User:Dalmatian Mommy

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[edit] Welcome

I'm new here and while I am not a hardcore Wikipedian, my background is in magazine journalism, so editing is sort of second nature for me--not to mention a bit of an obsession once I get going.

I was raised in New Jersey, lived overseas for two years, lived in Central New York State for many years, and currently live in Massachusetts.

[edit] Interests

My interests include: Dalmatians and other dogs, genealogy, travel, Germany, Spain, France (where I lived for two years), local demographics, volunteerism, linguistics, foreign languages, photography, gourmet cooking and many others too numerous to list.

So now I've discovered the little UserBoxes... uh oh! I think this could get out of control! I'm a little obsessed with labeling things (Avery rocks!)... so I could see where this might lead...

[edit] Education

• BA - Magazine Journalism, SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
• BA - Modern Foreign Languages (German and Spanish), Syracuse University
• MSEd - Secondary Foreign Language Education (Spanish), Syracuse University Graduate School

[edit] Travel

[edit] Philosophy

• Random acts of kindness make the world a better place.
• Cigarettes cause cancer and heart disease. People who continue to use that drug ought to pay for higher health insurance.
• I believe in Evolution.
• Religion is unimportant to me--unless you try to force it upon me.
• Bill Clinton was a great American President.
• Go Orange!

[edit] Wiki Philosophy

• Articles need careful and consistent organization to best facilitate access to the information.
• Articles titles should be redirected to aid in bad searches. After all, to err is human.
• Useful information should not always be transwikied to another area.

[edit] Edits

I'm just getting started!

• My 1st edit was on 21 January 2007 at 22:07.

[edit] About Me

This user is from the planet Earth.

This user comes from the United States of America.

This user lives in or is from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

This user grew up in the state of New Jersey.

This user is from, lives in, or has lived in the Syracuse, New York metropolitan area.

This user's time zone is EST.

This user is a female contributor.

This user is of German ancestry.

[edit] Education

[edit] Editing

[edit] Wiki Stuff

This user is a recent changes patroller.

This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.

This user has been helping to make the internet not suck since January 2007.

This user prefers fix attempts over complaints of various sorts.

[edit] Interests

This user enjoys photography.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is interested in Linguistics.

This user is interested in his or her local history.

This user is interested in World War II.

This user is an art lover.

This user supports the protection of the environment

This user supports the ACLU.

This user supports the fight against breast cancer.

This user has a pet Dog.

(<and it looks like this!)

[edit] Trivia

This user eats chocolate.

This user takes his/her coffee with 3 creams and 4 sugars.

This user DOES like Green Eggs and Ham.

This user likes to eat Thai food

This user does not smoke.

Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves.

This user is right-handed.

This user is a Taurus.

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This user is a Rabbit.

This user tracks his or her money on Where's George?

[edit] Television

This user starts by shooting above the knee.

This user is not dead yet. She's getting better!

[edit] Computers

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.

This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.

[edit] Sports

This user couldn't care less about football.