Privacy on Facebook…Yea, Right.
You know privacy on social media has reached a tipping point when instructions for changing privacy settings make it into the newspaper… Facebook has become the 800-pound gorilla in the
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Continuing The Visit
Just to give you an idea of the area of the state we were covering here is an image of the page in The Roads of Texas – 5th Edition map book
Continue readingNeglected Brand? ME!
I have owned this domain name for almost a decade now. At different times I have used it for different things…But I have never quite figured out what I wanted
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This past week my wife expressed a desire to visit the cemeteries where ancestors are resting up around Milam County in central Texas. Since the weekend was one of the
Continue readingClayton Library Friends – HOURS OF OPERATION TO BE CUT FOR CLAYTON LIBRARY, AND PLANNED FRIDAY CLOSING
Sad news for the Genealogy researcher in Houston… 05 April 2010 To Members of the Genealogical Community: On Thursday, April 1st, 2010, Dr. Rhea Lawson, Director, Houston Public Library, presented
Continue readingThe Controversy of Data
Over the years it has always amazed me how deeply folks buy into their own data. Even me. As we do our research we become convinced of our conclusions…Sometimes even
Continue readingFood Rules…An New Old Way To Eat
It’s a short little book…Takes maybe an hour to read but it could change your life. Being the chief cook and bottle washer for a bunch of independent cusses, I
Continue readingEducation In Texas – Ruled by Conservative Ideology, It’s Failing The Nation
This is getting to be a familiar scenario: The Texas Board of Education, preparing to adopt new curriculum standards, makes our schoolchildren’s textbooks a matter of highly partisan wrangling. When
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