Trivial Pursuit and Knowledge in General

During the recent Holiday season I had the annual opportunity to mingle with a bunch of strangers that are in some form or fashion, sort of related to me. Family, for lack of a better word, has never been my strong suit. Trivia Games, on the other hand, are something I am pretty good at. More than once I have watched Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and yelled at the screen as the poor sap couldn’t figure out the answer to some dumb question that I knew. But family and friends are not offering up a Million Dollars and…

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Family History Thoughts

Sad but true, I am a mutt.I can trace my roots back to my dear old Dad and Mum. And that is pretty much it. I mean, I don’t even know what my grandfather’s names were, let alone where they came from or who their parents were. So my interest in genealogy has always been pretty limited.The good folks at Family Forest have this cool idea that we are all interconnected. When we watch The Tudors, we are watching our relatives. I guess this idea could be applied to any historical show that deals with real people who lived and…

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