User:Bellagio99

Foucault's pendulum does not rotate. It swings back and forth, as the earth rotates around it. I added this just because it is cool. Thanks to Slrubenstein.

[edit] Contact

Please leave me messages on my User Talk:Bellagio99 page, I will usually respond there to avoid fragmenting a discussion. Thanks.

For private communication: Special:Emailuser/Bellagio99

[edit] A Partial Autobiography in Userboxes

All scavenged -- thank you : Jeeny [RIP],Malik Shabazz, ThaddeusStamp, Goyston, Ludahai, Ursasapien, Sefringle, The Psychless, Leuko, Bearian, RrBurke, Meandering, Javascap, Johnny Au, Benbest, Faithlessthewonderboy, Wordbuilder, BlackJays, S.dedalus, Fairsing, DMack, Spencer, Andrzej Kmicic, Attilios, HokieRNB, Menasim, Legotech, Herenthere, Dycedarg, Pinkadelica, David Gerard, Slrubenstein, GreenJoe, TiddlyTom, Lisapollion, Wikipedia-Project Userboxes and others.

[edit] Activities, interests, beliefs

Activities EST This user's time zone is EST. This user comes from Toronto. This user has an affiliation with the University of Toronto. This user teaches at a university or other institution of higher education. PhD This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sociology. H This user attends or attended Harvard University. ΦBK This user is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. This user remembers using a rotary dial telephone. 65 This user is 65 years old. This user is short-sighted. This user takes public transport This user is a railfan. This user uses the TTC. TOR This user is a Toronto Raptors fan. TOR This user is a Toronto Blue Jays fan. This user is Canadian, eh? This user's Canada includes Québec. This user is a Canadaphile This user is a third Generation American. This user lives in or hails from New York City. I love NY This user ♥ NY. This user prefers New York-style pizza. This user loves oranges. ORG This user would rather eat organic food than tampered-with food This user drinks tea. This user exercises regularly and drinks a lot of water to stay hydrated. This user likes cycling. This user is interested in philately, but prefers to call it stamp collecting. This user is interested in maps and mapmaking. This user loves using Google Earth. This user plays basketball. This user enjoys snorkeling. This user has completed a 5K. This user is a cross country runner. This user plays tennis. This user admires all expressions of Nature Packrat This user is a packrat. This user sleeps, but not for predictable amounts of time.

Beliefs If this user can't dance with Emma Goldman, he doesn't want to be in your revolution. Big Brother is watching this user. This user finds censorship offensive. Dune This user knows that fear is the mind-killer. Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake. This user respects the beliefs and religions of others. This user is interested in religion as an anthropological and historical phenomenon. This user knows the Ultimate Answer. This user is a skeptic. This user agrees with the general principles of evolution. This user is interested in environmentalism. This user supports recycling. This user supports Stem Cell research. This user is interested in materialism, the belief that everything that exists is made of matter. This user is interested in geopolitics. This user is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. עברית This user regrets that he has forgotten most of the Hebrew he once knew. This user believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. This user supports the European Union. This user is interested in Higher Education. This user is married. This user is straight but not narrow. This user supports the legalization of same-sex marriage. This user's deviation is standard This user supports gender equality. mankind This user supports the use of gender-neutral language. This user is male. This user supports racial equality. PC This user is Pro-Choice. This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.* Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves. This user does not smoke. Who This user knows Who's on First. ub-0 This user believes that the placement of bumper sticker-style slogans in a small box on one's user page is an ineffective and deceptively simplistic way of communicating the nuances of one's views on a variety of issues that cannot be reduced to a pithy slogan.

Interests This user is an audiophile. This user likes most types of music. This user loves vinyl records. This user is a member of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This user enjoys jazz music. Miles This user listens to Miles Davis. This user enjoys classical music. This user enjoys reggae. R&B This user listens to R&B  music. This user enjoys ballet dancing. This user is a Monty Python fan. CBC This user is a CBC Radio fanatic. NET This user listens to radio over the Internet. 1 This user thinks BBC Radio 1 is worth the licence fee alone. This user is a fan of The Howard Stern Show. Prairie Home Companion is the answer to life's persistent questions. JAM This user wants to talk for Just a Minute, without repeating, hesitating or deviating from the subject. NPR This user listens to NPR. This user remembers when television programming was only in black-and-white. CBC This user supports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Citytv This user watches Citytv in Toronto. tvo This user watches tvo. TSN This user watches TSN. This user watches Deadwood. NUMB3RS We all use math every day. This user contributes to the Internet Movie Database. Indies This user is a huge fan of small films. This user is a Marxist of the Groucho variety. This user believes that "all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players". This user is Waiting for Godot, who will surely be arriving on June 11. This user is a bardolater. This user is interested in art history. This user is a history buff. This user is interested in Greek Mythology. This user is interested in architecture. NUMB3RS We all use math every day.

