ArielGlenn
WP meetup
editSounds like Sunday, September 16 is the best day for a September SF-area meetup -- hope to see you then! Check the meetup page for details and to suggest a location and time. -- phoebe/(talk) 05:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey, Ariel, nice to meet you at the November Meet-Up. I just read your Wikipedia page. Just a couple weeks ago, I was reading a book on number theory and had done a little Internet reading about Mersenne primes, the Lucas-Lehmer test, and had even come across mention of your discovery in high school. I wish I'd known before we met! I just got a math degree last year, but I don't often bump into number theorists. --Ben Kovitz 19:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
aorist
editGiven your comment at Talk:Perfective aspect, I thought you might be interested in expressing your opinion at Talk:Aorist#Protected II. We're having a problem with calling or not calling the aorist a "tense". — kwami (talk) 22:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
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