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I am from the [[United States]].  My wife is from [[Thailand]], and we have two girls and a boy.  
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== Pages to Contribute to or Create ==

'''LDS-related'''
:*[[Book of Mormon chronology]]
:*[[The Friend (Mormon magazine)]]
:*[[Nephite]]

'''Thailand-related'''
:*[[Barisan National Pembebasan Patani]]
:*[[Barisan Revolusi Nasional]]
:*[[Gerakan Mujahideen Islam Patani]]
:*[[Patani kingdom]]
::Source referring to ''[[bunga mas]]''[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198803/from.bunga.mas.to.minarets.htm]
:::a rather poor and erroneous source. `'[[user:mikkalai|Míkka]][[user talk:mikkalai|>t]] 02:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
'''Venezuela-related'''
:*[[Pasticho]]

== My Username ==

'''Matatigre''' is a Spanish word that means "tiger killer" when translated literally.  However, the term is used - in Venezuela, at least - to refer to a man who takes on a variety of odd jobs in order to make a living; that is to say, that this man would even kill tigers if he had to in exchange for a little something to live off of.  At least that is my understanding of what this word means (you Venezuelans may feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken).  

Anyway, I took a liking to the term several years ago and have used it ever since as a username for various programs; 36, for reasons that I can't explain, is my favorite number.  Hence my username is Matatigre36.

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(Me he preguntado por qué se dice "matatigre" y no se dice "matador de tigres," pero así sea.  Al mismo tiempo también reconozco que no estoy MUY avanzado en el español.  Me falta aprender mucho aún.)

== Contributions ==

'''New Articles:'''
*Biographies:
:*[[Gerard C. Smith]]
:*[[Jack R. Binns]]
:*[[James Reston Jr.]]
:*[[Rowan Scarborough]]
:*[[Warren Rogers]]

*Hawaiʻi-related:
:*[[Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation]]
:*[[Pacific Basin Development Council]]

*LDS-related:
:*[[New Era (magazine)]]

*Thailand-related:
:*[[Bersatu (separatist organization)]]
:*[[Thai Customs Decree]]

*Venezuela-related:
:*[[Oscar D'León]]

*GA-related:
:*[[Learning Community]]
:*[[List of political career biographies]]
:*[[List of political memoirs]]
:*[[US Term Limits]]

'''Major cleanup/wikification or contribution:'''
:*[[2006 Rose Bowl]]
:*[[Burmese American]]
:*[[Steven H. Levinson]]
:*[[Terrel Bell]]
:*[[Transit Windsor]]
:*[[Herschel Walker Trade]]

== Hobbies & Interests ==

My hobbies and interests include [[Reading (activity)|reading]], [[football]], and learning foreign languages, hence the language boxes over yonder. Having served a mission for [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] to [[Venezuela]], I communicate in [[Spanish]] fairly well.  Also, I studied [[Mandarin Chinese]] at the university for three semesters, though it has been a while so it's rather rusty.  Finally, although I only know a few phrases of spoken [[Thai]], I hope to take up a serious study of that language sometime soon (watch my Babel box).