User:Zozoulia

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Disclaimer[edit]

About me[edit]

There's a strong family resemblance
And we both like to fly
We're punctual
But I can't carry a tune to save my life
We're aesthetic
So much so that Japan issued this postage stamp the year I was born

Zozoulia is an American-born Israeli. He has been a Wikipedian since 2006 and is primarily, but not exclusively, a WikiGnome.

Having spent a lot of time in Washington, D.C., he appeared way back when as a student extra in The Exorcist, stood in the snow at the second inauguration of Richard Nixon, almost slammed into the rear of Ted Kennedy's car when the Senator stopped short without warning and double parked in front of the home of Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. on N Street in Georgetown, was across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park during the signing of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, was invited twice into the Oval Office, attended a joint session of the United States Congress, was stuck in traffic in trying to get onto Key Bridge when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River, and watched from the bleachers at RFK Stadium when the Washington Senators forfeited their last game to the New York Yankees and again when Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann was sacked and his career came to a sudden end. (Coincidentally, Joe and Zozoulia's father were both raised in South River, New Jersey.)

Some of the people I've met along the way who you'll find in Wikipedia[edit]

Activists, community leaders and lobbyists[edit]

Tova Ben-Dov, Arye Carmon, Tom Dine, Amiram Goldblum, Alan Gross, David Harris, LaDonna Harris, Malcolm Hoenlein, Amélie Jakobovits, Jeremy Jones, Si Kenen, William Korey, Yechiel Leiter, Nadia Matar, Yisrael Medad, Winifred Meiselman, Michal Moda'i, Abie Nathan, Ruth Popkin, John S. Ruskay, Israel Singer, Alon Tal, Mowafaq Tarif, Penina Taylor, Bernice Tannenbaum, David Wilder, and Gordon Zacks.

Actors, directors and producers[edit]

Hy Anzell, Louis DiGiaimo, Blake Edwards, Hannah Fidell (when she was in diapers), Sandy Frank, William Friedkin, Steve Greenberg, Rita Karin, Amos Kollek, and Noel Marshall.

Architects[edit]

David Cassuto, Ada Karmi-Melamede (who co-designed the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem) and Fariborz Sahba (who designed the Lotus Temple in New Delhi and the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, both of which I've toured).

Artists[edit]

Sam Barsky (when he was a baby), Leon Bibel, George Segal, and Mindy Weisel.

Athletes[edit]

Amit Ben Shushan, Ron Blomberg, Tal Brody, Steve Kaplan, Judy Melick, Moshe Ohayon, Aulcie Perry, and Orlando Phillips.

Attorneys and jurists[edit]

Justice Gabriel Bach, Alan Baker, Jeremy Bash (I was friends with his parents and knew him when he was a kid), Lisa Bernstein, Prof. Yehuda Zvi Blum, The Hon. Sir Bernard Eder, Eugene R. Fidell, Justice Arthur Goldberg, Prof. Philip Hamburger, Prof. Milton R. Konvitz, A. Leo Levin, Nathan Lewin, Alfred H. Moses, Meir Rosenne, Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Judge Abraham David Sofaer, Howard Squadron, Justus Weiner, and Marc Zell.

Authors and public intellectuals[edit]

Yehuda Amichai, Aharon Appelfeld, Geoffrey Archer, Yariv Ben-Eliezer, William Peter Blatty, Ze'ev Chafets, Joseph Churba, Susie Fishbein, Reuven Gal, Ralph Giordano, Zev Golan, Dr. Dore Gold, Daniel Gordis, Hillel Halkin, Yossi Klein Halevi, Yoram Hazony, Matilda Koen-Sarano, Moshe Lazar, Michael Lerner, David Makovsky, Jesse Mann, Larry McMurtry, Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Joshua Muravchik, May Murr, Selma Mushkin, Emmanuel Navon, Dov Noy, Gustavo Perednik, Joan Peters, Danielle Pletka, Daniel Polisar, Walter Reich, Avital Ronell (she was a grade ahead of me at Rutgers Preparatory School), Susan Weidman Schneider, Avraham Schwartzbaum, Moshe Shaul, William Stevenson, Alvin Toffler, Ben J. Wattenberg, Dr. Shalva Weil, Dr. Brian Weiss (my father taught him math at South Brunswick High School), Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Elie Wiesel, and Herman Wouk.

Bankers and economists[edit]

Prof. Avishai Braverman, Dr. Michael Bruno, Dr. Wendy Lee Gramm, Dr. Liora Meridor, and Gary Perlin.

Diplomats[edit]

Foreign[edit]

Guillermo Ardizone, Mohammed Bassiouni, Robert Andrew Burns, Thomas J. Dodd, Jr., Abid Hussain, Alan Keyes, Fernando Morán Calvo-Sotelo, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Alfred H. Moses, Marwan al-Muasher, Miloš Pojar, Fernando Valderrama Pareja, David Welch, and Charles Woodruff Yost.

