User:JohnAlbertRigali/Me

JohnAlbertRigali

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 6 months and 3 days.

This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.

Wikipedia

This user is a member of
WikiProject Catholicism.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Conservatism.

This user is a participant in Wikiproject Genealogy.

D&DThis user participates in
WikiProject
Dungeons & Dragons.

This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

ubx-2This user is an intermediate user of userboxes.

This user loves userboxes.

no
adsThis user is against advertisements on Wikipedia.

This user uses Qui to display their status and work with other users.

Languages

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

Mathematics

a²+b²=c²This user is an intermediate mathematician.

ft-lbThis user uses American Measurements.

met?This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the United States, cannot relate to them.

$\sum$This user is greater than the sum of his userboxes.

Musical Instruments

gtr-1This user is a novice guitarist.

arg-2This user is an intermediate air guitarist.

voc-1This user is a novice vocalist.

Life and Profession

18+This user is an adult.

XThis user is a member of
Generation X.

This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.

This user is male.

This user is of multiple ancestries.

sis	This user has a little sister

This user is a Computer System Administrator.

Programming

cmd-2This user is an intermediate Microsoft command line script programmer.

Anime

._.This user sometimes watches anime.

This user is a fan of the Dragon Ball franchise.

This user is a Space Cowboy.

Books

This user is a bibliophile.

This user enjoys writing.

This user enjoys the works of
J. R. R. Tolkien.

This user enjoys reading mysteries.

This user enjoys reading science fiction.

This user enjoys reading thrillers.

This user enjoys the works of
Sherlock Holmes.

LOTR	This user loves The Lord of the Rings, both the books and the films.

This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

This user likes his Martinis shaken, not stirred.

This user loves The Chronicles of Narnia, both the books and the movies.

G	This user is a Gryffindor.

C&HThis user reads Calvin and Hobbes.

This user is a fan of the Batman.

DThis user reads Dilbert.

This user reads Marvel Comics.

POEMThis user has had one of his poems published.

Computing

@This user can be reached by email at jarigali@bigfoot.com.

This user uses Skype.

Y!This user's Yahoo! Messenger screename is johnarigali.

This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is JohnARigali.

BBThis user contributes using a broadband connection.

This user contributes using a PC.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows 7.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows 10.

This user contributes using
Internet Explorer.

This user contributes using Notepad.

CBMThis user is a Commodore Business Machines enthusiast.

Politics and Beliefs

This user is a Roman Catholic.

This user has been Baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

This user has been Baptized by Affusion.

This user has been Baptized as an adult.

HO HO HO!

This user believes in Santa Claus.

This user believes in intelligent design or creationism.

This user believes that evolution doesn't have to conflict with Christianity.

NO FDThis user opposes the fairness doctrine and believes it is censorship.

DIVORCEThis user is thoroughly against divorce, except in a few cases.

This user is Pro-Life.

viva	This user supports the Consistent Life Ethic.

This user is a social conservative.

GOP	This user supports the U.S. Republican Party.

This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.

Social Issues

This user supports environmental health.

This user does not appreciate tobacco smoke.

This user is drug-free.

Hobbies and Interests

This user is interested in his family history.

This user enjoys rock music.

This user enjoys heavy metal music.

This user is interested in maps.

D&D	This user plays Dungeons & Dragons.

Miscellany

This user is interested in the United States of America.

This user is interested in the U.S. State of Tennessee.

This user lives in or hails from the U.S. State of California.

This user is a whiz kid and an absent-minded professor.

This user advocates the use of more cowbell.

• my main page
• about me
• my contributions
• my template reference
• my projects and plans
• other users' harrassment of me

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Boring details

• born in Montebello, California

• lived most of my life in the San Gabriel Valley - mostly in Duarte, California

• computer hobbyist since 1983 (or arguably since 1980); caller of various bulletin board systems in the San Gabriel Valley during the 1980s and 1990s

• relative fountain of knowledge about pop music of the rock music era (1955 to the early 1990s)

• 1986 graduate of Duarte High School

• information technology professional since 1995, specialized in technical support and information technology help desk, also involved in some system administration and network administration during the 2000s

• amateur genealogist since 1995

• convert to Catholicism since autumn 2001

• user (but not member) of Wikipedia since 2003 (but I still feel like a newbie)

• initiated into the Catholic faith at my local parish on (Easter Vigil) 2009; patron saint: Helena (empress)

• Tennessee resident since 2010 - currently living in Mount Juliet, Tennessee

• lived through the Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 relatively unscathed

The userboxes should tell the rest of my story.

