{"id":1991,"date":"2008-04-11T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2008-04-11T20:23:23","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T00:23:23","slug":"unrequired-reading-apr-11-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-11-2008","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Apr. 11, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Co’ rockin’ the links, dear reader! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Water-heater rocket<\/a> was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen on TV. (video here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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William F. Buckley: Captain Crunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I think I’m on the outer cusp of the generation that Michael Blowhard is damning\/referring to in his review of Oldboy<\/a>. That is, I did get sorta carried along by the movie, and I didn’t find it as much of an amusement park ride as, say, Sin City<\/em> or 300<\/em>. I think it worked on some level outside of its “first-person shooter” mentality, even if the motivation at its core of its plot was disappointing. Of course, I also love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em> (except that Jim Carrey’s final plea doesn’t really work), so hey.<\/p>\n

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I’m awfully fascinated by the new development plans in NYC<\/a>. (Update: um, update<\/a>!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here’s a haunting post on Jewish architects in pre-war Germany<\/a>. (and here’s Dave Sim’s new comic on the shoah<\/a>, which is coming out next month, I think.)<\/p>\n

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Tom Stoppard on 1968:<\/a><\/p>\n

A small incident which must have confirmed some people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worst suspicions about me occurred when I was asked to sign a protest against \u00e2\u20ac\u0153censorship\u00e2\u20ac\u009d after a newspaper declined to publish somebody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manifesto. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t censorship,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s editing. In Russia you go to prison for possessing a copy of Animal Farm. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s censorship.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It’s been 25 years. The Nets are still pissed off at Larry Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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