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I&#8217;ve randomized the links in tinyurl.com, so no peeking!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yr4kxu\" target=\"_blank\">Door #1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yrelro\" target=\"_blank\">Door #2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2erk5e\" target=\"_blank\">Door #3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of these links will connect you to AfterEllen.com&#8217;s Hot 100 list of hotties. Another points to a lengthy interview with Jane Jacobs about urban environments and convention centers. The third? Mark Cuban&#8217;s discussion about his colonoscopy. Do you dare click through door #1? Or is door #2 more your speed? Could door #3 lead &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-lady-or-the-colon\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Lady or the Colon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-p4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":427,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/home-home-home","url_meta":{"origin":1554,"position":0},"title":"Home home home","author":"Gil","date":"December 13, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Made it back safe and sound last night from Amsterdam, and the offical VM girlfriend was waiting for me at the terminal. 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