{"id":4505,"date":"2009-10-02T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2009-10-01T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T23:03:14","slug":"unrequired-reading-oct-2-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-oct-2-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Oct. 2, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t wanna know. Now the conference is over, but I’m still pounding out pages for the October issue. On top of that, I’ve either got poison ivy, shingles, or . . . neck-AIDS!<\/p>\n

But you just want some fun links to check out, huh? Well, just click “more”!<\/p>\n

Glock<\/a> beats Kalashnikov<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Best jerseys ever<\/a>. And more<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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“Unreal City,<\/a> Under the brown fog of a winter dawn.”<\/p>\n

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People who overpay to live in glass houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hipsters of the Universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Via my pal Mark, here’s a blog you should probably be following<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Amy & I plan on seeing Carrie Fisher’s stage show<\/a> this autumn. We may be the only straight people in the crowd, but hey.<\/p>\n

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Jon Stewart: bringing people apart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Goodbye to the men who knew too much<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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And speaking of Real Men of Genius<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n

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Keeping up with last week’s “worst movies of the decade,” here’s Q. Tarantino on his favorite flicks to come out since he released Reservoir Dogs<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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