{"id":2411,"date":"2008-09-08T04:30:05","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2008-09-07T19:30:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-07T23:30:47","slug":"monday-morning-montaigne-back-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/monday-morning-montaigne-back-next-week","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Montaigne: Back Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was too busy\/addled this weekend to write my Monday Morning Montaigne post, dear readers. But I did finish the Apology for Raymond Sebond<\/em>, and have (what I think) are some neat observations about it. I was gratified to see that M. loosened up a bit more in this last section, including anecdotes about a farting contest and Diogenes predilection for, um, taking care of hisownbadself out in public.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I promise I’ll get to this next week and wrap up the Apology<\/em>. Then it’s back to the shorter essays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was too busy\/addled this weekend to write my Monday Morning Montaigne post, dear readers. But I did finish the Apology for Raymond Sebond, and have (what I think) are some neat observations about it. I was gratified to see that M. loosened up a bit more in this last section, including anecdotes about a … <\/p>\n

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