Israeli[edit]

Moshe Arad, Colette Avital, Yehuda Avner, Alan Baker, Yoel Barnea, Uri Bar-Ner, Yossi Ben-Aharon, Irit Ben-Abba, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Yaffa Ben-Ari, Ilan Ben-Dov, Eliyahu Ben-Elissar, Oded Ben-Hur, Nissim Ben-Shitrit, Barukh Binah, Yoav Biran, Yehuda Zvi Blum, Ran Curiel, Reuven Dafni, Avigdor Dagan, Simcha Dinitz, Rafael Eldad, Yitzhak Eldan, Yoram Elron, Oded Eran, Tamar Eshel, Yoram Ettinger, Ephraim Evron, Yossi Gal, Ehud Gol, Dore Gold, Shmuel Hadas, Yehoyada Haim, Victor Harel, Zvi Harry Hurwitz, Bruce Kashdan, Yaakov Kedmi, Ishmael Khaldi, Haim Koren, Naphtali Lau-Lavie, Itzhak Levanon, Gabby Levy, Alon Liel, Netanel Lorch, Uri Lubrani, Eviatar Manor, Reda Mansour, Gideon Meir, Sallai Meridor, Boaz Moda'i, Ilan Mor, Asher Naim, Ya'akov Nehoshtan, Amira Oron, Yigal Palmor, Avi Pazner, Martin Peled-Flax, Alon Pinkas, Ron Prosor, Tsuriel Raphael, Meir Rosenne, Elyakim Rubinstein, Tamar Sam-Ash, Chaim Shacham, Nachman Shai, Daniel Shek, Aviv Shir-On, Shimon Stein, Akiva Tor, Shemi Tzur, Ruth Yaron, and Moshe Yegar.

Entrepreneurs[edit]

Yosef Abramowitz, Dror Bin, Zell Kravinsky (a second cousin), Adam Montefiore, Leo Noe, Jeff Pulver, Stef Wertheimer, Gordon Zacks, and Zohar Zisapel.

Government ministers[edit]

Foreign[edit]

José Domingo Arias of Panama, Dainius Kreivys of Lithuania, Miguel Ángel Moratinos and Javier Solana of Spain, Marwan al-Muasher of Jordan, Dan Nica of Romania, and Dr. George William Vella of Malta.

Israeli[edit]

Shulamit Aloni, Moshe Arens, Benny Begin, Yossi Beilin, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Mordechai Ben-Porat, Avishay Braverman, Eitan Cabel, Eli Cohen, Arieh Dulzin, Abba Eban, Michael Eitan, Avi Gabbay, Mordechai Gur, Tzachi Hanegbi, Isaac Herzog, Shlomo Hillel, Uzi Landau, Tommy Lapid, Dan Meridor, Yitzhak Moda'i, Yitzhak Navon, Zevulun Orlev, Gideon Patt, Amir Peretz, Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz, Yaakov Peri, Amnon Rubinstein, Moshe Shahal, Nachman Shai, Silvan Shalom, Natan Sharansky, Efraim Sneh, Yair Tzaban, and Ezer Weizman. All the above were Members of Knesset but are unlisted in that category.

Governors[edit]

Gerald L. Baliles of Virginia, Mario Cuomo of New York and Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. of Maryland.

Historians and biographers[edit]

Arthur Arnheim, Prof Haim Beinart, Prof. Shlomo Ben-Ami, Prof. Ofra Bengio, Michael Berenbaum, Edwin Black, Prof. Jules Davids, Prof. Thomas J. Dodd, Jr., Prof. Adam Ferziger, Sir Martin Gilbert, Zev Golan, Rabbi Dr. Bertram Korn, Prof. Raphael Israeli, Dr. Robert Kagan, Shmuel Katz, Dan Kurzman, Netanel Lorch, Prof. Mordechai Nisan, Prof. Ralph Nurnberger, Prof. Yehoshua Porath, Prof. Carroll Quigley, Dr. Barry Rubin, Prof. Moshe Sharon, and Dr. Efraim Zuroff.

IDF officers[edit]

Ehud Barak, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Eival Giladi, Raanan Gissin, Ami Gluska, Mordechai Gur, David Hagoel, Chaim Herzog, Amiram Levin, Menachem Meron, Amram Mitzna, Uzi Narkiss, Yitzhak Rabin, Micha Ram, Ariel Sharon, Dan Shomron, Uri Simhoni, Efraim Sneh, and Ezer Weizman.

Journalists, columnists and broadcasters[edit]

Foreign[edit]

Martin Agronsky (and his son, Jonathan Agronsky), T. D. Allman, Luigi Amicone, Barbara Amiel, Javier Arenas, Peter Arnett, Richard Behar, Mithat Bereket, Bill Beutel, Lisa Beyer, Charlie Bird, Ian Black Wolf Blitzer, Ed Bradley, Jörg Bremer, Zev Brenner, Peter Brinkmann, Henryk Broder, Ethan Bronner, David Brooks, Fernanda Câncio, Eleanor Clift, Gisela Dachs, John Dayal, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Wilhelm Dietl, Yves Derai, Lyse Doucet, Kimberly Dozier, Cordelia Edvardson, Steven Emerson, Charles Enderlin, Rowland Evans, Don Feder, Clara Ferreira Alves, Robert Fisk, Glenn Frankel, Eric Frattini, Robert I. Friedman, Plàcid García-Planas Marcet, Barton Gellman, Kjell Gjerseth, Miguel Ángel Gozalo, Xavier Graset i Forasté, Linda Greenhouse, Hank Greenspun, Hanspeter Gschwend, Clyde Haberman, John Hart, Caroline Hawley, Chris Hedges, Sarah Helm, Gerard Henderson, Abel Hernández, Hadassa Hirschfeld, John Hockenberry, Richard C. Hottelet, Jeff Jacoby, Steffen Jensen, Josef Joffe, Marvin Kalb, Larry King, Dr. Martin Komárek, Dr. Arrigo Levi, Élisabeth Lévy, Dana Lewis, Peter Limbourg, Dafna Linzer, Sam Lipski, Dave Marash, Tom Marr, Werner Meyer, Alberto Míguez, Chris Mitchell, Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Alfred Muller, Kristen Munksgaard, Conny Mus, Jens Nauntofte, Leonard Ornstein, Dr. Leo Pavlát, Robert Peston, Karl Pfeifer, Rolf Porseryd, Andrew Potter, Jorge Ramos, Ángela Rodicio, Ana Romero Galán, Carol Rosenberg, Gary Rosenblatt, A.M. Rosenthal, Carlo Rossella, Christopher Ruddy, Stephen Sackur, Tapio Sadeoja, Felipe Sahagún, Ulrich W. Sahm, Antonio San José, Stephen Saunders, Élisabeth Schemla, Geoff Schumacher, Hershel Shanks, David Shukman, Hanna Siniora, Bret Stephens, Péter Szakonyi, Ned Temko, Cal Thomas, Stéphane-Xavier Trano, David Twersky, René van den Berg, Max van Weezel, Barbara Walters, Jackson Weaver, Eric Weiner, Debbie Whitmont, George Will, Bruce Wilson, Lennart Winblad, Bob Woodward, Diego Yanez, photojournalists Bill Biggart (a victim of the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center), Ed Kashi and Peter Turnley, editorial cartoonist Steve Benson, and documentary filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe. And (literally) thousands of others who don't (yet) have Wikipedia entries. Permit me to note in that context the names of the late Bill Bell of the New York Daily News[1] and Lance Gay of The Washington Times and Scripps Howard,[2] two true gentlemen.

