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Daily Archives: July 12, 2019
Happy 93rd Birthday Fred Gwynne — Waldina
Today is the 93rd birthday of the actor Fred Gwynne. He was so much more than Herman Munster and I love coming across other characters he has played. It’s like bumping into an old friend in an unexpected place: a … Continue reading
heraldry Obtaining Your Coat of Arms – Fact and Fiction – YouTube Video
I saw this on YouTube bit over an hour ago – heraldry Obtaining Your Coat of Arms – Fact and Fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXOR6mkoxiI (about 9:35 minutes long). I was aware of the information in this video for a few decades before … Continue reading
Apparently WordPress Only Has a Single Successful Blogger Based on the Video Every Time I Log In – Humor
NOTE: I am not putting down the woman in the video that WordPress shows on the log-in page. I think it is great they chose her as she is doing well. It shows there is hope for people like me … Continue reading
How to battle spam on your landline phone – The Verge
Updated 6:47 P. M. U. S. Central Time July 12, 2019: added YouTube video search link as I was able to get YouTube search to work. In a quick search, I found this article – How to battle spam on … Continue reading
Mississippi Delta Hospitality – Featured Blogger of the Week July 12, 2019
I chose Mississippi Delta Hospitality as this week’s Featured Blogger of the Week July 12, 2019: https://mississippideltahospitality.com/. Mississippi Delta Hospitality is a food blog that my daughter Caylie and I started in August of 2018. Caylie has been in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Social Media, States
Tagged Facebook, Featured Blogger of the Week, Food, Instagram, Mississippi, Pinterest, Twitter
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GoFundMe Campaign for a Local Restaurant – Wichita Eagle July 12, 2019
I get daily e-mails from the local newspaper, Wichita Eagle; most of the time I skim them. Today an item caught my attention – GoFundMe Campaign for a Local Restaurant: https://www-1.kansas.com/entertainment/restaurants/dining-with-denise-neil/article232562862.html. Before I noticed there was a GoFundMe campaign, I … Continue reading
Posted in Crowdfunding, Social Media
Tagged GoFundMe, Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Wichita Eagle
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FAKE PHONE CALLS — Musings
(Not exactly a blog. More like a gripe)I keep getting calls from numbers which indicate my local first three digits of my own cell phone (not the area code). I don’t answer the calls, and they never leave a message. … Continue reading
The Problem with Cemeteries and GPS When Multiple Cemeteries Are Adjacent – July 12, 2019
When I first had the thought to do this post, I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. Then I had an Aha (or Eureka effect) moment. My eyes saw it, but missed it. However, my brain put 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery
Tagged BillionGraves, Cemeteries, Find-A-Grave, Graving, Kansas, Medal of Honor, Sedgwick County, Wichita
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We’re getting a new Lord of the Rings MMO…from Amazon — Critical Hit
Amazon Game Studios announced that they are currently developing an MMO based on Tolkien’s fantasy world to coincide with the production of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series I love Lord of the Rings as much as the next guy. … Continue reading
FindMyPast Fridays July 12, 2019
I appreciate FindMyPast posting this early yesterday – FindMyPast Fridays July 12, 2019: FindMyPast Fridays July 12, 2019. –snip– United States, Passenger and Crew Lists Containing more than 100 million records, our new and improved national collection of US passenger … Continue reading
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