User:Davidpdx
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[edit] About Me
I am an American from Portland Oregon. For the past two years and a half years, I have been living in South Korea and teaching English as a Second Language. In January 2006, I married a Korean woman and we are planning to go back to the United States together next year. Some of my hobbies include photography, music, reading, traveling, politics, caving, and surfing the internet. I am a member of Lions Club.
The article that I am most proud of writing is the one about my grandfather, Morris R. Jeppson. He was the assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima August 6th, 1945. Very little information was available about him due to the fact he did not grant any interviews up until the 40th anniversary in 1985. When I first began to browse Wikipedia, I noticed my grandfather was mentioned in the article about the Enola Gay. His name was misspelled in the article and no additional information was available. I felt that the world should learn about his accomplishments after the war, as he took part in many important scientific discoveries that make it possible to develop the products we buy and use today. He was interviewed for the article Eyewitness to Hiroshima which appeared in Time Magazine for the 60th anniversary in August 2005 [1].
In addition, I have done extensive work on many articles about Oregon politicians. Recently, I have been trying to update article about the 2006 Oregon Gubernatorial Election. Currently, I am trying to add election results from the 2006 primary election to diffrent articles. Please feel free to look through the list of articles I have written or contributed to and give me feedback on my talk page.
[edit] Favorite Quotes
"Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining." -Judge Judy
"I'm a god, not the God." -Bill Murray, Groundhog Day
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum." - Roddy Piper, They Live
"No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey." - Jon Stewart's response to Tucker Carlson about why he's isn't as funny on Crossfire as he is on his own show.
"Washington is a funny town. One day your up, the next day your down, as I was saying to my driver on the way over here Scooter Libby."
-Senator John McCain in response to the question from Jon Stewart whether Dick Cheney was insane.
"Marriage is an institution and I'm much too young to go into an institution." -Jon Bon Jovi
[edit] Where I've traveled
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[edit] Favorite Movies
- Groundhog Day
- Lucus
- Stripes
- Bad Company
- I am Sam
- They Live
- The Runaway Jury
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
[edit] Favorite TV shows
- The West Wing (series ended in 2006)
- Joan of Arcadia (series ended in 2005)
- Moonlighting (series ended in 1989)
- CSI: Las Vegas
- CSI: Miami
- The Late Show with David Letterman
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
[edit] My To Do List
[edit] Articles to Expand
- List of Oregon ballot measures
- David B. Frohnmayer
- Victor G. Atiyeh
- Kevin Mannix
- Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
- Jason Atkinson
- Ron Saxton
- Les AuCoin
- Ben Westlund
[edit] Articles to Create
- Don McIntire
- Oregon Taxpayers United
- Oregon Ballot Measure 3 (2000)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 8 (2000)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (2000)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 86 (2000)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 94 (2000)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 13 (2002)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 17 (2002)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 19 (2002)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 23 (2002)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 26 (2002)
[edit] Articles I have written or contributed to
- David Wu
- Vicki Walker
- Darlene Hooley
- Peter DeFazio
- Barbara Roberts
- Greg Walden
- Bill Sizemore
- Ted Kulongoski
- Pete Sorenson
- John Kitzhaber
- Mark Hatfield
- Elizabeth Furse
- Oregon tax revolt
- Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006
- Oregon Ballot Measure 60 (1998)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 19 (1994)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (1997)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (1998)
- Oregon Ballot Measure 67 (1998)
- Morris R. Jeppson