{"id":5949,"date":"2011-04-02T09:21:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2011-04-02T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T13:21:16","slug":"unrequired-reading-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-march","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: MARCH!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another month’s worth of tweets and funny links, dear readers! Remember, you can keep up with these more easily by following my feed at twitter.com\/groth18<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The Things He Carried<\/a> (he being @acontinuouslean<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Even in @ArcadiaBroadway<\/a> I am. yfrog.com\/gy1r6hvj<\/a><\/p>\n

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Great @michaelbierut<\/a> piece on 15 years of design-work for United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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EVERYONE has trouble finding their way around #neworleans<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wisdom from #TomFord<\/a>: (I still wear shorts, but I’m in the ‘burbs, so hey.)<\/p>\n

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NYC: dancing in the ’70s<\/a> wasn’t all Soul Train<\/p>\n

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@jeremoss<\/a> lays a palimpsest over 7th Ave. bet. 47 & 48<\/a>: #vanishingNY<\/p>\n

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The Arab world’s greatest contribution to society? #Coffee<\/a>! #justmyopinion<\/p>\n

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My top symptom of depression is when I’m convinced I’d fail a #TuringTest. Spambots have it easier than I do<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kindasorta pet sounds<\/a> (via @bldgblog<\/a>) #bringthenoise<\/p>\n

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@thebookslut<\/a> (whom I’m hoping to interview soon for my podcast) on writers and their politics<\/a>: #KnutthePolarNazi<\/p>\n

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I gotta get around to reading #Lanark sometime<\/a>, since a trusted pal gave it to me a while ago: #andIshouldvisitGlasgow<\/p>\n

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Good thing they didn’t goof on<\/a> @DeadliestCatch: #nabokov<\/p>\n

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Explaining the Northern Lights<\/a>: #auroraborealis (make sure you watch this time-lapse video that shows up at the end) <\/p>\n

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The Aurora<\/a> from Terje Sorgjerd<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Why do people get angry<\/a>? #theydriveinNJ #iwouldhaveaskedforHappyGilmore<\/p>\n

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Cutest thing ever: greyhound puppy edition<\/a> #greyhound #sickeninglycute<\/p>\n

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Mallrats of 1990<\/a>: I was no great shakes<\/a> back then either: #napoleondynamite<\/p>\n

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RT @radleybalko<\/a> – Prosecutor: “You bet your ass I ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gonna be mean to Willie Nelson<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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I did a #screenhijack<\/a> of the electronic billboard at the Annapolis Mall in ’94 and posted some @danielclowes messages.<\/p>\n

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I’m loving me these Out of Print t-shirts<\/a>: #nakedlunch #mobydick<\/p>\n

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“Militant” bombing of bus stop<\/a> in #Jerusalem: #goodthingitsnotterrorism<\/p>\n

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GREAT piece on the big problem with Big Idea books<\/a>: #jointheclub #iwouldntjoinanyclubthatwouldtakemeasamember<\/p>\n

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Holi isn’t the same<\/a> without #karlpilkington #anidiotabroad<\/p>\n

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The (Frank) King of Gift Shops<\/a>: #gasolinealley<\/p>\n

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Fear & Loathing in LV, 40 years later<\/a>. #hst<\/p>\n

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I really gotta get to re-reading #thucydides<\/a> sometime. http:\/\/bit.ly\/i6mQmJ<\/p>\n

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Coincidentally, I have #Impromptu coming in<\/a> from @netflix<\/a> tomorrow: #chopin #liszt<\/p>\n

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Cheech & Chong should sue for royalties<\/a>: #nicedreams<\/p>\n

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How to kill a zombie<\/a>: #themoreyouknow<\/p>\n

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No pic of Spencer Tracy playing Ultimate Frisbee<\/a>? (thanks, @kottke!) #katherinehepburn<\/p>\n

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Hey, @kottke<\/a>! I see your #katherinehepburn and raise you a #farrahfawcett<\/a>!#sk8ergirl<\/p>\n

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Swaziland’s king faces strikes<\/a>! He should name Richard E. Grant as his successor! #withnailandswazis #wahwah<\/p>\n

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Speaking of #richardegrant, let’s have lunch<\/a>! #whenisthenextbookcomingout<\/p>\n

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Is @gsk about to relive #officespace<\/a>? #ibelieveyouhavemystapler<\/p>\n

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Neoconservatives: advocates of a new managerial state<\/a>. Also, kindasorta fascist?<\/p>\n

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@simondoonan on the flattering adjacent and the $12k jacket<\/a>: #pythonsareexpensive<\/p>\n

