{"id":3313,"date":"2009-01-26T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2009-01-26T15:56:22","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T20:56:22","slug":"what-it-is-12609","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-12609","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 1\/26\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> The Alcoholic<\/a>\"\", a boring comic book by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel, and The Hot Rock<\/a>\"\", by the late, lamented Donald Westlake. Otherwise, same as last week: Montaigne and Clive James<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Bebel Gilberto records<\/a><\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> The last episodes of Arrested Development<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Plymouth & Q Tonic<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Playing with his new squeaky toy, a big plush pheasant. It’s holding up remarkably well to his chomping, but he’s gotten crazy-possessive about it.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> To Philadelphia next Saturday to visit a pal.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> Since dropping Instapundit<\/a>, Vodkapundit<\/a> and Andrew Sullivan<\/a> from my rotation, I’m able to read my daily RSS feeds much more quickly!<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That the last season of Arrested Development<\/em> fell so flat.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> How much weight Portia de Rossi<\/a> dropped from the beginning of the series to the end. We might have to go back and check out the first few episodes just to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: The Alcoholic, a boring comic book by Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel, and The Hot Rock, by the late, lamented Donald Westlake. Otherwise, same as last week: Montaigne and Clive James. What I’m listening to: Bebel Gilberto records What I’m watching: The last episodes of Arrested Development. What I’m drinking: Plymouth & … <\/p>\n

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