User:Mikepope

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Stuff About Me This user has a wife. This user is a Christian. This user earned his bachelor's from Delta State University This user earned his master's from Mississippi College This user is interested in flags and emblems. This user is interested in the history of the Cold War. This user is interested in ancient civilizations. This user is interested in the Great Old One. This user is a member of WikiProject Metal. This user is a member of the Horror WikiProject. This user is from Mississippi. This user teaches at a secondary school.

Mike Pope

Proud resident of Clinton, Mississippi

I am a neophite wikipedian. I want to edit and contribute more, but I've realized very quickly that this takes alot of TIME, which I am usually short of. I hope to contribute more in the near future.

I am specifically interesed in the history of post-Cold War Sub-Saharan Africa, the Ancient Near East, and the Cold War. Consequently, if anyone is a member of a wiki-project on any of these, I'd be honored to help. I am not an expert in any one area of history, but consider myself well-rounded as I am a licensed teacher of these subjects at a high school.

I am also a lover of all forms of music, especially classical (Romantic Era and Twentieth Century), heavy metal, progressive rock, and blues. Again, if anyone is working on any of this, I'd love to help.

Things/People I Dig: History, food, openmindedness, vexillology, boxing, music, SEC football, dry humor, dog lovers, and movies (but not television)

• C.S. Lewis
  
• Science fiction and horror films
  
• John Carpenter
  
• H.P. Lovecraft
  
• George Orwell
  
• Harry K. Wong
  
• Sennacherib (though I have my doubts about POV and accuracy of wiki's article)
  
• Joseph Stalin
  
• Dr. Seuss
  
• Orson Scott Card
  
• Steven Spielberg
  
• Ronnie James Dio
  
• Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy (RIP), and Bill Murray (ah, those 80's comedic cards)
  
• Carl Orff ("oh, Fortuna!")
  
• Søren Kierkegaard (especially his contributions to Christian existentialism)
  
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• George Foreman
  
• Daffy Duck

People/Things I Don't Dig: People with agendas, Anti-Christians (but not "non-Christians"), revisionist historians, most politicians, and those who like to say "I know more stuff than you" by use of condescending diction and name-dropping.
I have an overabundance of negative POV's of the following, and so will never edit these articles (I know, "Never say Never"):

• Daniel Quinn
  
• Karl Marx
  
• Mike Tyson
  
• Lavrenty Beria
  
• Nu metal
  

[edit] Unashamedly Cheesy Quotes Section

Quotes are supposed to start here, but since I am teaching and exams are looming, I'll add them later.
"Sapere Aude." --Quote from the Enlightenment usually attributed to Kant

"You can't outsmart me because I'm a moron." --Abominable Snowman to Daffy Duck

"Memory sometimes makes merciful deletions." --H.P. Lovecraft

"Consider the turtle: He never makes progress without sticking his neck out." --Southern proverb

"Never lick a steak knife." --Anonymous

"I'm going to live forever; or die trying." --John Yossarian from the novel Catch-22

More to come...

[edit] Articles/Stubs I've Contributed to or Edited

Matt Bissonette
Jughead
Ty Tabor
Doug Pinnick
Zombie
Progressive metal
PDPA
Parcham (Please help!)