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@nytimes to conduct digital experiment on Canadians<\/a>! #greatwhitepaywall #blamecanada<\/p>\n

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@gregbeato offers an ode to the mall<\/a>: #somehowradioshackisstillinbusiness<\/p>\n

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Who watches the watch<\/a>, man? #bespokewatch<\/p>\n

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George Michael’s beard: Iron and Wine covers “One More Try”<\/a><\/p>\n

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My cholesterol dropped 60 points within a year after I got a dog (who needed regular walkies)<\/a> #gogreyhound<\/p>\n

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The bank is closed<\/a>, bitch! #bankshot #hoopitup #timduncan<\/p>\n

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I was so hoping @therealshockg<\/a> was part of this article on the N. Korean Digital Underground<\/a>. #humptyhump<\/p>\n

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Henry Miller: Brooklynite<\/a> #tropicofhipster<\/p>\n

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Should I take my #coffee more seriously? done<\/a> and done<\/a>! #pourover #caffeinedreams<\/p>\n

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Unreal City<\/a> #dubai #moneychangeseverything<\/p>\n

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Before\/Ater palimpsest pictures<\/a> of earthquake & tsunami damage in Japan. #disastersunday<\/p>\n

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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone<\/a>, 25 years later. #disastersunday #atomicsafari<\/p>\n

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Louisiana gulf coast ecology<\/a>, post-Katrina & BP: #disastersunday<\/p>\n

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Awesome Sam Lipsyte piece on cheating and the new #Monopoly<\/a>. #goreadTheAsk #nownownow #SamLipsyte<\/p>\n

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I’m very happy that there’s a Montaigne renaissance going on<\/a>. #nowforplutarch<\/p>\n

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Via @AlexBalk<\/a> of @theawl<\/a>, an encomium for Local Hero<\/a>, one of the most wonderful movies ever.<\/p>\n

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Whither the big box? Wither, the big box<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Chuck Person had something to do with DEFENSE<\/a>? I call shenanigans. #firsttimeforeverything #nba #lalakers<\/p>\n

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“My God, it’s full of stars<\/a>” #afghanair (whole set here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The Torah is wheat, the Bible is not Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth<\/a>. #itrynottodiscussreligiontoooften<\/p>\n

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What happens to the Aerotropolises that fail<\/a>? #justwondering<\/p>\n

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New Orleans documentaries<\/a>, in black and white. #mardigras<\/p>\n

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Financial Times = Scientology<\/a>: “every time you reach one level, you realize there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another, more expensive level awaiting you.”<\/p>\n

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100 Days of Designitude<\/a>: via @designobserver<\/a><\/p>\n

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V5 Precise is my office-pen of choice<\/a>, but I use Pilot G-2 05 for travel: retractable, less leak-prone. #mypenishuge<\/p>\n

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Who needs therapy? Here<\/a> and here<\/a> – #iprobablydo #drugsandvideogames<\/p>\n

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The bottom of the world: beautiful pictures from Antarctica<\/a>! thx, @in_focus<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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I wondered what became of Mats Wilander<\/a>: #havegamewilltravel #bywinnebago<\/p>\n

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I gotta get out west to In-N-Out and hit up that secret menu<\/a>. #bestburgerever<\/p>\n

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I’ve pretty much bailed on contempo fiction. Does it still suck<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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NYer interview with Tom Stoppard<\/a> about @arcadiabroadway<\/a>. #whatiscarnalembrace<\/p>\n

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Yay! Drugs cost nil to discover<\/a>! No wonder R&D productivity is falling apart and FDA approvals are at record lows!<\/p>\n

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“How To End A Conversation<\/a>“: I usually feign death.<\/p>\n

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I guess I have to catch up on those American Masters docs<\/a>, huh? #pbs #americanmasters #lovedLOVEDtheschultzone<\/p>\n

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“This could be the greatest critical roundtable in Comics Journal history<\/a>.” #dilbert #noseriouslydilbert<\/p>\n

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Ron Rosenbaum on the man who questioned the bomb<\/a>. #youdroppedabombonme<\/p>\n

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#charliesheen via #wittgenstein<\/a> via @walterkirn<\/a><\/p>\n

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I used to play the Journey vid just so I could kill #steveperry. #videogamedeaths #nosinistar?<\/p>\n

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It’s time for another month’s worth of tweets and funny links, dear readers! Remember, you can keep up with these more easily by following my feed at twitter.com\/groth18! The Things He Carried (he being @acontinuouslean) * * * Even in @ArcadiaBroadway I am. yfrog.com\/gy1r6hvj * * * Great @michaelbierut piece on 15 years of design-work … <\/p>\n

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