Ezratrumpet

While Ezratrumpet once edited Wikipedia often, and was once a bane of many WikiTrolls, he grew weary of endless WikiBattles, and now limits his editing to punctuation, oddly constructed sentences, and other such oddities.

He has yet to receive a Pulitzer Prize, win a popular election, or make a discovery of such significance as to merit a Wikipedia article of his own.

Nonetheless, he remains ambitious and optimistic.

	Ezratrumpet's Userboxes	poxThis user is suffering from userpox. Goggles seem to prove ineffectual.
This user contributes using Firefox.	This user is a participant in WikiProject Schools.	trpt-4This user is a professional trumpet player.	BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music.
This user is a teacher.	This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit.	ΦΜΑThis user is a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. OAS AAS LLS!	MAThis user has a Master of Arts degree in Music.
This user was a volunteer mediator in the Mediation Cabal before it was closed.	This user takes his/her coffee with 2 creams and 4 sugars.	en-5This user can contribute with a professional level of English.	This user almost has the Master of Arts in History from Sam Houston State University.
"Clearly now is the perfect time to practice your philosophy." – Marcus Aurelius	This user enjoys reading almost anything.	HDMThis user loves His Dark Materials. And is Dusty too, by the way..	This user loves The Chronicles of Narnia, both the books and the movies.
This user loves Hot Dogs in all his varieties.	G This user is a Gryffindor.	DON'T PANICThrough a time warp this user edits the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.	This user is a native Appalachian.
This user enjoys their egg with the sunny side up.	Non nobis solum	This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one someday.	BOOKThis user is working on publishing a book.
400+This user has made more than 400 contributions to Wikipedia.	This user is a WikiAngel.	This user is interested in The Jedi Order. My ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is.
to¦goThis user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.	less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer.	Y'allThis here user talks Southern, y'all.	MixThis user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.
AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, and sometimes uses it, but not excessively.	This user writes with the OpenOffice.org suite.	This user's favorite color is gray.	This user is aware of how silly this huge table looks on his user page, but acknowledges that its real purpose is twofold: statistics and standardization.

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