Well, this is a new one on me. There's a game of tag going around the genealogical blogging world and it seems I'm it now since I just got tagged by Steve Danko. Apparently, I'm supposed to share 5 things that most folks probably don't know about me -- and once I'm done, I'm supposed to tag 5 other bloggers. I've been writing so long that I've already shared a lot about myself, but let's see if I can come up with a few surprises.
1. When I was a kid, I used to love square-dancing (allemand left that corner lady, do-si-do and a right and left grand, and weave that ring!).
2. I've been to all seven continents. This photo shows me with my niece Lindsay, some penguins, a ship, and lots of guano in Antarctica.
3. I once thought the Bay City Rollers were cool, but in my defense, I'm pretty sure it was the tartan that mesmerized me.
4. In the "and now for something completely different" realm, I once ran a World Bank project to improve the quality of steel production in India. Seems like a former life.
5. I was (and probably still am) the geekiest of the geeky. When I was 11 years old, I was given an assignment to write about an imaginary trip to France -- and still remember the look my poor teacher gave me when I handed in my 95-page paper. When she got wind of it, my stepmother suggested that I be sent for psychiatric evaluation (and yeah, I belonged to the chess club, too).
OK, now it's my turn to pass it on. There are a lot of folks I'd like to tag who have already been tagged, so I'm going to take a chance and try for some uber-busy people. I can't promise that any of these folks will play, but I'm calling out Juliana Smith of Ancestry.com's 24/7 Family History Circle, Kimberly Powell of About Genealogy, Og of Roots Television's Og Blog, Rick Crume (aka The Internet Guy), and DearMYRTLE.
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Five things you'll wish you didn't know about Ol' Myrt?
1. When I was a little girl of about 8, my grandmother invited me to go to the beach house while she and Grampa played pinochle. My response? "I DON'T WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ALL THOSE OLD PEOPLE." Now as a genealogist, all I do is hang out with the old people, and talk about the dead ones on our family tree.
2. When my father first took me to see his mother's gravesite in Seattle, we bowed ourhead quietly for a few moment, while seagulls flew overhead -- one promptly leaving tell-tale circles of white "you know what" on my grandmother's tombstone. Dad roared with laughter, saying his mom would have gotten a big kick out of that.
3. When I was little I was so accident prone, that during the learning stages of backyard rollerskating, my father strapped 2 pillows around my torso -- one in the front and one in the back, just to prevent serious injury.
4. Although I had no formal computer training, I was "Grandmothered" into teaching for the past 15 years at our local vo-tech. I often sang the reminders for how to complete a particular task -- so my students would remember more readily. Perhaps they learned quickly to avoid having to hear me sing again and again?!!!!
5. Speaking of teaching, my educational background was EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT... so naturally that seg-wayed into teaching adults how to use computers! (You just break each task into simple steps!!!)
OK -- I am dying to hear what others have to share.
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE, your friend in genealogy.
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Posted by DearMYRTLE` | January 22, 2007 1:33 AM
Posted on January 22, 2007 01:33
Thanks for sharing, Myrt! Quite an image with those pillows!
Posted by Megan | January 22, 2007 7:32 PM
Posted on January 22, 2007 19:32
This is actually Megan here posting a link to Juliana Smith's 5 (as in Juliana, of Ancestry.com's 24/7 Family History Circle). I couldn't figure out how to insert the link in this comment (sorry, but am html-clueless), so I jury-rigged it to link where I should normally insert my name. So just click on "Juliana's 5" (next to "posted by:" below) to see her list.
Posted by Juliana's 5 | January 22, 2007 7:36 PM
Posted on January 22, 2007 19:36
Megan here again using her little cheat to link to Kimberly Powell's list of 5. Check them out by clicking on "Kimberly's 5" (next to "posted by:" below).
Posted by Kimberly's 5 | January 22, 2007 8:31 PM
Posted on January 22, 2007 20:31
This is a little off topic, but Megan I have searched and searched for the previous article explaining your double last name that you have at some point alluded to having previously written about. I would love to know the story.
Julia
Posted by Julia Heevner | January 30, 2007 2:12 AM
Posted on January 30, 2007 02:12