| Revision as of 00:02, 16 April 2009 view sourceChildofMidnight (talk | contribs)43,041 edits wrong place← Previous edit | Revision as of 20:43, 19 April 2009 view source Sunray (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers37,109 edits moving comment to talk pageNext edit → | ||
| Line 72: | Line 72: | ||
| Best wishes, ] (]) 20:55, 14 December 2008 (UTC) | Best wishes, ] (]) 20:55, 14 December 2008 (UTC) | ||
| |} | |} | ||
| ==Recognition== | |||
| I'm impressed that you kept things civil on the mediation page recently. Thanks. ] (]) 08:05, 13 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 20:43, 19 April 2009
Background: sciences, economics, and anything remotely collectible. Started online in 1982. Started first "blog" by current standards in 1987 ("Today's Mail" in the Coin/Stamp Forum of CompuServe). First Internet blog circa 1992 (in CompuServe's Ourworld pages).
Firm believer in facts as opposed to opinions, no matter how others might spin them.
Easily distracted by puns.
I do not react well to gameplaying with quotes.
Ars Politica
- Politics
- and Poetry
- Seldom mix.
- The pressing issues of our time
- Very rarely end in rhyme.
- So far from fiery politics,
- Wise poets turn aside
- And quickly flee the tawdry mix
- And go. And run. And hide.
- They let those campaign sloganeers
- Push their wares into our ears,
- Cerebellums are now green slime.
- Ever offering a simple fix
- To war and poverty and crime,
- For city folks and rural hicks
- One slogan will suffice,
- 'Tis simple - "Just be nice."
Adages
Any sufficiently witty and clever remark will be attributed to Mark Twain, even if you thought of it yourself.
It is no coincidence that "gravitas" and "gravel" have so many letters in common. People admired for their "gravitas" frequently have many little stones.
If a country changes its currency, prices will all be rounded up and sizes of goods will all be rounded down.
A collector is anyone who has one of something, but would be perfectly happy to buy another one whether he needs it or not.
We have far too many "inspirational" books, and far too few "perspirational" ones.
Sometimes
Sometimes even editors who lock horns can show respect for each other. It works a lot better than name-calling and posts on others' talk pages like the proverbial gossips at the back fence.
Subpage essays
- User:Collect/thoughts
- User:Collect/essay
- User:Collect/neologism
- User:Collect/personas
- User:Collect/z
Barnstar award
|
The Editor's Barnstar | |
| For cooperatively and diligently working to remove erroneous information and condensing paragraphs and sentences from the Fascism article, allowing for the creation of a concise and well-referenced article.R-41 (talk) 18:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC) |
|
The Guidance Barnstar | |
| "The Guidance Barnstar may be awarded to users who help others locate valuable resources, information, or assistance."
Thank you SO MUCH for helping me find a valuable page that I was only vaguely aware of before. Best wishes, Inclusionist (talk) 20:55, 14 December 2008 (UTC) |