User:Pharaoh Hound

I'm taking a break of sorts
I've been editing very heavily for almost a year, and I need a break! I'll still be checking my watchlist every day or two and responding to messages, but I won't be nearly as active as previously. Just a heads up. --Pharaoh Hound (talk) (The Game) 14:12, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm back! Kinda. I'll be editing intermittently, and may or may not respond to messages. Cheers, --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 12:17, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

For the breed of dog also called Pharaoh Hound, see Pharaoh Hound.

You are allowed to edit this page
Yes, you can edit this page, after all, this is a wiki. But I would appreciate it if you please don't:

• Remove or add content without my permission
• Vandalize
• Change Canadian English spellings into American English ones

Feel free to correct the rest of my spelling, grammar, wiki markup, and punctuation! Any changes I don't approve of will be reverted shortly.

Hello!	Babel
My namesake, the Pharaoh Hound (isn't it gorgeous?) My name is Emily and I live in Nova Scotia. I like cats, dogs, horses, classical music (a LOT), Lilo and Stitch, thylacines, large words, and science. User Green451 is my brother. I am an advanced pianist and took my RCM grade 8 practical exam and scored "first class honours", as well as both of my theory exams. However I have grade 10 proficiency. I have taken my RCM grades 1, 3, and 5, and scored "first class honours" on all of them.	Wikipedia:Babel en This user is a native speaker of the English language. ase-1 This user can communicate at a basic level in American Sign Language. fr-0 Cet utilisateur ne comprend pas le français ou seulement avec des difficultés notables. Search user languages
Me: and FAQ	Essential facts
Username: Pharaoh Hound Why I chose my username: the Pharaoh Hound is my favourite breed of dog Real name: Emily Country: Canada Province: Nova Scotia Languages: I'm a native English speaker. I have long been interested in American Sign Language (though I don't know anyone who is deaf), and I can communicate using ASL at a very basic level (fluent in fingerspelling, and some words). Unfortunately, I only speak one of Canada's two official languages, and that's unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Pets: Many, see below Favourite hobbies and interests: origami, gardening, photography, reading, Greek mythology, Show jumping (an interest rather than a hobby), anything relating to animals (with the exception of earwigs) Favourite colours: Turquoise, Aqua, Aquamarine Why my signature is that hideous shade of brown: Same colour as my usernamesake	vn-2 This user page has been vandalized twice. This user participates in WikiProject Cats. This user is a contributor to the dog breeds task force. This user comes from Canada. This wikipedian comes from Nova Scotia. "There is no sin except stupidity." – Oscar Wilde This user is a member of WikiProject Dogs.
My editing	Sample contributions
I discovered Wikipedia ages ago, but only realised what it was fairly recently. I normally do most of my work on various dog articles, see the lists below for my pet pages. One of my biggist irks on wiki dog articles is when the Canadian breed clubs aren't listed in the external links (which is usually), and I have made it one of my missions to make sure that this problem is eliminated. I also vote on many of the Featured Pictures Candidates. I am a member of the Wikipedia dog breed project. My favourite type of articles to edit are dog breed stubs, as I get to work on them almost entirely on my own (very few other editors). When I don't feel like thinking too hard while editing I either add external links to dog breed clubs, or request better photos on dog (and occasionally horse) articles. My first registered edits were on February 6, 2006.	Pages I have edited extensively Pharaoh Hound Black Russian Terrier Belgian Shepherd Dog (Groenendael) Coton de Tulear Canadian Eskimo Dog Pages I have edited moderately Kooikerhondje Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever Small Munsterlander Portuguese Pointer Golden Retriever Irish Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Vizsla Labrador Retriever Pages I have created Orthopedic Foundation for Animals Sussex Spaniel Dogs in Canada (which I subscribe to) Kromfohrlander (some of that info was merged from "Kromfohlanders") PennHIP German Longhaired Pointer Bracco Italiano Tahltan Bear Dog Spanish Water Dog Various redirects The Dogs Portal In late October Rfrisbie contacted me to see if I would like to help with the recently activated Dog Portal. I'd never done anything with portals, but it looked neat so I said yes. A few weeks later, and it became (largely due to Rfrisbie's experience and initiative) a featured portal!
