User:Blueminneapolis

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[edit] Introduction

Greetings and welcome to my userpage. I am a 24-year-old gay male and a former Minnesotan now living in Hollywood.

[edit] Areas & Levels of Expertise

[edit] Expert

  • Not currently comfortable with claiming this title in any field

[edit] Intimately Familiar

  • Minnesota State Parks

[edit] Conversant

  • Minnesota History
  • English Grammar

[edit] UBX

[edit] Personal Heroes

Image:45px-asimov_copy.jpg This user's hero is Isaac Asimov.
This user's personal hero is Carl Sagan.

[edit] Computing

[edit] Online Presence

dA This user is a deviantART deviant at blueminneapolis
digg This user is a contributor to Digg.
u This user keeps a calendar of events on Upcoming.org.
This user tracks his or her money on Where's George?
WP This user tracks the number of keystrokes and mouse clicks they make on WhatPulse (profile).
This user has a page on Wikitravel.
This user maintains a blog at his own website.
W This user uses WordPress.
This user hates MySpace. A lot.
This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference.
G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.

[edit] Software

This user is crunching numbers using BOINC.
This user's primary Instant Messaging software is Trillian.
This user uses LimeWire
This user uses
Morpheus
This user is using a web browser.
Firefox This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.
os This user is using an operating system.
OpenOffice.org This user writes with the OpenOffice.org suite.

[edit] Hardware/Usage

This user types with their feet.
This user contributes using a typewriter, and sends all contributions via mail.
This user contributes using a PC.
This user contributes using a Macintosh computer.
>56k This user contributes using a broadband connection.

[edit] Entertainment

This user supports Blu-ray.
This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.
This user likes their Martinis shaken, not stirred.
Narnia This user loves the The Chronicles of Narnia.

[edit] Games

WROD Hits sure silke dingo nags a ram.

[edit] Board Games
This user is a checkers player.
This user enjoys playing chess.
This user plays Jenga.
This user plays mahjong.
This user passed GO !
(…so where is my $200?)
This user is attacking you with all three dice.
S1 This user is a Scrabble player.

[edit] Computer & Video Games
+ This user plays retro games.
This user prefers to play games on a personal computer.
? This user doesn't care what console a game is for as long as it's fun.
PS2 This user enjoys playing games on a PlayStation 2.
CIV This user plays one or more versions of Civilization.
EaW This user plays
Star Wars: Empire at War.
Fallout This user prefers advanced power armor.
This user is addicted to playing the Final Fantasy series.
Halo This user plays the Halo series.
This user plays games in the Mario series.
MN-2 This user is an expert minesweeper.
N This user is a fan of Nintendo hardware and software.
PSx This user is a fan of Sony PlayStation console series hardware and software.
SC This user plays SimCity.
SC4 This user's city is much better than Defacto's.
T This user prefers to side with the Terrans.
The Triforce This user plays games from
The Legend of Zelda series.
This user plays Pac-Man.
EVE This user plays EVE Online.
FFXI This user plays Final Fantasy XI.
An Adventurer is this User.
Mrh? This user plays Urban Dead.
Graaaagh!

[edit] Literature

This user enjoys reading anything.
This user enjoys reading fiction.
This user enjoys reading non-fiction.
This user enjoys geofiction.
This user enjoys reading science fiction.
This user enjoys reading alternate history fiction.
This user enjoys reading thrillers.
This user enjoys reading mysteries.
Image:45px-asimov_copy.jpg This user enjoys the works of Isaac Asimov.
ACC This user enjoys the works of Arthur C. Clarke .
CSL This user enjoys the works of C.S. Lewis.
This user enjoys the works of Larry Niven.


This user enjoys the works of George Orwell.
This user enjoys the works of
Kim Stanley Robinson.
This user enjoys the works of
J. R. R. Tolkien.
This user believes that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players".
This user enjoys reading short stories.
Big Brother is watching this user.
This user supports Don Quixote, and therefore opposes the use of wind power.
This user has or has yet to Journey to the Center of the Earth .
Narnia This user loves the The Chronicles of Narnia.
This user has a spice addiction.
Atr This user serves House Atreides.
LOTR This user loves The Lord of the Rings, both the books and the films.
The Silmarillion This user not only likes The Lord of the Rings, but The Silmarillion as well.
This user enjoys writing.

[edit] Language

Proficiencies
en This user is a native speaker of English.
en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English.
en-us-mn This user can speak Minnesotan.
de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
ar-0 هذا المستخدم لا يفهم حرفاً في العربية.
ja-0 この利用者は日本語わかりません(または理解するのがかなり困難です)。
This user is interested in Shavian, a reform alphabet for the English language.
elder-2 This user has an intermediate understanding of the Elder Futhark.
ipa-1 This user has a basic understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
... This user would like to be able to speak more languages.
pas-1 This user is a beginning Pascal programmer.
html-2 This user is an intermediate HTML user.
{{Wiki}} This user can write in the Wikipedia language

[edit] English Grammar

ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage.
’s Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice. [sic]

[edit] Usage

they This user considers singular they substandard English usage.
snk This user says either sneaked or snuck.
infin¦itive This user chooses to sometimes split infinitives.
by The passive voice may be used by this user.
…in. Ending a sentence with a preposition is something this user is okay with.
mankind This user supports the use of gender-neutral language.
to / too
/ two
Too many people have no idea how to use words they should have learned in grade two.
who(m) This user uses either who or whom in the object case.
which & that This user knows how to use which and that correctly.
if & whether This user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.
less & fewer This user understands the difference between less and fewer. So should you.
their / there / they're This user knows that there, their, and they're are not the same word.
your/ you’re This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, you’re in need of help.
Subj This user likes that the Subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.

[edit] Punctuation

!? This user is a punctuation stickler.
.  T This user puts two spaces after a full stop.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.
its This user understands the difference between its ("of it") and it's ("it is").
"…" This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.
“…”? This user thinks “British punctuation is best for quotation marks”, do you?
ubx-5 This user uses entirely too many userboxes.


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en This user is a native speaker of English.
en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English.
de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.
ar-0 هذا المستخدم لا يفهم حرفاً في العربية.
ja-0 この利用者は日本語わかりません(または理解するのがかなり困難です)。
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