Announcement

[tuckr@digital.net]

    I'm delighted to announce that renowned astronomical  (and increasingly 
well-known dinosaur) 
artist Joe Tucciarone, my good pizza lunch buddy, rejoined the staff of 
Astronaut Memorial 
Planetarium and Observatory (Cocoa, Florida) today as our new Producer. Joe's 
artwork, including his 
dinosaur pictures, can be seen at his webpage, 
http://members.aol.com/INTERSTELL/art.html. Jeff 
Poling's Dinosauria-On-Line also has a selection of Joe's dinosaur work. In 
fact, Joe recently wrote me: 

                 "It's been about one year since you told me about Jeff 
Poling's Dinosauria
                OnLine site and his need for dinosaur images, which I sent him. 
 Since then,
                I've received probably a hundred nice letters from people and 
about a dozen
                                              paying requests.
                                                      
                "Because of my exposure on Jeff's site, my dinosaurs are 
appearing on half a
                dozen museum interactive sites, a CD ROM, a poster by 
Scholastic Books (with
                 a promise for more work to come), and now possibly on the 
video jacket of
                        NOVA's (WGBH) "Case of the Flying Dinosaur" video for 
sale!"

    Jeff deserves a whole lot of credit here, but he modestly defers to Joe's 
artistic talents. Jeff: You 
don't know how many YEARS it took for me to convince Joe to get online!
     If you haven't already checked out Joe's work, by all means please do so 
as soon as possible. You 
can reach Joe directly at interstell@aol.com. Be sure to congratulate him on 
the birth of his and 
Jennifer's daughter, April, two months ago. It was touch-and-go for both mother 
and daughter, but now 
April's weight is up to over six pounds (3 kg.). Joe and Jennifer are proud and 
well-deserving parents.
    
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                                             -= Tuck =-
                                          tuckr@digital.net
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