User:HouseOfScandal

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MY SELF
I'm a citizen of the USA and Ireland. I attended XBHS, U Mass Amherst, National University of Ireland and am now earning a Harvard degree. Formerly a researcher for NEHGS, and a journalist and photographer for a Boston-based newspaper, I currently coordinate a graduate program. I founded an ICS chapter, tutor at Boston Latin School, and recently wrote a childhood memoir.
MY WIKING
My work on Wikipedia shows the dillitantism that is my greatest weakness. I write about my hometown, race relations, medieval subjects, biology, indigenous peoples, pop culture and so many other subjects that it makes no sense, especially to me. I haven't been active much lately as work, school, and volunteerism leaves me little time for pro bono encyclopedia writing.
MY FRIENDS
John Adams described the crowd at the Boston Massacre as "a motley rabble of saucy boys, negros and molattoes, Irish teagues and outlandish jack tarrs." Although 230 years have passed, those words of John Adams do describe me and the Boston boys with whom I keep company. I've also been fortune enough to meet some extraordinary musicians, poets, and other artists here in Jamaica Plain.

MY ARTICLES:

A few of these are stubs or were stubs when I found them. A few are disambiguation pages or articles I adapted from other articles. Mostly they are articles that I started from scratch and brought to completion. Of course, in most cases edits have been made by other editors since these articles were posted.
Aart | Acer capillipes | Acer cissifolium | Acer crataegifolium | Acer davidii | Acer japonicum | Acer laevigatum | Acer mandshuricum | Acer maximowiczianum | Acer monspessulanum | Acer rufinerve | Acer sieboldianum | Acer triflorum | Acer zoeschense | Adam4Adam | Adam Bruce | Agassiz Rock | Appleton Farms | Amazing Crowns | Amphibiosan | Anderson Memorial Bridge | Ani | Anthony Haden-Guest | Antoine de la Rochefoucauld | Ardkillihien | Ashintully Gardens | Asia Bank | Atlantic House | Attaquin Beach | Baile na nGall | Ball culture | Ballinatray | Ballyveelick | Banjee | Banshenchas | Bartholomew's Cobble | Bear Swamp | Beast poetry | Benjamin Bussey | Bird Park | Blackwater Castle | Bonsai aesthetics | Boston Evening Transcript | Boston magazine | Boston MedFlight | Botánica | Bridgetown Abbey | Buhr Park | Canapitsit Channel | Carronade Island | Castletown, County Cork | Castletownroche | Catholicate | Chaubunagungamaug Reservation | Cold Turkey (film) | Connaught Place, London | Creobroter | Crowd Site | Daltaí na Gaeilge | Davi Kopenawa Yanomami | Dennis Brockenborough | Dralasite | Dún Aengus | Éamonn an Chnoic | Edmonson sisters | Emancipation Memorial | Endicott House | Espiritismo | Esveld Aceretum | Etiquette in Africa | Etiquette in Asia | Etiquette in Australia and New Zealand | Etiquette in Canada and the United States | Etiquette in Europe | Etiquette in Latin America | Etiquette in the Middle East | Exfoliation (botany) | Fáilte | Fáilte Ireland | Faulkner Hospital | Federation of International Sports, Aerobics and Fitness | Flag of Junqueirópolis | Forest Hills, Boston | Franklin Park, Boston | Gallarus Castle | Gardner-Serpollet | Gardy's Millpond | George Walker Weld | Gestes esthétiques | Glide Memorial Church | Global Heritage Fund | Goodyera | Great Book of Lecan | Gurraneachoel | Habenaria | Habit (biology) | Haghpat Monestary | Harvard Mineralogical Museum | Harvard Museum of Natural History | Harvard University Herbaria | Hassanamisco Nipmuck | Hazel Lavery | He Gives Us All His Love | Hoheria | Holly Marsh | Holy Noise | Hookah lounge | Hot 8 Brass