List Your Specialist Subjects

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I'm deaf

I play a few musical instruments (bass, guitar, drums, some piano, dulcimer)

I have Panic/Generalized Anxiety Disorder

I know pretty much everything about The Beatles

Being homeless

Oh yeah. I forgot probably the two things I know the most about: Ancient Egyptian, both the religion and the language (though I'm most familiar with Middle Egyptian, I can help with others too). I keep the religion and currently align myself with Isis. I also use the language daily.

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I know pretty much everything about The Beatles

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Wheeee! me too me too!

1. The Beatles
2. an American living/working in London
3. Metaphysics (tarot cards, talking to the Other Side)
4. Intuition

The one thing that really irritates me when I am reading Important Novels is when they get details about fashion design and luxury marketing wrong.
If you have any questions about French, Italian and American fashion from the last 70 years, please ask me.
I also have enough contacts in the historical costuming and vintage fields that I can give some insight into 1750s-1940s clothing.

Also, my masters work was in consumer culture and the rise of the luxury market in France and England from 1800-1830, so if you would like insight into the money markets of the Regency - how much a dress cost or how to maintain a household in the English countryside or Bath, I can contribute some.

-Chronic depression
-Social anxiety
-Unsupportive families
-Single-parent households; having a parent die when you're very young
-Abusive relationships (in one for 2.5 years)
-Long distance relationships (Is U.S. to Greece far enough? )
-Teaching

- American living in Venezuela in 1950s-1960s
- Five yrs in two different military academy boarding schools in USA
- Dealing with Latino mafia-style thugs
- Bribing soldiers/police in So. America

specialist knowledge

Roleplaying geek, computer games geek during my teens and twenties.

Draft sergeant in Swedish army during the early nineties. MOS-equivalent was KQ800 which translates to squad leader for encryption specialists in signal corps (REMF).

learned stuff about sidearms, long arms, machine guns, antitank rifles, encryption systems, higher staff administration, Batallion staff administration, EW, ECM, RadioCOM,

Martial arts training: Jujitsu black belt in Hokku shin ruy. Blue belt in WJJF. Training in military HTH, Jeet Kune Do, Kali Silat, some Wing chun, but no expert knowledge. Italian school of longsword fighting (beginner)


M Sc in Computer Science. Working the last for twelve years at the Defence Research Agency in Sweden in the area of Information Warfare, Computer network Attack, Computer Network Defence, and lately in the area of defending Critical Infrastructure such as SCADA-systems from Computer attacks. This ties in to the technical side of antiterrorism, with regards to targeting and consequence analysis.

Hobby is military history, especially military technology and development. Explosives, firearms, projectiles, armour (both the personal version and the tanks), artillery, aircrafts

through my workplace I can get tons of interesting reports on high tech developments such as beyond-corner-looking radars and stuff. If you ask, I am quite willing to see what I can find. the reports might be in Swedish though so you might have to take a summary as the best result.

I was raised and went to school in an ultra-conservative evangelical christian environment. I'd be happy to answer questions about what it is like going to a small strictly religious private school (for both elementary and high school). I know YA fiction is currently popular, so I figured my experience there might help some writers.

Clicker training of dogs (and, to a certain degree, other species)
Operant and classical conditioning
Dog behavior

I'm a first-year grad student in theoretical mathematics, and can answer questions about basic undergrad math, topology, complex analysis, manifold theory, and abstract algebra. I can't answer questions about physics, applied math and stats, set theory, and complexity theory, but I might be able to find somebody who can.

I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda for two years, and can answer questions about both the Peace Corps experience and East Africa.

And I know a lot about H. P. Lovecraft, but there are probably better people to ask then me posting here. Similarly Plato and the other ancient Greeks.

I too feel I have too little to offer, but want to contribute, so here goes:
I was a Beatnik poet in Wa DC latter part of the fifties and most of the sixties. A serious user of drugs also, thirteen years worth, and had an unusual social mobility. Was a petty street criminal, a friend of a made man, knew and hung around great (and not so great, of course,) artists, musicians dancers, theater people, children of the high and wealthy. I know the streets, many of the people, some the history - some of the esoteric history. I also know a bit about recovering from drugs, and moving into relatively mainstream society carrying that stigma, and being an uneducated kinda smart guy who worked in the drug rehab industry - developed training programs for NIDA - and somehow crossed over and became a systems analyst programmer and built enormous data bases that operated on old main frame systems. As a former con man, I am also a veritable warehouse of useless information, and also usually know how to find out stuff. Have done volunteer work in max security prisons including directing a theatre troupe made of serious heavies for five years. I know and have known a bunch of murderers, stay in touch with two who have been released (amazingly, let me add) and are doing very well after over thirty years in. I soothe sad souls, understand loners, lift low spirits. I'll talk to anyone.