Israeli[edit]

Yaakov Ahimeir, Yosef Ahimeir, Carl Alpert, Orly Azulay, Razi Barkai, Aharon Barnea, David Bedein, Oded Ben-Ami, Ron Ben-Yishai, Daniel Bloch, Barry Chamish, Nitzan Chen, Uri Cohen-Aharonov, Henrique Cymerman, Uri Dan, Amnon Dankner, Ilana Dayan, Uri Dromi, Michael Elkins, Dr. Isabella Ginor, Caroline Glick, Aryeh Golan, Linda Gradstein, Oded Granot, Erol Güney, Shraga Har-Gil, Haim Hecht, David Horovitz, Jerrold Kessel, Shalom Kital, Eduard Kuznetsov, Mark Lavie, Gad Lior, Rafi Mann, Dan Margalit, Lutfi Mashur, Yisrael Medad, Moshe Milner, Nissim Mishal, Oren Nahari, Amir Oren, Arieh O'Sullivan, Dan Patir, Alon Pinkas, Elimelech Ram, Louis Rapoport, Ari Rath, Gideon Remez, Yoram Ronen, Ze'ev Schiff, Micha Shagrir, Shmuel Shai, Haim Shibi, Shimon Shiffer, Yair Stern, Gadi Sukenik, Dvora Waysman, David Witzthum, Ehud Yaari, Haim Yavin, Adir Zik, pianist-turned-editor David Bar-Illan, photojournalist David Rubinger, editorial cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, and documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici.

Mayors[edit]

Moshe Abutbul of Beit Shemesh, Marion Barry of Washington, D.C., Aliza Bloch of Beit Shemesh, Shlomo Bohbot of Maalot-Tarshiha, Ruvik Danilovich of Beersheba, Eli Dayan of Ashkelon, Dr. Martin Dobkin of Mississauga, Ontario, Yosef Goldberg of Metulla, Aryeh Gur'el of Haifa, Ron Huldai of Tel Aviv, Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem, Amram Mitzna of Haifa and Yeruham, Ron Nachman of Ariel, Eliyahu Nawi of Beersheba, Ehud Olmert of Jerusalem, Moti Sasson of Holon, and Dov Tzur of Rishon LeZion.

Medical Professionals[edit]

Dr. David Applebaum, Dr. Martin Dobkin, Prof. Andrew Eder, Prof. Mervyn Gotsman, Prof. Charles A. Hufnagel, Prof. Daniel H. Lowenstein (known back then as "Rock"), Dr. George William Vella, Prof. Alan Kadish, Prof. Avraham Rivkind, and Dr. Brian Weiss.

Members of Congress[edit]

Rep. Michael D. Barnes of Maryland, Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana, Sen. Clifford P. Case of New Jersey, Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, Delegate Walter E. Fauntroy of the District of Columbia, Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma, Rep. Wayne Hayes of Ohio, Sen. Chic Hecht of Nevada, Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman of New York, Sen. Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Sen. Henry Jackson of Washington, Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, Sen. George J. Mitchell of Maine, and Sen. Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island. I also corresponded over a number of years with Hamilton Fish III.

Members of Knesset[edit]

Yosef Ahimeir, Colette Avital, Eliyahu Ben-Elissar, Michal Biran, Avraham Burg, Geula Cohen, Ran Cohen, Eli Dayan, Simcha Dinitz, Tamar Eshel, Ada Feinberg-Sireni, Yosef Goldberg, Alex Goldfarb, Meir Kahane, Shmuel Katz, Dov Lipman, Nawaf Massalha, Amram Mitzna, Ron Nachman, Ya'akov Nehoshtan, Meir Pa'il, Uriel Reichman, Dov Shilansky, Alon Tal, Yoash Tzidon, Stef Wertheimer, and Shaul Yahalom.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Barry Cohen (Australia), Michael Danby (Australia), Robert Maxwell (United Kingdom), Fiamma Nirenstein (Italy), Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga (Spain), Moses Rosen (Romania), Murray Robert Smith (New Zealand), and Javier Solana (Spain).

Mossad agents and other Israeli intelligence assets[edit]

Yossi Alpher, Yigal Carmon, Isser Harel, Nehemiah Levanon, Jonathan Pollard (and all his wives), Shmuel Toledano, and a few others whose names we can't mention.

Playwrights[edit]

Dan Almagor and Yitzhak Navon.

Political scientists[edit]

Prof. Yonah Alexander, Dr. Dalia Dassa Kaye, Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Dr. Paul Eidelberg, Dr. Daniel J. Elazar, Prof. Jan Karski, Dean Peter F. Krogh, Prof. David Luchins, Prof. Zeev Maoz, Emmanuel Navon, Dr. Harvey Sicherman, and Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg.

