{"id":4361,"date":"2009-08-21T05:25:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T09:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2009-08-21T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T09:21:00","slug":"unrequired-reading-aug-21-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-aug-21-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Aug. 21, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

What links lurk? Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

Frank Wilson on sin:<\/a> “A whiskey too many or an inappropriate tumble in the hay reveal only that one is human. Unkindness reveals that one has fallen short of the human.”<\/p>\n

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Best music endorsement ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Whistling through the graveyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Naumachia Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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My first college buddy on learning theory vs. practicing improv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Who Watches The Black Freighter<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Beautiful libraries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I find IR & Zombies<\/a> more interesting than Jane Austen and Zombies<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

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Oh, look! It’s the movie no woman should watch<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Alex Balk Does The Wrong Thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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