User:ErgoSum88
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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.
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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
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
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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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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.
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Panoramas
Images were stitched using ArcSoft Panorama Maker.
Useful links and tools
Tools
Templates
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