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:

8 Frimaire (November 28th): Honey
9 Frimaire: Juniper
10 Frimaire: Mattock
11 Frimaire: Wax
12 Frimaire: Horseradish
13 Frimaire: Cedar
14 Frimaire: Fir
15 Frimaire: Deer
16 Frimaire: Gorse
17 Frimaire: Cypress
18 Frimaire: Ivy
19 Frimaire: Savin
20 Frimaire: Hoe
21 Frimaire: Maple syrup is already filled in
22 Frimaire: Heather
23 Frimaire: Reed
24 Frimaire: Sorrel
25 Frimaire: Cricket is already filled in
26 Frimaire: Pine nut
27 Frimaire: Cork
28 Frimaire: Truffle
29 Frimaire: Olive
30 Frimaire: Shovel

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