{"id":1819,"date":"2007-12-13T07:55:05","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/da-boom\/"},"modified":"2007-12-13T07:55:05","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T12:55:05","slug":"da-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/da-boom","title":{"rendered":"Da boom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was one of Those Days. I refer to them as “Blow Up The Outside World Days,” since I usually remark, “I will kill everyone on the planet,” at least three or four times.<\/p>\n

They don’t happen very often; in this instance, it’s a function of getting our annual year-end issue ready for production. Last year’s book weighed in at 406 pages, and this year’s will be pretty close to that. My associate editor and I have to stay on top of 110 companies that are running profiles in first half of the issue, and the 450+ companies that are participating in the contract services directory. She’s been doing a great job on the profiles, but it can still be a monster to get this issue laid out, since the companies run alphabetically and a few companies — including one that begins with a “B” — is still on the fence about actually running a profile in this ish, about two weeks after the deadline.<\/p>\n

I had a few ugly exchanges with people yesterday, and had to be the douchebag decision-maker. I also spent a lot of time muttering in a self-pitying sorta way. It’s not productive, but hey.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the next two days are going to be spent laying out that directory, so don’t expect a lot of posting. I do have some Unrequired Reading together, so at least you VM junkies have something<\/em> to look forward to!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was one of Those Days. I refer to them as “Blow Up The Outside World Days,” since I usually remark, “I will kill everyone on the planet,” at least three or four times. They don’t happen very often; in this instance, it’s a function of getting our annual year-end issue ready for production. Last … <\/p>\n

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