User:Bornyesterday
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Born Yesterday
- Adjectival phrase. A self-applied description in response to a statement by another person indicating the user's knowledge of the information which the other individual has just stated; often delivered in the interrogative statement "Do you think I was born yesterday?" with a sarcastic tone of voice if the user considers the prompting statement to be obvious information.
- Noun. Internet username. Also often seen as a single word "bornyesterday."
About bornyesterday
- Home: Currently living in Raleigh, North Carolina, but hailing from Durham.
- Education: BA in Physics. Minors in Mathematics, Philosophy, English, and Computer Programming from North Carolina State University (NCSU), in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Current Occupation: Starbucks barista
- Other: I am a brother in Alpha Phi Omega, and an Eagle Scout.
Wikipedian Interests
I found out about Wikipedia sometime in 2004. Probably from doing a Google search and getting the site as a result. I think it was for something I was writing for my blog. I thought the whole idea of a communal encyclopedia (alá the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was absolutely fantastic and I've used the site ever since when looking for information.
Pages I've Editted Significantly
- WKNC - NCSU's radio station where I worked in college.
- John Kessel - a science fiction author who is also a professor at NCSU that I have had for classes on science fiction and fiction writing.
- Bennett Place (originator) - a North Carolina state historic site just outside of my neighborhood that was where Joseph Johnston surrendered to William Tecumseh Sherman to end the American Civil War.
- Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (originator) - the premier documentary film festival in America, held annually in Durham, North Carolina.
Wikipedia Projects
Based on the philosophy that "some information is better than no information," I have been somewhat active in the effort to fulfill the articles requested for more than a year.
So far, I have created pages for:
Authors
- Robert Abernathy - American science fiction author of the 1940s and 50s
- Gamal Al-Ghitani - Egyptian novelist and political/cultural commentator
Mathematicians
- Leonard Blumenthal - American mathematician
People
- Lysette Anthony - British film, tv, and theatre actress
HIV/AIDS
Other
- Richthofen Trial - Trial of the murder of the grand-nephew of the World War I German pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.
- Res publica christiana - a legal term similar in meaning to Christendom