I don't want to offer expertise on anything if I can't follow through, but the one thing I can be really helpful about is live theatre - the theatre world, the people in it, actors and acting, directors and directing, Shakespeare, fringe festivals, technical aspects (lighting design, equipment, sound engineering, etc).

Oh, and slightly random, but... I work in the AV industry - Audiovisual equipment - speakers, microphones, mixing boards, projectors, monitors... basically, if you've ever been to a seminar or conference, all the tech that the speaker uses to make his point is called "AV equipment". If you need information on that sort of tech, I'm your girl.

Electrical/electronics engineering (both as a student and as a lab assistant)

That's circuit design, some theory, and applied math/algebra.

I also have some knowledge of Christian theology/church history, mainly Protestant.

I can offer expertise on the following:

- I live in Ireland, so anyone from abroad looking to include Ireland in their story could consult me (places, people, politics etc). I also speak fluent Irish (gaelic).
- BA (Hons) in English Literature - particular areas are Shakespeare, Chaucer, Modern Irish Womens poetry, some knowledge of old English and would know who to consult.
- BA (Hons) in Sociology - Sociological research, sociology of sport, sociology of mental health, sociology of the media.
- Three years experience working in a bookmakers (not a place that makes books - a bookies ie gambling).
- Over 10 years of working with the public (shops, restaurants, hotels, bookmakers, college).
- Currently working in a university for the past 4 years.
- Diploma in Marketing, Advertising, PR and Sales - basic questions relating to any of those welcome.
- Over 5 years event management experience.
- Excellent knowledge of alternative/indie music.
- Professional artist (mainly acrylic and some oils).
- Good insight into the Journalism industry (through family and friends).
- Good knowledge of urban fantasy novels.
- Migraine sufferer (and no, it's not just a headache!)
- B12 and iron deficiencies, have also had about 20 kidney infections in 10 years.

That's all I can think of for now. My life reads like a CV, makes me sound very uninteresting.

I'm more than happy to help out with any geology related questions or concerns. My academic background is in geochemistry, but I have extensive contacts and don't really need an excuse to go chat them up about specifics outside my zone. I am not a gemnologist, but can help with gemstone topics as they pertain to the sourcing and minerals. I am also a certified high school earth science, chemistry, and physics teacher, so I maintain a pretty good collection of web resources for those subjects.

Also: veganism/vegan cooking, parrots (conures and macaws), opera (Russian or Italian only), and poker (mostly Hold 'em, Razz, or Omaha), and I am a walking 007 trivia encyclopedia, although I doubt that that is a very useful talent.

Harley-Davidsons and women bikers. I'm not a mechanic or an expert on company history or sports bikes, but I ride and know the current bikes.

I studied Egyptology at the U of Chicago before I wised up and switched to geology. I'm probably a bit out of date on some things, but I can help with the basics or where to start research.

I'm new here, but already know that I will be pleading for help on some boating and diving issues, so I'd rather start by offering my own assistance.

Thought I would add what little I know to the list. I'm a "jack of all trades-master of none" kind of person. Keep in mind everything has been self-taught. I've done all sorts of things to make extra money while my kids were little so I could stay home with them.

I have:
-worked as a cashier in a grocery store
-apprenticed at a flower shop
-sold makeup (not Mary Kay, but like it)
-sewed and embroidered / cross-stitched for people
-made porcelain dolls and fairies
-had my own doll shop and taught classes
-worked as a secretary and bookkeeper (for a small business and then a small school district)
-sponsored a dance team of 24 teenage girls for 3 years(and put up with all the mama-drama that goes with it)
-took up the hobby of photography then started a portrait studio (photograph high school seniors and weddings)

Things I know about:
-photoshop & cameras
-dealing with a parent who had and died from Alzheimers
-growing up in a crazy but loving family with 4 sisters
-being the bullied kid / misfit
-being molested/abused by relatives and a neighbor (both personally & helping friends who have been)
-dealing with a child who at one point was suicidal and diagnosed with depression

areas I have experience/above average knowledge:

- Childbirth & childbirth culture (mostly US.) I'm a doula, mom to 3 boys born unassisted at home and have been researching/writing about this for years

- Breastfeeding, natural parenting etc

- Unschooling

- Self-injury

- Termination of parental rights/step parent adoption

I've been a safari guide in Africa for the last year so I know some stuff about African wildlife. And if I don't have the answer there's a good chance I've got the book that does.

Before that I was a management consultant for fifteen years, so I know how to make it look like I know more than you.

