My great-great-great-great grandfather Samual Gillham was born in 1778 to James Gillham (himself the son of Thomas Gillham, a soldier in the American Revolution). In 1790 James and his son Isaac were working in the field when Samual, his brother Clemons, one of their sisters and their mother Ann were kidnapped by Kickapoo Indians.
Clemons […]
Monthly Archives: February 2005
The abduction of Samual Gillham
February 28, 2005 – 11:27 pm
Girl Steamer
February 19, 2005 – 12:00 am
The gang went to a St. Louis Steamers game tonight, which happened to be quite popular thanks to the start of Lindsay Kennedy, who got just over an entire minute on the field, after the game was already a lost cause.
D. J. Newsom, though, is the man. Despite the loss, the game was great […]
Lenten Friday
February 18, 2005 – 12:00 am
As I sat idly in the passenger seat on the way home after Constantine (not as bad as I expected, but certainly a forgettable movie), I noticed a sign promoting a Friday fish fry during Lent. I briefly went through the anxiety of “that’s right, it’s Friday. Uh oh, did I remember not […]
Les Misrables
February 14, 2005 – 12:00 am
Early Valentine’s day celebration last night included Les Misrables at the Fox, which was outstanding (for a musical, I much prefer straight theater.)
In particular, Randal Keith was amazing as Jean Valjean, and the stage production (set, lighting) was perfect in setting the atmosphere without distracting from the performance. Highly recommended to all.
Kurt’s new wheels
February 13, 2005 – 12:00 am
Kurt surprised everyone by grabbing a racing bike at the Bike Swap Meet. It’s a 2001 Fuji Newest in suitably obnoxious yellow and blue. (I scored a Bell Ghisallo helmet.)
No more excuses now when he can’t keep up.
Distant family
February 12, 2005 – 12:00 am
Today I met with the daughter Colleen? and I gave up for adoption 12 years ago and her mother. Friends and family seem to want some dramatic story out of the event, but there was a blessed lack of it; she’s a normal 12 year old and her mom has been completely open with […]
Organic urban planning
February 9, 2005 – 12:00 am
It’s occurred to me recently that while intelligent zoning seems to be a critical ingredient of livable cities, perhaps the less draconian invisible hand of informed consumers would be a more effective agent of change.
For example, I’d love to see a service that uses drive time calculations (as mapping sites to) refined by traffic data […]
MBTI
February 4, 2005 – 10:48 pm
Several MBTI tests have rated me an INTp, although I’ve never taken the official Myers Briggs. Over time, I’ve moved from extreme Introverted to only mildly Introverted, but the other measures have been stable.
20 Questions to a Better Relationship
February 4, 2005 – 9:42 pm
measure
result
eXpressive
5/10
Practical
8/10
Physical
5/10
Giver
6/10
You are a RPYG-Reserved Practical Physical Giver. This makes you a 1950s Parent.
You are relentlessly patient, loving, generous and devoted. You are unflappable. If on some rare occasion you do raise your voice or say a swear word in anger, anyone around to hear it will remember it (and think it was funny). At the […]
