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Old 05-11-2004, 12:12 AM   #55
snakegetters
Well the problem here, Seamus, is basically that I'm a strongly opinionated a$$hole with minimal social skills who prefers privacy to popularity.

I care about getting good information out there so that venomous snakes can get the treatment that they deserve. So I've ventured out far enough in public to do that. But this isn't a completely comfortable position for me.

My agreement with the press is that they will get lots of good pictures and information as long as I stay behind the cameras and not in front of them. That gets the important information out there without publicity baggage being hung around my neck like a dead albatross.

Maybe I could accomplish more if I were willing to be more of a social personality, but I don't think I could handle the consequences. I'd rather keep on quietly doing my thing and hoping that nobody really notices the person who is doing the thing. It's a Wizard of Oz trick - "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." LOL