{"id":5796,"date":"2010-12-10T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2010-12-10T10:35:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T14:35:34","slug":"unrequired-reading-dec-10-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-dec-10-2010","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Dec. 10, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody ready for the weekend? I know I am was, but then I got this lousy headcold. Grr! Now enjoy some links!<\/p>\n

So, um, Phil Collins has world’s largest private collection of Alamo memorabilia<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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I guess this means Gutfest ’89 never took place, either<\/a>. (Why, yes, my sound is<\/em> laid down by the Underground.)<\/p>\n

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I think The Ladies Man<\/em> was one of the best SNL-skits-into-movies<\/a>, not that it had much competition.<\/p>\n

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Rat city<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I feel better about those harrowing zombie dreams now<\/a>. Thanks, Chuck Klosterman!<\/p>\n

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Kitty Kelley on the allure of the unauthorized biography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bryan Ferry: less inclined to trash a hotel room than to redecorate it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On my flight home on Tuesday, I watched one of my favorite movies \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Woody Allen’s Another Woman<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d after reading this 1988 review of it by Roger Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’m a “Presidential” style man, but you probably have more flair than I do, when it comes to pocket squares<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And, finally, you have<\/em> to watch these Louis CK segments from his recent Leno appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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