Utah man’s confessional obituary owns up to life of pranks

Yahoo News ^ | 7/17/12 | Eric Pfeiffer

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"non-sequitur. If one does or does not falsify credentials, it has no impact on the quality of work required by an advanced degree program. for those of you in Rio Linda, while I would question someone's work ethic who falsified credentials, I certainly would not consider lacking an advanced degree a basis for doing so."

I didn't question his "work ethic," I questioned his basic integrity and his competence. The "practical joker's" employer apparently wanted somebody with a Ph.D, not somebody who hadn't managed to get through his undergraduate work. It seems the employer thought those credentials were necessary to do whatever the job was because they were willing to pay the extra costs to get someone with those creds.

If a person lies, in a very significant way, to get a job, it is entirely reasonable to believe that person would lie about other significant things to keep that job. For those of you in Rio Linda, that's a bad thing and that is why I wouldn't want to drive across any bridge designed by jokerman.