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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
- Bald Knob, AR
- Toad Suck, AR
- Lizard Lick, NC
- Big Bone Lick State Park, KY
- Beaverlick, KY
- French Lick, IN
- Licking County, Ohio
- Intercourse, PA
- Climax, GA
- Twin Peaks, CA
Say what?
- Smackover, AR
- Biggers, AR
- Yazoo City, MS
- Chunky, MS
- Hot Coffee, MS
- Eclectic, AL
- Gu-Win, AL
- Choccolocco, AL
- Winooski, VT
- Sopchoppy, FL
- Knockemstiff, Ohio
You really don't want to live here
Created content
Articles
Featured Articles
Good Articles
- 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
- Jurupa Oak
- Colorado State Highway 64
- Electronic on-board recorder
- American Trucking Associations — Now C-class.
- Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association
- Circle of Iron
- National Network
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
The Truck Driving/Tobacco Smoking/Arkansas Residing/Atheist/Liberal/Getting Hours of Service to FA Barnstar | ||
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) |
The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar | ||
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) |
The WikiProject U.S. Roads Contributor Barnstar | ||
Thanks for your help in getting Interstate 70 in Colorado to Featured Article status. Dave (talk) 01:59, 11 October 2009 (UTC)) |
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.
- Oahu photos
- Waikiki Aquarium
- Honolulu Zoo
- U.S. state welcome signs
- Trucking Industry in the United States
- Interstate 70 in Colorado
- Interstate 70 in Utah
Selected images
- Inside one of the many semi-trailer trucks I have driven.
- View from the Halekulani Hotel balcony with Diamond Head in the background.
- Aerial view of Honolulu with Magic Island in the foreground.
- Overlook of Cedar Falls at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas.
- My late fish, a Betta splendens.
- Plumbago auriculata at the Honolulu Zoo.
- Aniculus maximus at the Waikiki Aquarium.
- The western end of Interstate 70.
- Aerial view of downtown Honolulu with Aloha Tower in the foreground.
- Aerial view of the Dole Food Company pineapple maze, the largest maze in the world.
- Interstate 70 in Colorado along the Colorado River.
- Cannibal fork at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
- Wyoming state welcome sign, as seen along Interstate 80.
- U.S. Route 54 in New Mexico.
Panoramas
Images were stitched using ArcSoft Panorama Maker.
Useful links and tools
Tools
- Summary of my contributions
- Article readability and word counter
- Disambig link finder
- Contributors list
- Check links
- Reflinks fixer
- TinEye reverse image search
- Traffic stats
- Internet Wayback Machine