My pets	Current pets
My cat Patches I LOVE animals and thank goodness my family does too. I have always owned cats, and can remember only one year of my life when my family hasn't had at least one. My newest Betta Helios (who is double-tailed and metallic) I have "Betta-itis", a disease that is incurable, but can be lived with. Symptoms of "Betta-itis" include: Dreaming about bettas, having as many bettas as is possible, talking to your bettas as if they understand you, constantly thinking of ways to get more bettas, and naming your bettas. I have also owned a Tarantula. I love dogs, and own a one-year-old Brittany. I also want a Leopard gecko (they're SO cute). The other pets I currently own (besides cats) only includes fish.	Current pets Two cats: Patches and Smokey, female and male, both six years old. Four male Bettas: One-year-old Memnon, ten-month-old Umbra, nine-month-old Mars (named after the Roman God, not the planet), and five-month-old Helios Four Corydoras: including five-year-old Stitch (who holds the title of being my oldest fish, and is an albino), and three-year-old Pirate (who only has one eye). Two three year old golden Gouramis. Five White Cloud Mountain Minnows. Two Zebra Danios (neither of which have names). Three Neon Tetras. A large number of Platys. A large number of Swordtails. (I would be able to keep track of how many live-bearers I have if they weren't reproducing like crazy)
My music	Musical abilities
I love music, but only certain types: Classical, Ragtime. and movie scores. I play piano at an advanced level (grade 9 RCM). The Baroque period music's complexity, unique articulation, and style of transitions continually lure me, and I always have at least one baroque piece in my repetoire. I LOVE to perform, and I am thinking about doing some recordings for the Wikimedia Commons.	Instruments Wikipedia:Instruments pno-3 This user is an advanced pianist. vln-1 This user is a novice violinist. Search user instruments My repertoire includes... Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Opus 9, Number 2 by Chopin Sonatina in G major, op. 36, no.5 (from Six Progressive Sonatinas for the Pianoforte) by Muzio Clementi Valse, Op. 69, No.2 by Chopin Capriccio, HWV 483 by Handel Elite Sycopations by Scott Joplin Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (arranged for solo piano by myself) by J.S. Bach
My photography and art	Selected photos
I quite enjoy photography, and currently own a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. To see my gallery go here or to my gallery on the Wikimeda Commons here.	Picture of the day The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. The species is native to North America, ranging from the northern United States to southern Canada and all the way up to Alaska and Yukon, living in deciduous and mixed forests. It has a distinct black cap on its head, a black bib underneath, and white cheeks. The black-capped chickadee has a white belly, buff sides, and grey wings, back, and tail. It is well known for its vocalizations, including its fee-bee song and its chick-a-dee-dee-dee call, from which it derives its name. The black-capped chickadee feeds primarily on insects and seeds, and is known for its ability to cache food for use during the winter. Its hippocampus grows during the caching season, and is believed to help it better remember its cache locations. It builds nests in tree cavities, with the nesting season starting in late April and lasting until late June. This foraging black-capped chickadee was photographed in Central Park, New York City. Photograph credit: Rhododendrites Archive More featured pictures My picture of the week A captive Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus). Photo by Steve Brace. (archive)
My gardening	Tips
One of my Gladioli My favourite plant has to be the Gladiolus hybrids. They are stately, majestic, and colourful. And they're perennial, so I get to watch the same plants grow year after year (well, they're not perennial in Nova Scotia's climate, I have to store them inside over the winter). I currently own over 200 gladiolus corms, which are reproducing every year. This year I will attempt to save some gladiolus seeds for future planting, I can't wait to see what sort of colours I get.	Tip of the day Tip of the day... Image processing tools For images, there are free tools like GIMP and ImageMagick, and commercial ones like Adobe Photoshop that provide a variety of processing filters. The preferred formats are Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for drawings, and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) for pictures. You may also use JPEG. Vector graphics are preferred to raster graphics for drawings, because they can be scaled as needed without losing information, and because they can be more easily edited. Please remember to follow our guidelines and policies when uploading images. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files   Help:Menu/Images and media   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd b}}
