The Random Wikipedia Articles Topic

[Shadow]

Every time you visit this topic do the following:

1. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
2. Post the link of what you got
3. Quote the first paragraph / first few sentences of the article
4. Give a comment on anything you read in it (i.e. was it interesting, boring, stupid, funny, etc...).
5. If you want comment on any previous posts

Mine just now was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzatea

Alzatea verticillata is a small flowering tree, native to the Neotropics. It inhabits moist submontane forests from Costa Rica and Panama in Central America south to Peru and Bolivia in tropical South America. It is the sole species of genus Alzatea and family Alzateaceae.
The closest relatives of Alzatea are the families Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa.

A stub on a small tree from South America. Not too interesting especially since what  I quoted was basically the whole article.

[Ogaden]

Maksym Serhiyovych Kalynychenko (Ukrainian: Максим Сергійович Калиниченко; (born on January 26, 1979 in Kharkiv, USSR) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksym_Kalynychenko

And of course there's a huge article

[Agent Lemon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzitzit
Tzitzit (Hebrew: ציצית) (Biblical and Middle Eastern pronunciation: ṣiṣith; Yiddish pronunciation: tzitsis) are specially knotted ritual fringes worn by observant Jews. Tzitzit are attached to the four corners of the tallit (prayer shawl) and tallit katan.

[dester55]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Foley_%28politician%29
Paul Foley (c.1688[1] – November 28, 1739) was an English barrister and politician, the second son of Paul Foley, sometime Speaker of the House of Commons.

guy had like....2 lines....he was a loser

[Rorick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADtor_Manuel_Gon%C3%A7alves

Vítor Manuel de Almeida Gonçalves (born 25 February 1944) is a former Portuguese footballer, who played as a midfielder.

^Literally the entire article.

[Croix]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavante_River_(Mato_Grosso)

The Xavante River (Mato Grosso) is a river of Mato Grosso state in western Brazil.

Entire article:X

[Hombre de Murcielago]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aler,_Nalgonda_district

Aler, Alair or Aleru (Telugu: ఆలేరు) is a Mandal in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located on the National Highway 202.
There is a Railway station at Aler in the South Central Railway between Secunderabad and Kazipet.

[Rorick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergilius_Ferm

Vergilius Ture Anselm Ferm ( * 1896; † February 4, 1974 in Wooster, Ohio) was the Compton Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster.

Once again, entire article.

[Mia]

"Up Went Nelson" is a song by The Go Lucky Four (a group of Belfast school teachers Gerry Burns, Finbar Carolan, John Sullivan and Eamonn McGirr) that was number one on the Irish music charts in 1966 for eight consecutive weeks.

It was sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and is about the destruction of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Went_Nelson

Only comment I can think of is.. any 40 year old Irishman around?

[Agent Lemon]

Irish, but not 40.

[Thunder Strike]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_Brannan

Kieran Brannan is currently playing for Dumbarton in the Scottish Football League Second Division. He plays as a Forward or as a Midfielder.

Brannan is a product of Dumbarton's youth development. He made his professional debut on 18 September 2010. He made few appearances in season 2010-2011, but earned himself a renewed contract, lasting another season.


Wow, scored 1 goal in 33 matches.

[morrison]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Ideas

what a soundful name

Association of Ideas, or Mental association, is a term used principally in the history of philosophy and of psychology to refer to explanations about the conditions under which representations arise in consciousness, and also for a principle put forward by an important historical school of thinkers to account generally for the succession of mental phenomena. One idea was thought to follow another in consciousness if it were associated by some principle. The three most commonly asserted principles of association were similarity, contiguity, and contrast, but numerous others had been added by the nineteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century physiological psychology was so altering the approach to this subject that much of the older associationist theory was rejected.

[Pterrydactyl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Versus_Tom_Sawyer

"Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" is the fifth episode of the second season of Chuck. It originally aired on October 27, 2008. Life in espionage takes its toll on Chuck Bartowski and everyone is taking notice. Chuck tries to explain his unusual behavior to Ellie Bartowski and to the quirky Buy More efficiency expert Emmett Milbarge (Tony Hale), but a new assignment only complicates things. After a global terrorist comes searching for Jeff Barnes, Chuck is forced to socialize with Jeff in order to find out what role the oddball plays in the mission.

A chuck episode apparently...