{"id":5355,"date":"2010-06-04T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2010-06-04T05:52:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:52:16","slug":"unrequired-reading-june-4-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-june-4-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: June 4, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m off to Louisiana! Down in the Treme, just me and my baby! (okay, we’ll be nowhere near Treme, but still.)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Grape me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Drew Friedman + Howard Stern = match made in heaven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Now I remember why I haven’t gone to a Yankees game in a few years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Floyd Norris: get well soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

The Men Who Would Be Bond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Happy honeymoon, Jane Lynch<\/a>!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

William Gibson on how the future ain’t what it ever was<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

So that’s<\/a> why Sebastian Telfair has no jump-shot!<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Station to station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

If only we could replicate the strawberry milkshakes<\/a>. . .<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Dude. It’s just a videogame<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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