I would like to take a moment to reflect on how flippin’ cool my job is!
Now, some people, when I took a position as a copyeditor at a geophysical journal, expressed concern that such a highly creative and energetic person as myself would find fixing commas in dry scientific journals to be — well,a trifle dull. They said the same thing when I chose Geology as my major, by the way. “What are you going to do, Diana, write books about rocks?” Well, at least edit them.
But I digress. They thought I’d be bored by all the discussion of regional tectonics in the Himalayan fold-thrust belt of Nepal (get your minds out of the gutter, people!) or electron precipitation events triggered by lightning in hurricanes or the implications of long-range transport on the European ozone budget — and let’s not forget taht fascinating magnetoplasma sphere…
But I like it, and I like it even more when I am confronted with a paper like the one I am proofing now:
“Using multiple beams to distinguish radio frequency interference from search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) signals.”
Aliens.
I love this job.
April 29th, 2005 at 11:38 am
LOL…everyone should have that much fun at work.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
My son is nine and a total science guy. He loves geology, biology, archeology, anything with an “ology”. Right now he is studying astronomy and he and his aunt were discussing the “string theory.” I don’t even know what that is but I don’t believe it is part of the third grade curriculum.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
Hmmmm, sounds like a great source for stories. Aliens could be the next big thing….
April 29th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
Ooh, Rene, string theory? That’s awesome. Highly advanced theoretical physics. Time travel. Your son rocks.