Band | Humarock | Ichabod Washburn | Imamura Shiko | Indie hip hop | Invertebrate zoology | Iris oratoria | Isabel Weld Perkins | James Brown Is Dead | James Palacio | Jewdar | Joe Sirois | Joseph Dixon | J-ska | Junqueirópolis | King Phillip's Cave | King Phillip's Cave (Massachusetts) | Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Kjærlighetens kjøtere | Knockanare Well | Lake Chaubunagungamaug | Lake Cochichewick | Landmark Center | Landmarks Foundation | Land development | Larz Anderson Auto Museum | Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection | Larz Anderson Park | Leadmine Wildlife Management Area | Ledgowan Forest | Lee Ufan | Liscarroll | Liscarroll Castle | Lisnagourneen | London Metropolitan Orchestra | Loch Doule | Loughrowane | Loch Scaven | Lycée Français | Mamo | Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds | Mashpee River Reservation | Massachusetts Department of Public Health | MassWildlife | Meadow | Metrocorp | Milldam | Moy Hall | Museum Wharf | Myrtilla Miner | Mytoi | Nantasket Beach | Nicholas Longworth Anderson | Nicole Murray-Ramirez | Nipmuck Nation | Norbeck | Normal School for Colored Girls | Norumbega Park | New England Baptist Hospital | Obbatinewat | Old Time | Omai (deity) | Paloheinä | Paragon Park | Parkacunna | Perkins Manor, Contoocook | Phoenix Media/Communications Group | Pippa Scott | Pipe smoking | Poecilostomatoida | Popponesset Bay | Popponesset Creek | Popponesset Island | Popponesset Peninsula | Potshot | Push It to the Limit | Pretty Girl Bullshit | Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein | Putterham School | Queen of Japan | Ramification (botany) | Rathacarthen | Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War | Rio Demini | Rio Toototobi | River Awbeg | River Carron (Forth) | River Carron, Wester Ross | Rochet-Schneider | Sachem (title) | Saint Nishan | Sajama Lines | Sallie Ann Glassman | Sanitary engineer | Sanitary engineering | Scrarour | Sexual cannibalism | Shawmut | Shawmut Peninsula | Sherwood Forest, Massachusetts | Shisha | Shreve, Crump & Low | Skenakilly | Skinny House | Sleeve garter | Snakebark Maples | Social conduct in Ghana | Some Dudes Can Fight | Southeastern Massachusetts | St. Cuthbert's Cave | St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston | St. Patrick's Blue | Stephen Minot Weld | Stephen Minot Weld Jr. | Sweeney Astray | Táin Bó | Tantiusques | Tele-publishing, Inc. | The Arborway | The Bosstones | The Brownings | The Dorchesterway | The Fenway | The French Connection (videos) | The Impression That I Get | The Jamaicaway | The MatchMaker (1997 film) | Themba Mabaso | Thomas P. Keenan | Rathskeller | The Riverway | Tiia Piili | Tufts Medical Center | Tulrush | Trepanging | Underground hip hop | Urban wild | USS Carronade | Veil (botany) | Wachusett | Wachusett Brewing Company | Wachusett Potato Chip Company | Weir Hill | Weld Boathouse | Weld Family | Wells State Park, Massachusetts | Wells State Park, Michigan | Wet meadow | William Bevil Thomas | William Fletcher Weld | William Gordon Weld | Winnecunnet | Winnecunnet Pond | Wooing of Emer | World Association of Copepodologists | Worldwide etiquette | Yellow Book of Lecan | Yokohama Museum of Art | 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
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VETERAN EDITOR
This editor is a Tutnum, and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge.

Hroþwulf ond Hroðgar heoldon lengest sibbe ætsomne suhtorfædran, siþþan hy forwræcon wicinga cynn ond Ingeldes ord forbigdan, forheowan aet Heorote Heaðobeardna þrym.

"So ironic it's not. So un-ironic, it is."


