Dinner has been et, papers have been graded. A bit of pumpkin cider was had. Today was okay, despite the pesty kids.
Shh! I kinda wanna hear me talking right now!
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2013 5:35:35 pm PDT #7150 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
-t - Sep 28, 2013 5:38:30 pm PDT #7151 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad for an okay day, Burrell. I am intrigued by that cider, I can't quite imagine the taste, except I'm sure it tastes like October.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2013 5:42:31 pm PDT #7152 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My Grandfather on my fathers side came to the US from Russia fleeing a murder charge. (Spoiler: he was guilty. Though since he was Jewish and the person he killed was a Cossack, odds are he had good reason.) Though the family story is he changed his name in Ellis Island, apparently that was not a thing. But he did not disembark under are family name (Lipow) so even when I had full free access to the major geneology sites I could not track him down. Other than family stories which are probably highly inaccurate, I have NO way to track my Grandfather or his ancestors pre-arrival in the USA. Don't even know his real name. If I knew what his last name was when he got off the ship it would help. But his first name was "William". And I could not find any "William" with a last name of "Lipow" or "Lipowitz"/"vitz" "Lipowitzky"/"vitzky" "Lippowitz"/"vitz" "Lippowitzky"/:"vitzky" or other reasonable variation who disembarked 1915 plus or minus a few years. Hell, maybe his original last name was "Goldstein".
Hil R. - Sep 28, 2013 5:46:49 pm PDT #7153 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My Grandfather on my fathers side came to the US from Russia fleeing a murder charge. (Spoiler: he was guilty. Though since he was Jewish and the person he killed was a Cossack, odds are he had good reason.) Though the family story is he changed his name in Ellis Island, apparently that was not a thing. But he did not disembark under are family name (Lipow) so even when I had full free access to the major geneology sites I could not track him down. Other than family stories which are probably highly inaccurate, I have NO way to track my Grandfather or his ancestors pre-arrival in the USA. Don't even know his real name. If I knew what his last name was when he got off the ship it would help. But his first name was "William". And I could not find any "William" with a last name of "Lipow" or "Lipowitz"/"vitz" "Lipowitzky"/"vitzky" "Lippowitz"/"vitz" "Lippowitzky"/:"vitzky" or other reasonable variation who disembarked 1915 plus or minus a few years. Hell, maybe his original last name was "Goldstein".
Want me to give it a try? I've gotten pretty good at finding stuff like that, and I have fun with it.
Steph L. - Sep 28, 2013 5:49:43 pm PDT #7154 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, have you tried the TJs pumpkin poptarts yet? Noah loves them.
I saw them and would love to try them, but I can't eat them b/c of stupid gluten. But maybe I can get them for Tim and try one bite...
I have a pumpkin product recommendation: The Ace pumpkin cider at TJs. It's even gluten free. It's like they have Steph in mind or something.
Oooh, I was just there yesterday and didn't look at the alcohol section. Damn it! I had their pumpkin pecan oatmeal for breakfast today (good, if a little too sweet), and their pumpkin ice cream after dinner (Sweet Jesus that's amazing shit).
ION, OMG MY ALLERGIES. Eyes won't stop watering and itching, and I would like Wolverine to claw out my nasal passages. This is with three weeks of daily allergy med taking..
My sinuses don't *hurt,* per se, but they're so perpetually inflamed that all my upper teeth hurt. It's pissing me off. I need to use the neti pot and see if that helps.
Lee - Sep 28, 2013 5:52:56 pm PDT #7155 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am in the OMG ALLERGIES boat, and it sucks. My sinuses are tingling.
Burrell - Sep 28, 2013 5:57:35 pm PDT #7156 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
-t, it tastes mostly like cider, but with a pumpkin taste and just a bit of spice. Not too sweet.
Typo Boy - Sep 28, 2013 5:59:28 pm PDT #7157 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hil if you could find him, that would be great - only if you feel like it. But given how little info I have and how unreliable it was, it will surprise me if you can. At any rate, thanks very much for taking the shot.
aurelia - Sep 28, 2013 6:00:50 pm PDT #7158 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
ION, OMG MY ALLERGIES. Eyes won't stop watering and itching, and I would like Wolverine to claw out my nasal passages. This is with three weeks of daily allergy med taking..
Ah, ragweed season in KC. I really don't miss that.
Hil R. - Sep 28, 2013 6:03:03 pm PDT #7159 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil if you could find him, that would be great - only if you feel like it. But given how little info I have and how unreliable it was, it will surprise me if you can. At any rate, thanks very much for taking the shot.
I think I might have found something, under Welwel Lipowitz. Born about 1884, immigrated 1905, manifest lists his hometown as what looks like "Czaus," which I'm pretty sure must be Chavusi, Belarus. [link]