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Ooh, I think starting at T H White's "The Sword in the Stone" is good, just to get a basic foundation. Other than that "Le Morte D'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory, if you can understand the Olde English way of writing! To be honest, there are so many places to start that I can't point to one. It's such a huge subject and covers such a vast amount of stories, good luck is all I can say! (:

My special interest is sharks. They fascinate me. Not many of my teenage friends enjoy discussing them, but I can't for the life of me figure out why!

Alright thanks. Among T. H. White and Olde English, I think I'll pick the former. My English not so good .
If you remember any other starting points, do let me know. Try to think like, this guy doesn't know anything about Arthur or Merlin or Excalibur. Never heard of them. What should his first encounter be like?

One more question. If you want to introduce, say a 5 year old to the Arthurian Legend, what should the starting point be?

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You have a TED presentation as an expert on Sharks. You have 15-17 minutes. What will you say?

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I'm waiting for those couple of interests. But about Depp/Burton - what is the single most amazing trivia about the 4 movies, that fascinates you, or annoys you, or you can't it get out of your head, or you can't figure it out or whatever. Like suppose there's only space for one in your signature. What trivia would that be?

I would talk about a species that has barley changed since the age of the diosaur. A species that is so well adapted and beautiful yet is feared. Sharks are the single thing in this world that are perfect in every way. I would talk about the films such as Jaws which have given Sharks a misunderstood personality, yet at the end of the films you do feel a certain admiration for their determination:) I would talk about how the media teaches us to fear sharks and hate them. But they forget too mention the small quatity of actual fatalities caused by sharks each year and the fact that WE kill 100 million sharks each year. Who are the dangerous ones? More people die in car accidents each year than from shark attacks. Yes sharks kill, but how would they know the difference between us and their food? We are all animals. Furthermore, when a shark does make a mistake it rarely comes back for more! But who is in the worng here? We are not adapted to live in the ocean. Why on earth do we have the right to criticise the natural dwellers of the ocean when we shouldn't be there ourselves?! Sharks are the most beautiful creation in this world and they don't deserve their slaughtering. They should not be feared, but respected. This perfect hunter is dangerous, but so are we.

Wow, that was good. I hope someday you write a book on sharks, that helps to change the people's perception about them.

There's a WP member named Twolf. He once shared a Barry Lopez quote - "Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves." Do you see any similarities?

Absolutely, people can be such hypocrites!

Titanic + psychiatry. But I don´t have an encyclopedic knowledge about them. That would be a lie. It´s just VAST, so to say.

I can tell you almost anything about Siberian Huskies (and I'll be getting one in April), Mongolian Gerbils, Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest, and my ancestry.
People always regret asking me when I am as far as background goes because I'm ramble on and on and on about it, as well as asking me why I like huskies (because I'm ramble on about that as well).

Guns and ammunition.

That´s kinda scary, man.

I have knowledge an inch deep and a parsec wide. I hope that doesn't make me a mere wannabe.

I have a bunch (names, language, culture, Ancient Egypt, and the Renaissance) but my main obsession is stories Books, TV shows (particularly cartoons), movies - anything with a story to it. I can tell you a ton of things about any one of my favorite TV shows ^.^ This suits me quite well because I want to be an author (in addition to being a linguist).

I put to good use almost all of my special Aspie knowledge. Trouble is, I can't resist showing off how much I know about things and that creeps people out.

Religions. Also Hoodoo and certain types of magic.