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Michael Tortorice
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My mother's maiden name is Casey, which comes from the old Irish O'Cathasaigh(if I'm spelling that right; going from memory - yikes!). Our family is from Tipperary. My uncle is the geneologist for our family. My crazy fortune teller/psychic aunt might have been, but she's too busy e-mailing jokes to everyone in the entire world.
Here's a question for all and sundry(especially the Irish among us): Do all Irish families have to have a crazy fortune teller/psychic aunt? Just wondering. I actually thought we were unique for a while.
So here's the Casey coat of arms:
Simple but effective, like me... No wait, what?
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Tom French
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We have a similar upside-down "V" in common, but my crest has thirteen (yikes!) of those little thing-a-ma-bobs on it.
I figure every family has at least one "crazy psychic" in it somewhere. I have an aunt who talks to ghosts, etc and does "readings" for people. Before I offend, does anybody believe in that stuff?
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Michael Tortorice
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At times like these, I like to quote ol' Jack Burton: "Well, ya see, I'm not saying that I've been everywhere and I've done
everything, but I do know it's a pretty amazing planet we live on here,
and a man would have to be some kind of FOOL to think we're alone in
THIS universe."
That's kinda how I feel about it. I've seen and experienced things that, for me, were proof of the otherworldly, proof that there is what I consider to be a God. But I don't expect nor even hope that anyone will accept what I've seen as anything but coincidence. Which is fine; it wasn't for them, it was for me.
So yeah, a I do believe a little. I also laugh at how ridiculous it is to hear and for me to believe. So don't worry about offending me; I can take it.
And yeah, my Aunt Carol does the talking to ghosts, star charts, readings, the whole bit. She should start a business.
Those upside down V's are called chevrons, like on an enlisted man's uniform. With one chevron and a griffin, I suppose I would be a private in the Air Cavalry, like my cousin who flies Apaches and Blackhawks(he's a Captain, though).
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Brian Talley
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Saw this production of SWEENEY TODD yesterday......
http://www.sweeneyontour.com/
Outstanding show.....if it comes to your neck of the woods, GO SEE IT!!!
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Steve D Swanson
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Heh, this is cool. This is my mother's maiden name, Kehoe. Funny thing about that Casey one is that my Grandma married a Casey and her name is Lorraie Casey now. And her maiden name was Gleason (I think).
Edited by Steve D Swanson on 15 March 2009 at 12:30pm
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Moyer Hall
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Hey everyone! Nice family crests. I love your flowy headress Tom. Muy sexy.
I'll come over, but can you snake my pipes instead?
Has anyone seen Role Models with Paul Rudd and Sean Williams Scott?
Frickin hilarious. Great raunchy fun. The little black boy in the movie steals
the show. You get to see Sean Williams Scott's butt finally, and I have to say,
as cute as he is, and what a great body he has, his butt shot was just such a
let down. I am depressed. It is so flat... sigh...
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Al Cook
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Just watched it last night. Didn't even notice his but. Did however notice
some nice boobies...
And the kid really does steal the show. Too funny.
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Geoff Gibson
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I figure every family has at least one "crazy psychic" in it somewhere. I have an aunt who talks to ghosts, etc and does "readings" for people. Before I offend, does anybody believe in that stuff?
We have family members with vocations! Now thats crazy! But not as crazy as my in-laws and their superstitions.
I am not, by nature, very superstitous (besides clinging to the idea that there maybe a God, a big one I admit) so I find most "crazy psychic" stuff to be just poppycock. My wife's family, on the other hand, believes in "evil eyes," curses and all that kind of junk.
Here's a particularly weird one: My mother in law insists that you spend money when you leave a funeral so you don't bring death home with you. Apparently death clings to cash. So after wakes or funerals she and my wife make me stop at a bakery or a convenince store or someplace they can drop a few dollars.
So taking this ridiculus notion to its "logical" extreme I asked what happens when you hand the money over to the cashier (or waiter or whomever)? Does the transaction kill death? Is this simply a form of metaphysical money laundering? It seems not. My mother in law says who ever receives the moeny carries death until he or she spends the marked money (which probably isn't worth the 20% tip). So the moral of the story is that my in laws have no qualms spreading death around.
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Geoff Gibson
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Clean the gutters, paint the great hall, snake the kitchen sink pipe
As gross as the shit thats in your gutters, man the stuff you can find in your pipes will grey your hair! Espescially in old houses.
Does the painting include the ceiling?
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Donald Miller
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My grand mother's maiden name was Murphy:
Apparently we are fiercely protective of our wheat.
Tom I just replaced our garbage disposal, it had been in need for a while....
ugh, the stuff you run into in pipes...
y family is vacationing in DC this year. I told my wife I would need 1 evening free to meet up with a fellow JBF member...her response, "JBwhat?" and then of course. so I hope you will be available for a cold one sometime in July...dates to be determined. My wife's book has just hit stores and we are trying to book her an in store engagement while we are in DC so we can then count the trip off on our taxes.
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Michael Penn
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Homemade treatment for clogged pipes -- baking soda, salt, white vinegar. In that order and let sit for 15 minutes. Then plunge and blast with hot hot HOT water.
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Al Cook
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Will your wife be making it to Toronto at all, Don? I'd definitely make the trip
down to connect with you there!
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