Last night we watched the first episode of the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch with Rufus Sewell and the wonderful Elizabeth Spriggs. It's quite good.
So later in the evening, I watched Brewster McCloud for the first time in a long time.
It was still most entertaining....and still very weird.
Glad you have a date set, Elmore.
Glad you have a date set, Elmore.
I'm hoping it's frozen now.
Some years back I joined Classmates which I thought was beautifully designed. It included seemingly every school in existence, year by year, and I began finding people. But it lost its charm because of its incessant barrage of spam and up-sell email. And then I found that my high school classmates were on Facebook instead, so I began dipping my toes into those waters.
It’s too bad that so much was bad or annoying about it, because it was a magnificently structured database for its stated purpose, unlike anything else we have. Had it become well populated, it would be a priceless resource.
I did some sleuthing during the planning of my 50th High School reunion.....it was interesting. I used Find A Grave to begin with to at least find out if any of the missing folks were still alive.....many were not.
I’ve sleuthed, with mixed results. I usually have no intention of reconnecting with the person, I’m just curious to learn what’s become of them. It’s always shocking when I find they died, sometimes long ago, or that they’ve come to some other bad end. Sometimes it’s gratifying just to locate them and fill in some blanks.
But it’s bizarre how sometimes there’s seemingly no trace of someone. There are, as I sit here thinking about it, at least four people I’ve searched for off and on and come up empty. For one thing, a couple of their names are too common for internet searches to return anything meaningful, and it’s especially maddening when some celebrity type has a similar name because it can be impossible to get past that. But I also keep coming back to the question: how can there not be some reference to someone of my generation, even if they never joined the online world themselves?
Dr Glickman's office just called. The surgery is now scheduled for Monday, June 1.
Dr Glickman's office just called. The surgery is now scheduled for Monday, June 1.
Good. Vibes it happens as planned and all goes well.
Are their multiple genealogy sites or just one? Can someone link me?
You can often get access to some of the pricey genealogy databases with a card from a public library.
DR ChasSmith, are you thinking of Heritage Quest?
You can often get access to some of the pricey genealogy databases with a card from a public library.
DR ChasSmith, are you thinking of Heritage Quest?
Could be, DR Ginny. That was a quick guess on my part. I'm thinking of whichever entity owns the Legacy software, which is the program I use.
I knew you'd have some good answers to this. And way more than I do! :)
You can often get access to some of the pricey genealogy databases with a card from a public library.
DR ChasSmith, are you thinking of Heritage Quest?
Could be, DR Ginny. That was a quick guess on my part. I'm thinking of whichever entity owns the Legacy software, which is the program I use.
I knew you'd have some good answers to this. And way more than I do! :)
I don’t know as much about genealogy research as some of my DAR friends wish I did...
You can often get access to some of the pricey genealogy databases with a card from a public library.
DR ChasSmith, are you thinking of Heritage Quest?
Could be, DR Ginny. That was a quick guess on my part. I'm thinking of whichever entity owns the Legacy software, which is the program I use.
I knew you'd have some good answers to this. And way more than I do! :)
I don’t know as much about genealogy research as some of my DAR friends wish I did...
Are you DAR? A great-aunt of mine succeeded in convincing them she had not one, but two ancestors who qualified, and I have all the paperwork on that.
Tuesday afternoon greetings! We did a Kroger pick-up this morning and, this afternoon, I took my almost-year-old car in for its 3000 mile service. I’m sure they were laughing about the little old lady who, apparently, doesn’t drive very much.
Dr Glickman's office just called. The surgery is now scheduled for Monday, June 1.
Good. Vibes it happens as planned and all goes well.
What DR Jane said :-*
Today is Tuesday, right?
Today is Tuesday, right?
Yes.
Where's Jane? Where's wonderful vixmom? Where's Charley?
Dr Glickman's office just called. The surgery is now scheduled for Monday, June 1.
George, do you have Disney +?
Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced that the film of the original Hamilton cast will be aired July 3.
Some years back I joined Classmates which I thought was beautifully designed. It included seemingly every school in existence, year by year, and I began finding people. But it lost its charm because of its incessant barrage of spam and up-sell email. And then I found that my high school classmates were on Facebook instead, so I began dipping my toes into those waters.
It’s too bad that so much was bad or annoying about it, because it was a magnificently structured database for its stated purpose, unlike anything else we have. Had it become well populated, it would be a priceless resource.
I agree about Classmates. It should have been so much more than it became. Initially it was free and only high school classmates. By the time they added elementary & jr. high you had to pay a membership fee to contact members. When I saw an elementary school friend that I lost contact with after she moved, I immediately paid the fee and contacted her. She was thrilled as I was one of the friends she was hoping to find. Since then we have met in various places, L.A., Chicago, Northern California, & near Seattle.
Tuesday afternoon greetings! We did a Kroger pick-up this morning and, this afternoon, I took my almost-year-old car in for its 3000 mile service. I’m sure they were laughing about the little old lady who, apparently, doesn’t drive very much.
You can often get access to some of the pricey genealogy databases with a card from a public library.
DR ChasSmith, are you thinking of Heritage Quest?
Broadway dark until at least September 6.
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/broadway-shutdown-sept-6-1.44585175
My contribution to Limerick Day:
A man whose affairs were quite rife.
Said: "This Covid has ruined my life.
I saw a nice mask
And after I asked
Found I propositioned my wife."
Tuesday afternoon greetings! We did a Kroger pick-up this morning and, this afternoon, I took my almost-year-old car in for its 3000 mile service. I’m sure they were laughing about the little old lady who, apparently, doesn’t drive very much.
That was me before I was old. When I would take my 10 year old car in for service I was constantly asked if I had reset the odometer.
Here's one I love. One of Charles Strouse's lovelier melodies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7nFgLV_HxE
I also watched a BBC film version of Trouble in Tahiti. Very entertaining. Really good sound to it.
Continued vibes to vixmom and vixgrandma!!