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View from Gaviota Peak, southeast into Santa Barbara Channel; my house should be visible to the upper left, but it only takes up about a thousandth of a pixel.
I live in New York City and took my username from the title of a song on Active Child's 2013 EP Rapor. I edit what I can in, when I can. Like most everyone else.
And I write about
Gaylor Lakes, Yosemite National Park; another place I like to go sometimes. You can't see my house from here.
Fill out the classical music area in general, and Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque in particular, since the early music area was quite undeveloped when I started.
Starve the trolls.
Tithe some of my time helping eradicate vandalism, spam, and conflicts of interest; discussing deletions, new admins, and other matters; and assisting in anything else that comes up, since I think it is a Wikipedian's duty to help out on the maintenance side.
Stay positive. Laboring in the shadows, unacknowledged, is hard after a while.
Always acknowledge the good work of others. I'm only a tiny part of the whole.
Drink some more wikipedihol. It makes me happy. So there.
Contribute more content, do less RC patrol. I have a specialized skill, and reverting vandalism is too easy; others can do it. It's curiously satisfying, though, as well as addictive.
Create free content only. That includes public domain and GFDL.
Acquire the knack of page formatting, so I can update this page without borking it. Thanks and gratitude to Phaedriel for the page design.
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Quotes
O my soul, aspire not to eternal life But rather exhaust the limits of the possible.
Pindar, Odes (Pythian III)
Look round at the courses of the stars, as if thou wert going along with them; and constantly consider the changes of the elements into one another; for such thoughts purge away the filth of life on earth.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7:47
Courage is the price life extracts for granting us peace.
Amelia Earhart
The cultivated person's first duty is to always be prepared to rewrite the encyclopedia.
Umberto Eco, Serendipities, "The Force of Falsity," concluding sentence.
All the work I do on Renaissance and early Baroque music is dedicated to the memory of Professor Seamus O'Reilly.
Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu, Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.
