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Odd Contributor Bio in The Smithsonian
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:22 pm
by 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.
Re: Odd Contributor Bio in The Smithsonian
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:27 am
by mrkelley23
Spock wrote: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.
Re: Odd Contributor Bio in The Smithsonian
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:30 pm
by mellytu74
Spock wrote: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?
Re: Odd Contributor Bio in The Smithsonian
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:39 am
by tlynn78
Spock wrote: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.