Notable work history excerpts

• employed at rotary encoder manufacturer Spaulding Instruments, at the time a dying subsidiary of Compumotor (which was in turn a subsidiary of Parker Hannifin), in 1988; it seems to have been the birthplace of the shaft position encoder, and its product line seems to have been acquired by Applied International Motion

• employed at Verbum Dei High School from 2006 to 2008

• worked at one of AkzoNobel's Powder Coatings sites from 2010 to 2011 as a contractor from Randstad Holding

• employed at PICA, a subsidiary of ProAssurance, from 2012 to 2014

• worked at the Tennessee Bureau of TennCare from 2014 to 2016 as a subcontractor from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (now part of DXC Technology), as a contractor from Insight Global

• worked at Dollar General from 2017 to 2018 as a contractor from Genpact

• worked at Cummins in 2018 as a contractor from ABBTECH Professional Resources

• might be a co-worker of MindCare (Psychotherapy & Counselling Centre) since April 2020 (although I have no easy way to find out)

Nearest notable relatives

• Matt Gourley, maternal 2nd cousin
• Justin Francis Rigali, paternal 1st cousin twice removed
• John E. Rigali, paternal 1st cousin thrice removed
• Shawn Toovey, paternal 2nd cousin once removed
• Kevin Cogan, paternal 2nd cousin twice removed
• Don August, paternal 3rd cousin
• Curtis Chillingworth, maternal 4th cousin twice removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
• Johnny Cash, paternal 5th cousin twice removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
• Susan Sarandon, paternal 6th cousin (determined from data revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
• Rosanne Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
• Cindy Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
• John Carter Cash, paternal 6th cousin once removed (determined from data that I found on Geni.com)
• Eva Amurri, paternal 6th cousin once removed (also determined from data revealed on her mother's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
• Miles Robbins, paternal 6th cousin once removed (also determined from data revealed on his mother's episode of Who Do You Think You Are?)
• Lucille Beaudine (daughter of William Beaudine), maternal grandaunt by marriage
• Viola Barry, paternal great grandaunt by marriage

Geek Code

• May 20, 2009: GCM/IT/O d->d-- s:+ a+ C+(++)>$ P L>+(+++$) E? W++@ N+ o-- K- w+>$ O M@ V? PS--(---) PE++() Y-(--) PGP- t+ 5(+) X+ R(++) tv+(-) b+ DI+() D+(---) G e h---- r+++(-) y++++
• late 1990s: GCM/IT/O d(-) s:+>: a C(++)$ UL?>$ P L>+$ E? W++() N+ o? K- w+(--)$ O---- M V? PS-(--) PE+() Y+ PGP- t+ 5>+ X+ R(++) tv(+) b+ DI+(++) D+ G e h---- r+++ y++++

Favorite taglines

• "Don't make me roll initiative!" -Francis Ray Ottoman
• "All your base are belong to us"
• "Keep it pithy." -Bill O'Reilly

My results on various tests and quizzes

Political Compass

• June 19, 2017
  • NOTA BENE:
    • (A) There were several statements in the test that I thought were ambiguous, for which I selected my answer choices according to the points that I thought that those statements were intended to make.
    • (B) There were several other statements in the test with which I partially agreed and partially disagreed, but the test did not provide a "Partially agree and partially disagree" answer choice, so I instead chose "Agree" or "Disagree" to the best of my discernment.
    • I felt like a square peg being shoved through...not a round hole...maybe a lozenge-shaped hole. I expected to be placed in the Authoritarian Right quadrant, but I was placed in the Libertarian Right quadrant - which I suspect was the result of my compensatory actions described above.
  • Your Political Compass
  • Economic Left/Right: 2.5
  • Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64
  • https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass?ec=2.5&soc=-1.64

World's Smallest Political Quiz

• May 15, 2009
  • Your PERSONAL issues Score is 10%.
  • Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 80%.
  • According to your answers, the political group that agrees with you most is...CONSERVATIVE

Wikipedia:Wikipediholism Test

• September 16, 2006: 490.94721277653423
• December 19, 2008: 3125
• November 26, 2017: 73

What Is Your World View? quiz

Thanks to Facto for making me aware of the quiz. To see my result, scroll down to the end of my userboxes. You can see all of the possible quiz results at http://www.geocities.com/worldviewquiz/.

• date forgotten

  • You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational. Cultural Creative 75% Postmodernist 50% Existentialist 25% Fundamentalist 25% Romanticist 25% Modernist 0% Materialist 0% Idealist 0% What is Your World View? (updated) created with QuizFarm.com

External links

• Geni: John Albert Rigali
• Find A Grave: Contributor: John Rigali
• EventID.Net: EventID.Net Contributor John Rigali (ranked #16)