User:Mkpumphrey

Mkpumphrey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He is a graduate of Severna Park High School and the University of Maryland, College Park. Mkpumphrey has also received specialized post-graduate training on AutoCAD (2D and 3D), Microstation PC, SETROUTE, SchoolMAX, CCATS, and several other software packages. He currently resides in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Mkpumphrey is a software trainer/tester and his work takes him to either Baltimore City or Prince Georges County daily.

Mkpumphrey has worked as a manager of a graphic arts studio/type shop in Washington, DC, as a value added reseller for Apple Computers (AutoCAD 11 for MacUsers), as a project manager for several engineering companies (nuclear control room upgrades, process piping re-design, and engineering package development), and as a technical trainer (the operational software used for the "Big Dig"). He has worked at manufacturing facilities, nuclear plants, and military bases throughout the United States. From 1985 to 1989, worked on DCRDR projects at various nuclear plants. From 1989 to 1990, worked as an Apple computer VAR. From 1990 to 1995, Mkpumphrey was THE interior designer for several nuclear plant control room upgrade projects. From 1995 to 2000, Mkpumphrey designed process piping systems for manufactruring facilities. From 2000 to 2004, he worked on computerized cable routing, developing engineering packages, and client training for the "Big Dig" project in Boston. Since 2004, Mkpumphrey has been a senior technical trainer.

Mkpumphrey is married (28+), has two daughters, and enjoys bike riding, raquetball, American politics, "classic" new wave music, "classic" punk music, and most history.

Mkpumphrey considers himself to be a Quaker and an "old style" liberal Republican (i.e., "voted for Eisenhower 'cause Lincoln won the war"). In his lifetime, he has witnessed the Democrat party in Maryland manage to transform itself cosmetically ... George Wallace was doing quite well with many Maryland Democrats as recently as the 1970s.

Wikipedia
Mkpumpumphrey started in 2007. To date, he has done little more than "play around" and try to learn from early mistakes. Short-term goal is to better learn and use the Wikipedia conventions. A longer-term goal is to "fill in" articles for links that go to no articles.

Some of the articles he has started or contributed to are as follows:
 * Battle of Anchem
 * Combe Force
 * Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
 * Hailu Tekle Haymanot
 * Hungarian Second Army
 * Maletti Group
 * March of the Iron Will
 * Special Armored Brigade
 * Tru Fax & the Insaniacs
 * Vienna Offensive

Mkpumphrey's favorite books include:

 * The Bible
 * A Canticle for Lebowitz - Miller

Mkpumphrey's favorite TV shows include:

 * The Simpsons
 * Rome
 * Sopranos
 * CSI - Las Vegas Only
 * Star Trek: Enterprise

Mkpumphrey's favorite movies include:

 * Ben Hur - The BEST movie ever made
 * Dr. Strangelove
 * Star Wars - All
 * A Boy and His Dog
 * Khartoum
 * The Best of Enemies
 * 55 Days at Peking
 * Kingdom of Heaven
 * Taken