too many newbies in my family, no revolutionary war fighters here
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
beth b - May 26, 2006 2:54:33 pm PDT #1990 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2006 2:54:45 pm PDT #1991 of 10002
What is even happening?
On my mother's side, my grandfather always claimed we were descended from *those* Scottish Stewarts, but he was kind of crazy.
We're Stuarts (Scottish) on my mother's side.
Spidra Webster - May 26, 2006 2:55:53 pm PDT #1992 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
The Halloweenie will be eligible to joint the D.A.R. as Johan Schmeh fought in the Revolutionary War
I'm totally going to call you David Schmay from now on.
Amy - May 26, 2006 2:55:53 pm PDT #1993 of 10002
Because books.
Wait, maybe it was that spelling of Stuart...?
Oh crap. The Ick has eaten my brain. Someone pass the Fernet...
Topic!Cindy - May 26, 2006 3:02:53 pm PDT #1994 of 10002
What is even happening?
They spell it both ways, Amy.
Jessica - May 26, 2006 3:03:05 pm PDT #1995 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have no Revolutionary War relatives that I know of. The Humes branch of my family fought on both sides of the Civil War (courtesy of living in different counties in Tennessee at the time), and one of my ancestors had the distinction of being the youngest Confederate General. Yay?
[And, oddly tangential to this conversation, E and I just finished watching The Americanization of Emily, which was produced by a relative on the other side of my family.]
sumi - May 26, 2006 3:12:31 pm PDT #1996 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I have Revolutionary War AND Mayflower people on my dad's side of the family.
Plus, my tail-male ancestor was in North America because he was transported to Boston as a prisoner of war.
megan walker - May 26, 2006 3:12:55 pm PDT #1997 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
[And, oddly tangential to this conversation, E and I just finished watching The Americanization of Emily, which was produced by a relative on the other side of my family.]
How was it? I received a whole box of "controversial classics" for Christmas and have yet to watch any of them.
dcp - May 26, 2006 3:17:02 pm PDT #1998 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
...one of my ancestors had the distinction of being the youngest Confederate General. Yay?
Stephen Dodson Ramseur?
They said nice things about him: [link]
Jessica - May 26, 2006 3:18:02 pm PDT #1999 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Quite good! A little rambling as to what its actual point was, but lots of nice sharp dialogue. (And some of it surprisingly blunt, like hearing Julie Andrews say "Oh god, I hope I don't get pregnant!", which is I imagine part of what landed it in the Controversial Classics box.)