{"id":4445,"date":"2009-09-11T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2009-09-10T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:49:19","slug":"unrequired-reading-sept-11-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sept-11-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Sept. 11, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football season&#8217;s on! Why are you wasting your time on the internet? Oh, wait: you&#8217;re here to check out another awesome collection of oddball links! Well, just click &#8220;more&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are broken vows, and then there are <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intel\/2009\/09\/should_people_who_leave_their.html\" target=\"_blank\">Broken Vows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yellowson.org\/?p=117\" target=\"_blank\">Sango Hung<\/a>: One of my funniest jokes ever can be found in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Fisher: <a href=\"http:\/\/carriefisher.com\/?p=462\" target=\"_blank\">not happy with internet douchebags<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thebloggess.com\/?p=3817\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t follow me, I&#8217;m lost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>To commemorate 9\/11, I hereby <a href=\"http:\/\/supertremendous.com\/Content\/the-7-greatest-sports-stadium-demolitions-of-all-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">blow your dome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be installing <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8248056.stm\" target=\"_blank\">pigeon-optic broadband<\/a> soon.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theawl.com\/2009\/09\/long-player-with-d-r-adams-tron-1982-bally-midway\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Adams on Tron<\/a>. And acid.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org\/content\/Romanias_King_Michael_Recalls_Start_Of_World_War_II\/1811357.html\" target=\"_blank\">And I am <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Marie<\/span> Michael, <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Queen<\/span> King of Romania<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football season&#8217;s on! Why are you wasting your time on the internet? Oh, wait: you&#8217;re here to check out another awesome collection of oddball links! 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