User:Ycartreel

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Ycartreel

I spent five hours on this. I am lost.
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US This user uses American English.
This user enjoys reading anything.
This user enjoys writing.
This user writes poetry.
POEM This user has had one of his/her poems published.
NPR This user listens to NPR.
X This user is a member of Generation X.
This user remembers how to use a typewriter, and that's all you need to know.
This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.
dad This user is a father.
This user don't use jelly.
DB This user is a fan of David Bowie.
This user enjoys film.
Indies This user is a huge fan of small films.
This user enjoys photography.
1.618... This user is under the influence of Philip K. Dick.
SoCal This user lives in, hails from or is associated with Southern California.
This user is a committed flexitarian.
INFJ This user's MBTI type is INFJ.
ADHD This user has ADHD.
This user is Jewish.

If I had the time, I'd make a user box about my strong conviction that periods and commas go inside quotation marks even when they are not part of the title.

For example.

Evil == My favorite book is "Absurdistan".

Good == My favorite book is "Absurdistan."

Evil == As I read "Absurdistan", my foot fell asleep.

Good == As I read "Absurdistan," my foot fell asleep.

I realize that there are different usages from place to place, but to my mind, Wikipedia's Manual of Style is just plain wrong and idiotic. However, I now have to redo several edits I did before seeing the Manual.

  • Moment of my life most easily adapted to the Screen:

Around five years ago, I got an email from the editors of The Melic Review telling me that my poem On Golden Bush was to be included in their anthology! When I got my copy of the anthology (for which I paid) my poem was not there. So my daughter and I proceeded to kick the anthology to pieces across my girlfriend's Mexican Tile floor.

  • I just got a Pentax K100D for my birthday and am slowly learning how to use a real camera.
  • I originally created a username for the sole purpose of arguing against the deletion of the entry for Israelisms. Then I started editing cuz it's something that plays into my ADD.