Steve Zisson

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That's only the half of it. My other half is 4 areas in Ireland and Scotland. Simpler. Next update it'll be 30 tiny region percentages

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Ancestry.com went wild with its update, slicing my ancestry into 18 regions. On one side, I'm now % of Southern Greece, North & Central Greece, Northwest Balkans, Southwest Balkans, Albania, Western Balkans, Romania, Slovenia, Eastern Czechia, Southern Poland, Ukraine, Russia,Acadia, Sardinia. Yikes

Not sure if I should take this as a bad or good sign #deadcrow

YouTube video by Mission Of Burma - Topic Fame And Fortune

First up on iTunes today.

The day started pretty great anyway

If you’re looking for a ghost story that will make you cry, apparently my new novella will do the trick. Summer in the House of the Departed is about death and grief and trying our best to solve the mysteries of the afterlife. If you liked it, please help spread the word.

By order of the Peaky Blinders

YouTube video by Michael Girdley The rise and fall of Chipotle: From $50B to disappointment?

Don't watch this video! It'll be the scariest one you've ever seen. If Chipotle fails, who knows how you'll survive. Though if anyone can single-handedly save the chain, it's you. youtu.be/fMfk1v1hdsw?...

Wildflower meadow

Supposedly non toxic. But I still wouldn’t chance them!

Porcelain berry

What are these purple berries?

Still summer for a few

The fall is golden

A Bucolic Stone-Skimming Contest in Scotland Is Infiltrated by Cheaters

Stone-skimming scandal in Scotland. No sport, even the most obscure, is immune to cheating www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

So old that I was there when the Seaport was all grass parking lots where you could park all day for four bucks. #oldinBoston

Same

Ghosts and strange rituals and melancholy vibes. Please check it out and help spread the word.

Oh dang, I forgot this came out today. Check it out. A bunch of really great stories including, “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” by yours truly. ☺️

How Healthy Are Apples?

Late summer reminder that apples are already in and are indeed good for you. They've even helped @chuckwendig.bsky.social. So there's that. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/w...

Still got the Bolt? I like the Bolt. We can drive out to the levy sometime

Looks like a good lineup. Not sure I can make it. Which one is your band?

Our trusty 14-year-old Honda Civic with 259k miles is history. Served us well. Picked up a new EV. Needed to buy it before the $7500 tax credit disappears Sept. 30 and tariffs send prices skyrocketing. Bought a Chevy for the first time! Equinox EV is the lowest priced EV with 300+ plus range.

Navigating the streets of Boston in the first week of September...

Do you prefer your artificial intelligence with A.I. or without AI periods?

Opinion | The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China

The real A.I. danger, Thomas Friedman #AI www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Moving into Boston?

Congrats.

Now memorize this:

🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.
🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.
🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.
🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.
🚫 No moving trucks on Storrow Drive.

Where does your fecal matter go in Ohio?

Shell-shocked: Hundreds of horseshoe crab shells wash up on Mass. beaches - The Boston Globe “It’s OK, the horseshoe crabs are just molting!” the state’s division of Marine Fisheries wrote on social media.

Horseshoe crabs molt, not a die-off www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/m...

Airplane pounch in seat back labeled as being for literature only

Can't even get on an airplane without being sucked into debates on what counts as "literature"