{"id":2505,"date":"2008-09-22T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2008-09-22T05:22:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T09:22:58","slug":"what-it-is-92208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-92208","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 9\/22\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Didn’t have much time to read this week, so I’m still on Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye<\/a>\"\" and Jason Lutes’ Berlin<\/a>\"\". I don’t anticipate getting much reading in next week, with all the work on our October issue and our conference ahead.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Meet Danny Wilson<\/a>, by Danny Wilson, and The Odd Couple<\/a>\"\", by Gnarls Barkley<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> the last series at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth & tonic.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Greyhound Planet picnic in Bridgewater, NJ, baby<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> New Brunswick, NJ, baby<\/a>!<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> New York Magazine<\/em> cited my post on The Glass Stampede<\/em><\/a> in their Comments<\/a> section last week:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> They didn’t call me or my blog by name, so now I have yet another alias: Chimera Obscura. Sigh. I shouldn’t complain, considering I have at least six active e-mail addresses.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How working for the Long Island Rail Road seems to be a more dangerous occupation than Alaskan crab fishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Didn’t have much time to read this week, so I’m still on Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye and Jason Lutes’ Berlin. I don’t anticipate getting much reading in next week, with all the work on our October issue and our conference ahead. What I’m listening to: Meet Danny Wilson, by Danny Wilson, … <\/p>\n

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