[edit] Reading, writing

Reading This user is a bibliophile. This user enjoys reading fiction. This user enjoys reading non-fiction. This user enjoys reading Biographies. D This user reads Dilbert. This user enjoys the works of Jane Austen This user enjoys the works of the Brontë sisters This user enjoys the works of George Eliot 22 This user's favourite novel is Catch-22. This user is a fan of Gabriel García Márquez. This user enjoys reading science fiction. This user enjoys reading hard science fiction This user enjoys the works of Isaac Asimov. 1.618... This user is under the influence of Philip K. Dick. This user enjoys the works of Robert A. Heinlein. This user believes there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. This user is a fan of Dune. This user enjoys the works of Larry Niven. This user is a Stargate fan. HP This user is a Harry Potter fan. This user enjoys the works of Neal Stephenson. This user enjoys the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. This user is a fan of The Lord of the Rings. This user enjoys reading anything. This user reads The New York Times. This user is informed by The Globe and Mail. This user enjoys reading magazines. E This user reads The Economist.

Writing This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know. This user enjoys writing. This user has published peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. This user has published a book. BOOK This user is working on publishing a book. POEM This user has had one of his/her poems published. MAGAZINE This user has had his/her work published in a magazine. Textbook Encyclopedia This user has had his/her work published in a textbook encyclopedia. This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages. EditorForHire This user will edit for money. whom This user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees. person, humanity This editor writes carefully to avoid gender neutrality issues completely. by This user does not like the passive voice. to / too / two This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two. its/it’s It’s really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. … This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately.... Erdős 3 This user has an Erdős number of 3

[edit] Computing, wikiing

Computing This user still remembers these. This user is interested in computers DUO This user contributes with a computer based on the Intel Core Duo microprocessor. Dell This user contributes using a Dell computer. Coll This user owns 3 working computers. This user contributes using a laptop. This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP. This user contributes using a laptop. ADSL This user contributes using an ADSL connection. This user's mobile phone and data services provider is Bell. This user spends too much time on internet forums. ACM This user is a member of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). G This user uses Google as a primary search engine. This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

Wikiing This user is proud to be a Wikipedian. Wikipedian since October 4, 2006! This user is one of an infinite number of monkeys editing Wikipedia right now. This user has a sense of humour and shows it through the use of userboxes. This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one. This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute. This user has been awarded 2 barnstars. This user reserves the right to completely screw up his or her edits. This user thinks that registration should be required to edit articles. This user is a member of AWWDMBJAWGCA WAIFDSPBATDMTD. 451 F This User is an Anti-Deletionist and will support the destruction of the work of other editors only after fair process. Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby. EB This user uses Encyclopædia Britannica along with Wikipedia. dar This editor is a darwikinist. This user loves userboxes. This user is interested in the belief that displaying userboxes does not divide the Wikipedia community but rather emphasises its diversity. 1,500+ This user has made over 1,500 contributions to Wikipedia. This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages. This user has a ton of edits. This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia. linkspam This user despises linkspam, and will terminate it on sight, as well as any other spam by the contributor. <ref> This user recognizes the importance of citing sources. <ref> This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please... tyop typo This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team. This user spends WAY too much time on Wikipedia and really needs to get off the computer... after one more edit. NP This user thinks Wikimedia deserves the Nobel prize This user is greater than the sum of his or her userboxes.

[edit] Places I've been

This user loves sunny days. This user prefers warm weather. This user is addicted to traveling. 5 This user has set foot in 5 continents of the world. 47 This user has set foot in 47 countries of the world.

Americas This user has visited 9 of the 13 provinces and territories. 9 This user has visited Jamaica. This user has visited Martinique. This user has visited Mexico. This user has visited Trinidad and Tobago. This user has visited 46 of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 46 This user has visited Brazil. This user has visited Chile. This user has visited Costa Rica. This user has visited Peru.

Western Europe This user has visited Austria. This user has visited Belgium. This user has visited Denmark. This user has visited England. This user has visited Finland. This user has visited France. This user wants to live a Beat lifestyle in Paris, France. This user has visited Germany. This user has visited Iceland. This user has visited Italy. This user has visited Netherlands. This user has visited Norway. This user has visited Portugal. This user has visited Scotland. This user has visited Spain. This user has visited Sweden. This user has visited Switzerland. This user has visited Vatican City.

Eastern Europe This user has visited Bulgaria. This user has visited Croatia. This user has visited Czech Republic. This user has visited Greece. This user has visited Hungary. This user has visited Kosovo. This user has visited Montenegro. This user has visited Russia. This user has visited Serbia. This user has visited Slovenia.

Africa, Asia, and Beyond This user has visited Egypt. This user has visited Israel. This user has visited Jordan. This user has visited Morocco. This user has visited Ghana. This user has visited Kenya. This user has visited Senegal. This user has visited Tanzania. This user has visited China. This user has visited India. This user has visited Hong Kong. This user has visited Japan. This user has visited Taiwan. This user has visited Australia. This user would like to vacation on Mars (one day). This user misses Pluto. May its planethood rest in peace.