Pardon me if I scream…the genealogy database crashed.

Oh, yes, I’m backed up. But it doesn’t help: here’s the details. 1) I knew we were creaking. I wrote to the software people to ask what the max file size was. They were supposed to answer by 2 days ago. They didn’t. I can now answer the...

Thought for the day…we're all related.

You know one  of my hobbies is genealogy. And you’ve heard the 6 Degrees of Separation theory. Well, I have one for you. You are one. Your parents are 2. Your grandparents are 4 in number. Your great-grandparents are 8. You have 16 great-great (or 2nd-great)...

Thought for the day…we’re all related.

You know one  of my hobbies is genealogy. And you’ve heard the 6 Degrees of Separation theory. Well, I have one for you. You are one. Your parents are 2. Your grandparents are 4 in number. Your great-grandparents are 8. You have 16 great-great (or 2nd-great)...

We have passed 500 members!

Thank you all for signing up, and I hope you find it a pleasant place to hang out. I can’t say, because I don’t know who was the 500th member…but you all are the first member AND the 500th. Let’s reach for our next 500!

Yet one more round with the pond.

It hadn’t cleared appreciably, and new green algae started growing. Arrgh!f This is where I put on my water chemistry hat and bite the bullet and get the (fairly expensive) phosphate remover. Or, as we say in the marine reef biz, don’t bother getting a...

68000 words. And the fish are ok.

The pond is still a murky mess, but the fish are eating, and doing well. They’re spooked because they can’t see in the murk, but they know our voices (try talking to your fish: “Here, fishie, fishie, fishie!”) and will come when called to eat....