User:Dmnyc

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a hat is always appropriate
a hat is always appropriate

DM in NYC here. Armchair historian and movie buff born in New Rochelle, New York, raised in Houston, Texas, and who ended up back in New York after all. Go figure.

"I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. We know Henry knows and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family." - Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany in The Lion in Winter

I kept running across Wikipedia while fact checking for work and soon found myself browsing it for ridiculous amounts of time. Figured I'd contribute in whatever small way I could. Did a few minor edits as I familiarized myself with the mark up and structure. Here's hoping I won't bring the whole system down when I start adding information as I hope to do soon.

[edit] my interests include

More on the minutia that is me can be found at my website or my livejournal

[edit] useful stuff

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[edit] wiki things to do

personal laundry list: pages for Trixie Belden books; Mark Valley and Keen Eddie; add Joan Robinson Hill murder case to murders section of Houston, Texas page (which is really long so maybe deal with that as well). And add El Paso Energy and Tenneco to appropriate corporations category.

Here are some tasks you can do: