{"id":636,"date":"2005-08-05T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=636"},"modified":"2005-12-11T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2005-12-11T16:29:51","slug":"enjoying-my-day-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/enjoying-my-day-job","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying my day job"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m writing an article about biomarkers and their use in drug development. While doing some research, I came across this article<\/a> from the editor of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology<\/span>. It opens:<\/p>\n

When David Beckham leaves the field towards the end of a match, the man who replaces him is a surrogate. Although I suspect that many footballers, if asked, would say that Surrogate is a town in Yorkshire, the word actually comes from the Latin word subrogare,<\/span> to substitute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m writing an article about biomarkers and their use in drug development. While doing some research, I came across this article from the editor of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. It opens: When David Beckham leaves the field towards the end of a match, the man who replaces him is a surrogate. Although I … <\/p>\n

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It includes a great description of Jewel's makeup, and the word \"frankensteinian,\" which is impressive, considering it's the NYTimes.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3933,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/0-ford","url_meta":{"origin":636,"position":4},"title":"0-Ford","author":"Gil","date":"May 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I refuse to read this article by Richard Ford on the genesis of his character Frank Bascombe . . . because I've never read a word of Ford's stuff! Congrats on being my latest 0-fer! 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