{"id":5259,"date":"2010-04-30T05:57:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2010-04-30T05:58:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T09:58:34","slug":"unrequired-reading-april-30-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-april-30-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: April 30, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Unrequired Reading next Friday! I’ll be traveling all week, so live it up with this installment!<\/p>\n

I’m glad someone has the vocabulary to explain why the drumming on The National’s album Boxer is so goshdarned good<\/a>. (Boy, I can’t wait for that new album<\/a>\"\" next month.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Caffeinated maple-bacon lollipops<\/a>. That is all.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned previously, I do care a lot more about how I dress, but no, I will never spend $550 for a pair of khakis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Saltier living through chemistry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

It’s just a rambling interview with Anthony Bourdain<\/a>. Go read it.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m overselling things, but welcome to the future<\/a>. (More here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Rufus & Otis love to lunge after the deer we see during our walks, but I think they’d be terrible at hunting coyotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I can’t think of any business that has been under assault from more directions than Blockbuster has<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All roads lead to The Situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yet another excuse for why I don’t try to write professionally: there’s no money in it<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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It’s the weekend! Let’s go to the park with NYC Grid! Carl Schurz<\/a>, Madison Square<\/a>, Thompkins Square<\/a>, and Stuvyvesant Square<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Unrequired Reading next Friday! I’ll be traveling all week, so live it up with this installment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61,27,12,19],"tags":[1021,1022,928],"class_list":["post-5259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis","category-big-business","category-pharmaceuticals","category-urban-issues","tag-anthony-bourdain","tag-charles-stross","tag-the-national"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1mP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3609,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-march-13-2009","url_meta":{"origin":5259,"position":0},"title":"Unrequired Reading: March 13, 2009","author":"Gil","date":"March 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Ooh! 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Here, on the other hand, are some really intricate miniature models. * * * Would Orwell have been\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":1984,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-4-2008","url_meta":{"origin":5259,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Apr. 4, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"April 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A whole passel of links await you, dear readers! Just click \"More\"! When I was single and meeting girls through the internet, there were certain questionnaire-responses that were dealbreakers. One question was, \"What is a single or album that turns you on?\" Anyone who answered with \"Radiohead\" was off my\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":2528,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-sept-26-2008","url_meta":{"origin":5259,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Sept. 26, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"September 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Unrequired Reading is off this week! 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