{"id":567,"date":"2005-06-20T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-20T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=567"},"modified":"2005-12-09T08:27:31","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T13:27:31","slug":"all-things-considered-id-rather-be-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/all-things-considered-id-rather-be-in-philadelphia","title":{"rendered":"All things considered, I’d rather be in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m off to the BIO conference<\/a> down in Phila., PA. We likely won’t have as many protesters as last year’s BIO, which was in San Fran; you’d figure anyone dressing up as a giant monarch butterfly is likely to get his ass handed to him on these<\/span> streets . . .<\/p>\n

(For those of you who are wondering about those Pharma\/Biopharma profiles I’m working on<\/a>, it’s kinda depressing so far. A lot of companies are facing a ton of problems, starting with the #1 guys<\/a>. Here’s last year’s online version<\/a>, which oughtta keep you entertained while I’m away.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m off to the BIO conference down in Phila., PA. We likely won’t have as many protesters as last year’s BIO, which was in San Fran; you’d figure anyone dressing up as a giant monarch butterfly is likely to get his ass handed to him on these streets . . . (For those of you … <\/p>\n

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