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In August 2015, I got a little job editing Wikidelphia, because Wikidelphia needed someone to pay attention to the whole project in a sustained way. One experience that qualifies me to do this job is that I started and have been gradually expanding another reference source. It's called Study Love, and it's about what I consider, and what many Near Death Experiencers call, the most important force in the entire universe: spiritual love.

Since 2011, I have volunteered at many events throughout the Phila-NJ area. Some of the ones I do regularly--and I hope you'll attend or support these--are:

  • Macy's Family Fun Days at the African-American Museum in Philadelphia, a monthly where I set up and run a "toy zone", a table full of toys from my own large collection. I get a kick out of the fact that I'm often the only white guy there.
  • Philadelphia Reading Olympics, a multi-day, multi-venue annual event where I act like a game show host, asking schoolchildren questions about books they've read. The organizers suggest that volunteers think in terms of Jeopardy, but I make it zany, complete with sound effects and as many laughs as I can extract.
  • West Park Arts Fest, where I act like a concierge in the Children's Pavilion, making sure visitors, performers, and exhibitors have whatever they need throughout the day.
  • Maple Shade Holiday Festival, where I've usually overseen the sales of feed for the petting zoo.

Something else I do on my personal time is provide five daily Twitter news-and-views services, in:

  • @FruitNJ "I tweet about the fruit of the Spirit, hoping it'll help me bear some."
  • @LingFan1 For linguistics, the scientific study of human language. Surprisingly, this is by far the most popular.
  • @SayNo2BigGay Against the homosexualist agenda. I attack arguments, not persons.
  • @NetMan3 Against malaria. "Wild about the idea of covering entire countries with nets!"
  • @LifeNetNews Against poverty. "Continuing the mission of Life-Net News: Covering Poverty Widely In A Net Of Many Voices Since 1997."

Life-Net News was sometimes monthly, sometimes weekly. I selected stores from the press and elsewhere about poverty, regardless @RUCamFan For Rutgers University-Camden. "Rutgers-Camden has done so much for me! I'm massively grateful!"

From 2007 to 2014, I did clerical work, website maintenance, and various other tasks at Nonprofit Technology Resources.


Paul, thanks for writing up your personal experience at the Franklin Institute!  Stan 17:31, 7 March 2011 (EST)