User:Phil in the 818

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-NThis user is anative speakerofAmerican English.

This usercomes from the
United States of America.

This user has visited7of the50United States.7

This user lives inSouthern California.

This user is interested inastronomy.

This user is interested inspace exploration.

This user is disappointed withPlutono longer being defined as a planet – but Pluto is still exists as an interesting object, and theIAU:s 2006 definition of planetis alinguistic/semantic embarrassment/nightmare.

This user is interested inaviation

This user is interested inRigid Airships.

'	This user is interested inpolitics.

This user enjoysbackpacking.

This user is interested inenvironmentalism.

80sThis user rocks out to totally rad80s new wavemusic.

This user enjoysska.

Avast there! - this user is a fan of theHornblower novels.

G	This user is aGryffindor.

This user is aDoctor Whofan.

This user is afroodwho really knows where histowelis

LOTR	This user lovesThe Lord of the Ringsbook series but not thefilm trilogy.

FCThis userdoes nottalk aboutFight Club.

STAR WARSThis user wouldshoot Greedo first.

STAR WARS

This user is a fan ofStar Warsepisodes IV, V, and VI as they were originally released.

DS9	This user believes thatDeep Space Ninewas the best incarnation of Star Trek.

I'm a museum guide as my main means of employment. I was born in California, have lived in Nevada and Oregon, and currently live inGlendale, California.So that you may know where my biases are (if any express themselves), I was raisedRoman Catholic,but just consider myself a Monotheist at this point. I politically am a progressive Democrat. Ethnically I am a European mongrel with my major components being Irish of which I am 3/8ths and Polish of which I am 1/4th.

I took care of my GED's atPasadena City College,and then transferred toCal State Northridgewhere I have yet to finish.

I enjoy backpacking; collectingvinyl records;knitting;readingscience fiction,fantasy,historical fiction,histories, and the occasional vampire book; watching movies of similar genres of what I read with the addition of comedies to that list; and listening toBritish Invasion,Garage Rock,Surf Rock,Glam,Punk Rock,Ska,Post-Punk,andNew Wave music.I also have an interest in objectiveaudiophilia(despite a lack of money, and a vinyl record collection), rigidairships,naval vessels (especiallyaircraft carriersand WWII erabattleships),thermioniccomputers, mechanical computers,Charles Babbage,airplanes,Art Deco,barnstorming,andpirates.

I have two cats; Carmen, a black cat, and Squishy a tuxedo cat.

Work that I've done on Wikipedia

On 21 December 2006 I used Google to translate an article aboutFrancesco Lana de Terzifrom German to English, then cleaned up the grammar and used the appropriate synonyms to make it flow better in English. The article still needs work.

On 30 March 2009 I started working on an article about "Head end power cars".

I correct spelling and grammatical errors when I see them. I also have made links inside articles when it appears to be appropriate.

Political spectrum

The results of my political spectrum test: Economic Left/Right: -7.00, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85[1]In other words, I'm very left wing with some serious libertarian leanings. I'm just showing where my biases are at, though I really try to not let them be present with anything I write or edit.

My Sandboxes

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