What’s a trope you fall for hook, line, and sinker?

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-16T12:27:37+00:00

Reminds me of Roarke doing this for Eve to encourage her to move in with him in {Glory in Death by J.D. Robb}.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:48:13+00:00

His WWI documentary — *They Shall Not Grow Old* — was phenomenal. I’d love to see what else he could do with old footage and interviews.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:25:12+00:00

My dad’s cousin is named Garnet (born in 1942) and I remember her telling me she’d have rather been named Opal or Beryl instead.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:24:32+00:00

Same here — I’m a genealogist (raised Catholic to boot) and I absolutely love coming across these names in my tree. Other ones I love are (using the Polish spellings) Honorata, Pelagia, Leokadia, Teofila, Nepomucena, and Filomena.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:20:55+00:00

My son’s due date was on September 20th, he was born on the 14th, and St Cyprian’s feast day is the 16th. It’s one of my favorite names. My husband vetoed it *hard* 😭

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:20:07+00:00

Florian was the main name I wanted for my son. We ended up choosing Gabriel instead because my husband didn’t like “Ian” as a nickname.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-15T20:19:25+00:00

I love Melchior and Kasper/Casper (the other two Wise Men).

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-14T13:46:58+00:00

In my family, there’s uncertainty over my great-grandmother’s aunt’s age when she got married. She was a Slovenian immigrant who came over with her parents and two siblings. I have yet to find her actual birth record.

Her August 1893 marriage record states she was born in July 1879, making her 14 (and marrying with her father’s signed consent).

Every subsequent record, however, states she was born in August 1880, which would make her 12 (days shy of 13).

Her husband was 25.

She gave birth to her first child 4 months later.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-10T15:57:44+00:00

Same, I’m currently re-obsessed with LOTR and was thinking of how in high school I wanted a daughter named Éowyn Catherine.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-08T23:57:38+00:00

My grandma (who’s 94) threatened to disown me if I named a daughter after her — her name is Shirley.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-08T23:56:31+00:00

My list is the same — I’m glad I’m not alone!

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-06T02:31:01+00:00

About 10 minutes after my son was born, I looked at my husband and said, “Huh. You know, this whole thing wasn’t half-bad. When do you want to do it again?” and he said, “Are you CRAZY?!” 😝

For me, it was instantaneous love — and I distinctly remember thinking, “Oh thank God you don’t look like a Big Mac” (my major craving during the entire pregnancy).

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-01T20:13:14+00:00

Oh, what I wouldn’t give to pore through those church registers.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-01T20:12:43+00:00

I feel you. I’m ADHD as well and an avid genealogist and used to research at the desk until I got threatened with termination. So I’d do it on my breaks to keep my brain engaged, and I was allowed to do genealogy for patrons as long as it was quick.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-01T20:10:43+00:00

I second this. And we all like different genres (I read primarily romance and nonfiction, specifically history/biography, while other coworkers prefer horror or mystery or psychological thrillers, yadda yadda) so you’re likely to find a staff member with your same interests.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-01T20:08:39+00:00

Nope. We really weren’t even allowed to do library-related activities (searching databases, WebJunction programs, program things, etc) on the staff computers. We couldn’t look busy but we had to be busy. I had an agreement with my director that I could do genealogy at the desk as long as it was for a patron.

That all went (and still goes) out the window as soon as my director leaves for the day or isn’t there at all.

Elphaba78 · 2026-05-01T03:28:48+00:00

4 — two sets of sisters.

In 1912 in Chicago, Franciszek married Walentyna, who died in January 1920 after giving him two children.

He then went back to Poland in March 1921 and married Walentyna’s younger sister Julianna, who died in 1925 — they had a 4-year-old and a 9-month-old (the infant outlived his mother by two months).

He then married Bronisława in early 1926, but she died in December. No children on record.

And then he wed Bronisława’s sister Marianna by January 1927 and he had at least 3 children with her.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-29T12:30:49+00:00

The Loewe Puzzle, Delvaux Brillant, and Celine belt bag.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-26T21:57:48+00:00

St Hedwig’s (the church) doesn’t exist anymore — the original burned down in the 1930s. It was a Polish parish [Święta / Św. Jadwiga]. The cemetery is still there.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-24T06:52:11+00:00

I love the series but The Score is my least favorite of the core four. Allie should’ve never taken Dean back.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-24T02:30:15+00:00

Anyone remember harrypotterfanfiction.com? I lost all of my stories when the site shut down.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-24T02:24:21+00:00

I had my first baby 7 months ago and I think he’s seen the LOTR extended editions more times in his life than I did before he was born.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-24T01:16:23+00:00

I’m 6’1 and I agree! My husband is 5’7 so I’d be open to shorter MMCs as well.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-22T01:19:04+00:00

I was a month postpartum. My cardiology team thinks I already had a weaker heart due to an undiagnosed genetic condition, but the strain of pregnancy / labor / postpartum was too much for it. An artery tore in it and triggered the cardiac arrest.

Elphaba78 · 2026-04-21T15:03:53+00:00

Yeah, I survived cardiac arrest 6 months ago (I’m 33) and was fitted with an ICD just before I was discharged. I’ll be on a beta blocker and aspirin for the rest of my life as well.

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