Watching #warehouse13 again. One of the better television shows of recent(ish) years.

“It was your year of last things, but you were luminous, within those final fires.” — Michael Ondaatje

Fun with genealogy - just found a distant cousin called Freddy Krueger. #genealogy #geneadons #nightmareonelmstreet

@CarolineRitchie I'm going to keep posting to you occasionally in hopes that one day you'll check in. It's my fault for having gone dark for a couple of weeks, which happened to be when you joined.

My (American) husband wondered aloud what the point of the #nokings protests are. "They won't do anything," he said. But they do. Completely aside from standing up to Trump, they let immigrants in the US know that an awful lot of people do not approve of what's happening to them. It lets people […]

THIS.

#bifhsgo conference begins tomorrow. The topic is research into ancestors affected by poor laws, #workhouses and pauperism. Most people have this in their background somewhere, so it's a great thing to learn about. #genealogy #geneadons

Putting off some work I really don't want to do. But it was due a week ago, and I really do need to get it done. The problem with working at home is that it's so easy to prioritize fun stuff and keep putting off the not-so-fun. Or get distracted by something else and not get *any* work done.

@britt Did you change instances or something? You just sent a follow request, and it let me follow you, and I was absolutely sure we were already in a follow-ship. Hm.

About ten years ago I was accepted into the #universityofstrathclyde #genealogicalstudies programme, which I really wanted to do. I didn't end up taking the course then because we didn't have the money, and I more or less gave up on it. Today one of my colleagues reawakened my interest, so I'm […]

It seems like every time I go to a website, I get a pop-up encouraging me to sign in using Google. I have never signed in to anything using Google in my life. Aren't internet algorithms supposed to adapt to our actual behaviour on-line? I will never sign in to anything using one of the big tech […]

Here is my periodic reminder: block and mute early and often. You get to decide what your experience here looks like. You get to decide whom you want to interact with. There are literally millions of people here. You will not miss one of them. For me personally, if the first time somebody tags […]

Yesterday we were watching a television show, and someone said, "he came in through the bathroom window". I've had the Beatles running through my head ever since.

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this. What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they […]

uspol Parsnip's Guide to Reporting Street Harassment by Nat'l Guard Troops OK, I haven't tried this yet, but my sources suggest this is the best way to proceed. Step 0: video is best, if you can get the incident itself that is ideal. Step 1: in order to report an asshole, you need to know who […]

@gatonegro Love your Mastodon handle!

New project with CDCI, for which my primary qualification is, I can read cursive. It seems that for the first time in my life, one of my skills, rather than becoming obsolete (like map reading, driving an automatic, and almost everything else I'm good at) might actually turn out to be useful in […]

Haven't been here for a few weeks. Wonder what I've missed.

In 2019 I was living in Chicago. I voted for Gov. Pritzger reluctantly - another billionaire in power didn't sound like a good thing to me. But he was better than the alternative. That vote was one of the best I've ever cast. I've been more and more impressed with him as time went by, and now […]

Would anyone in Europe like to help me do a simple price comparison between common household purchases? I ‘m convinced the public has no understanding that pricing is not competitive, but predatory, and long ago ceased to have anything to do with real costs, only the producer’s share price. It’s […]

My newest book is a fantasy short story collection. Contents include whimsy, gargoyles, heroic aunties, brave doggos, & evil bureaucrats who always lose. https://books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow Reviewers like it. You might, too! In ebook & print, also […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

I’ve decided I’m done soothing my boys through their meltdowns. They both need to grow up and learn to cope with stress on their own. Especially the boy who’s almost 60.

A bad day for large vehicles in Ottawa, by all accounts.

Humanity first

‘Talking to a Bunch of Morons’: Fox Host Explodes at GOP Hypocrisy, Reminds Republicans Speaker Johnson Pulled the Same Move as Texas Dems, Leaves Co-hosts Speechless https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/08/08/ox-host-explodes-at-gop-hypocrisy/

My sister @Joyfuljan55 is a professional counsellor, and I'm a professional genealogist. We both have our own businesses, and we started talking about merging them. I think a great motto for the combined business would be: "Helping the Living, Finding the Dead". Yes? No? #genealogy #geneadons […]

R & I got up later than planned this morning and tried a breakfast place we just noticed recently. We'll definitely be back. Then we went to a jeweller to see about resizing R's wedding ring (he lost so much weight a few years back that it literally falls off his finger). Also mine needs rhodium […]

I finished three clients' projects over past few days. I feel a great sense of accomplishment. Of course, I'm now finding it impossible to get started on the projects still awaiting my attention. Sigh. #audhd #genealogy #geneadons

A step-by-step guide to falling down the stairs: * Step 1 * Step 2 * Step 5 * Step 8 * ... (I take no responsibility, this was from my youngest)

Someone should probably check the actual Constitution to make sure Stephen Miller didn’t go at it with his safety scissors.

@Joyfuljan55 Welcome to #mastodon! So . . . this place works a bit differently from other sites. There's no algorithm force-feeding you stuff, or pushing yours. The most important thing to do at the start is have some kind of intro on your profile. When you post that, people will boost it, and […]

@liferstate What part of the midwest are you from? I lived in suburban Chicago for years and I know quite a few Blake's 7 fans. One of my friends wrote a college term paper on it.

What rabbit hole will I go down today?😂 #adhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergence #adhdmemes #memes #meme

#genealogy business has really picked up lately, which is really good because my regular-paying-job research gig is still on hold. Recently I've had my first client from Australia, and today someone contacted me from Germany. Problem with working for yourself though is you never know how long […]

Fozzie has been gone for nearly a week. Within a day, we noticed the squirrels were braver. Now I'm pretty sure every squirrel in Kanata has been invited to hang our in our yard. I happen to like squirrels . . . but I'd rather look out back and see Fozzie.

I haven't had a mosquito bite for weeks, and yesterday I got eight in the time it took my husband to unlock the front door. Grrrr. #annoyances

Robin & I have decided we're happy we haven't got a lot of money. At least it's highly unlikely that either of us will ever murder the other for the inheritance. (Yes, we watch too many murder mysteries. . . .)

Said goodbye to our beautiful dog this afternoon. It was time, but it's still hard. 😢

Had a video-chat meeting with my fourth cousin once removed this morning. He contacted me for help with his #ueloyalist ancestry, not knowing that I've actually researched the same family. So I learned more about his branch and he learned more about the early ancestors. Really enjoyed that! […]

My husband (responding to his realization that a travel YouTuber does, in fact, take his wife): "That makes sense. I mean, I wouldn't want to go to all these cool places without you." Me: "Um . . . Do you really think I'd *let* you go to all these cool places without me?"

#PSA #Mastodon, nor the #Fediverse in general will never ask you to "verify" with payment details, especially not from a non-moderator account. If you get a message asking you to verify, it is a #Scam #Bot, and you should block and #report it to #moderation […] [Original post on techhub.social]

Before: You can't trust Wikipedia, anyone can modify it. Now: Better check on Wikipedia, at least they have actual humans checking.

Mastodon is way better (worse?) for distracting myself than any other social media I've been on. So many interesting people, discussing important things and ridiculous things and any other sort of thing. I can lose hours. (Especially when I should be accomplishing things. . . . )

Too good not to share 😉 #uspolitics

This morning I was startled by an earwig and washed it down the sink. Now I feel guilty. It wasn't hurting me - killing it was completely unnecessary.