{"id":2884,"date":"2008-11-10T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2008-11-09T21:06:28","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T01:06:28","slug":"what-it-is-111008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-111008","title":{"rendered":"What It Is: 11\/10\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading:<\/em> Finished The Spy in the Ointment<\/a>\"\" last week, and haven’t started anything new, although I dip into “Have You Seen . . . ?”<\/a>\"\" occasionally.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to:<\/em> Ten Short Songs About Love<\/a>\"\", by Gary Clark.<\/p>\n

What I’m watching:<\/em> Tried Sweeney Todd<\/a>, but got bored.<\/p>\n

What I’m drinking:<\/em> Wet by Beefeater G&Ts, but I picked up some Plymouth this weekend. While I was at the liquor store, I noticed that an allegedly high-end gin \u00e2\u20ac\u201d New Amsterdam<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I was wary of when I first saw it a few months ago is now on sale for the rotgut price of $18.99 for 1.75 L. If you’re at the same price point as Gordon’s and Gilbey’s, you are officially a cheap-ass gin, regardless of your stylish packaging.<\/p>\n

What Rufus is up to:<\/em> Another greyhound hike in Wawayanda, with a post-hike feeding frenzy!<\/p>\n

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Where I’m going:<\/em> Atlanta next week for the AAPS meeting<\/a>. I’m hoping to meet up with some friends from grad school while I’m down there, but that’ll entail blowing off a biz-type dinner at some point.<\/p>\n

What I’m happy about:<\/em> My wife is still alive in the NFL Loser pool that I flunked out of in its first week. Oh, and greyhound racing got banned<\/a> in Massachusetts!<\/p>\n

What I’m sad about: That I haven’t taken care of my mammoth landscaping plans or gotten a fence put in the backyard yet.<\/p>\n

What I’m pondering:<\/em> Jesse Jackson – crocodile tears or just a moment without charlatanry? The question is moot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What I’m reading: Finished The Spy in the Ointment last week, and haven’t started anything new, although I dip into “Have You Seen . . . ?” occasionally. What I’m listening to: Ten Short Songs About Love, by Gary Clark. What I’m watching: Tried Sweeney Todd, but got bored. What I’m drinking: Wet by Beefeater … <\/p>\n

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