I was reading a "Behind the Scenes" news article on CNN.com about a woman who used her deceased husband's sperm to become pregnant. The husband was killed by a sniper in Iraq. It was interesting, but one phrase caught my eye.
K.C. said she and Brian met in Austin in 1992. She was 27. He was 19. They shared a love for historical societies and re-enactments. Lots of her photographs show them in Elizabethan costume.
The "SCAdian Alert" alarm bell went off in my head. So, a little more Googling found an article on armytimes.com that goes into more detail on the event.
Tell me that this REALLY doesn't set your SCAdian Alert off:
The couple met at the University of Texas, where he was a student, she was a dormitory supervisor and both were members of a historical re-enactment group that specialized in pre-17th-century culture.
Sure enough, the deceased soldier was known in the Society as Friedrich von Konigsburg, from the Barony of Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra. There was a note about him on SCAToday.
He registered his name and device in 1993. "Per pale bendy sinister Or and gules, and argent ermined vert, on a chief embattled azure three sinister cubit arms, fists clenched, argent."
RIP, Friedrich. You made a beautiful baby boy.
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So I'm reading through a thread on slashdot where someone mentions that you'll be able to find out all about someone's life just by googling them, when I think to myself, "Ha! No one will be able to find out anything about me because I'm so stealthy that even Google doesn't know about me." Just to be sure, I google myself and find several references to a woman in Quebec with my name, a posting on a Palm forum that I don't even remember making, and your posting where you mention me. You've ruined my anonymity, ya bastard! And how can you remember all this stuff?
-Lise
I guess your life is all over the net now, Lise! ;)
I used to keep a diary, and that is the source of most of my memories. In my old age I can barely remember last week. ;)
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