I wrote: > >No. Most of my relatives (on McConnell's side) came over from > >Ireland during the potato famine (and developed into pretty > >safe "lace curtain" Irish, i.e., WASPs). BTW, McConnell's > >stepfather (my aunt's husband) was Sterling Hayden.
Ken: > I am damn impressed > > (1) That you can pull this information out with nary a blink! > (I barely > remember my great parents.) I only remember the relatives who are interesting. > (2) Watched Strangelove again last Friday night with friends. Timeless > cinema. And Hayden was at his height as the American air force base > commander. We furry and affable little Canadians all agreed that he > looked like the Bush Administration in Iraq. Nothing has changed. > (Movies date when conditions no longer resemble.) I recently posted a NY TIMES article to pen-l about how fact-based that movie was. > >I have lots of cousins since my grandparents on that side > >were Catholic back when that had a demographic impact. > > Clarification: You mean, when Catholics fucked so much with the rhythm > method (not a technique, for those not Catholic) they made more > relatives? exactly. My grandmother on my aforementioned aunt's side was all worn out from giving birth. Jim
