Misc.

Because I do not have enough websites already, I have decided to split my family related topics to a new website rmusgrove.net. ieblog.net will stick around for another couple of months and will hopefully be rebuilt and repurposed to focus on other topics.

I am also hoping to find time to get back to working on the other website thetraveltots.com.

If anyone cares a decent list of watches worn in the movies.

My nomination for the best quote of 2006 comes from an AP report on an incident in Pasadena, CA. after rescuing “Two dozen Caltech students wearing Superman capes, tutus and other odd attire” Deputy Greg Gabriel said “You’ve got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient.”

This weekend we went to an open house three houses down, and chated with one of our neighbors about how much we enjoy the neighborhood, and the sturdiness of our 1970’s homes. Then she let me in on the following rumor that had been being passed from neighbor to neighbor for the past 8-9 years. The story goes something like this:

Chris the former owner of our house only paid $55K for the house because the sellers were very motivated and wanted to unload it is as quickly as possible. When Chris moved in there was a gross black stain on the carpet, so she had it replaced. After a year or so the black stain returned, and couldn’t be cleaned away. She then found out that one of the previous owners had died in that spot (perhaps by foul play).

I don’t believe it, and know for a fact that Chris paid more than 55K for the house. However, I am interested enough to dig up the names of previous owners and do a bit of research.

The University of Texas at Austin has a great collection of maps available online. Particularly cool is the Online Maps of Current Interest section on the main page.

DNA research seems to indicate that the Welsh and the Basques originated in Siberia! Very interesting!