .<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

This blogging thing’s not so easy<\/a>, is it? (But stick with it, and you could go places, Nocera!)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The epic of the $11,000 coffee machine<\/a> continues. As does the symbiosis of Starbucks and small coffee shops<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’m more interested in Hulk Vs. Thor<\/a>, but to each his own.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I think this guy<\/a> could take Hulk AND<\/em> Thor!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I heard Richard Cohen has a tattoo that reads, “I’m out of touch and desperate to fill this column.”<\/a><\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Megan McArdle titled this youtube link, Your Morning Smile,<\/a> and I can’t think of anything better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s the sound of the men, working on the link gang. . .<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-yD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2279,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/f-you-you-whining-f-82008","url_meta":{"origin":2147,"position":0},"title":"F*** You, You Whining F***: 8\/20\/08","author":"Gil","date":"August 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Ann Patchett complains about going on book tours and having to SELL her book and her writer-persona to the public? 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