It never fails. The minute I write something to the effect that I don’t have the time or temperament to keep blogging, along comes something that I just have to share.

In this case, it’s an upcoming NBC TV show called Who Do You Think You Are?. And no, I’m not being paid in any way shape or form to promote it.

I truly think this show is going to hit the genealogy world as hard or harder than the 70s mini-series Roots.

A new year already? Wait, where did the old one go? I had lots of unfinished business in 2009, so I guess it’s time to get organized. As a matter of fact, organization is tops on my to-do list for this year.

I’m forever getting distracted as I go about my genealogical business, often duplicating, complicating, or worse of all, neglecting genealogical sources. And that “pending” folder in my file cabinet?… is about to become a drawer unto itself. I had a research plan at one time and I know I should focus on one family group at a time, but sometimes a shiny object whizzes by…

Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn’t go back to quill pen and ink. Life would be a lot simpler, wouldn’t it? There must be a monk somewhere who’s interested in family history?

I won’t bore you with the details, but I decided to upgrade the Leonard Database this week. The good news is… we’ve gone from 1726 family members… to 2816. There were 669 families yesterday. Today there are 1017. There were 495 different surnames. Now there are 780.

Indulge me, if you will, while I mourn the loss of my very best friend and thank whichever ancestor decided it was a good idea to domesticate wolves.

Chase Leonard was born 1 Jun 1998 under a rundown porch outside of Portland, Oregon. Her parents were of pit bull and labrador extraction, her mother being a bitch and her father a bastard. Chase was rescued from these sordid conditions at the age of six weeks and adopted by Julie and Richard Leonard of Seattle, Washington, where she lived until her death on Thursday.

Pure silliness this week, as I spent entirely too much time trying to unravel another one of those familial inter-marriage thingies. (Actually, it was an old one, and I STILL haven’t figured it out.)

While a few of us were pondering the all-too-frequent cousins marrying cousins, widows marrying their brothers-in-law, and other assorted “familial events”… I couldn’t help but flash on a video spoof I’d seen a couple of years ago.

Hey, it COULD happen…