Paul's Journal

04/10/2011 19:37 #54024

Basra the tortoise hides in the roses
Category: pets

The damn tortoise always burries himself in a holr he digs under the rose thorns. It makes me so angry. I almost suspect he knows this and hopes I just leave him outside overnight. Unfortunately for both of us it's just to cold still for overnights.

tinypliny - 04/11/11 22:32
Oh, and did you ever implant that geolocation chip in him?

tinypliny - 04/11/11 22:32
Do you think he had that small exploration adventure last year to see what was beyond the 24?

tinypliny - 04/11/11 19:38
Do you dig him out? Does he resent that and has he ever attacked you?

04/10/2011 19:31 #54023

The man with the musical butt
Category: music

We went for a bike ride at the park. (e:KeithT) has a new attachable speaker that Cyndi got him for his birthday. Its actually really loud. I think Dave D might like one if these for camping. Its amazing how nasty the scajaquada sludge gets.

04/10/2011 16:01 #54022

Tuna, chicken, pork and blackberries
Category: food

Blackberries make the perfect addition to any protein.

tinypliny - 04/11/11 22:27
missed the blackberries in our rainbow dinner...

04/09/2011 23:54 #54014

The Country of Sicily

Pretty sure Sicily was not a country in 1997 when my grandfather's death certificate was filled out at Millard Fillmore.

metalpeter - 04/10/11 12:23
Well from my view People from Sicily are from Sicily and not Italy and if you call them Italian they will correct you quickly and if you know what is good for ya you won't make that mistake again.... Well that is true of some people from Sicily not all of them...........

04/09/2011 23:14 #54013

100 years of farmers - geneology stevanato
Category: family

I was going through a lot of the family documents I scanned while Nonna was alive.

I found this one document that maps a hundred years of Nonna's lineage issued back in 1941. It goes back even further though.

At the top it says, "Dai Registri Parrocchiali esistenti in questo Archivio, risulta la seguente discendenza ultracentenaria della famiglia di agricoltori." Which according to google means, "the parish registers exist in this archive is the following hundred years, descendants of the family of farmers"

Its neat to find out their names.
Grandfather: Giorgio Armenia (07/04/1915)
Grandmother: Pierina Stevanto (06/29/1915)
married 01/31/1948

Great Grandfather: Fortunato Stevanto (06/14/1878)
Great Grandmother: Teodolina Rizzato

Great, Great Grandfather: Antonio Stevanato (02/08/1850)
Great, Great Grandmother: Teresa Casarin

Great, Great, Great Grandfather: Pasquale Stevanato (10/03/1809)
Great, Great, Great Grandmother: Furlan Maria

Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather: Angelo Stevanato (05/08/1789)
Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother: Margherita Battiston

Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather: Pasqualin Stevanato (05/08/1789)
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother: Girolima Salviato OR Salviato Girolima. Its weird because the other names on the document are lastname, first but salviato doesn't sound like a woman's name.

tinypliny - 04/09/11 23:33
Do you have a green thumb as well? I think my family was into a lot of teaching and more teaching...