File:Ingo10k.jpgI discover one day that I have exactly 10,000 edits.
“This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box.”
“Nescire quid post quam natus sis acciderit perflagitiosum est.”
An explanation of my username: it comes from an epithet I have given myself in Elvish, Mānandil Mizimon Ingōlemo. The first name is meant to mean 'friend of goodness'. The second is a translation of my own first name. The last is the word for 'wizard, one of deep lore'; I sometimes joke that it means 'wise guy'. Sadly, my name was mentioned on C-SPAN by John Seigenthaler Sr. as an example of unprofessional pseudonyms among Wikipedia's Administrators.
I haven't much to say about my personality, though someone once said that I'm the concrete form of Algernon Moncrieff from The Importance of Being Earnest. Athletically, I enjoy running, mountain biking, road biking, nordic skiing, and ultimate frisbee the fast-paced sport of the 21st century. Academically, I'm interested in almost every topic imaginable. At the moment, my primary interest on Wikipedia is military aviation. I am also interested in linguistics and languages, including artificial languages. A few languages I hope to learn: German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Quenya, and Esperanto. I have an absurd/morbid sense of humour, but I try also to maintain professionalism in my activities on Wikipedia, one reason why my page is so spare.
And now, one of the most eloquent, but also most depressing, passages in literature:
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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