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Welcome! If you would like to know something about me, check out my biography. Otherwise, peruse my interests and contributions. If you would like to know what I think about various Wikipedia topics, please check out my rants and essays page.
You know its time for a Wikibreak when... you start having nightmares about unsourced statements, bad prose, and questionable licenses on images used in articles. I'll fix it, I swear.
Interesting info
- Axeman of New Orleans — Who knew jazz music has saved lives? But you gotta love those who actually invited him over.
- American Drug War: The Last White Hope — If you've never heard of Gary Webb or Ricky Ross then you absolutely have to see this documentary.
- Vacuum state — Just try to wrap your head around this one.
- Operation Northwoods — This one makes you wonder about a few things.
- 1RXS_J160929.1−210524 — The title speaks for itself doesn't it?
- Homunculus — A perfectly formed miniature human?
- Barreleye — A strange fish with a transparent head.
- Ichthyostega — The inspiration for the symbol of rational thinkers everywhere, the Darwin fish may have been your ancestor.
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch — The problem with plastic.
- Chariots of the Gods? — People believe strange things, but it makes for great entertainment.
- Magical negro — Steven King's obsession with spiritual black characters.
- Catullus 16 — An obscenity-laden poem you might read on a bathroom wall, but it was written a long damn time ago.
- Archaeopteryx — The transitional fossil between dinosaurs and birds, who knew dinosaurs were fluttering over our heads?
- Irrumatio — You just have to read this one.
- Zorbing — People rolling down hills in giant inflated balls.
- Sutton Hoo — Anglo-saxon burial grounds.
- Phosphene — That strange pattern you see when you rub your eyes.
- Mickey Slim — A refreshing cocktail made with a splash of gin and... a pinch of DDT?
Places with amusing names
Feel free to add any if you know of one for which an article exists.
=Innuendo=
=Say what?=
=You really don't want to live here=
Created content
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=Articles=
==Featured Articles [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|15px]]==
==Good Articles [[File:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]]==
- Trucking industry in the United States — This article could reach epic proportions, as it is constantly being split into smaller and more specific articles.
- Old Tjikko — More research on the subject is needed before this article can move up the quality scale.
==Other Articles==
- History of the trucking industry in the United States
- Trucking industry in popular culture (United States)
- Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway — Failed GA. Too much road facts, not enough discussion of the geologic history of the area.
- Glossary of trucking industry terms in the United States — Failed FL. Introduction too short, no history of terms.
- Motor carrier safety rating
=Stubs=
=Navboxen, Userboxen, and Templates=
Contributed content
=Massive edits (100+)=
- Hawaii hotspot — Failed FA three times, once for lack of comments, and twice for copy editing.
=Major edits (10–100)=
Good Article reviews
Articles which I have reviewed and passed at Good Article nominations, from newest to oldest. This list does not include those I have failed, but does include those I have reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps.
- Orion Nebula
- Salvia divinorum
- Tiktaalik
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Ford BA Falcon
- Mitsubishi i
- Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)
- United States Numbered Highways
- Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania
- U.S. Route 50
- Interstate 476
- Punctuated equilibrium
- Hawaii hotspot
- Sinsen (station)
- Synthetic diamond — Now FA and TFA.
- Forskningsparken (station)
- Storo (station)
- Case of the Hooded Man
- Nevada State Route 375
- U.S. Route 13 in Maryland
- Washington State Route 31
- New York State Route 217
- State Route 314 (New York – Vermont)
- New York State Route 293
- Maryland Route 33
- Maryland Route 285
- Maryland Route 404
- New York State Route 393
- M-32 (Michigan highway)
- Barryville–Shohola Bridge
- BP Pedestrian Bridge — Now FA and TFA.
- McDonald's Cycle Center — Now FA.
GAs I'm currently in the process of reviewing, or have placed on hold.
- None currently.
Barnstars
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|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | 100px |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The Truck Driving/Tobacco Smoking/Arkansas Residing/Atheist/Liberal/Getting Hours of Service to FA Barnstar |
style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Sure, lots of people have one of those ordinary passe barnstar's on their userpage, but how many can claim this =-). Congratulations on your featured article, you deserve it. Dave (talk) 05:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC) |
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|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | 100px |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar |
style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | U.S. Route 50 in Nevada passed FAC, thank you for the review and copyedits. It would not have passed without them.Dave (talk) 21:31, 30 March 2009 (UTC) |
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|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | 100px |rowspan="2" | |style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar |
style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thanks for your help in getting Interstate 70 in Colorado to Featured Article status. Dave (talk) 01:59, 11 October 2009 (UTC)) |
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On behalf of Wikiproject Good Articles, I would like to express our gratitude to you for your contributions to the Sweeps process, for which you completed 23 reviews. Completion of this monstrous task has proven to be a significant accomplishment not only for our project, but for Wikipedia. As a token of our sincere appreciation, please accept this ribbon. Lara 14:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC) |
Photo galleries
=Commons=
Check out my photo galleries over on the Commons.
=Selected images=
File:Truck cab.JPG|Inside one of the many semi-trailer trucks I have driven.
File:Commercial truck travelling on I-70 in Utah.jpg|Interstate 70 in Utah
File:Halekulani04.JPG|View from the Halekulani Hotel balcony with Diamond Head in the background.
File:Honolulu04.JPG|Aerial view of Honolulu with Magic Island in the foreground.
File:Cedar Falls 02.JPG|Overlook of Cedar Falls at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas.
File:Betta splendens03.JPG|My late fish, a Betta splendens.
File:Blue flowers01.JPG|Plumbago auriculata at the Honolulu Zoo.
File:Hairy yellow hermit (aniculus maximus).jpg|Aniculus maximus at the Waikiki Aquarium.
File:Western terminus of I-70 at Cove Fort, Utah.jpg|The western end of Interstate 70.
File:Honolulu01.JPG|Aerial view of downtown Honolulu with Aloha Tower in the foreground.
File:Pineapple maze 1.JPG|Aerial view of the Dole Food Company pineapple maze, the largest maze in the world.
File:Colorado.JPG|The welcome sign for Colorado, as seen from Interstate 70 in Colorado, entering from Utah.
File:Colorado05.JPG|Interstate 70 in Colorado along the Colorado River.
File:Cannibal fork.JPG|Cannibal fork at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
File:Wyoming.JPG|Wyoming state welcome sign, as seen along Interstate 80.
File:US Route 54 in New Mexico.JPG|U.S. Route 54 in New Mexico.
=Panoramas=
Images were stitched using ArcSoft Panorama Maker.
File:Pinnacle Mountain panorama.JPG. The Arkansas River is on the left-hand side of the image.]]
File:Petit jean panorama.JPG overlook. Again, the Arkansas River can be seen on the left.]]
File:Ponce Inlet Lighthouse 03.jpg from the top of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse.]]
Useful links and tools
=Tools=
- [http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/count/index.php?name=ErgoSum88&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia Summary of my contributions]
- Article readability and word counter
- Disambig link finder
- Contributors list
- Check links
- Reflinks fixer
- [http://tineye.com TinEye reverse image search]
- [http://stats.grok.se/ Traffic stats]
- [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Wayback Machine]