{"id":3021,"date":"2008-12-12T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2008-12-11T22:05:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T02:05:44","slug":"unrequired-reading-dec-12-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-dec-12-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Dec. 12, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boy, I was just not feeling the bloggitry yesterday. I’ll make up for it with some great Unrequired Reading links! Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

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And you wondered why I never do karaoke<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Khoi Vinh’s girlfriend took a trip to the Drew Friedmanizer to get him an awesome birthday gift<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I can’t recall the last time I watched Memento<\/em><\/a> . . .<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

It was the best of everything, it was the worst of everything<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Let’s give credits where they’re due<\/a>! Or something!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

As the Simpsons put it, “Molokai: it’s not just for lepers anymore<\/a>!”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

We’ll always have Paris<\/a>? (or, “I’m not the only one who thinks Roger Cohen is an idiot”)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The best description of the auto bailout yet: your crackhead cousin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Have you had a National Pants-Shitting Moment<\/a> lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boy, I was just not feeling the bloggitry yesterday. I’ll make up for it with some great Unrequired Reading links! 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