I did learn one or two other things about running companies, reading accounts and the like, so I'll help if I can, but you're probably better off speaking to a specialist...

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• Chinese military strategy
• Japanese martial arts (particularly, jujitsu, aikido, and iaido)
• Self-harm, in a masochistic way
• Customer service manager at a Walmart
• Probably lots more I'm forgetting.

I have some greater than typical grasp of the following:

- medicine and health, both history of and current
- pharmacology, medications, drugs
- academic philosophy
- Canadian/US immigration patterns
- Leonard Cohen: history, books, and lyrics
- through a series of inexplicable circumstances, the detailed appearance and genetic distribution of 108 species of wild violets in the United States
- bourbon
- dovetail joints

Certified Historical Nut for hire...

Ok, not for hire, but I would be happy to provide feedback on certain historical time periods.

I'm a bit of an anglophile, so I have general knowledge on various topics in social history, including the Regency period (Jane Austen) and the Victorian period.

In America, I know a lot about the day-to-day life of women during the Civil War, and during the Gilded Age. I also know some about espionage during the Civil War (through research for my current MS).

I also have a lot of knowledge on fashion history, so I can take a stab at that too.

I'm a historic preservationist/architectural historian, so I can help you out with pre-1940s architecture.

I don't get on here very regularly, so it would be best to e-mail me at oldhousejunkie at yahoo dot com. Hope I can be of assistance!

PM OK.

Adoption--Particularly International Adoption
Korean Adoptee--so I can give you the rundown on being an adoptee. (This is different from the Adoptive Parent experience.)
I know the history of Adoption (loosely) and the specifics of the history of International adoption (in particular) the history of Korean adoption in detail. (As well as the attitudes of adoptees from Korea depending on how and when they were adopted and to where.)

I'm also well-connected to an Adoptive Parent community to give you a larger range and I have some basics on first parents and portraying them.

Korean History (loosely--I know more than Amazon can give you.) If I don't know I know where to ask.

Korean Saturi. (Dialects of Korea, particularly Kyeongsang and Jeolla)

Korean culture--traditional and Pop culture. Current state of Korea.

Japanese Intermediate, more emphasis, again, on usage and dialectal usages.

Japanese culture--non-anime/manga-based (And the parts that aren't martial arts)

Modern Japanese History

Upstate NY.

L.M. Montgomery (I'm a geek.)

Crafts: Knitting, sewing, making Jewlery (wire wrapping, gemstones, etc--lower end). crochet, designing your own clothes without a pattern.

Manga--I did a HS Senior thesis on the subject and have been studying it from an academic view since. I also worked at a translation company. I know the History, etc expansive view, rather than recent cultural movement.

Graphic design, particularly in information communication and website design.

Half a cultural Anthro degree. (Particular interests are in art and cultural exchange of art. Especially food, website design, language, etc.)

Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese dramas. (I watched a whole ton of each, no melodrama questions though... 'cause most of them suck and I can summarize them.)

What it's like to grow up with white parents when you are not.

Racism against Asians first hand experience. (Female, though I know the male POV through my brother.)

Adoptism.

History of publishing.

Informal Judaism.

Breaking off contact with parents.

Dealing with neglectful parents. (And a borderline/narcisstic, non-severe, mother.)

I'm also a foodie.

I actually read the Bible beginning to end. I'm better with Old Testament.

History of Ethnic studies. (Loosely) Especially non-black. Need an origin of a slur? I probably know it off the top of my head.

Apple Computers from the 1980's to present, plus popular games for it.

Sad, but true: Lifetime movies During 1980's-200o's. (I watched a lot) Christian Channel stuff and probably most of the 80's television. (If I don't know, I know someone else who does.) Especially children's programming.

wine and beermaking

biology, especially kinase biology and/or drug screening

growing mushrooms

Ooh, so many people with useful knowledge...

Here's my humble offering:

-mental health (depression and bipolar), particularly as it pertains to young adults (I've published a book about bipolar for young adults, see sig line)

-music theory/piano (associate of the Royal Conservatory, Toronto)

-Canadian French (grew up speaking it)

-Catholicism (grew up immersed in it)

-Hitchhiking

-Living in vans

-Wild edibles of Western Washington

that's all I can think of for now

Hey all,
I'm not a master, per se, but I do know a bit about:

Cree culture (Aboriginal/First nations of Northern Canada)...actually, could at least point you in the right direction about the Nations across Canada
Cold weather survival
Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI) area of Canada
Teaching, especially Behaviourally Challenged classes (dontcha just LOVE jargon?)
Mining Towns
Northern Canadian living

and that's about all I can think of right now. Hope I can help someone