Thanks for answering my question! I have had a lot of publicity, mostly at the local levels. I have been featured on the local news and morning show programs, only one made me out to be a freak, it's ok, I am a freak! ;) My favorite piece is my feature on PBS's California Heartland, which looks at farms, traditional and not. That was shot several years ago and is still aired on PBS, at least here in CA. Apparently PBS airs segments at the State Fair, because folks told me they enjoyed seeing me there and I was surprised as I did not go that year! Even years later they are still playing that segment at the fair.
BTW UPS has been doing a fantastic job for me shipping my geckos since 9-11.
Julie B.
Jon & Stacy Boone wrote:
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 anemployee forover 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 mightactuallybe 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 articleRon 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
