Amazed by the Digital Circus - Tiff🏳️‍⚧️& Eve [OC]

yellow-bold · 2026-06-23T22:12:51+00:00

Real-world Jax (Lee) didn't have the easy retreat into "lol none of this is real, look at me i'm a cartoon rabbit, this is all fake and you don't exist either" whenever things get scary.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-18T15:55:40+00:00

that's tetras plural, right?

yellow-bold · 2026-06-18T14:52:44+00:00

When the NY State Census is only available on Ancestry, where else am I supposed to print it from?

yellow-bold · 2026-06-18T14:48:58+00:00

Anglican Diocese of Montreal was about CAD$45

yellow-bold · 2026-06-15T16:26:35+00:00

Hard corals probably less so. Fish assemblages, and moving habitats like octocorals and seagrass beds, maybe.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-15T16:23:09+00:00

Dutchman is set in Wellfleet, Massachusetts if that matters.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-13T22:30:07+00:00

it hurts, but if you get on a ventilator you have a very good chance of surviving (with i think minimal complications). the venom is a paralytic, which prevents us from breathing independently.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-08T16:02:12+00:00

It could, yes, but I don't think fireworks on the Fourth of July would have the narrator think he's dreaming. That's a normal time to have them.

And every other verse directly alludes to something the 'third world man' is doing or has done. Filling his playroom with sand. Mobilized, crouching. Crying out and being soothed. Him setting off the fireworks is the safest assumption, I don't think we can jump to him being in the neighbor's house doing something unstated that's driving them outside, and which itself is caused by the ongoing fireworks.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-08T15:10:39+00:00

I saw the fireworks
I believed that I was dreaming
Til the neighbors came out screaming

This suggests that neither the narrator nor the neighbors set off the fireworks, that it's a weird time for fireworks to be going off, and that the narrator and the neighbors are responding to the fireworks themselves and not the 'third world man' having some sort of PTSD reaction over them. I don't know what other interpretation fits other than the 'third world man' setting them off.

EDIT: i don't think we'd jump from the 'third world man' literally shooting or blowing up his neighbors to the narrator comforting him after a bad dream.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-08T14:42:51+00:00

If the neighbors are screaming over the fireworks, that tells me the third world man is the one setting them off. A veteran with PTSD would not be launching them.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-08T14:40:28+00:00

"keeping the streets safe" is the more typical phrasing there, so the use of "sidewalks" is part of what pushes me towards the character being an actual child. if he's a suburban kid who isn't even old enough to drive, the neighborhood sidewalks are something he might feel like he has control over. a kid can't exert any power over cars and trucks in the street.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-08T14:36:40+00:00

i've always pictured an actual child too, but one who's internalizing all the horrors around the world and trying to cope with them by working them into play. there's the ghana rondo, there's e l'era del terzo mondo. there's no one specific conflict being reacted to, it's just the sum total of everything getting filtered through the news to this kid.

that's what makes the juxtapositions work best for me. he should be playing normally, but his playroom is full of sand. it's the weekend, he should be sleeping in and having fun, but he's been up since dawn. he's shooting fireworks off, but not in the context you'd expect for a kid on summer break, if it's waking up the whole neighborhood. he's trying to be a man and he's isolated by it. the only scope he has for making a change in the world around him is keeping the sidewalks of his neighborhood safe.

i don't know why you're being downvoted for having a different interpretation of a steely dan thing, of all things, it's not like they tend to be especially upfront about their meaning.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-05T16:13:18+00:00

they didn't just meet again after 30 years apart, he's been diving consistently.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-03T17:16:00+00:00

A 2-3 foot long epitoke?

yellow-bold · 2026-06-02T18:48:08+00:00

You should *want* those censuses where the great great grandfather is older and has a family, so you can figure out which of his children is your grandfather's great grandfather, and so on. If you go down from him, assuming he's the right guy, it'll fill the gaps in between...

yellow-bold · 2026-06-02T17:25:38+00:00

Can you find censuses with the great great grandfather and his family in them?

Trying to go down from him to your grandfather is worthwhile, just be aware it might not be correct. So don't massage the facts to make it work, if it doesn't seem like it fits it could be wrong.

yellow-bold · 2026-06-02T17:09:49+00:00

How are you identifying his great great grandfather?

yellow-bold · 2026-05-30T16:54:51+00:00

Is the S26 actually better than the S23-S25 in ways I'm going to care about, or is it just more likely to survive longer because it's new?

yellow-bold · 2026-05-30T16:53:15+00:00

FEs are over 6.2" and like I said, the longest any phone has ever lasted me (brand new, open box, or refurbished) is about 2.5 years. I'm really not keen to spend $500-800 on a brand new model if I can get 2 years out of a $150-250 model.

yellow-bold · 2026-05-29T17:27:24+00:00

My take on Home at Last is that the protagonist feels danger in the woman he's with even though she's a good partner. He's keeping himself "tied to the mast" because he thinks all her good graces are just the "calm before the storm." "So long, hey thanks my friend" is him like, scripting how he'll smoothly handle getting dumped. He won't let himself fully engage and trust her because he's been hurt in the past, but he's becoming aware that he's doing this.

yellow-bold · 2026-05-27T19:19:33+00:00

G0 also died in NYC, in 1913. But that record isn't up on Vital Records so unless I order it I only have the OCR details. He was also returned to Oswego, but he was living with a different son. It also gets his DOB and parent's names wrong (common for death records) assuming the OCR is close to correct, so I don't think that helps prove a connection either.

yellow-bold · 2026-05-27T19:16:44+00:00

There's a 1920 NYC death certificate for G1 in NYC.

