User:Dalmatian Mommy

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Welcome
I've been hanging around Wikipedia since January 2007. While I wouldn't consider myself a hardcore Wikipedian, I should point out that my background is in magazine journalism, so editing is sort of second nature for me--not to mention a bit of an obsession once I get going.

I was raised in New Jersey, lived overseas for two years, lived in Central New York State for many years (I New York), and currently live in Massachusetts.

Interests
My interests include: Dalmatians and other dogs, genealogy, travel, Germany, Spain, France (where I lived for two years), local demographics, volunteerism, linguistics, foreign languages, photography, gourmet cooking and many others too numerous to list. Recently, I became interested in lacrosse, having followed my teen daughter in her journey as a lacrosse player for a few years.

So now I've discovered the little UserBoxes... uh oh! I think this could get out of control! I'm a little obsessed with labeling things (Avery rocks!)... so I could see where this might lead...

Education

 * BA - Magazine Journalism, SI Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
 * BA - Modern Foreign Languages (German and Spanish), Syracuse University
 * MSEd - Secondary Foreign Language Education (Spanish), Syracuse University Graduate School

Philosophy

 * Random acts of kindness make the world a better place.
 * Cigarettes cause cancer and heart disease. People who continue to use that drug ought to pay for higher health insurance.
 * I believe in Evolution.
 * Religion is unimportant to me--unless you try to force it upon me.
 * Barack Obama was a great American President.
 * Go Orange!

Wiki Philosophy

 * Articles need careful and consistent organization to best facilitate access to the information.
 * Articles titles should be redirected to aid in bad searches. After all, to err is human.
 * Useful information should not always be transwikied to another area.

Edits
I'm just getting started!


 * My 1st edit was on 21 January 2007 at 22:07.

Interests
(<and it looks like this!)