User:PhillyHarold

Greetings, all, and welcome to my page! My name is not important; on here I go by Philly Harold. I was born in Philadelphia, PA, and Harold is an homage to my paternal grandfather who is the one person I wish I could have lunch with now.

Who I am
Eight years active duty in the U.S. military, then attended a state university, receiving a B.S. in Computer Science. Happily married father of three and grandfather of five. Still working, although semi-retirement is June 1, 2025, with full retirement Oct 2027. Politically I am a Libertarian, which means I allow other people to live their lives as they see fit, and look for those same people to allow me to do the same. I am a rabid baseball fan, including MLB, Minor Leagues, College, and Texas High School.

I joined Wikipedia in late 2008, and this is actually my fourth (or maybe fifth?) account, my earlier ones having become inactive when I abandoned them for a time or forgot the password.

MLB parks visited

 * Oracle Park - San Francisco, California
 * Coors Field - Denver, Colorado
 * Guaranteed Rate Field - Chicago, Illinois
 * Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Arlington Stadium - Arlington, Texas
 * Choctaw Stadium - Arlington, Texas
 * Globe Life Field - Arlington, Texas
 * Astrodome - Houston, Texas
 * Minute Maid Park - Houston, Texas
 * T-Mobile Park - Seattle, Washington

What I do
I focus on tweaking existing articles by adding meaningful content, or adding sources where none exist or links are broken. Due to several breaks in editing, I consider myself just an above average novice editor, and learn new things every time I edit. I have created a few small articles over the years, usually things I am interested in either personally or professionally. I don't use (or really understand yet) the semi-automated tools available in editing. Like many others, I don't really have a preferred topic to edit; I have taken the motto of the Wimsey family as my own: "As my whimsey takes me."

Interesting people born on October 24th

 * 1903 – Melvin Purvis, FBI agent
 * 1915 – Bob Kane, Comic book artist and writer who co-created the DC Comics character Batman
 * 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, Hall of Fame American football quarterback
 * 1930 – The Big Bopper, American Musician, singer, songwriter, and disc jockey.
 * 1933 – Ronald and Reginald Kray, Twin brothers and British criminals.
 * 1936 – Bill Wyman, English musician, most famous as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993
 * 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning American actor (Amadeus, Scarface, and Finding Forrester)
 * 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor with one Academy Award and three Tony Awards (A Fish Called Wanda, The Big Chill, Silverado, and Dave)
 * 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, Former professional baseball player, coach, and manager (1991 World Series champion)
 * 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian professional golfer and sportscaster (1991 British Open Champion)
 * 1960 – BD Wong, American actor and Tony Award winner
 * 1986 – Drake (musician), Canadian rapper and actor

Interesting people who died on October 24th

 * 1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State
 * 1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mob boss
 * 1944 – Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company
 * 1972 – Jackie Robinson, American Hall of Fame baseball player
 * 1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, producer, and creator Star Trek
 * 1994 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer
 * 2005 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist
 * 2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer
 * 2015 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer
 * 2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer
 * 2017 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter
 * 2017 – Robert Guillaume, American actor
 * 2023 - Richard Roundtree, American actor

Thank you
My user page is an unabashed use of another Wikipedian's user page layout which he also borrowed from others. Thank you for the awesome layout and design.