{"id":797,"date":"2006-01-09T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T03:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/more-presents\/"},"modified":"2006-01-09T22:07:05","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T03:07:05","slug":"more-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/more-presents","title":{"rendered":"More presents!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yay! Early birthday presents for me! My buddy Mark decided to help me continue my self-taught crash course in urban issues with City Life<\/a>, by Witold Rybczynski! And he helped me get in touch with my psychotic banjo-playing alter ego by getting me White African<\/a>, by Otis Taylor!<\/p>\n

Ah, generosity! Not like I expect you<\/em> to get me anything<\/a>. . .<\/p>\n

(You’ve only got till Wednesday)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yay! Early birthday presents for me! My buddy Mark decided to help me continue my self-taught crash course in urban issues with City Life, by Witold Rybczynski! And he helped me get in touch with my psychotic banjo-playing alter ego by getting me White African, by Otis Taylor! Ah, generosity! Not like I expect you … <\/p>\n

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