Geni.com becomes evil

Just under three years ago I started researching genealogy as a hobby. My girlfriend suggested Geni.com, and I signed up without knowing much about it. I kind of liked it at first, and even paid for a year’s worth of Geni Pro rather than their free service. What Geni is trying to do is create…

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Quick reaction – Portland Timbers at Seattle Sounders

March 17, 2013

Tonight’s game against Portland was very disappointing. We were up one to nil for most of the game, and Portland tied it in the 90th minute to eek out a draw. I looked down and missed that last play. Our own goal was a nice play where Steve Zakuani anticipated a Portland pass, intercepted it,…

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Oh hell yeah! Sounders advance over Tigres in Champions League!

March 13, 2013

Tonight the Sounders played Tigres UANL in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. My team started the game down 1 to 0 after losing the away match in Mexico. Then we went down 2 to 0 when Tigres got an early goal. While the Sounders didn’t play particularly poorly, play was overall pretty sloppy.…

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Quick reaction – Montreal Impact at Seattle Sounders

March 3, 2013

Seattle Sounders and Montreal Impact line up for the national anthem

Today was the first game of the 2013 season for the Sounders. My team lost, one to nothing. Unlike a lot of my friends, I thought the Sounders played pretty well. They frequently moved the ball forward without resorting to the long ball and did not get stymied in the midfield. They created a lot…

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A Good Day To Die Hard The Hobbit

February 18, 2013

Yesterday I was really in the mood for a bad action movie, so I saw A Good Day To Die Hard. I haven’t seen a movie in the theater since November (I think). But I really wanted some explosions, car chases, and a plot that made almost no sense whatsoever. Die Hard delivered. John McClane…

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The Losers – Stuck On You

February 16, 2013

Without further ado, here’s the web release of my band’s new album, Stuck On You. Call Me Maybe Baby International Love Fuck You Boyfriend Just The Way You Are Last Christmas Like a Virgin Drunk On You Before He Cheats Bonus Track It’s love songs! For Valentine’s Day! Because we love you!

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Lillies Of The Valley and Pina

February 11, 2013

The largest amount of time I spend listening to music these days is on KCRW‘s web site. I don’t know why exactly, but I really dig their music taste lately. Last week though, they had a pledge drive. So I turned to their all-music channel Eclectic24 for the duration. And that’s where I caught the…

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Johan Erik Eriksson

January 26, 2013

Husförhör for Jonas Pehrsson Nordvall and Christina Isaksdotter

I’ve been re-researching my primary ancestry for a few months. I hadn’t realized that Ancestry.com had the Swedish church books until this fall. The husförhör, or household examination, books are amazing treasure troves of information. Every year the clergy would record the residents of every household in their parish, their birthdates, their marriages, their deaths,…

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Gimme some bread!

January 24, 2013

Why did I hate the crust on bread when I was a kid? The crust on bread hasn’t bothered me in years (that I remember anyway). I remembered why last week. When shopping, I thought I would save a buck or so by buying a cheaper bread than I normally do. Mind you, I don’t…

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Why brick and mortar stores are dying: a tale

January 3, 2013

One of the things I want to do is start writing letters to people. Actual handwritten letters. I do not have stationery. So I took the bus downtown after work to look for letter sized lightly lined stationery. I stopped at Office Depot (all sorts of paper!), Papyrus (a paper store) and Hallmark. None of…

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