THE BLACK CROSS OF ST. DECLAN
You, House of Scandal, are awarded the Black Cross of St. Declan for going medieval on our asses with your excellent work on articles of Dark Ages and Middle Ages interest. De réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin - "It takes time to build castles" Ciarán of Clonmacnoise 05:41, 8 January 2007


PHOTOGRAPHER'S BARNSTAR
To HouseOfScandal this photographer's barnstar is awarded for the great images that you have added to Wikipedia. Your photos make me want to visit Boston and eat lots of junk food! --Raj Krishnamurthy (talk) 07:43, 14 March 2008

ORIGINAL BARNSTAR
For your extaordinary work, above and beyond the call of duty, in splitting up the List of Faux Pas and in reworking the material into coherent sub-articles! --Elipongo 08:07, 26 November 2006

WORKING MAN'S BARNSTAR
Have run into your great work quite a few times over the last couple of weeks, even queried another admin as to why he was reverting you! Keep up the great work! Glen S 21:46, 27 November 2006


USER NAME BARNSTAR
Hey House of Scandal, two months ago User:68.39.174.238 suggested you get this but lamented there wasn't one. Now there is! Keep up the great work on Wikipedia and don't let small minds get you down. Shaundakulbara 13:29, 7 January 2007

WORKING MAN'S BARNSTAR
Awarded to HouseOfScandal for his extraordinary articular-contributorial prowess. His DYK achievements are truly something else. On behalf of the project, thank you for all your hard work. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 20:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

BARNSTAR OF GOOD HUMOR
I just discovered your "Seria Ludo" essay (or whatever you call it) and it was alot of laughs. I enjoyed its "edgy" humor.-Shaundakulbara 13:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The 25 DYK Medal
Congratulations! Here's a medal for you in appreciation of your hardwork in creating, expanding (and nominating) 25+ articles for DYK. Keep up the good work - sorry it took a while as you are well over 25. Well done again, HouseOfScandal! --Victuallers (talk) 18:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC) PS cool user page design


SEXUAL CANNIBALISM
Did you know that male spiders, scorpions and mantids have special strategies to avoid sexual cannibalism? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 18 January 2007

PRINCE JOSEPH WENZEL
Did you know that 11-year old Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein is regarded by Jacobites as third in line for the throne of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 10 January 2007

BONSAI COLLECTION
Did you know the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts has a Hinoki Cypress over 250 years old? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 6 December 2006


SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW
Did you know Shreve, Crump & Low, the oldest jeweler in North America, opened across the street from the smithy of Paul Revere and has designed such prestigious awards as the Davis Cup and the Cy Young Award? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 19 December 2006

CASTLETOWNROCHE
Did you know shortly before Christmas 1942 a man believed to be a Nazi spy walked into the small Irish village of Castletownroche and was apprehended by the Garda? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 20 December 2007 (UTC)

GOODYERA
Did you know the 25 species of Goodyera comprise just one of over 800 genera of orchids? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 24 December 2006

RIVER CARRON
Did you know the River Carron in the Scottish Highlands has given its name to a type of naval cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships and an island in the Southern Hemisphere? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 25 December 2006

FLOWER MANTIS
Did you know that Creobroter is a praying mantis that uses ant mimicry as a juvenile and flower mimicry when adult? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 18 January 2007

TREPANGING
Did you know trepanging is the harvesting of sea cucumbers and Macassan trepangers traded with Indigenous Australians generations before the arrival of Europeans? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 26 December 2006

TANIUSQUES
Did you know Tantiusques, a graphite mine which John Winthrop the Younger purchased from the Nipmuck in 1644, became the basis for today's Dixon Ticonderoga pencil company? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 27 December 2006

LAKE CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG
Did you know Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is often cited as the longest place name in the United States? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 28 December 2006 (UTC)

GREAT TRAIL
Did you know the Great Trail created by Native Americans connected the Great Lakes region of Canada to New England and the mid-Atlantic and laid the foundation for modern highways? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 29 December 2006 (UTC)

