Mackerel tabby cat, showing the characteristic "M" on its forehead. One of these shares my house, but she prefers to be known as Toni the Tiger or just plain Kitty. As for the "M," she will only say that it is not for "mackerel." R.I.P. April 6, 2008.
Self-portrait: Another Place, Another Time, song by Don Williams, 1988


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The Five Ws edit

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In journalism, the Five Ws (also known as the Five Ws (and one H) or simply the Six Ws) is a concept in news style, research, and in police investigations that most people consider to be fundamental. It is a formula for getting the "full" story on something. The maxim of the Five Ws (and one H) is that in order for a report to be considered complete it must answer a checklist of six questions, each of which comprises an interrogative word:

  1. Who?
  2. What?
  3. Where?
  4. When?
  5. Why?
  6. How?

The principle underlying the maxim is that each question should elicit a factual answer — facts that it is necessary to include for a report to be considered complete. Importantly, none of these questions can be answered with a simple "yes" or "no".

In the context of the "news style" for newspaper reporting, the Five Ws are types of facts that should be contained in the "lead" (sometimes spelled lede to avoid confusion with the typographical term "leading" or similarly spelled words), or first two or three paragraphs of the story, after which more expository writing is allowed.

The "Five Ws" (and one H) were memorialized by Rudyard Kipling in his "Just So Stories" (1902), in which a poem accompanying the tale of "The Elephant's Child" opens with:

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

Introduction edit

Hello. I grew up in this Boston suburb, where I attended this school and in this Florida West Coast county, where I graduated from this high school. I now live on the Florida East Coast. I have also lived in western New York, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Vermont. My American ancestors settled in the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania and in Ohio before statehood. One of them was a militia captain in this locality in the American Revolution. I hold dual citizenship in the United States and Ireland. My graduate school nickname was the same as the name of this town. My family name is the same as the name of this place. My childhood summers were spent at Gurnet Point, Massachusetts, Otter River State Forest in Baldwinville, Massachusetts and/or Camp Sangamon in Pittsford, Vermont.

Awards edit

The Original Barnstar
I award you this Barnstar for your tireless contributions on Armenian-American related articles. VartanM 19:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
The University of Florida Barnstar
For good and thorough work pertaining to articles about the University of Florida.
The Fourth of July, or bust, Barnstar
I award you this Barnstar for your solid, witty, creative, supportive, learned, timely, cheerful, eloquent, and/or otherwise generally great contributions on U. S. National Historic Landmarks' articles. Yippee o yay, we pretty much met our goal of a well-started article for each of 2,442 NHLs by today!

Thanks, and have a great Fourth of July! -- Doncram, 4 July 2008

It's been my privilege to work with you, before and since, but especially for your work in List of NHLs in SC, which encouraged me immensely about the potential accomplishments when several of us work together. Thanks! doncram (talk) 17:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

DYKs edit

DYK for Bubble Houses (Hobe Sound, Florida) edit

Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bubble Houses (Litchfield Park, Arizona) edit

PanydThe muffin is not subtle 00:04, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Amaryllis (ship) edit

Orlady (talk) 16:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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My Ohio connection edit

Through my mother, I'm a direct descendant of Capt. Martin Weybright, III, and his wife, Elizabeth (Geiger) Weybright, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, via Brothersvalley Township, Pennsylvania, who settled near Dayton sometime before statehood in 1803. The former Madison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, was organized in their living room. Their grandson Samuel settled in Beamsville in Darke County. Except for my mother who was born in nearby Miami County, everyone between Samuel and me was born in Darke County. Samuel and his wife had many children who married into other Darke County families, so I'm related in some way to many people in Darke County and southwestern Ohio. One of the families they married into in my direct line was from Wayne County via Holmes County. My mother's father was an M.D. who had graduated from what is now Ohio State University College of Medicine. She went to grade school in Ludlow Falls, Cincinnati and Glencoe. For high school she was a boarding student at Muskingum Academy on the campus of Muskingum College in New Concord. She went to college at Ohio State. Her brother and one of his daughters and her son all went to Ohio University, while his other daughter went to Kent State University. Some cousins from Greenville went to Ohio Northern University. One of my brothers was born in Glencoe. Bloomingville is the only place in Ohio where I've ever lived. My father was working for Huffman Manufacturing Company (now Huffy) in Dayton at the time and came up on the weekends.

Education edit

I received an A.B. from Duke University with a major in History although I had more courses in English than in History. I was all ready to go to the now-defunct theological school at St. Lawrence University, but decided instead at the last minute to do graduate work at the University of South Carolina, where I studied History in Currell College*, lived in Pinckney College and belonged to the Clariosophic Society. I have a J.D. from the University of Florida, where I lived in Buckman Hall* and took classes in Bryan Hall**.

