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JG in MD's Profile
Copyeditor and genealogy researcher Near DC, cat person,@ AuntJill on Twitter.
Real Name: Jill
DOB: September 9
Location: Maryland, 20886
Occupation: Genealogist
Groups: J Town, PWB Peeps, Genealogy and Family History Community, Maryland Kos
Hobbies: cats, birds, enabling them to coexist
Twitter: AuntJill
Diaries published: 33 (3212 days since last diary on Wed Oct 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 12827 (169 days since last comment on Mon Feb 15, 2021 at 03:40 PM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 1055
Total Comment Ratings: 68919
Most Recommended Diary: Debtors' prisons are back. , 274 comments, 426 recommends
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I just had lunch with one of my closest friends. He’s my former boss, in his 70s, a classic nice guy. Today I found out he’s an undecided voter. When he asked what I thought of the debate, I ...
by JG in MD
 19 comments
on Wed Oct 17, 2012 at 10:08 AM PDT
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I can't edit a picture any more. No way, nohow. My old PhotoSuite II from Win 95/XP was discontinued 8-10 years ago and there's nothing else with that wonderful interface. Now I have Windows 7 and I ...
by JG in MD
29 comments
on Fri Aug 19, 2011 at 08:00 AM PDT
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There are three notebooks in a little cubby in my office, always in reach: a journal, a book of quotes from other people, and a book of quotes from myself.
The journal is the first interesting ...
by JG in MD
66 comments
on Sat Apr 09, 2011 at 08:32 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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It started with a handwritten copy of my grandmother’s application to the DAR. She's No. 13033; she joined in 1896. (The application is online at Ancestry....
by JG in MD
23 comments
on Fri Mar 25, 2011 at 09:00 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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Now is the tipping point.
Yesterday and the events of the past decade are so wrong that there are no words. The end of the incitement and the evil is here and now.
Evil words have done a lot to ...
by JG in MD
5 comments
on Sun Jan 09, 2011 at 06:25 AM PST
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The new year will bring new challenges, so to end 2010 I thought I'd post a challenge that has no political slant.
Does anybody else remember this old puzzle? If you have a copy in your dusty file ...
by JG in MD
82 comments
on Fri Dec 31, 2010 at 08:59 AM PST
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