{"id":4612,"date":"2009-10-30T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2009-10-29T21:40:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T01:40:21","slug":"unrequired-reading-oct-30-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-oct-30-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Oct. 30, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess who’s about to finish his last regular issue of his magazine for the year? (The year-end one is a big directory.) No sad trombone<\/a> for me!<\/p>\n

Want some links? Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

“One-third of female murder victims died at the hands of an intimate, while only about 3% of men met the same fate.”<\/a> It’s because men have intimacy issues, okay?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’m still waiting for Elephant!, but I guess this will do<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Gah! Mutant triclops-horned fly<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

John Feinstein: not a fan of book reviewers in general nor of Jonathan Yardley in particular<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Romania, where no one exactly wants to take credit for offing the Ceaucescus, 20 years later<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’ve made some hardcore jokes in my time, but this one is awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

No tuna for me<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Hitchens on God<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Crumb on God<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Bronson Pinchot is God<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Marlo Thomas is the devil<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guess who’s about to finish his last regular issue of his magazine for the year? (The year-end one is a big directory.) No sad trombone for me! Want some links? 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