Career Tacking

On occasion I'm known to visit certain internet forums to discuss my work, and recently a question came up about a technical aspect of the particular camber to my career path. I believe a similar affair arose in the mid 20th century to a great many "liberal" folk in the moving picture industry. I regret to say that the trials and tribulations of John Q. Film are a great deal more sophisticated than the rubbish I've been put through.

And as you've waited so patiently, the post:

I'm embarrassed to say that none of the species I have "discovered" have been properly documented (i.e. in a reputable Journal). It's a whole story I'd rather not go into, sufficient to say that my particular brand of research, as they have phrased it, "...raises the hairs on the back of the neck of the scientific community." I've also received numerous calls from groups such as PETA, so much that I believe they must be in some sort of alliance, hence I am essentially blackballed from any sort of "official" publications. Naturally this put me into quite an unfulfilled state for some time, until I learned a bit about web 2.0 and self publishing-- and so Rejection begot Bloglantis! I've always thought that private research yielded more interesting results, so my exile has actually been for the best. Of course, some people take these things personally-- a few "former" colleagues now refuse to speak to me, but I'm hardly interested in people as "shallow" as that-- after all, it's called "deep sea research"!

With that out of the way, yes, I have discovered many the outlandish sea giant, most without names as of yet (I'm hesitant to apply any sort of "standard" such as latin genus-species-etc when I have no reason to) but my spiral notebooks are full of whales with strange horn protrusions, sharks with odd numbered fins, etc. I believe I may have a few photos-- obviously I have more than spiral-bound etchings, but often I am too preoccupied with other measurement equipment to take a snapshot. I've said this before, but I cannot imagine a more rewarding job.

I believe the saying "Rules are meant to be broken" holds doubletrue for the advancement of science-- not only should you disobey any prior established method, but also run against any sort of common sense to speak of. Floundering about at unimaginable depths with nothing but a mayonaise jar can yield astounding results-- just think of Philippe Bouchet!

Unconventionally yours-- Randy