Note * = designed by William Augustus Edwards, ** = designed by William Augustus Edwards and expanded by Rudolph Weaver.

Much later I received another degree from Thomas Edison State College. I have completed the EFM program of the School of Theology of the University of the South. Other places I have taken courses are the University of Miami School of Law, Palm Beach State College,Florida Institute of Technology (Jensen Beach Campus), Florida International University, Northern New Mexico College, Indian River State College and Thorneloe University. I spent four summers at Chautauqua Institution and have spent time at Cornell Law School. Esalen Institute and Ghost Ranch.

Notable professors, etc. edit

#NameInstitutionYearsNotes
1John Shelton CurtissDuke1960Soviet History. Worked for OSS WW II
2Juanita M. KrepsDuke1959-1960Introductory Economics. Later served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce
3Fred Albert ShannonUniversity of South Carolina1963He died during the course
4William BlackburnDuke1960-1962Narrative Writing, etc. He taught the likes of William Styron, Mac Hyman, Reynolds Price, James Applewhite, Fred Chappell, and Anne Tyler
5Francis Tyrone McCoyUniversity of Florida1965Admiralty. Worked for OSS WW II, US Foreign Service, etc.
6William M. FairbankDuke University1958-1959Introductory physics for majors. Unfortunately, he was commuting to Stanford for research work, so the class was usually handled by graduate assistants. He moved to Stanford in the fall of 1959.
7Cooper Phillips SpeaksDuke University1959-1960British literature. Later taught at Indiana University.
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Books edit

Some favorite books in no particular order.

BooksTitleAuthorYearNotes
1The Last Parallel: A Marine's War Journalby Martin Russ1957Korean War
2Body Countby William Turner Huggett (classmate at UF)1973Vietnam War
3Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battlesby Anthony Swofford2003Gulf War
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Hotels edit

Some famous and not so famous hotels where I have stayed, in no particular order.

HotelsNameLocationYearNotes
1Raffles HotelSingapore1985
2Peoples PalaceSydney, New South Wales, Australia1984, 1985
3Hotel del CoronadoCoronado, California1975
4Railton HotelAuckland, New Zealand1984
5Hyatt Regency O'HareRosemont, Illinois1975
6The Palmer HouseSauk Centre, Minnesota1992?
7Fontainebleau HotelMiami Beach, Florida1960s
8Hotel George WashingtonJacksonville, Florida1954
9Breakers HotelPalm Beach, Florida1960s
10DuPont Plaza Hotel (Miami)Miami, Florida1966
11Downtown Howard Johnson HotelNew Orleans, Louisiana1970aka Howard Johnson Government Center - later scene of sniper attack
12Kenilworth LodgeSebring, Florida1991
13Hotel AvilaCaracas, Venezuela1972

Ships edit

ShipNameLocationYearNotes
1Amaryllis (ship)Riviera Beach, Florida1967-1968I lived a few blocks away from where she wrecked. One day I boarded the deserted ship from the ladder hanging down and went up to the captain's bridge
2RMS Queen MaryPort Everglades, Florida1967Toured her after she arrived from England bound for Long Beach, California
3RMS Queen Elizabeth 2Macuto, Vargas, Venezuela1972I arrived at night at the Macuto Sheraton from Canaima. The next morning the QEII which had arrived during the night was anchored offshore, since she was too big to enter the harbor.

Movies edit

Some favorite movies in no particular order.

MoviesTitleNotes
1The Third ManJoseph Cotton and Valli
2The Railway Station ManDonald Sutherland
3The Big LiftMontgomery Clift
4The SearchMontgomery Clift
5ConquestLothaire Bluteau
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Travel edit

Below is a flag table of the countries I have visited. I have visited all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in the United States as well as all 67 counties in my adopted state of Florida. I have also visited 28 of the 32 counties of Ireland. The ones I've miseed are the four in the southeast: Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.


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USCThis user attends or attended the University of South Carolina.
HISThis user's favourite subject is History.
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This user attends or attended the University of Florida.
JDThis user has a Juris Doctor degree.
ΦΔΦThis user is a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity.

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UMThis user attends or attended the University of Miami.
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Florida International University.
FITThis user attended S.O.M.E.T. Florida Institute of Technology (Jensen Beach Campus).
NNMCThis user attends or attended
Northern New Mexico College.
TESUThis user attends or attended Thomas Edison State University.
AAThis user has an Associate of Arts degree.
UotSThis user attends or attended Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee
EFMThis user has a diploma in Christian ministry.


LU/ULThis user has an affiliation with Laurentian University.
Indian River State College

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