User:Elle317K

About Me

I am a hedonist, an adventurer, and a seeker of truth. I am a scientist and therefore love logic and reason, but I also believe in beauty and wonder. I am 28 years old and teach science for a living.

This page will hopefully give any visitors an idea of where I am coming from when I write or comment in Wikipedia. Anyone who wishes to may contact me via e-mail regarding any of my contributions.

WikiPurpose

I always appreciate seeing pictures of things that I am reading about on Wikipedia, but there are sadly few, especially of the obscure things I tend to look up.

I am also a photographer of mild talent and no note, so this is what I plan to contribute, for the most part... pictures of places and things that I can readily get to from my home in Wichita, Kansas or my travels around the state and the country. I am particularly interested in ghost towns of the West.

	Some basics...
Masters Degree in Biology .	This user is female.	LEFT This user is a Liberal.
This user lives in the U.S. State of Kansas.	This user is a participant in WikiProject Ghost towns.	@ This user can be reached by email at [email protected].

My Travels

Though I was raised a military brat and have no official "hometown," much of my family currently lives and many years of my life were spent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

I am constantly being riveted (often by Wikipedia articles!) by this place or that and start wondering about going there. Usually these are places like

This is absolutely not due to an Ugly American Complex, but simply due to the constrains of my own life. There are fascinating places everywhere on this beautiful planet of ours... the truth is that none of us have very far to go to find a place of excitement, solitude, or adventure.

I have been to 48 of the 50 US States. I plan to have the lower 48 by the time I am 30 {done! 29 years, 6 months, 20 days}, then add Alaska and Hawaii by 40. Once I'm done there, I will start on the

I have seen some fantastic things: the rich, black soil of

For one reason or another, I have always been drawn to Alaska. I plan to move there in a few years, and hope I will stay for many.

Interests

Academic

This user is interested in astronomy.

This user supports sustainable living.

This user is interested in maps.

This user is a roadgeek.

This user knows that math is ${\displaystyle \int e^{xy}\,}$.

This user is glad that isn't a planet .

This user is interested in the natural sciences.

This user has memorized the elements' names and symbols.

This user is interested in Fossils.

This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.

This user is interested in String Theory.

SI

This user uses the metric system and loves it.

Personal

Outdoors & Nature

This user enjoys photography.

This user has hunted, fished or hiked the Allegheny National Forest.

This user enjoys backpacking.

This user firmly believes that this is a better world because of the presence of dogs.

This user loves the Spring.

This user is a Naturalist.

Games & Media

This user's news source is The Onion.

This user is a Sudoku addict.

This user enjoys chess.

This user enjoys playing poker.

This user will fight in the shade.

This user listens to NPR.

This user loathes, but is forced to observe, daylight saving time.

This user plays tennis.