{"id":285,"date":"2004-07-20T21:42:50","date_gmt":"2004-07-21T01:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=285"},"modified":"2007-04-16T05:57:40","modified_gmt":"2007-04-16T10:57:40","slug":"some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/some","title":{"rendered":"Some"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n

I live out in the woods, as mentioned in previous posts. It’s only about 25 miles from New York City, so I can get my urban vibe on as necessary. This morning, I opened the curtains in my bedroom and saw the following scene in the backyard:<\/p>\n

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And that’s part of why I love living out here. Not paying rent is also nice.<\/p>\n

Last week, my family came out to visit from St. Louis: brother, sister-in-law, and two nieces (four-and-a-half and one, respectively). On Wednesday, while the Nets were in the process of bollixing things up with Kenyon Martin, and while the unspeakable kept on keeping on in Darfur, I went with my family to the Toys R Us in Times Square, so Liat could spend some time in heaven.<\/p>\n

She and my brother Boaz rode on “The Big R”:<\/p>\n

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They also met a dinosaur:<\/p>\n

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They didn’t give him a funny name. Liat was too overwhelmed by the two-story Barbie store, where she found her true calling: fairy princess.<\/p>\n

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We went on from TRU to the Plaza Hotel, where Liat got to live out her Eloise fantasies. Unfortunately, my pictures from there aren’t any good. Appreciate the good things. God is Love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some pictures I live out in the woods, as mentioned in previous posts. It’s only about 25 miles from New York City, so I can get my urban vibe on as necessary. This morning, I opened the curtains in my bedroom and saw the following scene in the backyard: And that’s part of why I … <\/p>\n

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