SLEEVE GARTERS
Did you know sleeve garters were first used in the 19th century and are still worn by poker dealers and barbershop musicians? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 1 January 2007

ESPIRITISMO
Did you know Espiritismo is the Latin American and Caribbean belief that good and evil spirits can affect health, luck and other elements of human life? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 1 January 2007

ICHABOD WASHBURN
Did you know the university mascot called "the Ichabod" is named after Ichabod Washburn, an owner of the world's largest wire mill? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 3 January 2007

BOTÀNICA
Did you know a botánica is a Latin American store that sells religious goods, magical paraphernalia and brand name health care products? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 2 January 2007

HAGHPAT MONASTERY
Did you know Haghpat Monastery in Armenia was placed on the World Heritage List over 1,000 years after it was founded? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 3 January 2007

LANDMARKS FOUNDATION
Did you know the Landmarks Foundation helps conserve sacred sites such as the stone spheres of Costa Rica and the moai of Easter Island? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 7 January 2007

EDMONSON SISTERS
Did you know the Edmonson sisters were African American slaves who tried to escape to freedom and became celebrity abolitionists? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 5 January 2007

HAZEL LAVERY
Did you know the face of Chicago native Hazel Lavery adorned the banknotes of Ireland for seventy years? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 10 January 2007

QUEEN OF JAPAN
Did you know Queen of Japan members use aliases that sound like Japanese names and are known for synthpop covers of artists such as John Lennon and Bob Dylan? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 14 January 2007

SAJAMA LINES
Did you know the Sajama Lines in Bolivia took 3,000 years to make and might be considered the largest artwork in the world? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 12 January 2007

PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT
Did you know "Push It To The Limit", a pop rap song by Corbin Bleu backed by The Walt Disney Company, was recently the most downloaded song at the iTunes Store? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 16 January 2007

MEDITERRANEAN MANTIS
Did you know that the Mediterranean mantis (Iris oratoria) is capable of virgin birth? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 16 January 2007

CHROOGOMPHUS
Did you know Chroogomphus is an edible mushroom that grows as a parasite in pine forests? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 10 January 2007

HOT 8 BRASS BAND
Did you know that three members of the Hot 8 Brass Band have died as a result of gun violence in New Orleans? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 12 January 2007

HAWAYO TAKATA
Did you know that Hawayo Takata, a Nisei fluent in the language and culture of both Japan and the United States, introduced Reiki to the Western World? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 19 January 2007

ATLANTIC HOUSE
Did you know at the Atlantic House on Cape Cod during World War I, Pulitzer Prize-winner Eugene O'Neill was arrested at gun point as a spy for the Kaiser? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 19 January 2007

GOLDEN RESOURCES MALL
Did you know the Golden Resources Mall in Beijing, the second-largest shopping mall in the world, has attracted as few as 20 shoppers in an hour? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 21 January 2007

DAVI KOPENAWA YANOMANI
Did you know that Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, a shaman of the indigenous people of Brazil, received an award from the United Nations Environmental Program? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 21 January 2007

INTERNATIONAL MANGO FESTIVAL
Did you know that ...that more than 550 varieties of mango are showcased in the International Mango Festival held in Delhi? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 19 January 2007

ADAM BRUCE
Did you know in 2005, Adam Bruce became the first herald appointed to Clan Donald of Scotland in 510 years? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 21 January 2007

SCHOOL FOR COLORED GIRLS
Did you know the Normal School for Colored Girls was incorporated into the University of the District of Columbia? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 4 January 2007

JUNQUEIRÒPOLIS
Did you know that Junqueirópolis, a municipality in São Paulo, Brazil, is nicknamed "Acerola Capital" for its agriculture? - Greatly expanded by House of Scandal, featured on 21 January 2007

SHAMBALA
Did you know...that the song "Shambala" by Three Dog Night has a gospel music sound and Tibetan Buddhist subject matter? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 7 January 2007

