Odd Contributor Bio in The Smithsonian

[Spock]

Smithsonian Magazine has a paragraph description of the authors of the stories for that issue.

One this issue for the author of a Paleontology story struck me as kind of odd.

1) It mentions that he lost cell phone service about 50 miles out of Billings and that he drove 50 miles down a dirt road without seeing another vehicle.

2) He "braved the Searing August heat" to dig for fossils with paleontologists.

I just can't take his hardships seriously, almost seems "Onionesque" or something.

[mrkelley23]

Smithsonian Magazine has a paragraph description of the authors of the stories for that issue.

One this issue for the author of a Paleontology story struck me as kind of odd.

1) It mentions that he lost cell phone service about 50 miles out of Billings and that he drove 50 miles down a dirt road without seeing another vehicle.

2) He "braved the Searing August heat" to dig for fossils with paleontologists.

I just can't take his hardships seriously, almost seems "Onionesque" or something.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, I guess.

[mellytu74]

Smithsonian Magazine has a paragraph description of the authors of the stories for that issue.

One this issue for the author of a Paleontology story struck me as kind of odd.

1) It mentions that he lost cell phone service about 50 miles out of Billings and that he drove 50 miles down a dirt road without seeing another vehicle.

2) He "braved the Searing August heat" to dig for fossils with paleontologists.

I just can't take his hardships seriously, almost seems "Onionesque" or something.

Could it be that it was was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek?

[tlynn78]

Smithsonian Magazine has a paragraph description of the authors of the stories for that issue.

One this issue for the author of a Paleontology story struck me as kind of odd.

1) It mentions that he lost cell phone service about 50 miles out of Billings and that he drove 50 miles down a dirt road without seeing another vehicle. That, at least, is certainly possible. Probable, even. Hardship? meh.

2) He "braved the Searing August heat" to dig for fossils with paleontologists.

I just can't take his hardships seriously, almost seems "Onionesque" or something.