Presidents[edit]

Fernando Belaúnde Terry of Peru, Frederick Chiluba of Zambia, Luis Alberto Lacalle of Uruguay, Pascal Lissouba of the Republic of the Congo, Hipólito Mejía of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Menem of Argentina, Ronald Reagan of the United States, and Boris Tadić of Serbia, as well as Ephraim Katzir, Yitzhak Navon, Chaim Herzog, Ezer Weizman, Shimon Peres, and Isaac Herzog of Israel.

Prime ministers[edit]

Girija Prasad Koirala of Nepal, Andrius Kubilius of Lithuania, Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, John Major of the UK, and Joseph Muscat of Malta (and his wife, Michelle Muscat), as well as Golda Meir, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir (and his wife, Shulamit Shamir), Yitzhak Rabin (and his wife, Leah Rabin), Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Olmert of Israel. All the above were also Cabinet members and Members of Parliament or Members of Knesset, respectively, but are unlisted in those categories.

Propagandists[edit]

Donald Bostrom, Akiva Eldar, Kurt Julius Goldstein, Amira Hass, David Landau, Gideon Levy, Vladimir Posner, and M.J. Rosenberg.

Public servants[edit]

Yosef Ahimeir, Jeremy Bash, Hans Brattestå, Yoram Ettinger, Dan Halperin, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Zvi Harry Hurwitz, Ioannis Ikonomou, Yehiel Kadishai, Netanel Lorch, Herzl Makov, Meron Medzini, Uzi Narkiss, Dan Patir, Hyman A. Pressman, Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga, George Reedy, Gary Schaer, Daniel Seaman, Shimon Sheves, Marsha Thomson, and Ornan Yekutieli.

Rabbis[edit]

Nachman Bulman, Chuck Davidson, Mimi Feigelsohn, Ilan D. Feldman, Everett Gendler, Yehuda Getz, Daniel Gordis, Naftali Halberstam, Cyril Harris, David Hartman, Baron Jacobovits, Meir Kahane, Yisrael Meir Lau, Maya Leibovich, Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, Yechiel Leiter, Bent Melchior, Yosef Mendelevitch, Ephraim Mirvis, Gad Navon, Pinchas Hacohen Peli, Mordechai Piron, Shlomo Porter, Arie Zeev Raskin, Shlomo Riskin, David Rosen, Michael Rosen, Moses Rosen, Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Michael Strassfeld, Elio Toaff, Asher Wade, Noah Weinberg, Avi Weiss, and Walter Zanger.

Royalty[edit]

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain; Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu and Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu of Japan.

Scientists and mathematicians[edit]

Cyril Domb, Herman Branover, Amiram Goldblum, Ephraim Katzir, Menachem Magidor, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Javier Solana.

Scoundrels[edit]

Disgraced Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry (listed above under Mayors), before he was arrested on drug charges and sent to prison; disgraced former Knesset member Alex Goldfarb (listed above under Members of Knesset), who was given a Mitsubishi as a bribe for voting in favor of the Oslo Accords;[3] disgraced but still serving Israeli politico Tzachi Hanegbi (listed above under Cabinet members), who was convicted of perjury; disgraced U.S. Congressman Wayne Hays (listed above under Members of Congress), but not his mistress, Elizabeth Ray (who he put on his payroll as a secretary even though she claimed "I can't type, I can't file, I can't even answer the phone"); convicted Watergate scandal conspirator E. Howard Hunt (we had an extended written correspondence); disgraced USA Today correspondent Jack Kelley, before he was fired for fabricating stories; disgraced media proprietor and former MP Robert Maxwell (listed above under Members of Parliament), before he mysteriously died (and afterwards as well − I attended his funeral); and disgraced former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert (listed above under Mayors and Prime Ministers), who was convicted, inter alia, of bribery in the Holyland case, and his oleaginous, serpentine and bankrupt brother, Dr. Yossi Olmert, who admitted having received money from that bribe and is now a fugitive from justice.

Singers-songwriters-music entrepreneurs[edit]

Nissim Black, Donald Fagen (we grew up three houses away in New Jersey), Steve Greenberg (record producer), Ori Murray, Achinoam Nini, Dov Shurin, Ricky Skaggs, Myrna Smith, Marcelo Balsells, Federico Galiana, Alberto Hassán, and Hernando Irahola of the Argentine folk music quartet Opus Cuatro, and the Voca People.

Televangelists[edit]

Ben Kinchlow and Pat Robertson.

Victims of terrorism[edit]

Dr. David Applebaum and his daughter, Nava Applebaum, who were murdered in the Café Hillel bombing; Meir Kahane, who some consider to be the first American victim of Al Qaeda; 9/11 victim Bill Biggart; and several victims of the 1986 attack on Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul, the 1992 attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA bombing. In addition, I've met family members of victims of the Avivim school bus bombing, Ben Yehuda Street bombings, the Jewish Agency bombing, the Hadassah medical convoy massacre, the Ramat Rachel shooting attack, the Munich massacre, the Lod Airport massacre, the Entebbe hijacking, the 1979 Nahariya attack, the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, the 1982 Great Synagogue of Rome attack, the Island of Peace massacre, the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing, the Patt Junction bus bombing, the 2002 French Hill suicide bombing, the Kiryat Menachem bus bombing, the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege, and survivors of the Zion Square refrigerator bombing, the Coastal Road massacre and the 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack.

