{"id":2230,"date":"2008-08-11T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2008-08-10T20:53:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-11T00:53:35","slug":"what-it-is-81108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-81108","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 8\/11\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Finished The Good Rat<\/a>\"\", by Jimmy Breslin, continuing Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko<\/a>\"\", by Blake Bell, and getting back to reading Montaigne’s essays<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> my iPod, endlessly shuffling among 13,000 or so songs.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Fourth season of The Wire<\/a>\"\", and The Dark Knight<\/a>, over at the Imax at the Palisades Center.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> a ros\u00c3\u00a9 that my wife picked up on Saturday, and Stella Artois. Not at the same time.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Around 6 hours on his own upstairs when I’m out! I’m still hesitant to leave him out of his crate for my full 9-hour workday, and I keep him upstairs so he doesn’t meander around down in the library, where he’s less familiar. But he seems to have figured out that he shouldn’t drink a lot of water when he’s alone in the house.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere special<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> I’m not sure, but I’m generally elated at present. I feel a little bad that I’ve neglected friends I need to write to, but maybe I’ll have time and motivation to fix that this week.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> The deaths of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> The irony that the Yankees’ healthiest and most productive pitchers this season are 38 and 36 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Finished The Good Rat, by Jimmy Breslin, continuing Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, by Blake Bell, and getting back to reading Montaigne’s essays. What I’m listening to: my iPod, endlessly shuffling among 13,000 or so songs. What I’m watching: Fourth season of The Wire, and The Dark Knight, over … <\/p>\n

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