COPEPODOLOGISTS
Did you know that the first president of the World Association of Copepodologists was a veteran of the Polish resistance movement in World War II? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 22 January 2007

DRALASITE
Did you know that Dralasites are an amoeboid extraterrestrial race depicted in science fiction role-playing games for the past 25 years? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 26 January 2007

J-SKA
Did you know that J-ska is contemporary Japanese music with origins in the music of Jamaica? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 26 January 2007

JAMES PALACIO
Did you know that James Palacio of the HBO series Oz was an empress of the Imperial Court System? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 26 January 2007

BANJEE
Did you know a banjee is a type of young Latino or Black man who has sex with men and dresses in urban fashion? - Created by House of Scandal on 26 January 2007

POECILOSTOMATOIDA
Did you know that Poecilostomatoida are parasitic crustaceans frequently with antennae modified to terminate in small hooks or claws that are used in attachment to host organisms? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 27 January 2007

THEMBA MABASO
Did you know that according to Themba Mabaso, the State Herald of South Africa, the flag of South Africa is read like a written document? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 28 January 2007

LEONARD CROFOOT
Did you know that Leonard Crofoot, a dancer in The Singing Detective, has had three Star Trek roles? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 29 January 2007

LARANTUKA
Did you know that Larantuka is an Indonesian district known for Roman Catholic Holy Week processions? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 29 January 2007

BALL CULTURE
Did you know that that ball culture, as seen in Paris is Burning, has drag houses that compete for 12' tall trophies and prizes of $1000 or more? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 3 February 2007

JAMES BROWN IS DEAD
Did you know "James Brown Is Dead" is an electronic dance music reference to James Brown and the widespread sampling of his music? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 29 December 2006

YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART
Did you know that Yokohama Museum of Art has Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí and Henri Matisse represented in its collection? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 11 March 2008

THE DORCHESTERWAY
Did you know Frederick Law Olmsted planned for The Dorchesterway to extend his Emerald Necklace park system all the way to Boston Harbor? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 26 February 2008

MUSEUM WHARF
Did you know that Museum Wharf in Boston has a 40' tall milk bottle that was built during the Great Depression and transported to the wharf by barge in the 1970s? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 8 March 2008

RENE AND GEORGETTE MAGRITTE...
Did you know that Paul Simon's ballad "Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War" portrays Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte as a secret admirer of doo-wop music? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 14 March 2008 (My 50th DYK).

EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL
Did you know that the Emancipation Memorial, a monument in Washington, DC depicting Abraham Lincoln in his role of the "Great Emancipator", was paid for by former slaves? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 16 March 2008

ST. PATRICK'S BLUE
Did you know that St. Patrick's Blue, rather than green, was long the colour most associated with the patron saint of Ireland, and is present on Ireland's Presidential Standard? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on St. Patrick's Day, 2008

LAKE WINNECUNNETT
Did you know that some Norton, Massachusetts residents complain they have trouble selling their homes because Lake Winnecunnett is "a weed-infested, mosquito breeding swamp"? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 19 March 2008

TIIA PIILI
Did you know that the career of Tiia Piili, four-time FISAF World Champion in sport aerobics, was threatened when she got food poisoning attending a competition in Morocco? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 24 March 2008

SKINNY HOUSE
Did you know that at less than 11 feet (3.4 m) wide, the Skinny House (pictured) is the narrowest house in Boston, Massachusetts? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 2 April 2008

PRETTY GIRL BULLSHIT
Did you know that Foxy Brown namechecks Sean Combs on the song Pretty Girl Bullshit? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 2 April 2008

ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST
Did you know that New York writer and socialite Anthony Haden-Guest is both son of the 4th Baron Haden-Guest and the brother-in-law of actress Jamie Lee Curtis? - Created by House of Scandal, featured on 10 April 2008

House of Scandal
tries not worry
and makes an effort to be nice
(pardon my French, s'il vous plait)
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