Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Unbelievable!

He’ll never make the screen He’ll never make the Sweeney (Todd Flying Squad…LOL) Be that movie queen He’s too busy hitting the Vaseline WOW! The ghosties and ghoulies are PISSED OFF! They’re throwing Wrenches and Numbers and the sameoldsameold BS. Trouble is….Oooooops. There are now TOO MANY TARGETS TO AIM AT. Glaring-Panic-Driven Mistakes are being […]

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Just Because…

…I spent most of the night puking. And today I’m running at 50%. That doesn’t mean I’m weak and washywishy. Some entities just DON’T GET IT. Their BAD Go away Freddie, Dolores etc

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Reality Check

I’ve subbed Richard for ages too. There’s Lovely :o)  

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Zoe Kenneth

One of my FAVE Lewis episodes. Very clever. You have to watch to the very end to get it :o) P.S. Despite his background (look it up. Mega Lovey Fam) I kinda like Laurence Fox as Hathaway. Bard connection anywhere hereabouts? Oh. No. I’ve said too much    

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Family History

Every family has a history. Stories are handed down, generation to generation. We love it because we find a great sense of connection to something bigger than every-day-us. But how much is truth and how much is myth? My family has the Admiral. You’d think I’d be proud and giddy but… …I’ve been trying very […]

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Two Cures for Boiling Brain Syndrome

You know those times when the mind will just Not Shut Off?  Try one or preferably both of these. #1 Take off your shoes and socks and find some cold water. A brook or stream is best but a bath or even a bowl will do…with ankle depth cold water in. Stomp about like a […]

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Ivan Samuilovich Greig (1776–1802)

This is the Admiral’s son who fled to China and was never heard of again. So says Wikipoodia. But why go to China? Skewbald/Piebald/Pegaya. From NC:   PIEBALD HORDE When was ‘ancient Chinese history’ written and who by? It appears that in the XVII-XVIII cc., in China, under the Manchus, a great deal of history […]

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Mary Somerville

Wiki : Mary Somerville   Someone has stolen my family. AGAIN! I’m getting agitated now. Mary was a famous 19th century female scientist and polymath. She married one of the Admiral’s sons and had a boy by him called Woronzow, I have a copy of Mary’s biography written by the daughter from her second marriage […]

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Kronstadt

Kronstadt Naval Cathedral built 1903 (?!)   Yesterday I decided to explore the Russian part of my DNA through my ancestor, The Admiral. What a bloody stupid idea that was! Apparently him and his son were both appointed governor of Kronstadt. BTW – they followed in the footsteps of another Scot – Thomas Gordon. Yup. […]

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Percy Harrison Fawcett

Wiki : Percy Fawcett Oh. I’m having an Oddie kind of day today. Never heard of Percy before but – the Society (RGS) recruited Fawcett to map the uncharted territory on the borders of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. He “found” the Lost City of Z Y’all might know this but it’s new to me :o)

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ObseleteOddity

I’ve been a long-term sub to this channel but seem to’ve missed these two. Tut!    

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