I’ve maintained this blog for almost five years. I have also been waiting for almost five years for someone to call me out for not being “punk” enough for a Punk Rock OR blog. After all, I do even have a single tattoo.
That day has come!
David Baughman, a web developer for Boeing in Seattle, stumbled upon my blog. He later sent me the photoshopped picture (see below), showing me as a punk rocker.
He writes:
I found the article interesting, and your picture just yelled “conservative” so I had to say something. My buddy Matt gets all credit for the photoshop genius, and I’ll just take credit for the idea.
This is a photoshopped version of me.
This photo is as punk rock as I am willing to be, at least on days other than Halloween. I will continue to enjoy life as a fake punk rocker. In my Science of Better podcast interview with Barry List, I discuss the blog name and my thoughts on tattoos.
Punk Rock Operations Research 
January 10th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
That’s terrifying.
January 10th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
My husband agrees. His response after seeing the picture was “That is not the woman I married.”
I kinda like how my punk persona’s hair is more manageable than my real hair.
January 10th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Oh man, that totally made my day. Thanks for the interesting posts and for being such a good sport!
January 11th, 2012 at 2:18 am
great job.
That is a Punk researcher.
January 11th, 2012 at 3:36 am
You’ve now got a following from Boeing engineers, Laura.
(But only after you put the picture up. We’re a strange bunch.)
Just kidding. You have great content, and just the thing we like to dig into sometimes.