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| Personal background |
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Greetings:
I am a Ph.D. teacher of English Literature. I have taught both college and secondary education on nearly all levels. I am a die-hard space nut, Star Trek fan since my tweens, and am firmly committed that the future can be the one (at least philosophically) that Papa Gene envisioned where hope, duty, sacrifice, and goodwill drive our planet and then our exploration of space. I am just sad that I am too old (50s) to live long enough to see us truly colonize Mars. I would love to have lived at Utopia Planitia as a writer/chronicler of the life and times of those who choose to live "out there."
I currently teach in a middle school (yes, its true!). Though it is not what I have trained for and may seem a "come down" from what I had hoped in my Ph.D. pursuits, I hold to the above-mentioned philosophy and try to put my best self out there to the kids I teach.
I have two grown sons of whom I am justly proud, and I am single now (and looking...hahaha. Really). I spend my "off" time writing poetry, fiction, and continuing my mid-life radical bend to keep adding literary themed body art.
I reside in south Florida in a rural sugar-cane area between the ritzy West Palm Beach on the East and Fort Myers on the West. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I became interested in SETI long long ago when I was working on a fourth degree in physics (astronomy and planetary science). Though I never had time to finish the degree, I had enough training to be dangerous. When I heard of the computer sharing idea back in the 90s, I was impressed, and actually heard of SETI on a late-night talk show with Art Bell called Coasttocoastam. Now Art is a rare celebrity on the show, but it soldiers on. I researched some of Dr. Sagan's work, and though I never watched "Cosmos" very often (no tv), I fell in love with radio telescopy even before the movie "Contact" made it vogue. I visited a few sites in the East and one in Arizona, and then decided when I obtained a reasonable computer to hook in to the global network.
I believe the project has a slim chance of actually doing what its main objective purports will be found. I mean no disrespect in this, just that I suppose truly advanced communication will not occur on typical electromagnetic carrier waves, but will likely occur in some as yet unknown method. Even so, the idea of coming across a signal which indicates a non-natural source is intriguing, whatever its origin, and so I am glad to help.
I have no suggestions, but would like to help more than I am now. |
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