{"id":25,"date":"2003-06-27T21:46:36","date_gmt":"2003-06-28T01:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=25"},"modified":"2005-12-04T07:54:11","modified_gmt":"2005-12-04T12:54:11","slug":"it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/it-begins","title":{"rendered":"It begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review copies of The Immensity of the Here and Now<\/strong> are in! The moment I finish up my gigantic Top Companies issue of the magazine, I’ll start sending out to reviewers (and other interested parties)! I was afraid the Print-on-Demand would come out looking crappy, but the quality’s just fine for review copies! Yee-haw!<\/p>\n

In other news, I had a productive trip to DC for the BIO conference. Got to meet up with buddies from college and grad school, which was fun. Upon returning home, I had the added benefit of discovering that the central air in the house still works. This has been critical for survival, the last few days…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Review copies of The Immensity of the Here and Now are in! The moment I finish up my gigantic Top Companies issue of the magazine, I’ll start sending out to reviewers (and other interested parties)! I was afraid the Print-on-Demand would come out looking crappy, but the quality’s just fine for review copies! Yee-haw! In … <\/p>\n

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