{"id":6076,"date":"2011-08-01T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2011-07-31T19:14:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T23:14:04","slug":"unrequired-reading-jewel-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-jewel-eye","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Jewel Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for another month’s worth of my tweets from twitter! First the retweets (the ones that begin with RT) and then the marginally more original ones! Remember, you can get these regularly by following groth18<\/a>!<\/p>\n

In honor of July 4th, we’ll start off with a bang!<\/p>\n

RT\u00a0@felixsalmon<\/a> (Felix Salmon):<\/p>\n

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RT\u00a0@radleybalko<\/a> (Radley Balko) –\u00a0Letter from Cory Maye<\/a><\/p>\n

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RT @sharilynj<\/a> –\u00a0Read about @marcmaron<\/a>‘s\u00a0powerful keynote address<\/a>, opening up this year’s #JustForLaughs #jfl<\/p>\n

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RT @kylevanblerk<\/a> (Kyle van Blerk) – A bear.\u00a0Made out of 20,000 zip ties<\/a>. As you do.<\/p>\n

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RT\u00a0@susanorlean<\/a> (Susan Orlean) – Wonderful!! \u201c@NewYorkTheater<\/a>:\u00a0Niagara Falls lit with colors of rainbow on 1st day of N.Y.’s Marriage Equality<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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RT\u00a0@LettersOfNote<\/a> – There’s so much to love about\u00a0this photo of Jimi Hendrix<\/a><\/p>\n

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RT\u00a0FishbowlDC<\/a> – Find out how the\u00a0bridge of someone’s nose<\/a> figures into\u00a0The Atlantic<\/em>‘s Megan McArdle’s (@asymmetricinfo<\/a>) interviews.<\/p>\n

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I don’t have kids, and that’s why I side with #GayTalese on\u00a0dropping serious cash on clothes<\/a>: #notthatIspendTHATmuch<\/p>\n

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Because I don’t like kids, that’s why<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Heartbreaking article about treating vs. screening #DownSyndrome<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chinese govt. tries to disprove adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity: #weallcrashedthetrain<\/a><\/p>\n

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The art of #RickyGervais<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The #JewishAutonomousRegion<\/a> sounds like the Off-World Colonies in Bladerunner: #Jewsinspace<\/p>\n

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A Bentley SUV<\/a>? But what if the NBA lockout doesn’t end soon?<\/p>\n

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I’m disappointed the Hercules machine isn’t on this list<\/a>: #pinball (Hercules is over here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Beetlejuice in NJ<\/a>,\u00a0via @nycscout<\/a><\/p>\n

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I thought #PillowTie<\/a> was the best Skymall product ever, but it’s no match for #DribbleBib<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oh, look! It’s the scariest goddamned thing ever<\/a>! #dummyland #ventmyrage<\/p>\n

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Oliver’s Army<\/a> is here to stay: #andiwouldratherbeanywhereelsethanheretoday #cromwell<\/p>\n

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Timmy, have you even been in a Norwegian prison<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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The Midgard Serpent sleeps below Park Ave.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just #FranLebowitz and her awesome car<\/a><\/p>\n

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@SimonDoonan<\/a> on\u00a0getting married<\/a> to Jonathan Adler.<\/p>\n

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A “thoroughly generic bookstore” (as per my 40th bday post<\/a>) is closing<\/a>: #bookberries<\/p>\n

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Euroleague’s greatest hoopster is from West Memphis<\/a>. #MarcusBrown<\/p>\n

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Freelove: sister of Increase, mother of Wealthy: #nydutch<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I’m looking for something hipster-y<\/a>“: http:\/\/nyr.kr\/p5opGB<\/p>\n

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Can you tell us more often in 1 article that there was no internet in 1981<\/a>, please? #shittywriting #tigerwoods<\/p>\n

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Set taser<\/a> to #KTFO: #zotz<\/p>\n

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The #StopMakingSense fashion collection<\/a>: #thisisnotmybeautifulcoat (does @davidbyrne<\/a> know about this?)<\/p>\n

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To quote #Nirvana, I think I’m dumb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Hilarious) summer fashion trends<\/a>, courtesy of @simondoonan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leopard goes ape<\/a>: #donotconfrontangryleopard<\/p>\n

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5 major factors in the #Borders collapse<\/a>: #bookswithoutborders<\/p>\n

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Speaking of: Proving that people surrounded by books can still be total retards<\/a>: #bookswithoutborders<\/p>\n

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Bob Colacello, whose #Warhol memoir Holy Terror I enjoyed the heck out of, auctioned off his portrait by AW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On escaping and not escaping<\/a> #Auschwitz<\/p>\n

