User:Isotope23/Fnord

Wait a second... what are you doing here? You must be stalking my edits to have found this page, but the question is why? Are you just bored? Perhaps you are trying to profile me... Maybe you are asking yourself:

Just who is this Isotope23 guy anyway?
Wouldn't you like to know... The fact is that I'm nobody, or nobody of consequence... and if I was I certainly wouldn't tell you. Perhaps you've gleaned from the header that I'm male (or from my userpage userbox). My userpage tells everything you need to know about me:


 * I'm male.
 * I like music.
 * I've read a couple of books.
 * I'm a fan of The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Since I'm feeling generous today, I'll tell you a couple of other factoids:


 * I've read the Book of the SubGenius.
 * I work in an industry that has nothing whatsoever to do with what I majored in at college (and despite several claims over the years that I'm a shill for this interest or that interest, I've never made an edit to an article that has to do with my field of expertise).
 * I'm from the midwestern United States, but I've lived in many other places.
 * I'm an excellent driver. Ok, I'm actually a menace to society on the road... but I do a damn good impersonation of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man.
 * I learned to play guitar whilst on severance (which suggests I'm no longer school-aged & was once employable). I do a kick ass cover of Just Like Heaven.
 * I've been on television (and no, it wasn't in an episode of COPS).
 * I'm taller than a Jawa, but shorter than Chewbacca.
 * I'm right handed.
 * I played football in high school.
 * the above statements may or may not actually be true.

But what's in a name?
I came up with my Wikipedia username by combining my favorite number with part of the name of a band I was listening to when I signed up (Isotope 217)... plus it is a Sodium isotope. Curiously enough, it seems there are at least 3 other people using this same name for various projects on and off the internet... none of which is me. It's odd that so many people would come to use the same name... but that is what happens when you start messing with the number 23.

It slices, dices, and makes dozens of julienne fries!
I'm an administrator here, but that doesn't mean you need to show me an special deference... Administrators are just editors with some extra buttons. Those buttons don't make my opinions any more right than yours. As a rule, I try to stay away from any subject I have strong opinions about, which is why you'll rarely see me edit articles dealing with abortion, homosexuality, the second amendment, condiments, Ekpyrotic Universe theory, or James Dobson. If I'm willing to get involved in an article discussion that means I don't have a strong POV on that topic. If I did, I would be avoiding it like the plague. One thing I've noticed in my time here is that many problems editors have start with when they edit a topic they are emotionally invested in. There is nothing wrong with editing a subject you have a good amount of knowledge about; but if you have strong feelings about it you should probably save yourself the grief and stay away from the topic.

Millions Now Living May Never Die!
OK, I'm not actually authorized to make that claim and the only purpose of this section is to state that I think Des Moines, Iowa is a swell place. Honest.

Puzzling Evidence of Intelligent Life?
Despite what you may have read... I'm not half the Ogre people say I am... Honest.

Waiter, there's a terrorist in my soup!
It is easy to get so entrenched in a POV battle with someone here at Wikipedia, that you fall back on rhetorical statements and name calling. My advice to you is "don't do it". It just gives the party you are arguing with the ammunition they need to get you blocked. Be cool and remember, one editor's "terrorist" is another editor's "freedom fighter". Also, always give credit where due... the header is a quote by Jello Biafra.

...and That's not all Ron! If you call in the next 5 minutes...
I will create a custom uber-barnstar for anyone who can produce a public domain image of Jack Chick.

OK kids, set your Little Orphan Annie decoder ring to 23
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Just what exactly does this all mean?
see also Guerilla ontology. Have a nice day!