Daily Archives: September 12, 2020

Discussion: Smart Blockbusters and Respecting the Audience — The Cinema Spot

With the recent release of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and the trailer reveal for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, it seems that the “smart blockbuster” subgenre is still alive and well. Auteur filmmakers and studious realize that audiences have an appetite for high-concept … Continue reading

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Things I Would Do Differently If I Were Graduating College This Year — Love, Geeky Girl

Hey guys! Welcome back. I know many of you have gone back to school and a few of you have reached out letting me know this is your last year and asking if I had any advice. So I thought … Continue reading

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Ancestry® Delivers More Precise Ethnicity Estimates Powered by the World’s Largest Consumer DNA Network – Ancestry.com September 11, 2020 – DNA Saturdays September 12, 2020

I saw this on Ancestry today – Ancestry® Delivers More Precise Ethnicity Estimates Powered by the World’s Largest Consumer DNA Network: https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2020/09/11/ancestry-delivers-more-precise-ethnicity-estimates-powered-by-the-worlds-largest-consumer-dna-network/. I chose it as this week’s DNA Saturdays post. I made reference to it in an earlier post … Continue reading

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8 Reasons Why You Are Probably Not Having Fun With Your Blog — Renard’s World

Renard discusses some of the things that can cause a blogger to not have fun with their blog. 8 Reasons Why You Are Probably Not Having Fun With Your Blog — Renard’s World

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AncestryDNA Finally Updated My Ethnicity Results – September 12, 2020

I don’t know when it updated as I received no e-mail notice. I know the last time I checked late last week or early this week, the ethnicity was the same as it has been since the last update. When … Continue reading

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FamilySearch Recognized for US-Mexican War Database Creation – FamilySearch September 10, 2020

I saw this on FamilySearch last night- FamilySearch Recognized for US-Mexican War Database Creation: https://media.familysearch.org/familysearch-recognized-for-us-mexican-war-database-creation/. I September 10, 2020 FamilySearch International and Pat Rand of the National Park Service were both presented with the prestigious Directors’ Award of the Federation … Continue reading

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Teaching children about friendship — The Domain for Truth

Selected Passages from Proverbs   Purpose: This session we will explore five points from the book of Proverbs to teach our kids how to be friends with siblings and other kids Friendship requires love and effort (Proverbs 17:17) Friendship is … Continue reading

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New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests – NPR September 9, 2020 – Space Saturdays September 12, 2020

I saw this announcement several days ago on NPR – New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/911113352/new-chinese-space-plane-landed-at-mysterious-air-base-evidence-suggests. The article also has an audio clip. The article is longer, but thought to cut it to keep … Continue reading

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Man Kept Hearing Strange Noises Under Driveway, Look What He Found Inside – YouTube Video Viral Stories

I saw this on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtyvxdC7DeQ Direct link: Man Kept Hearing Strange Noises Under Driveway, Look What He Found Inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtyvxdC7DeQ (around 10:06 minutes long) 6,900th post

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History of the Armenian Diaspora – FamilySearch September 11, 2020

I saw this on FamilySearch last night- History of the Armenian Diaspora https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/history-armenian-diaspora/. September 11, 2020  – by  Annelie Hansen –snip– There are an impressive number of Armenian communities throughout the world, including in Canada, Russia, the United States, France, … Continue reading

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