Favorite quotes[edit]

″They call me a loser. I ask you, am I a loser?″ – Shimon Peres, after losing his sixth attempt to be elected prime minister of Israel, June 12, 1997.[4]


″It depends on what the meaning of the word ′is′ is.″Bill Clinton, in his sworn testimony to the Paula Jones grand jury, August 17, 1998.[5]


And in contrast, anything ever said by Sir Winston Churchill, a politician who never prevaricated.

Userboxes[edit]

Preface[edit]

This little tag you are reading is a userbox.
This user likes userboxes.
UBXThis user hopes you read each and every one of his userboxes! or else...
This user has a sense of humour and shows it through the use of userboxes.
This user feels that all userboxes should be colorful and appealing.
This user knows that this userbox is pointless, but what the hell!
This user is ADDICTED to userboxes and keeps adding more to their page.
Help!
I'm suffering from extreme
userbox overload.

Age[edit]

This user is a baby boomer.
60+This user is a sexagenarian.
This user can recall where they were when they heard of JFK's assassination.
This user misses Pluto. May its planethood rest in peace.
This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.
This user is part of the first generation who grew up watching television.
This user remembers when television programming was only in black-and-white.
This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

Basics[edit]

This user is from the planet Earth.
This user is an American Israeli.
This user grew up in the state of New Jersey.
SupermanThis user is neither a bird nor a plane.
This user is a straight male.
DadThis user is a father and proud of it!
This user is owned by one or more cats.
meowThis user sometimes adds a "meow" at the end of their sentences, meow.
This user has blue eyes.


This user wears glasses.
This user is near sighted.
This user has astigmatism.
This user does not smoke.
Cannabis prohibited signThis user is drug-free.
This user has a rare blood type of O (Rh) Rhesus Negative.
This user is a blood donor.
This user has arranged for organ donation; have you?
This user dreams in color.
This user is right-handed.
This user knows how to
Find X.
FoundX
This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
This user maintains a Facebook profile.
This user knows giraffes are kosher.
This user knows the dire side effects of dihydrogen monoxide.
Do you?

Calendar and clock[edit]

Today is 29 March 2024
dayToday is Friday.
00:00This user uses 24-hour time.
UTC+2
UTC+3
This user has a standard time zone of UTC+2, but he uses UTC+3 from March to October.

Diet[edit]

Beverages[edit]

This user drinks chocolate milk.
This user drinks Lassi.
This user drinks mint tea (Touareg Tea).
This user drinks green tea.
This user LOVES to drink coffee and drinks at least 40 cups a month.
This user drinks cappuccino.
This user drinks latte.
This user loves A&W Root Beer
This user drinks cranberry juice.
This user drinks orange juice.
This user drinks pineapple juice.
This user drinks pomegranate juice.
This user prefers
Craft beer.
This user prefers
Real Ale in any form
In this user's opinion,
Budweiser Beer can only come from Budweis
In this user's opinion,
Pilsener Beer should only come from Plzeň
This user prefers Islay malts.
This user drinks red wine.
This user only drinks bottles of wine closed with Cork Stoppers.
This user drinks. Period.

Condiments[edit]

This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.
BAM! This user believes that gaaahhhlic is a beautiful thing!
This user enjoys a shot of Balsamic Vinegar.

Desserts and junk food[edit]

This user loves brownies.
This user prefers dark chocolate
This user eats Peanut Butter Cookies.
This user knows they eat Reese's Pieces in heaven.
This user loves cheesecake.
This user likes Ice cream.
This user likes pie.
This user eats popcorn.

Entrées[edit]

This user is addicted to Hummus.
This user eats salad.
This user enjoys eating soups.
This user likes to eat
borscht

Fruits[edit]

Some almonds.This user eats Almonds
This user loves to eat avocados.
This user eats cantaloupes.
Cherries are this user's
favorite fruit!
This user prefers green grapes over red grapes.
☢This user enjoys limes AND all things limey.
This user likes Mango
This user loves oranges.
If he had his little way, this user would eat peaches every day.
This user loves to eat pineapples.
This user eats strawberries.
This user eats watermelon.

Main courses[edit]

This user enjoys sampling cuisines from all over the world.
This user ❤ spicy foods
This user loves
Chinese cuisine.
This user knows very well that fortune cookies aren't real Chinese food.
This user loves
Greek cuisine
This user loves
Indian cuisine.
This user loves
Italian cuisine
This user loves
Thai cuisine.
This user loves to eat beef.
This user eats chicken.
This user eats fish.
Roasted leg of,
or grilled chops,
this user enjoys lamb.
Like Jimmy Buffett, this user likes 'em with "lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes..."
This user has been known to eat a hot dog on occasion.
This user eats cheese.
This user likes to eat eggplant parmesan.


This user loves pasta.
This user prefers eating pizza with pineapple.
This user eats sushi.
This user has eaten MREs and lived to tell the tale.

Vegetables[edit]

Yum! This user loves Asparagus
This user eats beets.
This user eats broccoli
This user enjoys eating corn.
This user eats eggplant.
This user loves red bell peppers.
This user eats Sauerkraut.
"Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that you don't put tomatoes in fruit salad."

Education[edit]

SJThis user studies at, or is an alumnus of, a Jesuit school.
This user has three academic degrees.
GUThis user attends or has attended Georgetown University.
BSThis user has a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service.
This user attends or attended Fordham University.
MAThis user has a Master of Arts degree in History.
GWUThis user attends or attended
George Washington University
MUPThis user has a Master of Urban Planning degree.

