{"id":2801,"date":"2008-10-29T07:51:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T11:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2008-10-29T07:51:43","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T11:51:43","slug":"rhode-island-is-famous-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rhode-island-is-famous-for-you","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island is Famous for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy birthday to Paul Di Filippo<\/a>, great pal & litterateur extraordinaire! (from your pal, a litterer ordinaire!)<\/p>\n

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I gotta get around to ordering Cosmocopia<\/a>, his new book with Jim Woodring, sometime! Like now! (and we really have to make a visit up to Providence soon, if the official VM greyhound can handle 3+ hours in the car. . .)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy birthday to Paul Di Filippo, great pal & litterateur extraordinaire! (from your pal, a litterer ordinaire!) I gotta get around to ordering Cosmocopia, his new book with Jim Woodring, sometime! Like now! (and we really have to make a visit up to Providence soon, if the official VM greyhound can handle 3+ hours in … <\/p>\n

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