{"id":4129,"date":"2009-06-29T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2009-06-28T21:28:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T01:28:45","slug":"what-it-is-62909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-62909","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 6\/29\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Plutarch’s life of Aemilius Paulus<\/a>, and a little of The Hunter<\/a>\"\", a Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) book. But I’m in the home-stretch for my Top Companies ish, so I’ve just been reading a lot of SEC filings, analyst reports and various pharma-bloggers.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> A whole ton of Michael Jackson music.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> A whole ton of Michael Jackson videos. And the Yankees beating up the Mets.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Blue Point Blueberry Ale.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Going on his first greyhound hike<\/a> in about 8 weeks and having a great time catching up with his pals.<\/p>\n

Where I’m going:<\/em> On a weeklong vacation (to nowhere) once this issue is done.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> The Top Companies issue is just about done. It’s gonna be a hard couple of days to finish it, but I can visualize the end of it.<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about:<\/em> That Dad’s gout has stuck around, making his life pretty miserable.<\/p>\n

What I’m worried about:<\/em> Getting in trouble because I failed to mail back my jury duty notice. See, I misread the form and thought I was only supposed to mail it in if I was trying to get a deferral. Oops. On the upside, my juror number is above the cut-off point, so I won’t have to go serve on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Whether Ron Rosenbaum knows anyone under the age of 40<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Plutarch’s life of Aemilius Paulus, and a little of The Hunter, a Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) book. But I’m in the home-stretch for my Top Companies ish, so I’ve just been reading a lot of SEC filings, analyst reports and various pharma-bloggers. What I’m listening to: A whole ton of Michael Jackson … <\/p>\n

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