Genetics[edit]

This user has been genotyped.
This user belongs to Y chromosome DNA haplogroup.G
This user belongs to mitochondrial DNA haplogroup.H
This user believes the Function, albeit seemingly Purposeful to some, of ALL Life-Forms is to Transfer Genetic Inheritances into the Next Generation.
- Dr. Dennis Bogdan (NYT 2012;1,2)

Identity and beliefs[edit]

This user believes in God
This user believes that the universe began with a big bang when God said, Let there be light.
This user believes in a solid oblate spheroid Earth, not a flat or hollow one.
This user believes in the premise of theistic evolution.
This user is a Jew.
This user is Modern Orthodox.
This user observes Shabbat and therefore takes a wikibreak between Friday afternoon and nightfall on Saturday.
This user makes Kiddush on Shabbat and Yom Tov.
This user observes the dietary laws of Kashrut.
This user is skilled in the sacred art of Shofar blowing.
This user burns their
chametz once a year.
This user ties their own tzitzis.
This user would like to live in Yerushalayim.
This user is proud to be a Zionist.
This user is proud to be an Israeli.
This user is proud to be an American.
This user believes that all men are created equal.
respThis user respects others' religions, and realizes that not all people wish to follow the same path.
This user believes that, in most cases, religious fanaticism is just bad in whatever forms it may be.
Okrent's LawThis user believes that the pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true.

Interests[edit]

This user is interested in architecture.
This user is interested in
DNA and genetics.
This user is interested in
Geography.
This user is interested in geopolitics.
This user is interested in history.
This user is interested in linguistics.
This user is interested in architecture.
This user is interested in urban planning.
This user is interested in the
History of the
United States of America
.
This user is interested in the
American Civil War.
This user is interested in the
Politics of the United States.
This user is interested in the
History of the presidents of the United States.
This user is interested in the United States District of Columbia.
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Maryland.
This user is interested in the U.S. State of New Jersey.
This user is interested in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.
This user is interested in the British Empire.
This user is interested in the history of the Middle East.
This user is interested in World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945).
This user is interested in the history of the Cold War.
This user is interested in Judaism.
This user is interested in the Bible.
This user is interested in
Ancient Israel.
This user is interested in Israel.
This user is interested in religion.
Ancient Near EastThis user is interested in the
Ancient Near East
This user is interested in the
History of the Levant
This user is interested in Malta.
This user is interested in flags and emblems.
This user is interested in maps.
This user is interested in
coin collecting.
This user is interested in philately,
but prefers to call it stamp collecting.
This user is interested in Impressionism.
Eagle Nebula This user is interested in astronomy.
This user is interested in the space age.
Fx This user is interested in space exploration.

Languages[edit]

Likes and dislikes[edit]

Likes[edit]

This user likes to keep things organized.
SARC This user believes sarcasm is the highest form of wit.
This user is a cat lover.
This user is
a Golden Retriever lover.
This user enjoys a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit.
This user knows Who's on First.
This user is a Marxist of the Groucho variety.
This user enjoys watching pointless animations.
This user is an incorrigible cruciverbalist.
This user collects
beer glassware
This user likes geometry.
This user loves using Google Earth.
This user loves to bowl, but would love to get more strikes.
This user enjoys chess.
This user enjoys do-it-yourself projects.
This user enjoys woodworking.
This user is a fan of the Edsel.
This user is interested in his family's history and lineage.
This user enjoys travelling.
This user loves astronomical cosmology.
SIThis user uses the metric system and loves it.
This user's favourite colour is blue.

Trainssteam enginesteam engine
This user likes to sleep.

Dislikes[edit]

The No Smoking sign This user is against smoking.
Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves.
This user is anti-cannabis.
BM This user is repulsed by most forms of body modification.
This user doesn't like Nazis.
This user deeply and utterly loathes people who deny the Holocaust.
This user is interested in conspiracy theories but thinks lizards, UFOs and antisemitic theories are disinformation.
9/11This user rejects the conspiracy theories of the 9/11 truth movement.TROOF
Just say NO to political correctness.
USage declineThis user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.


This user is opposed to
political censorship.
This user expresses disgust at the way celebrities choose to live their lives.
Animal crueltyThis user opposes animal rights, but opposes animal cruelty.
This user thinks that bullfighting should be extinct.
This user condemns whaling.
This user has eaten Vegemite and is thankfully still alive.
This user absolutely detests small flies that attempt to enter ears.
This user dislikes
mosquitos.
cRap This user can't stand rap music.
no moreThis user has had too many family members with cancer. :(
Thank you for your call. A customer service advisor will be with you momentarily.
This user dislikes commercials that happen during TV shows and movies and finds them annoying


GERD This user lives with acid reflux disease.
OCDThis user lives with obsessive–compulsive disorder.

Movies[edit]

This user's favourite movie is the Exorcist.
This user thinks Steven Spielberg is the greatest director of all time.
This user loves documentaries.
This user regards Ken Burns as our greatest documentary filmmaker.
Good evening! This user loves films by Alfred Hitchcock.
007This user likes martinis shaken, not stirred.
This user's looking at you, kid.
Frankly my dear, this user doesn't give a damn.
This user has a feeling that we're not in Kansas anymore.
This user is an Indiana Jones fan.
STThis user prefers The Voyage Home over the other Star Trek films
This user is serious. And don't call him "Shirley".
This user is very excite!.

Music[edit]

Artists[edit]

This user is a fan of
ABBA
This user thinks Louis Armstrong is the ultimate optimist.
Lynn AndersonThis user was never promised a rose garden
This user loves
The Beach Boys.
CarpThis user believes that love may grow, for all we know
This user is a fan of Johnny Cash
This user enjoys Bing Crosby for he's the rolling baritone.
JDThis user is a fan of John Denver.
This user listens to Bob Dylan.
CassThis user knows that you gotta make your own kind of music.
This user is a fan of The King Of Latin Pop, Enrique Iglesias.
GJThis user listens to George Jones.
M Confessed
Madonna
Fan
M
M&PThis user wonders why Monday just turns out that way?
KX This user loves The One Kylie Minogue.
This User is a Fan of Elvis Presley.
This user is a fan of Shakira.
This user thinks that Simon and Garfunkel should be reunited
This user is a fan of Frank Sinatra.
This user is a fan of Bruce Springsteen
This user walks in fields of gold.
This user misses Amy Winehouse.

