{"id":6022,"date":"2011-06-03T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2011-05-31T21:13:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T01:13:33","slug":"unrequired-reading-may-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-not","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: May not"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just another honkin’ load of links, courtesy of my Twitter feed at twitter.com\/groth18<\/a>!<\/p>\n

RT @kylevanblerk<\/a> (Kyle VanBlerk): Awesome people hanging out together<\/a>. Early contender for Tumblr of the day.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

RT @neilhimself<\/a> (Neil Gaiman): Remembering Douglas Adams in the Guardian<\/a>. So odd to realise I’m now older than Douglas, who was always older than me.<\/p>\n

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RT @mattzollerseitz<\/a> (Matthew Seitz): The 10 greatest sequels of all time<\/a>. By MZS.<\/p>\n

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RT @magiciansbook<\/a> (Laura Miller): “An entire train station full of used books<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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RT @witoldr<\/a> (Witold Rybczynski): The High Line succeeds in New York, but will it work as well elsewhere<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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RT @nerdist<\/a> (Chris Hardwick): These Sci-Fi Ikea instructions<\/a> are perhaps the best things ever formed with molecules: (via @CollegeHumor<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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RT @DwightGarner<\/a> (Dwight Garner): I\u2019m pulling for Clive James, who is fighting leukemia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Unfocused #RonRosenbaum column about #BobDylan<\/a> (but still worth reading)<\/p>\n

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Tappan Zee: bridge to the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Will my forever stamps still be good if there’s no USPS<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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A lengthy review of #HaroldBloom’s career, masked as a review of his new book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Oy, with the brain-frying books<\/a>! (Me, I’ll be Kindle-ing P&V’s translation of The Brothers K<\/a>\"\")<\/p>\n

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Apparently, the house DOESN’T always win<\/a>: #blackjack #theotherdonjohnson<\/p>\n

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@hoopspeak<\/a> demolishing some #NBA myths<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shaq is 15 months younger than me, and he’s done. NBA makes you feel old<\/a>. #nba #geriatrics<\/p>\n

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I like to think @DeShawnStevens<\/a> takes his personal tattoo artist everywhere, not just preseason parties<\/a>.\u00a0#gomavs!<\/p>\n

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Chester Brown: A praying mantis with testicles<\/a>. (C’mon world! Let’s make #prayingmantiswithtesticles trend!)<\/p>\n

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Lidsville<\/a>! (On the road, I have to order a med. from @dunkindonuts because the small coffee lid tends to leak. Grr.)<\/p>\n

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#MartinAmis vs. the Dead Bores<\/a> (I thought #LondonFields was fantastic (and gorgeously lyrical in its apocalypticism))<\/p>\n

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“But why did you need to build 2 synagogues<\/a>?” #JewsinAmerica<\/p>\n

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I’ve found another #AnotherWoman fan<\/a>! #openingshots #youmustchangeyourlife #WoodyAllen<\/p>\n

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To Hull and Back: #ChristopherHitchens on #PhilipLarkin<\/a> (with a side-trip to #Orwell)<\/p>\n

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“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads<\/a>.” #techboom #howl<\/p>\n

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“They called it show business, but it\u2019s really showing-off business.” Awesome #BillWithers interview<\/a>. #lovelyday<\/p>\n

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Whatchoo got in that #BAG<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Sorry, #MichaelJordan, but the stripes are not slimming<\/a>. They are, however, giving me a headache.<\/p>\n

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Bryan Ferry: Style Icon<\/a> #bryanferry<\/p>\n

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My pocket square<\/a>, my self (with @simondoonan<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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@SeriousEats<\/a> asks the serious question: In-N-Out vs. Shake Shack vs. Five Guys<\/a>.\u00a0#burgervsburger<\/p>\n

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Rio Rancho and the Arena to Nowhere<\/a> (sounds like a bad episode of @parksandrecnbc<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Neat @LouisCK profile<\/a>.\u00a0#seasontwoinjune!<\/p>\n

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Imelda Marcos, reincarnated as a man<\/a>.\u00a0#thatsalotofshoes<\/p>\n

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You can get ugly<\/a>, but make sure you don’t go full retard: #oscarbait #donthatemebecauseimbeautiful<\/p>\n

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Art Books, part I: The Book Surgeon at work<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Books, part II: @ChipKidd<\/a> with Superman & Batman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Art (Garfunkel) Books, part III: All the books I’ve read<\/a>.\u00a0#ArtGarfunkel<\/p>\n

Art (of) Books(elling): 14 bookstores to see before you die<\/a>.\u00a0#Ivebeentofourofthem<\/p>\n

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Treasure trove: SF writers on their favorite SF novels\/writers<\/a><\/p>\n

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fun recap<\/a> of 13 roles by @mradamscott<\/a> #partydown<\/p>\n

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Sexy lady-spies<\/a> of #Mossad<\/p>\n

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Gandalf or Rick Rubin<\/a>? #okayitsGandalf #thehobbit<\/p>\n

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Guess what happens when you buy a piece of crap from H&M<\/a>? #hm #crapiscrap<\/p>\n

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Omar=Achilles? Brandon=Patroclus?<\/a> Zowie! #TheWire #Iliad<\/p>\n

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‘Twas architecture that killed the museum<\/a>.\u00a0#AFAM #bronzedKleenexbox<\/p>\n

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Good night, sweet Tractor Traylor<\/a>.\u00a0#tractortraylor #nba #milwaukeecouldhavehadNowitzki<\/p>\n

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Kane at 70: Labyrinth, Heart of Darkness, Everything<\/a>.\u00a0#OrsonWelles #CitizenKane<\/p>\n

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Taking participatory journalism to its absurd conclusion<\/a>.\u00a0#LeeJudge #KCRoyals #beanball<\/p>\n

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Nobody likes #Sbarro<\/a> (especially in NJ)<\/p>\n

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Great men’s grooming moments in movies<\/a> (#SteveCarrell was only the runner-up? Boo…)<\/p>\n

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The #DeathStar wasn’t a make-work project<\/a>? #starwars<\/p>\n

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#ChristopherHitchens has outlived #OsamaBinLaden<\/a>: #thatisall<\/p>\n

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#Shelfporn<\/a>! (we have too many books for any of these configurations, but they remain awesome!)<\/p>\n

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I really need to read The Leopard somedamntime<\/a>, don’t I? #lampedusa (I read the Leopard a few weeks later, and it’s rapidly ascended to the top 5 of my favorite novels.)<\/p>\n

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Pinball<\/a>? Wizard!<\/p>\n

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RT @nathanrabin<\/a> (Nathan Rabin): Deep down I suspect that I’m incredibly lazy and toil ceaselessly so nobody ever finds out. Anyone else feel that way?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just another honkin’ load of links, courtesy of my Twitter feed at twitter.com\/groth18! RT @kylevanblerk (Kyle VanBlerk): Awesome people hanging out together. Early contender for Tumblr of the day. * * * RT @neilhimself (Neil Gaiman): Remembering Douglas Adams in the Guardian. So odd to realise I’m now older than Douglas, who was always older … <\/p>\n

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