{"id":2417,"date":"2008-09-12T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2008-09-11T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T01:49:10","slug":"unrequired-reading-sept-12-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sept-12-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Sept. 12, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a bunch of oddball links to ease you into the weekend, dear reader? You’ve come to the right place! Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

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Please tell me that one<\/em> of you has read House of Leaves<\/a>\"\" and thus also gets this joke<\/a>. Because I feel awfully lonely on this one. . .<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Stephon Marbury on theology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Right on, Target<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Glamorama<\/a> lives!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Eightiesmix<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

National Preparedness Month<\/a> always sneaks up on me!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Lean into it<\/a>, my Official Newspaper!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’ll get around to reading Ron Rosenbaum’s new article<\/a> sometime.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

There’s Something About Noor<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a bunch of oddball links to ease you into the weekend, dear reader? You’ve come to the right place! 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