{"id":5212,"date":"2010-04-16T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2010-04-15T21:13:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T01:13:25","slug":"unrequired-reading-april-16-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-april-16-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: April 16, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your Unrequired Reading anthologist has been laid low by a sinus infection this week, dear readers, but the amoxicillin, methylprednisolone and fluticasone propionate have kicked in. So here’s a week’s worth of oddball links for you!<\/p>\n

Volcanoriffic<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Gah! Undermall<\/a>! (I’m still sad that Bergen Mall did away with its undermall when it renovated.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Tear my stillhouse down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Bruce Jay Friedman<\/a>, not<\/em> through the Drew Friedmanizer.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Mike Rowe before Dirty Jobs: HOT LAVA<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

No Greased Lightning among the 50 coolest movie cars<\/a>? Do not bother following this link.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Alex Balk on Tina Fey and fame<\/a>. I have little to no opinion on this, but I like posting Balk stuff.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The KFC Double Down sandwich has inspired the sequel to the Vending Machine Challenge<\/a>. (Here’s the breakdown on the participants<\/a>. And here, once again, is the grotesquerie that inspired the challenge<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

“Step away from Lord Stanley’s Cup<\/a>. Don’t make me take the white gloves off.”<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

No “Died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship”<\/a>? Pfeh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your Unrequired Reading anthologist has been laid low by a sinus infection this week, dear readers, but the amoxicillin, methylprednisolone and fluticasone propionate have kicked in. 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