Composers[edit]

This user has great respect for
Antonín Dvořák.
This user says
Hallelujah for Handel!.
This user admires the works of
Scott Joplin
This user fan of Bedřich Smetana .
This user enjoys the songs of Naomi Shemer.
This user admires the works of
John Philip Sousa
This user loves Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
This user is a John Williams fan.

Genres[edit]

This user enjoys the big band sound
This user fancies Celtic music.
This user enjoys country music.
Music of the common peopleThis user enjoys folk music.
This user enjoys jazz music.
This user enjoys klezmer.
This user enjoys polka music.
This user enjoys pop music.
This user listens to ragtime music.
I love to Rock'n'Roll.
60sThis user is a fan of Sixties music.
This user believes Bagpipes are
underused and underappreciated.


Politics[edit]

Geopolitics[edit]

This user is against terrorism.
This user despises all dictators.
This user does NOT support the United Nations.
NATOThis user supports NATO.


This user believes that communism, socialism, and Marxism are evil
and supports their elimination.
This user is glad The Wall came down.
This user supports secession rights for Russian republics.
This user supports a free, independent, undivided,
and fully restored Ukraine.
This user supports the will of the Kurdish people for an independent Kurdish state.
This user opposes denial of the Armenian Genocide.
This user does not recognize the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and demands withdrawal of all illegal Turkish troops from the Republic of Cyprus.
This user supports union between Scotland and the United Kingdom.
This user supports the right of the Falkland Islanders to determine their own sovereignty

This user knows Gibraltar is British
This user trusts the EU about as far as they can throw it.
This user believes that the independence for Palestinian Arabs has been achieved with the establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
This user supports Israel, and believes that the 1967 borders are not good enough.
This user recognizes the Jewish Right of Return to Israel.
This user was against the Disengagement Plan in Israel.
This user supports the independence of Ahwaz.
This user supports the unification and independence of Balochistan.
This user wants Bashar al-Assad to be tried in court for his crimes against humanity.
This user supports the idea of preemptive use of force.
This user believes the sea between Vietnam and the Philippines is not the territory of Red China.
This user has not forgotten those killed by Communist China on the Tiananmen Square.
This user supports the independence of East Turkestan.
This user supports the independence of Tibet.

Parties and positions[edit]

GOPThis user supports the
United States Republican Party
CONThis user is a conservative in the United States.
This user is a classical liberal.
PC-0This user is politically incorrect.
----This user knows that---- BLUE LIVES MATTER
LEGALThis user supports LEGAL Immigration.
This user supports the
Tea Party movement.
This user opposes the Green New Deal.

Politicians[edit]

This user likes George Washington.
This user likes John Adams.
This user greatly admires
Abraham Lincoln.
This user thinks Ronald Reagan was an excellent president.
This user supported Senator John McCain for President in 2008.
This user opposed the reelection of Obama in 2012
This user believes that Barack Hussein Obama II should NOT have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
This user opposes Joe Biden.
This user is an admirer of Winston Churchill.
This user is a Thatcherist.
This user opposes the policies and views of Shimon Peres.
This user admires Václav Havel.
This user does not trust politicians who condemn CEOs while living like one with other people's money.
This user does not trust politicians who praise public schools while sending their own children to private schools.
This user thinks Vladimir Putin is a dictator.
This user thinks Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the hero of the world.

Public policy[edit]

This user is an advocate of democracy.
This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.
This user knows that tax cuts increase freedom and growth.
This user believes in free enterprise.
This user is anti-cannabis.
This user does NOT support abortion except when a woman's life is at serious risk.
This user believes that the death penalty should be used for certain crimes.
EuThis user does NOT support euthanasia and is strongly opposed to all forms of eugenics.
This user is against compulsory state sanctioned prayer in public schools.
This user supports
school choice.
This user supports stem cell research.
"No smoking" sign with text This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.
X This user does not believe in the existence of human races, except as a social construct. X
This user opposes racism and admires Martin Luther King Jr.
This user supports public transit.
LEGALThis user supports LEGAL Immigration.
This user is in favour of desalination.
This user supports the development of realistic renewable energy.
Fx
This user supports protection of the environment.
This user supports recycling.
This user adheres to the
Chicago School of economics.
This user despises Gerrymandering.
This user wants Washington, D.C. to become part of Maryland.
This user believes that hippies, celebrities, and politicians are NOT experts on climate change.
This user supports the Genetic Modification of plants.
This user knows that space is the future.
roundabout signThis user advocates roundabouts.mini-roundabout sign
This user supports the right to arm bears.

Sports[edit]

This user is a fan of the
New York Yankees
WSHThis user is a fan of the
Washington Nationals.
WASThis user reminisces of the Washington Senators.
MTLThis user reminisces of the Montreal Expos.
This user enjoys association football and American football.
WASThis user is a fan of the
Washington Commanders.
AJAXThis user supports AFC Ajax
Joden!!!
SS
FC
This user supports the
South Sydney Rabbitohs
This user is a fan of the
North Carolina Tar Heels.
This user loves lacrosse.
This user loves to bowl, but would love to get more strikes.

Technology[edit]

This user owns a Xiaomi smartphone.
This user uses a PC.
QWThis user contributes using a QWERTY keyboard.
This user has a high-definition television set.

