User:Matty j

Matthew Douglas Johnston is a 33-year-old Canadian citizen, student and compulsive Wikipedian. His hobbies and interests include reading, playing the guitar, philosophy, running, baseball and mathematics.

Matthew was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Burford, a small rural community in Brant County. He is instructor at the University of Waterloo having just obtained his Ph.D. in applied mathematics there.

A few of Matthew's favourite things include: Colour: Blue Number: Twelve Food: Steak, medium-well Alcoholic beverage: Sleeman's Cream Ale Non-alcoholic beverage: Dr. Pepper Bands: Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Velvet Revolver, Soundgarden, System of a Down Song: Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots Movies: Memento, A Clockwork Orange Book: Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell Author: John Grisham

Baseball:
1992 World Series - 1993 World Series - Roberto Alomar - Brady Anderson - Miguel Batista - Jake Beckley - Pat Borders - Jim Bottomley - Lou Boudreau - Dan Brouthers - Mordecai Brown - Jay Buhner - Jesse Burkett - Bullpen - Max Carey - Gary Carter - Frank Chance - Jack Chesbro - Jim Clancy - Fred Clarke - John Clarkson - Closer - Eddie Collins - Jimmy Collins - David Cone - Jocko Conlan - Earle Combs - Charles Comiskey - Roger Connor - Stan Coveleski - Joe Cronin - Candy Cummings - Kiki Cuyler - George Davis - Bill Dickey - Bobby Doerr - Doug Drabek - Hugh Duffy - Dugout - Leo Durocher - Dennis Eckersley - Expanded roster - Darrin Fletcher - Damaso Garcia - Cito Gaston - General manager - Jason Giambi - Pat Gillick - Tom Glavine - Juan Gonzalez - Goose Goslin - Shawn Green - Alfredo Griffin - Clark Griffith - Kelly Gruber - Vladimir Guerrero - Chick Hafey - Jesse Haines - Billy Hamilton - Hank Aaron Award - Ned Hanlon - Tom Henke - Pat Hentgen - Billy Herman - Eric Hinske - Hitting for the cycle - Hold - Harry Hooper - Miller Huggins - Interleague play - Travis Jackson - Randy Johnson - Addie Joss - Tim Keefe - Joe Kelley - George Kelly - King Kelly - Jeff Kent - Jimmy Key - Billy Koch - Corey Koskie - Tommy Lasorda - Tony Lazzeri - Left-handed specialist - Freddie Lindstrom - Ernie Lombardi - Al Lopez - Derek Lowe - Ted Lyons - Manager - Heinie Manush - Rabbit Maranville - Juan Marichal - Buck Martinez - Bill Mazeroski - Tommy McCarthy - Jack McDowell - Joe McGinnity - John McGraw - Bill McKechnie - Bid McPhee - Middle relief pitcher - Lloyd Moseby - Rance Mulliniks - Eddie Murray - Kid Nichols - Herb Pennock - Eddie Plank - Paul Quantrill - Charles Radbourn - J. P. Ricciardi - Sam Rice - Alexis Rios - Eppa Rixey - Edd Roush - Red Ruffing - Amos Rusie - Bret Saberhagen - Ray Schalk - Joe Sewell - John Smoltz - Duke Snider - Ed Sprague - Spring training - Dave Stewart - Shannon Stewart - The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award - Bill Terry - Sam Thompson - Umpire - Dazzy Vance - Arky Vaughan - Mo Vaughn - Larry Walker - Bobby Wallace - Ed Walsh - Lloyd Waner - Duane Ward - Monte Ward - Mickey Welch - Vernon Wells - Zack Wheat - Ernie Whitt - Vic Willis - George Wright - Harry Wright - Ross Youngs

Mathematics:
Projected dynamical system - Variational inequality

Geography (local interest):
Brant County, Ontario - Brantford Expositor - Burford, Ontario - Burford District Elementary School - Guelph Mercury - Ontario Agricultural College - University of Guelph

Film/Novel/Entertainment:
A Prayer for Owen Meany - A Simple Plan - Get Shorty - Misery

Miscellaneous:
1995 Quebec referendum (started) - William Aberhart - Hal Ashby - Glenn Beck - Lynn Bowering - Kurt Browning - Dalton Camp - FM96 - Brock Chisholm - Clarity Act - Michael Coren - Michael Coren Live - Helen-Anne Embry - John Charles Fields - Handlebar moustache - Joe Hueglin - Internet Movie Database - Elmore Leonard - List of game show hosts - Gregory Martin - Miniature golf - Osprey Media Group Inc. - Steve Paikin - Richard Roeper - Brit Selby - Bob Speller - Lloyd St. Amand - Sun Media - The Sporting News - Toronto Sun - Truism - Chuck Woolery