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For some reason I'm really excited about tomorrow's post. I don't usually write very far ahead of time, but this one took a little bit of extra research. You see, I got this letter from a PR firm hyping some altmed doc, and it was much more interesting than the usual similar things I get. It highlights some of the subtleties at the intersection of science-based medicine and the other stuff.

The post is going up here tomorrow morning, and at Science-Based Medicine in the afternoon.

One thing I've found about blogging, though, is a piece I really work hard on and like a lot may go over like a real dud, and a post I crank out in five minutes may end up with more hits than I've seen in months. Go figure.

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We live in an age of 140 character snippets, not Shakespeare.

Yeah, my post tomorrow approaches Oracian length.

I really like this current post. Let's get the hit rate up really high.

By the Blind Watchmaker (not verified) on 07 Mar 2010 #permalink

Advertising that tomorrow's post is especially good greatly increases the odds that I will read it :)