There are no more edens,
to be found in the mind.
No more perfect places,
to run and hide.
The truth catches up
and then you die
as you search for edens
no more to find.
Archive for May, 2008
5/23/08 The Truth by Terry Pratchett. There is a newspaper in Ankh-Morpork. Remember, the truth will make you fret.
Yes I decided I needed something lighter than a book about Hitler. I will read I Am Adolf Hitler after this.
As many of you know the rumor around my family is that before my Great great great grandparent came to America they had the name Von Baldowski. Well this postingI made to ancestry.com 10 years ago was finally answered last month. I totally forgot I had posted anything. A distant cousin did the research and found out my family was a Von before arriving. Christian Von Baldowski was the father of the seven brothers that came over.
As the following points out, I am of noble birth.
In Germany, ‘von’ means noble, and all persons belonging to the nobility have ‘von’ before their family names, without any exception. Persons who do not belong to the nobility cannot put ‘von’ before their names, as they have no right to do so, and would be found out directly if they assumed it, and make themselves ridiculous. But in case of a man being knighted for some reason or other, he has the right to put ‘von’ before his family name.
This quote comes from Last Names website. Unfortunately this is as far as I have gotten in research. I don’t have the time or money to go places so the best I can do is Internet searches. These usually take me to websites in German or Polish which I can’t read.
So I guess I am a nobleman.
Also the story about Baldowski Bottling was written about in the paper in Augusta Ga. It is an article about a bottling exhibit at the Augusta Museum. It is the second article on the page.
One bottle in the exhibit was produced by Baldowski Bottling Works, whose owner turned down an offer for Augusta’s Coca-Cola franchise in the early 1900s because he believed his drink was better.
Ah the twists of fate.
I don’t know what the deal is, I have been reading a lot of books lately about the destruction of mankind. I Am Legend and The Stand is about diseases that destroy civilization. A Canticle for Leibowitz is about nuclear destruction. Judgement of Nuremberg was about men who wished to destroy civilization as we knew it. It seems a little morbid. I also just bought another copy of I Am Adolf Hitler, since my first copy was stolen by my friend Tony. I plan to read it when I finish Canticle. I think I need some lighter reading material.
5/10/08 A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. 12 centuries after the annihilation of civilization by nuclear holocaust, there is an ancient artifact that brings hope to the survivors. I just started reading so I’m not sure how it ends.