{"id":741,"date":"2005-12-02T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-02T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=741"},"modified":"2005-12-03T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-03T21:36:00","slug":"i-guess-they-call-it-ultimate-for-a-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-guess-they-call-it-ultimate-for-a-reason","title":{"rendered":"I guess they call it “Ultimate” for a reason…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This<\/a> is not on my Amazon wishlist<\/a>. Check out the “Number of discs” line and laugh over the idea that it’s TWO-HUNDRED AND TWELVE DISCS!<\/p>\n

That said, I do know people who would likely fork over the dosh for it. All $2,800 or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is not on my Amazon wishlist. Check out the “Number of discs” line and laugh over the idea that it’s TWO-HUNDRED AND TWELVE DISCS! That said, I do know people who would likely fork over the dosh for it. All $2,800 or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-bX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1891,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/this-whole-mecca-thing-finally-makes-sense-to-me","url_meta":{"origin":741,"position":0},"title":"This whole Mecca thing finally makes sense to me","author":"Gil","date":"February 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my promised land. 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