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I was surprised some friends showed up to laugh at my post about the police. I was also surprised no-one showed up to support the police but I did lose 10% of my subscribers. Like I didn’t see that coming. … [continued]

I know many things I say are hugely irrelevant to genealogy; the closest I can get sometimes is geriatrics, and I apologize for the misleading subtitle of my blog. … [continued]

I had a visit from the Genealogy Police this week. I’d heard of the Genealogy Police but I’d never met them, or even one, so I thought they might be just a figment of someone’s worst nightmare. But, now it’s clear they do exist. … [continued]

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I banished 1,377 distant (Quaker) cousins today. They’re not cousins so says an email contact. They weren’t even friends with the Presbyterians I thought they were descended from. … [continued]

I decided to spend the day cleaning out my storage area because I haven’t done it for years and I’ve been tossing things any-old-where for all that time. But not cleaning all of it because that’s too much of a challenge for one day … only 8 boxes. … [continued]

Blog awards time again. While I was cruising through my website stats, I clicked on a link going back to something about awards and found out someone nominated my blog for the 2010 Family Tree Magazine’s Top 40 Genealogy Blogs in the Technology category. Really? … [continued]

When I was a kid, my family only bought dogs with pedigree and I think that was my first experience with the word ‘pedigree’. I didn’t understand why they had to be so uppity about it. … [continued]

… after being transferred around to the usual half a dozen or so incorrect locations, including Pro Support in the U.S. and Federal Government Tech Support in Canada, (the Canadian government uses DELL computers?) … [continued]

The moment the graphics card died. 4:25 AM August 22, 2010. I can’t believe I was up at that hour but that’s what the camera says. … [continued]