{"id":3394,"date":"2009-02-09T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2009-02-08T20:40:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T01:40:50","slug":"what-it-is-2909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-2909","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 2\/9\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Montaigne, Clive James, and a big photo book on Robert A.M. Stern’s buildings and projects from 1999-2003<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> The soundtrack to The Darjeeling Limited<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/a>. And something manly. Oh, and Broken Flowers<\/a>, in which all the roads Bill Murray is seen driving on are all north Jersey and New York state, generally along my morning commute. My wife recognized Rt. 4 instantly, when Murray drove past the Joyce Leslie store across from Bergen Mall.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking: Plymouth & Q Tonic, as well as some beer that my pal Sang brought over for the Superbowl last week.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Getting drenched during our Sunday greyhound hike<\/a>, courtesy of weather.com’s failure to give any word beyond “Cloudy a.m. \/ Sunny p.m.” Still, we got some nice pix<\/a>! (Amy, of course, took better ones; if she posts ’em, I’ll link.)<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> Nowhere special, but I should come up with something good for Valentine’s day (which is also the birthday of my brother and my dog)!<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> That I managed to replace a toilet flapper and supply valve stem without incident!<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That when a new business contact for my day job proposed we have a lunch meeting to get acquainted last week, I suggested the White Castle on Rt. 59. He accepted and, while we had a great 2+-hour conversation, we couldn’t sit directly across from each other, on account of Slider-breath.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> When it’ll be okay to listen to Katrina & the Waves again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Montaigne, Clive James, and a big photo book on Robert A.M. Stern’s buildings and projects from 1999-2003. What I’m listening to: The soundtrack to The Darjeeling Limited. What I’m watching: RuPaul’s Drag Race. And something manly. Oh, and Broken Flowers, in which all the roads Bill Murray is seen driving on are … <\/p>\n

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