Television[edit]

This user is a fan of The Three Stooges. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!!
AThis user has spent time with that creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and all together ooky family,
the Addams family.
MR. HThis user would like to buy some "Haney's Travelers Checks."
This user is a fan of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
This user loves I Love Lucy.
ЄDThis user has heard a talking horse, his
name was Mister Ed.
TAGSThis user is a fan of
The Andy Griffith Show.
TAGSThis user wants to live in Mayberry.
STAR TREKZozoulia is a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series.TOS
Goodnight, Johnboy!This user is a fan of The Waltons.
This user is a fan of Northern Exposure.
Bill

This user prefers Bill Cullen as host of The Price Is Right.

This user is a fan of
The West Wing.
This user watches the
Fox News Channel.
newsThe only reality show this user watches is the news.

Travel[edit]


5
This user has set foot in 5 continents of the world.
This user has already left every hemisphere.

35
This user has visited 35 countries of the world.
This user has visited 17 of the 27 EU Member States.
17
This user has visited 40 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.40
This user has visited 3 of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.3
This user has visited 31 of the 48 counties of England.31
This user has visited 22 of the 32 counties of Ireland.22
This user has visited one or more of the United States' National Parks.
This user has visited the lowest point of North America.
This user has been to the United Nations Headquarters.
Click here to view this userboxThis user has stood on top of the Eiffel Tower.
This user has visited Andorra.
This user has visited Malta on a few occasions.
This user has visited the Vatican City.
This user has cruised the Aegean Sea.
This user wishes to visit the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
This user wants to visit Antarctica.
This user has never been slurped up by aliens in the Bermuda Triangle.
This user has never left
his native planet
.

Wikipedia[edit]

Awards[edit]

This editor is an Experienced Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
This editor is a Grognard Mirabilaire and is entitled to display this 1937 Wikipedia First Edition.

Commitments[edit]

Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.
This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than ten years (since 2006).
Welcome to the Teahouse BadgeThis user got the Welcome to the Teahouse Badge.
Earn one at: Teahouse Badges
Because of real life, this user will be editing on and off.
No automated toolsThis editor DOES NOT USE automated or semi-automated editing tools
This user has no alternative account.
This user believes that process is important on Wikipedia and is opposed to its circumvention.
This user respects copyright and other intellectual property rights.
Public domainContent contributed by this user is released into the public domain.
This user contributes using a PC.
WP:RS This user believes in using
Reliable Sources.
This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.
This user has strong political views, but feels that Wikipedia is not the proper place to express them.
This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.
1RRThis user prefers discussing changes on the talk page rather than engaging in an edit war.
<ref>This user recognizes the importance of citing sources.
<ref>This user would like to see everyone using inline citations. Please...
This user has a zero tolerance policy on vandalism.
This user has taken and uploaded images to Wikipedia and Commons.


This editor is a WikiGnome.
tyop
typo
This user is a member of the
Wikipedia Typo Team.
This user believes in the right of every human being to have access to Wikipedia.
This user thinks Wikimedia deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one.
This user likes "Trivia" and "In popular culture" information, and supports their inclusion.

Style[edit]

if & whetherThis user knows how to use "if" and "whether" correctly.
less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.
its
it's
It's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner.
much & manyThis user understands the difference between much & many.
their
there
they're
This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!
"There's" with a plural subjectThis user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. There's There are too many people making this mistake. Don't be one of them.


they
he or she
This user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.
to
too
two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
try and
try to
This user tries to discourage usage of "try and".
which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.
whomThis user insists upon using whom wherever it is called for, and fixes the errors of whomever he sees.
you oneThis user knows that one should not use "you" in encyclopedia articles or other formal works.
your
you're
This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
“,;:’This user is a punctuation stickler.
This user terminates unquoted ellipses on sight. This is not your blog. We end sentences properly.
;This user knows how to use a semicolon correctly.
’sThis user understands that apostrophe's apostrophes are for possession and contraction, not pluralization.
A, B, and
A and B
This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.
This user knows the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and follows MOS:DASH.
. TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
"..!"This user believes that punctuation should always come on the inside of quotation marks.
byThe passive voice may be used by this user.
Subj This user prefers that the subjunctive mood be used. Were this user you, he would use it.
... in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which this user will not put.
infin¦
itive
This user chooses never to split infinitives.
å This user defends the usage of diacritics in article names. ž
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.
After havingHaving learnt to appreciate good grammar, this user thinks that After is a superflous prefix.

Afterword[edit]

MOREThis user has more userboxes.
This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very drowsy.
This user's cats have their own userbox.
This is a standard size userbox created with Template:Userbox.
It stacks neatly with others of its ilk.
1, 2, 3...This userbox is a test. Please tell this user if you don't see it.
This userbox is ...
loading.
404 ERROR
ERROR 404: USERBOX NOT FOUND
If this is your first time receiving this message, please restart your computer.
This user is greater than the sum of his userboxes.


502 ubxsThis user has 502 userboxes.
no lifeIf you've really read all userboxes up until this one, you have no life.
ENDThis user has no more userboxes.

References[edit]

This user is a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians.

The motto of the AIW is conservata veritate, which translates to "with the preserved truth".
This motto reflects the inclusionist desire to change Wikipedia only when no knowledge would be lost as a result.

AIW
  1. ^ Hinkley, David (May 14, 2007). "Beloved reporter dead at 75". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Lance Gay; November 20, 2011, SHNS war and Washington correspondent, dead at 67". November 20, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Honig, Sarah (2013). Debunking the Bull: For Seekers of Another Tack. Gefen Publishing House. p. 219.
  4. ^ Remnick, David (January 2, 2002). "The Dreamer". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Dowd, Maureen (September 16, 1998). "Liberties; The Wizard Of Is". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2015.