Space Monkey X
Nov-12-2009

It’s Been Too Long…

Wow, sorry it’s been so long since I posted. Not that anyone’s reading this anyway.

However, I should post a few things. So for the two people who accidentally come to this site while searching for either “Alvin and the Chipmunks” or “Annette Bening”, here’s an update on my life.

I had another mental_floss story published since I last wrote. Worth More Dead Than Alive: 5 Famous Grave Robberies was posted last week and, despite getting some hits, was not a huge success. I got up to about 150 votes on Digg.com, but very few comments on mental_floss. Not a dud, per se, but no a huge hit, either. Probably more of what I should be used to, rather than expecting every story to set the blogosphere on fire.

However, speaking of mental_floss, this week I was tapped to write a story for the print magazine. Yes, this is a first for me. And, yes, I’m pretty excited about it. The editor emailed me on Monday and asked if I could pound out a 600 word article by Friday since they got in a bit of a bind. It was based on an idea I secretly submitted via my web editor about a month ago, so I already had quite a bit of the research ready to go. But, me being me, I couldn’t leave it at that, so wound up spending a few nights digging up more tidbits of trivia to round out the list. It was a really great experience and will hopefully lead to more work with the magazine.

There’s more to tell about my burgeoning writing career, but I need to keep things under wraps until things have solidified a little bit more. Just know that there will be more to come if everything plays out like I hope it does.

Anyway, I have to start research on my next mental_floss article tonight, so I’d better get going for now.

Thanks again to all my supporters! Love you guys!

Posted under ALL, Personal News, mental_floss
  1. Aunt Olga Said,

    Way to go Rob!

  2. Fellow GISer Said,

    Just wanted to say that I came across your site after Googling “employee spotlight questions”. And yes, I did in fact read yours. You sound very interesting, but the coolest thing about you is that you’re a GIS Technician. The rest is not that cool.

    ;o)

    Only kidding of course. Hey, congrats on the writing. I have an English degree and can very much appreciate the thrill of getting published. Well done!

  3. SpaceMonkeyX Said,

    Fellow GISer – Thanks…I think.

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