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“Interview Your Own Damn Self!<\/a>” the #Nabokov way: http:\/\/bit.ly\/nrtMZQ<\/p>\n

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Boy, #SeanBean sure does get killed a lot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Transocean: the “I didn’t do it” kid<\/a> of the gulf oil disaster<\/p>\n

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#WoodyAllen on Rilke<\/a>, selling out Hannah & Her Sisters, and that new movie of his<\/p>\n

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Lovely photos of writers & their dogs<\/a> by #JillKrementz (no greyhounds, I notice)<\/p>\n

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“Using .NET is like Fred Flintstone building a database”: Why #Myspace went boom<\/a><\/p>\n

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Why is weed wacky<\/a>? #potluck<\/p>\n

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M(ormon)BA: Mormons are the new Jews<\/a>? #wedressbetter<\/p>\n

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Does the mind rule the body, or does the body rule the Ren<\/a>? #renandstimpy<\/p>\n

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Holocaust theory<\/a>: #saturdaynightreading<\/p>\n

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Busch-basching<\/a>: http:\/\/buswk.co\/pJrg9k<\/p>\n

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Peter O’Toole on being awesome<\/a>.\u00a0#doublephallicname<\/p>\n

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Nothing harder than getting laughs from a room full of comedy writers<\/a>: http:\/\/bit.ly\/poW20I<\/p>\n

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I miss Karen Allen, but I’m still glad I skipped that last #IndianaJones flick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A stoic<\/a> and a zen buddhist walk into a bar…<\/p>\n

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Neat profile<\/a> of @MaerRoshan<\/a> that i missed till now: #offmyradar #harhar<\/p>\n

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#Hitchens, on the Gandhi myth<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mob scene<\/a>: #mafiaTV<\/p>\n

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Psst! It’s a secret bookstore<\/a>! #brazenhead<\/p>\n

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Pad See Yew Later, Addiction<\/a>! #ThaiRehab<\/p>\n

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Writer procrastination<\/a>: (I bought a super-cheap PC laptop and deleted everything but @ommwriter<\/a>) #mustdisablewifi<\/p>\n

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Final meal . . . Cajun-style<\/a>! (via @wadecortez<\/a>) http:\/\/bit.ly\/rukM1M<\/p>\n

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Signal-to-noise and old-cooterism<\/a>, by @binarybits<\/a>: onforb.es\/nRWJTq<\/p>\n

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Crisis in Swedish Ballet Training<\/a>: #WhyILoveMonocle<\/p>\n

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The next generation of painkillers will come in small nuggets that you heat up in a pipe and inhale<\/a>. #drugdelivery<\/p>\n

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I still think that #CCTV building’s<\/a> gonna tip over<\/p>\n

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I guess it’s a good thing Brooding Persian isn’t on Twitter<\/a>. #associationsanddisassociations<\/p>\n

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Hegemony from column B<\/a>: http:\/\/bit.ly\/ott95H #SinoTheTimes<\/p>\n

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Chimpanzee that<\/a>! He’s a photographer! #GoApe #monkeynews<\/p>\n

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@SimonDoonan<\/a> on the Cute & the Savage<\/a>: #notanewsoapopera<\/p>\n

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Sometimes the gorilla gets the banana, and sometimes the banana gets the gorilla<\/a>.\u00a0#GoApe<\/p>\n

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Nowhere, special<\/a>: #NoUtopiaWithoutToddRundgren<\/p>\n

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Orwell vs. God<\/a><\/p>\n

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Building the perfect #KingLear<\/a>: #Shakespeare<\/p>\n

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#WinstonGroom on #TrumanCapote<\/a>: #getyourmindouttathegutter<\/p>\n

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I just want to stay ahead of my illiterate dad<\/a>: http:\/\/bit.ly\/kuJPUt (okay, here are all the books I’ve read<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Chess computers are using PEDs<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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High school time capsule<\/a>, courtesy of #BourgeoisSurrdender<\/p>\n

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In this particular instance, I’ll chose NOT to #belikeMike<\/a>, thank you: http:\/\/bit.ly\/iYSriE<\/p>\n

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The accordion market gets squeezed<\/a>: #bwahhaha<\/p>\n

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John Lindsay: one suave mofo<\/a>: #mayorofcool<\/p>\n

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To end this month’s installment, I offer\u00a01 Lap of Manhattan in 26 minutes (soundtrack set to Underworld, of course):<\/p>\n

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It’s time for another month’s worth of my tweets from twitter! First the retweets (the ones that begin with RT) and then the marginally more original ones! Remember, you can get these regularly by following groth18! In honor of July 4th, we’ll start off with a bang! RT\u00a0@felixsalmon (Felix Salmon):   * * * RT\u00a0@radleybalko … <\/p>\n

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