Daily Archives: November 23, 2019

Twitter #hashtags for #Bookbloggers revisited — Fictionophile

A while back I composed a post which gave some suggestions on which Twitter hashtags were the most useful for bookbloggers. What is a hashtag, and what are they used for? A hashtag is a label for content. It helps … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Lt. General Thomas John Hall Trapnell – You Are Not Forgotten – November 23, 2019

Find-A-Grave regularly has people show up as suggested memorials to check out. They can be Famous or not famous. One of today’s suggestions was Lt. General Thomas John Hall Trapnell (born November 23, 1902, died February 13, 2002, age 99) … Continue reading

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Three Types of Food You Can Take to Space – YouTube Video – Space Saturdays November 23, 2019

On the off-chance, you are picked for a space mission, here are – Three Types of Food You Can Take to Space – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAKd67K3rQ (around 2;50 minutes long). Thought this was a nice addition to Space Saturdays. Here’s … Continue reading

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What Is Heritage? Discover Your Family Identity – FamilySearch November 20, 2019

I saw this on FamilySearch last night – What Is Heritage? Discover Your Family Identity – FamilySearch November 20, 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/what-is-heritage-discover-your-family-identity/. What Is Heritage? Discover Your Family Identity November 6, 2019  – by  Sunny Morton Summary   Defining Your Heritage The … Continue reading

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5 Thanksgiving Activities the Whole Family Will Love – FamilySearch November 22, 2019

I saw this on FamilySearch today – 5 Thanksgiving Activities the Whole Family Will Love: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/thanksgiving-activities/. November 22, 2019  – by  Jessica Grimaud Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year to come together as family and friends and eat delicious food. … Continue reading

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In France, it’s illegal for consumers to order a DNA spit kit. Activists are fighting over lifting the ban – DNA Saturdays November 23, 2019

I thought this was a good DNA Saturdays topic – In France, it’s illegal for consumers to order a DNA spit kit. Activists are fighting over lifting the ban – https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/14/france-consumer-genetic-testing-ban/?fbclid=IwAR2eCwSWAC55ctlKMF32K5pVA-SvKnyAcxlEc0qOwQjsoZ7S9z01SruhY8s. Pretty long article so I didn’t include the whole … Continue reading

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Best and Funniest Air Traffic Control Conversations – YouTube Video

I saw this last night on YouTube – Best and Funniest Air Traffic Control Conversations – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1hlp0DCE_8 (around 11:01 minutes long). There are plenty of similar conversations on YouTube between Air Traffic Control and pilots. Thought a bit … Continue reading

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Review: Batman: 100 Greatest Moments — The Domain for Truth

A weekend leisure reading review…because sometimes Pastors also need a break from heavy theological reading! Also I haven’t read Batman in a while (February 2019?)! Robert Greenberger. Batman: 100 Greatest Moments: Highlights from the History of The Dark Knight. New … Continue reading

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Stupid Statistics Estimates Based on Way Too Small Sample Sizes – November 23, 2019

I had two great statistics professors – one at the Bachelor’s level and one at the Master’s level. Both of them would laugh at using small samples to generate serious research on any topic no matter how trivial the topic. … Continue reading

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2019 Federally Recognized Tribes — Access Genealogy

This PDF comprises of pages 1200-1205 of the Federal Register/ Vol. 84, No. 22 / Friday, February 1, 2019 / Notices. In this bulletin, the Department of Interior published the list of Native American and Native Alaskan tribes which were … Continue reading

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