Genealogy Schmnealogy! 

I don't get it! What's the point of all this genealogy, ancestry stuff? 

Maybe I'm just dense (okay, no comments from the Peanut Gallery), but how does learning about our ancestors make ANY difference in us? 

I am me! I'm not in anyway influenced by what my great, great, great Grandpa did.

For instance, if my great x 3 grandpa was hanged as a hoss thief, will that make ME a hoss thief? 

I don't even know where to find a hoss, in this area! 

Conversely, if my great x 3 grandpa was the Duke Of Earl, should I go 'round acting like royalty? I don't think that would go over with my friends!

I know that according to the Ancestry.com ads, if you find out your ancestor was last of the Mohicans, you HAVE to start dressing like a Mohican and learning Mohican traditional dances! REALLY?

You may be only 1/80th Mohican, like Liz (Pocahontas) Warren, but focus in on that tiny little ancestor, because you think Indians (Native Americans) are cool!  

What about the Armenians in your genealogical history? The Polish? The Russians? The African Americans? 

Don't you have to give them equal time?

Imagine all the wardrobe changes you'll have to make to cover all the different ancestors in your genealogical record! 

It matters not one iota (not the hurricane) to me, what my long dead ancestors did. It doesn't even interest me! 

How does that effect me? Is it something folks want to brag about? 

Even if your ancestor was Albert Einstein, what do YOU have to brag about? You had nothing to do with the Theory Of Relativity! 

Like I mentioned, I don't get it! Even if I got some traits from my diverse ancestors, how does it help me to know who gave me those traits? 

Please let me know what you get out of that genealogical stuff, and I'll try and understand.

Thanks!! 

Miley Cyrus Running For President In 2024?

 The title of a blog article must have a good "hook, " like a song, to lure unsuspecting people to read what you posted on any particular day. 

I don't know! I'm not talking about songs!!

Of course, it cannot be too far away from the subject of the blog, but spectacular enough to temp the suckers readers into, um, READING.

Friday's blog article must have had a non-hooky title, because my readership was lower than a worm's cellar! 

It was entitled "Friday Fun Facts For Freaky Friends" or something generic like that, and it did not peak the interest of my full flock of faithful fans. 

I have no idea, at this point, what the title of this article will be, but I'm gonna make it a doozy, to reinvigorate my fan base, by golly!

A REAL Doozy! 1930 Duesenberg.

It's helpful to make the title current, up to date, hapnin' now...so I should veer away from putting Michael Jackson or Jordan in the title...or The Lone Ranger, or Zorro, or Liberace... etc, etc.

Now, what would get folk's attention today?

Covid-19? 

Heck no!! We've heard everything we want to hear about that dirty subject!

Politics? 

No way!

Climate change?

Forget about it!!

What would grab holt of people's attention at this time in history?

Correctamundo!!! Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana!! That's it!! I'll put Miley Cyrus in the title, because whether you love her or hate her, she'll make you wanna check out the blog! I can just feel it!!

I wonder if I could start a rumor that she is planning to run for president in 2024?

Yes! This is gonna work like a charm!!

Cool beans!!! 

Friday Fun Facts For Freaky Friends!

Did you know that butter can be used to fuel your snow blower, if the temp is above zero?

Did you know a red fox is actually bright yellow, but our eyes are fooled from the vibrations emitted from the foxes bushy tail?

Did you know dinosaurs were actually only 6 inches tall, max, but over billions of years of nasty weather conditions, their bones have expanded to enormous proportions?  

Did you know all of Barry Manilow's hits are Beethoven symphonies played sideways? 

Did you know Mary Tyler Moore was a man from Bulgaria, who had a terrific make up artist friend?

Before and after.

Did you know Bigfoot will never be  captured, because he can shapeshift into a beat up 1976 Pacer? 

Did you know that aliens from other planets are already here on earth, and they manage all the Super 8 motels, where they suck 10% of the brains from the guests as they sleep?

Did you know the Beatles were simply holograms created by Wimbley Milkington, an early computer scientist from the U.K., who also had a knack for writing catchy tunes? 

Wimbley Milkington

Did you know that you cannot believe ANYTHANG you see on the internet, Facebook, YouTube, the "news," or from your "buddies?"

 I thought you did.