{"id":647,"date":"2005-09-19T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-19T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=647"},"modified":"2005-12-31T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2005-12-31T15:27:32","slug":"some-genius-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/some-genius-i-am","title":{"rendered":"Some genius I<\/em> am"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the MacArthur Grant guys just e-mailed out the list of this year’s “genius grant” recipients: 25 people each get $500,000 over 5 years, plus health coverage. The foundation called me last month<\/a> to see if I’d be willing to comment in case they were checking on anyone in my professional field (pharma\/biopharma stuff), but they never called for any followups.<\/p>\n

The list is embargoed till midnight, and I’m going to respect that, geniusly enough. Unfortunately, no one I know personally got tabbed, but a friend-of-a-friend did, so I’m hoping we can cadge some free drinks & dinner off the guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, the MacArthur Grant guys just e-mailed out the list of this year’s “genius grant” recipients: 25 people each get $500,000 over 5 years, plus health coverage. The foundation called me last month to see if I’d be willing to comment in case they were checking on anyone in my professional field (pharma\/biopharma stuff), but … <\/p>\n

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