Hi, I'm creating a home page for you so people can talk to you. Jayjg 20:17, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- *watches tumbleweed drift mournfully across home page* Brutannica 21:00, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Who the heck I am
I am "Brutannica" (as far as you need to know). The name goes from an apparent misunderstanding of a character in the much-missed 18th episode of Pokemon. I was unaware of its similarity to the name of the world's most renowned encyclopaedia, but although I don't like it particularly, I guess it's appropriate for someone who likes acquiring knowledge. ^-^ Anyway, I've been using Wikipedia since the fall of 2003 and started contributing in 2004 with some controversial edits (but I thought many were good) of the first 30 or so of Michael H. Hart's 100 most influential people in history. I stopped doing that for various reasons, and now mostly check in every day and make comments on discussion pages. Lame, I know, but it's hard for me to substantially edit any articles because I'm really not much of an expert on anything! :( I tend to change interests quickly.
My overriding passion is history and global relations and cultures; I like anthropology but am somewhat turned off by its scholarly, scientific tone. I am also fascinated by popular culture and somewhat interested in "high"er culture (and loathe the distinction between the two, which, I think, tends to be arbitrary and elitist.
I can say other things, but I think I'll let my userboxes do the talking. As a closing note, I'd like to say that I ADORE this site; it's easily the most dynamic, fascinating part of the Web and has a good shot at being a major transformer of society. (Maybe it is already!) No, it's not the same as a good book, but in the field of convenient reference sources Wikipedia has no peers. I also really like some of the other users here; I wish I knew some of these people personally. Brutannica 08:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Absence
Anyone interested in the pages I've worked on recently will have noticed that I've been MIA since late September. This, regretably, is unavoidable and will likely continue until next summer. Until then, I will only be able to edit every three days OR SO. Wetman and El C will probably enjoy this, but I'm aching to edit more pages. Oh well. I post this mainly so that the posters on topics I've been active on (expanding the Life and Teaching section on Jesus, getting a paragraph in about Marx's economic theory failures on Karl Marx, and - sort of - expanding Aristotle) will know I'm not just throwing in the towel. Enschuldigung! Brutannica 03:01, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Now, I'm throwing in the towel. I still have no time for Wikipedia, but I've also lost interest and can't imagine returning to daily check-ups on an ever-increasing number of articles and engaging in losing arguments with people more knowledgeable on the subjects than I am. So I resign. I may still come back here to edit other articles next summer, but I won't be contributing nearly as much as I used to. So edit my precious articles, I barely care now. Brutannica 23:59, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Much-needed update
In the past years, my interest in Wikipedia has not diminished. I still haven't been contributing majorly, mostly just dropping comments or questions on talk pages, but I visit daily and I will probably continue to contribute. Any major revisions to articles look unlikely, though. Brutannica 23:53, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Jesus
Oh yeah, just thought I'd mention that it looks like the Jesus page has had its bio section expanded. Great job!! Brutannica 21:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
My first article!
YEAH!!!! Woo-hoo! Go me! I just wrote my first article!! (Kusaila) Brutannica 04:45, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
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