The 1940 US census comes out in a month (April). Anyone older than 72 in May will appear on the census, meaning many people's grandparents will be on there. This is especially exciting because recent records are difficult to access. Those who enjoy WWII history would also be especially interested ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I last posted to LJ. I never was a prolific LJer, but I guess with Facebook coming along, I mostly switched to that. (I don't post much there, either.)

Anyway, to anyone who may have been wondering, I'm still alive and still around and still available, and I will still read from time to time.

It has been a fun decade-long journey through TV's Smallville. I'm sort of sad to see it over, but it was a pretty good ending ( Read more... )

I made a startling discovery today:

The insides of blueberries are...

White!

And the seeds are a rusty brown.

I just saw Disney's "A Christmas Carol in 3-D." I enjoyed it, but the 3-D effects were definitely what made the movie work. As is the case with most if not all 3-D movies, the story suffers somewhat for the effects--every 3-D movie I've ever seen spends so much time on special effects shots (which do tend to be impressive), that the story seems to ( Read more... )

I sat outside Sunday night enjoying and shooting the breeze with family and a friend. The mosquitoes were out in force and apparently decided that of the several dishes available to them, I was their favorite. I got several bites on each arm and leg ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, world!

I signed up Saturday night for FamilySearch Indexing. It's genealogical data entry. Anyone can do this. It's easy, and there are double-checking systems in place to prevent one person's mistake(s) from affecting the integrity of the record ( Read more... )

I'm conducting an unscientific linguistics test. I want to see what people say and whether that differs from what I say.

Fill in the preposition for this phrase when you tell someone they've done a good job:

Good _____ you!