Comments on: “Your Not Helping” blogger “Tom Johnson” is Wally Smith, a University of Alabama Graduate Student.

By: Paul W., OM

Paul W., OM — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:57:27 +0000

Here’s a cached version of Wally Smith’s Curriculum Vitae, from his WordPress Account.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:mrH9fSizE4UJ:walterhsmith.wordpress.com/curriculum-vitae/+%22Walter+Smith%22+%22piedmont+college%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=ubuntu&source=www.google.com

For the benefit of anyone googling him up, this is a Walter H. Smith, a.k.a. W.H. Smith, a.k.a. Walter Smith, a.k.a. Wally Smith, from Gainesville, GA, who went to Piedmont College and got a degree in biology under Dr. Carlos D. Camp, and then on to graduate studies with Leslie J. Rissler in Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama (at Tuscaloosa).

His publications include:

Smith, W.H. In prep. Southeastern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon grobmani). In: Outdoor Alabama â?? Alabama Wildlife and their Conservation Status. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Montgomery, AL.

Rissler, L.J. and W.H. Smith. 2010. Mapping amphibian contact zones and phylogeographic break hotspots across the U.S. Molecular Ecology. 19:5404-5416.

Smith, W.H. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Talladega National Forest. USDA Forest Service. (Collaborative field guide/checklist project with Auburn University and USDA Forest Service).

Smith, W.H. and L.J. Rissler. 2010. Quantifying disturbance in terrestrial communities: abundance-biomass comparisons of herpetofauna closely track forest succession. Restoration Ecology. 18:195-204.

Smith, W.H. 2009. Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti). In: Outdoor Alabama â?? Alabama Wildlife and their Conservation Status. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Montgomery, AL.

Smith, W.H. 2009. Ocoee Salamander (Desmognathus ocoee). In: Outdoor Alabama â?? Alabama Wildlife and their Conservation Status. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Montgomery, AL.

Smith, W.H. 2009. Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga). In: Outdoor Alabama â?? Alabama Wildlife and their Conservation Status. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Montgomery, AL.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:33:07 +0000

What, you don’t believe me? Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/c7lout

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:48:27 +0000

Methinks I detect a note of sarcasm in Greg@30. He’s far too subtle to know for sure, though. I should check on the pig story.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:15:40 +0000

Stephanie, I think you are correct.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:04:28 +0000

Andrew: Yes, Drug Monkey sent me such a sweet note apologizing for his mistake and promising that from now on he’s read my blog posts before he puked on them.

Oh, and did you hear, the Governor of Wisconsin decided to support the Unions, and some pig in Iowa just started flying around with no explanation!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:45:38 +0000

And by now Drugmonkey has apologized for is error, I would guess.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:06:42 +0000

Fred, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t going to stop. It might just be that I heard what I wanted to hear, but those points in his apologies where he talked about obsession rang pretty true. I hope that knowing how easy it will be to catch him in the future will help him step away from that.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:40:41 +0000

But of course, there are also all those commenters on YNH that sided with him against me and PZ Myers and Ophelia and Dan who weren’t his sock puppets. They have yet to be made to pay.

If they existed. Anybody ever figure that out?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:37:42 +0000

Actually, I felt all along that he should just come clean and openly join the wonderful and mutually supportive community of bloggers. And that’s coming from one of his main targets.

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:34:58 +0000

I just feel bad for him. Some of my behavior has been even worse than his while I’ve struggled with mental illness. Not that I’m dismissing his behavior, or my own. I still worry about what impact my past behavior (and possible future behavior) will have and it’s a terrible dread. I guess I’m just really close to the way he must feel right now.

There wasn’t really an option though, was there? He wasn’t going to stop.