{"id":2564,"date":"2008-09-29T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2008-09-28T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T18:37:03","slug":"what-it-is-92908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-92908","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 9\/29\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Back to Raymond Chandler! Then, who knows?<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to: Joe Jackson’s Rain<\/a>\"\" record<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Amy was pretty unwell this weekend, so she watched some chick flicks on Saturday afternoon, before we tuned into the LSU win over Miss State. Don’t worry; we TiVo’d the new Chris Rock special.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth & tonic. A lot. But I’m going to try to dry out for the next week or two.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Bonding with his mom while I was away at my conference.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> The Warwick Applefest<\/a> next Sunday, but that should be about it, unless I take a half-day this week and head into NYC or Montclair to sell a few boxes of books.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> I’m happy that our conference was a big success, but for the moment I’m happier that it’s over.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> Today may be the last day for the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How few physical objects I order from Amazon nowadays. I buy music from their MP3 store, and books through their Kindle store. I still get comic collections in print, but most everything else I get from them is electronic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Back to Raymond Chandler! Then, who knows? What I’m listening to: Joe Jackson’s Rain record What I’m watching: Amy was pretty unwell this weekend, so she watched some chick flicks on Saturday afternoon, before we tuned into the LSU win over Miss State. Don’t worry; we TiVo’d the new Chris Rock special. … <\/p>\n

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