On Becoming an Eponym

January 12th, 2006 by Evan

Main Entry: ep·onym
Pronunciation: ‘e-p&-”nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek epOnymos, from epOnymos eponymous, from epi- + onyma name — more at NAME
1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named
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New Family Tree Up

January 10th, 2006 by Evan

As mentioned in another message, the web site hasn’t changed much over the past few years. The one thing that did change is that the family tree I had compiled (and updated occasionally) was taken down, to the dismay of many. While the feedback I got on it was almost entirely positive—and led to several family members discovering and rediscovering one another—I found myself occasionally dealing with people who were irate that personal information about them was “out on the web”. Read the rest of this entry »

The Site Lives!

January 10th, 2006 by Evan

Visitors to our web site over the past several years have noticed that not much has changed. The picture on the main page still showed us from August, 2001, the photo album has pictures (relatively poorly organized) through August, 2001, and Josh’s “favorite books page” implies that his favorite author is Sandra Boynton rather than J.K. Rowling. Read the rest of this entry »