{"id":3192,"date":"2009-01-09T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2009-01-08T21:20:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T02:20:46","slug":"unrequired-reading-jan-9-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jan-9-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Jan. 9, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the pre-birthday edition! Celebrate my 38th by enjoying some great links! And buy me stuff<\/a>! Or at least wish me a happy birthday on Sunday!<\/p>\n

The bees also joined investment banks and started wearing power ties<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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My blog is worth $200 million<\/a>, too! Buy it now!<\/p>\n

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Mark Cuban: more conservative than Sumner Redstone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And his memory is increasing all the time<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Chuck E. Cheese: Home of the Grown-Up Throw-Down<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Boom<\/a> goes the dynamite<\/span> Azidotetrazolate Salts!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Maybe the world is flat<\/a> because it was only inflated with false air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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