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Thursday
2 September 99
1 36 am edt
I was channel flipping, and have come across footage of the Porn
Convention '97. I didn't know there was such a thing. That's
what I get for not watching TV for so long. I would love to go, and
take my man. I can't imagine
what a zoo it would be -- a gathering of people celebrating the sexual
exploitation of woman (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way; I think
it is fantastic that women are able to be entreprenurial with their bodies
and their sexuality).
12 14 pm edt
I woke up late and have been looking at cemetaries I would like to
visit and the Social Security
Death Index at rootsweb.com. A cemetary visit is tentatively
scheduled for next weekend, and there are three I hope to go to.
The whole idea of family plots makes research so much easier, but I find
it spooky when wives put their names on the stone when their husbands die,
and put their birth year. It seems as though they are waiting to
die so that the can join them. And what if they remarry, an decide
they want to be burried with the new husband. I suppose you could
do a half and half with the ashes. That is so morbid!
Sometime (rarely), I even shock myself...
11 47 pm edt
It was all very last minute, but I went to the US Open tonight. Early in the
afternoon the phone began ringing nonstop. My aunt called to tell
me than my newest cousin was born today, an as yet unnamed girl in Israel.
Then my aunt in Florida called to say that her husband Ronnie was
in town, and that she wanted to come visit. Then Ronnie called to
say he had an extra US Open ticket, and would I like to join him. I
told him I didn't really want to go, and I felt like I was imposing, but
he talked me into it. I am glad. I went to the subway and
bought a metro ticket, and then I took the bus down to the public library to meet Ronnie. I got
there early, so I went inside and got a listing of their genealogical
resources. While waiting on the steps I met a man for whom I
might make a web page. We saw Carlos Moya get crushed
by Nicolas Escude
before he forfeited the game due to back problems. Then we went to
the big court to see Lindsay Devenport finish crushing Ruxandra Dragomir.
And we left while Michael Chang was being destroyed by Arnaud Clement (who is 11
days younger than me).