The article did look like an ad for UPS, but it was nice to see a geckophile in a mag. like People. Good work, Jon.
Oh, I almost went to OSU. We have about 20 acres there and a plethora of relatives. Nathan Hall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon & Stacy Boone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [gecko]John Boone article > > I just saw that copy of People and It's still out at the newsstands and > > bookstores. I am also proud to see John works for UPS. I've been an > employee for > > over 4 years. I agree the picture has to be fixed. I didn't see any of the > > geckos eating each other. Of course the picture may be real and that might > actually > > be a worried look on his face. > > Glad to read you are also with UPS. Seems I'm not the only person whom > PEOPLE > should take interest in;-) The geckos were, in fact, not fixed at all. On > the other hand > the whole wading pool was awash with them. There were over 40 animals > within 18 > inches of me. Several were escaping to the uncomfortable hides of my > clothing. Even > in the photo you can see a Hemidactylus tanganicus going inside of my hat. > There was > an Oedura marmorata underneath my neck. Animals were everywhere. > Simultaneously, > I could feel animals creeping up my pant-legs (not sure which species). > Animals were > flying around, and arms were flailing all over the place in a raucous effort > to make the > circus photo-worthy. I was definitely concerned for the safety of some of > these creatures, > because animals like N. amyae and Chondrodactylus will nail you, or anything > else in their > path, when stressed. That should help explain the worried look on my face. > > The question was asked how it was that People magazine discovered me. The > answer > is primarily from UPS, as our company recently did an article on me for the > company > magazine. Apparently, People somehow obtained a copy, and contacted me > directly. > They subsequently found interest in the GGA website, as several of my photos > appear > there (perhaps they did an internet search for my name to see if I was > really keeping > geckos?). There was even verbal mention to me during a phone conversation > with a > lady at People about mention of the GGA website. > > Unfortunately, especially for my busy schedule, some major broadcast shows > and late > shows are taking interest in this as well. What next??? If there are any > geckologists > out there who have time to appear on these shows for me - please come > forward - as > I'm not sure how much of this my shedule can continue to handle! > > Jon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [gecko]John Boone article > > > > > > > Ron Van Heest > > _______________________________________________ > > Global Gecko Association > > http://www.gekkota.com > > Classifieds > > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > > gecko mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
