{"id":5661,"date":"2010-10-15T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2010-10-14T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T16:37:14","slug":"unrequired-reading-october-15-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-october-15-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: October 15, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

This collection of links comes to you courtesy of the matrix of Twitter, Google Reader and Instapaper! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

@sportsguy33: using 3,844 words to explain an accidental tweet that was 12 characters long<\/a>. #brevityfail<\/p>\n

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Who’s in the honor roll at the School of Boom Goes the Dynamite<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Who knew my use of “gallivanting” would be a mark of the Covenant<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Damien Hirst: putting the “artist” in “bullshit artist”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Reinforcing the point: artists like money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Beetle was beyond awesome<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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To err is human. To forgive? Manly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Not as ironic as 3,844 words about a single tweet: Caffeine delivery system provider wants to slow down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Secretariat: not Christian<\/a>. I’m pretty sure they would know if he was Jewish.<\/p>\n

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. . . and the PBR trucker hat you rode in on<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I visited a tailor last week (as opposed to a dry cleaner who does alterations), in hopes of getting my suits to fit as well as Patrick Grant’s does in this video<\/a>. No chance I’ll ever have such nice shoes.<\/p>\n

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Patrick Grant: How I Get Dressed<\/a> from Chris Floyd<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This collection of links comes to you courtesy of the matrix of Twitter, Google Reader and Instapaper! 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