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A week ago, presidential candidiate Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his VP candidate. I thought – ok, the young guy chooses an old guy – no big deal. Today, just minutes ago, presidental candidate John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP candidate. I thought – ok, the old guy chooses a young woman – what [...] Well, tonight (ok, technically last night), I drove back home from Cincinnati. But this time was a milestone of sorts. My 2005 Pontiac Vibe rolled 110,000 miles. I originally purchased the Vibe on Feb. 19, 2005. That averages out to be roughly 2,600 miles per month. Geesh… no wonder it can find it’s way home all [...] I just received a partial copy of the Pension file for Wilbur Stiles born in 1864 in Michigan and died in 1938 in Missouri. This Wilbur is the brother to my gr-gr-grandmother, Emma Mae Stiles. It contains some interesting information…. The National Archives will send 100 pages, but if the file is more than that, they will [...] Originally, Warner Brothers had scheduled the 6th Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to be released on November 21, 2008. I was getting all excited about the presumed midnight first showing. Then on Thursday, Warner Brothers announced a bombshell. The Harry Potter film is being pushed BACK to JULY 2009! The Leaky Cauldron has [...] Just over one year ago, I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea. So, I got the requisite CPAP machine and mask. The doctor who diagnosed it (or at least suspected it) was one that I had been seeing for weight loss. The weight loss programs he had me on were not working, and when he found out [...] I have really enjoyed watching the first half of the first season of the Smurfs on DVD. The second half of the season will be released on October 7 – and I can’t wait! Today, I found that Warner Home Video has set up a smurfy website. The site requires flash and there isn’t a whole [...] George W. Lawhead was a character. He was born in 1842 in Westfield, Morrow County, Ohio to James Lawhead and Temperance Gilson. In 1846, James Lawhead died just before the birth of his last son, James. Temperance re-married to Charles Conlon about 1849. She had 1 or 2 children with Charles before passing away on May [...] Aaron Jones, according to his death certificate and obituary, was born June 25, 1860 in Saginaw Michigan. His father is recorded as Thomas Jones, but nothing is noted of his mother. I had discovered Aaron in the 1880 census – living with a Stephen Jones in Montrose Michigan. On February 7, 1886 Aaron married Margaret Lawhead, [...] When I teach some of my computer classes, every once in a while I’ll have a lesson on how to search for things on the Internet. Typically, I use Google for that purpose. I will show my students the tricks of using quotation marks, the plus and minus signs. I almost always use the exact same [...] The Pennsic War is starting up again this year. This is an annual gathering of around 10,000 or so members of the Society for Creative Anachronism – or as I affectionately refer to it “my Medieval History group”. I haven’t attended Pennsic in several years – or actually any function of the SCA come to think of [...] |
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