Comments on: Year-End Report (or, Narcissism Run Amok)

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:41:30 +0000

Enjoyed your comments this past year. I’d also like to tell the readers that I have enjoyed their comments as well. See you next year.

By: Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:17:55 +0000

It sure has been a great year. Thanks for all your research!

By: m&m

m&m — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:07:59 +0000

As someone whose brain doesn’t do history very well, I’m grateful for those who do, and for all you do to help others understand it.

Good grief. That makes it sound like there are other things my brain doesn’t do very well. Ha. I’m gonna blame it on post-holiday somethingoranother.

I hope you know what I meant.

By: m&m

m&m — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:06:47 +0000

Ardis,
Awesome summary. Seriously, though, I feel like Keepa has been around longer. May it be around for many years to come (if, that is, it remains something you enjoy).

My favorite post was the potatoes and milk one.

You know I admire your abilities and your work. As someone whose brain doesn’t do history very well, I’m grateful for those who do, and for all you do to help others understand it.

(Oh, and that reminds me that I also thought your family history helps series was a great idea! I’m still hoping for a live tour at the Family History Center (or whatever it’s called) someday!)

By: Rameumptom

Rameumptom — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:59:44 +0000

Ardis,
Do you know how many women send unsolicited, unclothed photos of themselves to me?

Actually, yours was the first that wasn’t caught in my spam filter….

So, to have your baby photo available for all to see was quite a fun experience for all of us. I’d dare not share my baby photos, as my uncles all called me “Buddha” back then – baby fat slopping over the top of my diaper and all.

And I still don’t consider you narcissistic, as the photo definitely was not retouched, nor did you have any liposuction done prior to the picture.

Looking forward to another great year of stories and photos….

Gerald

By: tjk

tjk — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:00:28 +0000

dear aep
we have voted your website as “Best LDS History Website”
of 2008
love the history of our lds people
keep up the good work

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:19 +0000

Finally managed to reconnect — fingers crossed that it will last —

Thanks for tracking down the first mention of Keepapitchininny, Ms. Researcher (grammatically, my “he” in 29 had its antecedent in the undetermined gender of “one reader,” which still calls for the masculine pronoun in stodgy oldtimers) — I had been going to try to find that this morning when I was disconnected. So (drumroll), Tatiana wears the crown for both inspiration and an unforgetable image of said Keepapitchininnies mining the archival riches!

Thanks, Clark, and everybody else I haven’t mentioned by name — your kind words haven’t been buried in the other discussion.

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:38:40 +0000

I’m proud to have helped give the name currency, even though I didn’t think of it. It calls to my mind a picture of tiny historians laboring in vast fields of musty paper, gleaning delicious stories for our enjoyment.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:28:47 +0000

I also see “keepapitchininny” used in this discussion:

The Word Made Visible

with Ray happy to be called one and Mark B. balking at the term. (Dare I say, rather typical commentary from those two?) [Insert smiley here.]

Tatiana also used the term in the Evans Brain Trust discussion back in October on another blog.

And, once again (for the record!), I’m female! (I know that Ardis knows that, but my screen name is rather gender neutral.)

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:09:22 +0000

I was sitting down with one of the kids just now when I wondered if I had learned absolutely nothing from associating with Justin on your blog and other blogs over the past year. A few minutes with the master research aid (yeah...google) found this... Covered Wagon Days It seems to be the first recorded instance (in history) of the word "keepapitchininny."