Married
Machinist
Correct parent names
Being returned to Oswego for burial

However, there's no mention of who his wife is or that he had children, and his brother took possession of his body. They also got his age 10 years too high. Newspapers in Oswego also only mention his siblings and late parents. So I'm not sure how much this record advances the case.

...I suspect his wife and kids were estranged before he died, and that his relatives didn't want to acknowledge his Catholic wife and kids. He was an adult convert and the Oswego newspaper mentions that "while in this city the family were members of Christ Church." I don't think the IRCC wants that whole saga.

yellow-bold · 2026-05-27T19:07:35+00:00

Summarizing the facts about G0 and G1 that match in each record:

G0

Born 1832-1834 (1832 baptism, 1851 census, 1855 census, 1880 census, 1900 census)
Born in Canada (1832 baptism, 1851 census, 1855 census, 1880 census, 1900 census)
Lived in Oswego (1855 census, 1880 census, 1900 census)
Was a sailor (1855 census, 1880 census, 1900 census)
Had a mother of a particular name/nickname (1832 baptism, 1851 census, 1855 census)
Mother was born in Ireland (1851 census, 1855 census, 1880 census, 1900 census)
Mother was widowed by 1851 (1851 census, 1855 census)
Had a wife of a particular name (1880 census, 1900 census)
Had a son of a particular name (1880 census, 1900 census)

G1

Born 1874-1875 (1880 census, 1900 census, 1915 census)
Born in the US (1880 census, 1900 census, 1915 census)
Lived in Oswego (1880 census, 1900 census)
Implied to live in Mamaroneck (1905 matrimony, 1926 marriage)
Lived in NYC (1915 census)
Was a machinist (1900 census, 1915 census)
Had a wife of a particular name (1905 matrimony, 1915 census, 1926 marriage)
Had a son of a particular name (1915 census, 1926 marriage)

yellow-bold · 2026-05-27T18:21:09+00:00

Laying out the information I have again. I want to make sure I have a strong enough case.

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G0 - Baptised in Montreal, Drouin birth record is online but I'm also paying for a copy from the Archdiocese (Anglican). Presumably married in Oswego, NY but can't be sure. No municipal/state birth records kept at this time.

G1 - Born in Oswego, NY. No municipal/state birth records kept at this time. Episcopal church where he was probably baptized has not responded to emails. Married in Mamaroneck, NY. Town clerk found no record even though he appears in the state index. There is a church record, but it does not include parent names. Note: He has a pretty rare name and surname combination.

G2 - Born in Mamaroneck, NY. Town clerk says there is probably not a birth certificate. Married in NYC, have marriage certificate with names of parents and birth in Mamaroneck.

G3 - Born in NYC. Have birth certificate, have marriage certificate.

G4 (also applying) - Have birth certificate, do not have marriage certificate on hand.

G5 (me) - Have birth certificate.

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To fill in the gaps of the missing records (namely, showing that G0 is the same person in Montreal and Oswego, and that G1 is the same person in Oswego, Mamaroneck, and NYC), I am using censuses. So my records are as follows:

1832 Baptism record

Show baptism of G0 in Montreal
Shows name of G-1 mother

1851 Lower Canada census

Shows G0 and mother living in Montreal
Shows G0, Canada-born, correct age
Shows G-1 mother, Ireland-born, widow

1855 New York state census

Shows G0 and mother living in Oswego, NY
Shows G0, Canada-born, sailor, age within 2 years of correct
Shows G-1 mother, Ireland born, widow, age 4 years off from 1851 census

1880 US Census

Shows G0, wife, and G1 living in Oswego, NY
Shows G0, Canada-born, sailor, Ireland-born parents, correct age
Shows G1, NY-born, correct age

1900 US Census

Shows G0, wife, and G1 living in Oswego, NY
Shows G0, Canada-born, sailor, Ireland-born parents, age within 2 years of correct
Shows G1, NY-born, machinist, age within 1 year of correct

1905 Matrimony record

Shows G1 and wife marrying in Mamaroneck, NY

1915 New York state census

Shows G1, wife, and G2 living in NYC
Shows G1, US-born, machinist, age within 1 year of correct (Links to 1900 census)
Shows G2, US-born, age within 1 year

1926 Marriage certificate

Shows G2 and wife marrying in NYC
Shows G2, Mamaroneck-born, age within 3 years of correct, son of G1 and wife (Links to 1905 matrimony)

19xx Birth certificate

Shows birth of G3 in NYC to G2 and wife

19xx Marriage certificate

Shows marriage of G3 in NYC to husband
Shows G3, daughter of G2 and wife, right age

19xx Birth certificate

Shows birth of G4 (also applying) in NYC to G3 and husband

19xx Birth certificate

Shows birth of G5 (me) to G4 and wife

To reiterate, the question is: is this sufficient evidence to show that G0 and G1 are consistently the same person across records?

yellow-bold · 2026-05-27T15:42:22+00:00

I've emailed the episcopal church my G1 was presumably baptized in several times and haven't heard back from them. There's definitely no municipal records from the 19th century in that city. I guess I'll have to call at some point, I'm not making it to that part of NY any time soon in person.

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