{"id":4893,"date":"2010-02-05T05:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T10:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2010-02-05T05:52:52","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T10:52:52","slug":"unrequired-reading-feb-5-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-feb-5-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Feb. 5, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wowzers! Unrequired Reading for all! Enjoy! Just click “more”!<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be nice to take a walk in the woods<\/a>?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Now that J.D. Salinger’s out of the way, Bill Watterson can come out of hiding<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

In Louisiana, Cracklin’ Oat Bran is made of crackling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’m resigned to the fact that I look like my dogs, but I’m not ready to outrace a greyhound<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Don’t let Alec Baldwin get behind the camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I’ll try to keep this advice<\/a> in mind if I ever board a Boeing Dreamliner.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Bourgeois Surrender<\/em> goes to the movies<\/a>! And Rome<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Western preoccupation with the apocalypse is somehow explained by Asterix & Obelix<\/a>?<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I wish I laughed at any part of this<\/a> (besides the Owen Wilson impression).<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

?uestlove has some issues with the Black History Month menu at NBC’s cafeteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I was having breakfast at the local luncheonette yesterday morning when I saw this surveillance video of a guy driving his SUV through a gas station convenience store on the news:<\/p>\n

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I busted out laughing when I saw the teaser before a commercial, I busted out laughing when the story began, and I busted out laughing when they replayed the crash at the end of the story. It reminded me of the Parks & Rec<\/em> episode where April rampages through Nordstrom on a riding mower for attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Sounds a little Men Who Stare At Goats to me. * * * Nothing can stop that Old Spice Guy. *\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3982,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-29-2009","url_meta":{"origin":4893,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: May 29, 2009","author":"Gil","date":"May 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As promised: a Rufus-free link-fest! Just click \"more\"! 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