{"id":2949,"date":"2008-11-28T07:45:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2008-11-28T08:40:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T12:40:38","slug":"unrequired-reading-nov-28-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-nov-28-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Nov. 28, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s give thanks to a bunch of fun links! Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

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I love the internet, because it means someone will write an article on the history of Zima<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Like a chicken without<\/em> its head cut off<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Comedy: if you have to explain it, it’s not funny. If you explain it as poorly as Ross Simonini does<\/a>, you’re probably the most boring person at any party.<\/p>\n

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Cara Mia<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Given its subject matter, this article is WAY too long<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wall Street is having an easy time of it, relatively speaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Given the committee’s inane choices, is there some reason people treat the Nobel Prize for Literature with any particular reverence<\/a>? (More on the topic from Bourgeois Surrender<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

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Turducken not hardcore enough for you? You should’ve gone with Turbaconducken<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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