What I Like To Contribute

Articles on insects, Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians, Argentina, musicians, and occasionally other topics. I communicate in English and Spanish, and I can read Italian and Portuguese, but my skill level is not sufficient for contributing articles in these other languages.

A Little About Me acc This user plays the accordion. This user plays the Slovenian button box accordion. This user plays the Anglo-German concertina. harm-2 This user is an intermediate harmonica player. This user enjoys polka music. This user enjoys folk music. This user fancies Celtic music. This user is swept off of his feet by tango music. 80s This user enjoys 80s New Wave music. This user is a music composer. This user is interested in Eastern Christianity. This user is a baptized Roman Catholic who attends an Eastern-rite Catholic parish by choice. This user could happily spend hours, if not days, at his microscope and not feel the slightest bit guilty! BOOK This user has published 6 books. BOOK CHAPTER This user has published 6 book chapters. MAGAZINE This user has had his work published in a magazine. ACADEMIC JOURNAL This user has had his work published in an academic journal. This user has published 130 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals.

A Little More About Me This user is an Eagle Scout. This user is an Eagle Scout with Bronze Palm. This user received the Boy Scouts of America youth religious award. This user is a Vigil Brother in the Order of the Arrow whose Vigil name is Achgiguen, meaning "Lively One". This user is Proud to be an American. This user is proudly from Florida, the Sunshine State. This user supports the Libertarian Party of the United States and the Libertarian Party of Florida. LP This user is a member of the United States Libertarian Party. This user is a Libertarian Objectivist, whatever that is. This user graduated from three different universities. º This user has university degrees. This user is a scientist. This user is an Entomologist. This user sees no conflict in a belief in God and acceptance of the theory of biological evolution. я-1 This user has a basic understanding of the Cyrillic alphabet. Ω This user has an understanding of the Greek alphabet. sl-0 This user is desperately trying to learn Slovene. Be kind. ${\displaystyle \sum }$ This user is greater than the sum of his userboxes.

Places I've Been

I like to travel but I haven't been a whole lot of places. Here's where I've been (so far) in the order I visited:

Just Passed Through (stuck in the airport):

Here's where I've been in the United States (in alphabetical order):

FUN, FUN, FUN This user is a bibliophile. This user is a Karateka This user enjoys pistol shooting. This user has completed a 10K. S1 This user is a Scrabble player. Y This user loves to yell YAHTZEE! GB This user is a Sick, Twisted Freak. EIB The user is a student of the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. 1965– 1967 This user knows that The Avengers episodes with Mrs. Peel are the best ones. UFO This user is a member of S.H.A.D.O. works at Harlington-Straker Studios.

A Few Things Related To My Contributions To Wikipedia 4 000 This user has more than 4 000 edits on the English Wikipedia. AfD-5 I have had  5 pages put up for deletion. Most of the time, they were deleted. This user spends far too much time editing his user page. This user assumes good faith. incl This user is a Wikipedia inclusionist. This user is a wikignome. Click HERE to see my "almost accurate" current edit count (excludes a few via IP numbers and some others). This user supports userboxes. 1337-0 This user has no idea what 1337 is and prefers to contribute using proper words. their / there / they’re There are too many people who don’t know that they’re even worse than their children at spelling! its/it’s It’s really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. to / too / two Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two. your/ you’re This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, you’re in need of help. Latin plurals This user uses "data", "media", "memoranda", "criteria", and "agenda" as plural words, like everyone should. You and Me Correct This user thinks that if you believe it is incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, you and I need to have a little talk... This user scored 430.24523 on the Wikipediholic test. This user thinks that registration should be required to articles. This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron. 13 This user page has been vandalized 13 times.

WikiProjects This user is a member of WikiProject Pittsburgh. This user is a member of WikiProject Pennsylvania. This user is a member of the Comics Wikiproject. This user is a member of the Beverages Task Force.     This user is a member of WikiProject Argentina. This user is a member of WikiProject Slovenia.

You Want More? This user has visited 26 of the 50 United States. 26 dad This user is a father. This user believes children are the future of our world. This user would like to have more children. This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone. COUGH! Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves. This user is interested in his family history. This user hopes to study at Miskatonic University. PIT This user is a Pittsburgh Penguins fan.