Mark Moffett -- my new favorite person
So I was browsing around on the web today and came across a video of Mark Moffett on The Colbert Report. Which led to a video of Mark Moffett on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Both are hilarious and if you haven't seen them already, you definitely should. I kind of wish I was Mark Moffett now -- scientist, adventurer, photographer, journalist. That sounds like a sweet gig. And I love his website. Go check it out if you haven't already.
I'll be surprised if you haven't meet Mark Moffett in person, either at meetings or while working in the Ant room at Harvard. He's a cool fellow indeed.
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually met him in person, although I have conversed with him through email, and he came to BU once when I was away. I didn't realize he was such a celebrity, though, to be on The Colbert Report and such. I'm sure we'll get around to meeting in person one of these days...
ReplyDeletethanks for pointing the website out. I think it's just been updated. I also aspire to be like Mark Moffett who's professionally photographing ants.
ReplyDeleteI met Mark at last year's IUSSI meeting. Had a few drinks with him, in fact. I'm sure you'll run into him sooner or later. Btw, would you like to provide a link to our electronic checklist of Philippine ants? The URL is http://stri.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?act=x_checklist&guide=Ants_Philippines Gary Alpert, Stefan Cover, and I maintain this list. Cheers,
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Sure -- I added it to my "Links of Antiness" page on my research site. Thanks!
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