Gary Shannon continues his efforts in medical geography despite not fully understanding the current direction/location or paradigm of the specialty. Nevertheless, he remains undaunted and has focused his efforts on telemedicine...continuing his practice of searching out topics unsullied by more proficient medical geographers. Somewhat suprisingly, he has been asked to work on a seminal volume of telelmedicine for the National Library of Medicine. And, this past year he has made presentations on telemedicine in Norway and Spain. Other than this, he seems to have somewhat of a future in writing about emerging infectious diseases.

An eclectic out of necessity, his work on River Rouge, Michigan (his hometown) continues - reaching a length of more than 2000 pages (not including maps and illustrations); and, he is desperately seeking a publisher. He continues to summer on his (very small) island in Canada where he contemplates his alma mater's (University of Michigan) recent string of debacles against the "team of thugs" from the state just south of Michigan.