a man, a plan, a jam: the story of a dude whose greatest catastrophes are also his greatest victories
Or, if you aren't into the whole brevity thing:
Jonny Dover is a longstanding member of the League of Half-Gentlemen: those rogues whose class and dignity are as ever-present as a face full of stubble and a deep, pragmatic understanding of the world.
alternately:
My life's work can be summed up as trying to take good ideas that are in one scientist's brain and putting them into others'. I am dedicated, with a passion bordering on zealotry, to making scholarship easier, more informative, and more affordable.