I have a sword
I had a pretty entertaining conversation with Calvin this morning. We were commiserating about a particularly complex proposal. The thing is nasty. It has sub-awards, it has in-kind, it has cost-sharing, it has about 15 different partners. Calvin described it as a menacing, slimy, Hydra monster of a proposal. I shrugged. "Whatever; I have a sword." Calvin laughed out loud. Photogrammetric model of a fishing net on the Portland bow. Credit: Marine Imaging Technologies. For all the times I've prided myself on playing scientific defense , not offence, I must admit there are times when I need a sword - or at least an offensive strategy. How do you get ahead of a problem? How do you slay a 3-headed monster? The proposal itself is actually the closest I'll ever come to playing offence: prevention. We're proposing to partner with stakeholders across Massachusetts to prevent future entanglements of fishing gear on shipwrecks. You know what I'm talking about - m