User:Petréa Mitchell

Formal education

BS in Computer Science, Portland State University, with a minor in geology.

Major defineable interests

Languages; interaction between humans and machines; science fiction/fantasy and its community; geology and paleontology; cognitive and situational psychology; history outside of Western civilization. (Nothing against Western civilization, it's just that I get bored hearing about the same stuff over and over again.)

Other interests

Peter Cook put it best: "I am specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it."

What I'm doing here

I started with The Big Cleanup. Then I decided my approach to article-writing would be to steer clear of areas where there seemed to be enough people already and stick to obscure stuff like unusual calendars and sf fandom.

My first and third articles were on the Positivist calendar and French republican calendar respectively. I though it would be fun to watch the links turn blue as Citizendium expanded, but there don't seem to be many people working on those kinds of entries. Which leads me to...

New Year's resolution!

With the start of the French republican year coming up, I thought I'd try and fill in the entry for each day of the calendar on or before that day comes along. For a while, as long as I can keep it up, anyway. These won't be exhaustive articles, but at least something that covers the essentials.

Upcoming topics:

11 Brumaire (November 1st): Salsify
12 Brumaire: Water chestnut
13 Brumaire: Jerusalem artichoke
14 Brumaire: Endive
15 Brumaire: Turkey is already filled in
16 Brumaire: Caraway
17 Brumaire: Watercress
18 Brumaire: Leadwort
19 Brumaire: Pomegranate
20 Brumaire: Harrow
21 Brumaire: Bacchante
22 Brumaire: Azarole
23 Brumaire: Madder
24 Brumaire: Orange
25 Brumaire: Pheasant
26 Brumaire: Pistachio
27 Brumaire: Have to punt, haven't been able to find out what macjonc means
28 Brumaire: Quince
29 Brumaire: Service tree
30 Brumaire: Rolling pin

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