Favourite quotes	Amusing pages
Here's a few quotes that really sum up my philosophy/view of life/personality from some of my favourite authors, playrights, philosophers, and poets. "In time we hate that which we fear." Antony and Cleopatra "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies." Oscar Wilde "Tempus edax rerum." ("Time is the devourer of everything") Ovid "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan "Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori: et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas" ("Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living.") Juvenal "All intellectual improvement arises from leisure." Samuel Johnson "Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. ("Lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things") Virgil "Ils ne se servent de la pensée que pour autoriser leurs injustices, et n' emploient les paroles que pour déguiser leurs pensées." ("[Men] use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.") Voltaire "I hold that the charasteristic of the present age is craving credulity." Benjamin Disraeli "The truth is rarely pure, and never simple." Oscar Wilde "The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief." Othello "Non omnia possumus omnes." (We can't all do everything.) Virgil "No passion so effectively robes the mind of all its powers of acting or reasoning as fear." Edmund Burke "It is our choices, Harry, that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities. Albus Dumbledore	Wikipedia The Ten Commandments of Wikipedia ("And the Wikipedia spake all these words, saying...") Unusual articles (well, the name basically says it all) WikiProject Wikipedians Against Jimbo's beard WikiProject Wikipedians for Jimbo's beard WikiProject Wikipedians who frankly don't care about Jimbo's beard Wikipedia songs (yes, it's true, there ARE official Wikipedia songs) The Wikipedian's Prayer (for those of us who are reeaally addicted) Lamest edit wars (is it possible to have a revert war over a single exclamation mark? Apparently the answer is yes) Wiki Acquired Psychological Syndrome (If you are tired, irritible, or giggly, you too could be suffering from this underdiagnosed disease) Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Helpdesk Emails Sandbox In-sand-ity (All glory to the Hypno Toad!) No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man (an irrefutably obligatory official decree from the Supreme Cabal Regime of the English Wikipedia, should be followed by all Wikipedians religeously) List of really, really, really stupid article ideas that you really, really, really should not create (Don't get any ideas!) Wikipedia: the movie (just when you thought that Wikipedians had done everything...) Last topic pool (a pool guessing the topic of Wikipedia's last page) Articles Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet (Gotta love Canadian politics!) Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (umm... how do you pronounce that?) Voynich manuscript (The only thing we can figure out about it is that we don't know what the heck it is) Illegal prime (Can knowledge of a number be illegal?) International Talk Like a Pirate Day (what, you don't celebrate it, matey?) Time Cube (A theory that time is cubical, rather than linear. Thus, it is four diferent days happening at the same time. It's so simple!) Intentionally blank page (If the phrase "this page has been intentionally left blank" fill up the once blank page, than...) Oink Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George" (Any questions?) Jennifer 8. Lee (How would you like to have a number as a middle name?) Dihydrogen monoxide hoax (A hoax society educating people on the dangers of Dihydrogen monoxide, a substance that can scald, cause death by inhailation, cause hypothermia, be corrosive to metal devices, and that we can't live without.) Unusually named animals Bill Gates' flower fly (The richest man in the world must have everything, apperently this includes his own species of fly) GoldenPalace.com Monkey (scientific name: Callicebus aureipalatii, "aureipalatii" meaning "of the Golden Palace" in Latin, just in case you're interested) Proceratium google (AKA the Google Ant)
Barnstars	Subpages
To date I have two barnstars: the Excellent Userpage Award, and the newly created Fauna Barnstar.	Gallery Sandbox Userboxes