Bird’s Eye: Sometimes family trees grow mutated, introverted, self-referential, and we have a picture, a song, and a story about family trees that somehow became a little …uh.. meshuggeneh. Enjoy, and please don’t let this happen in your family. (Particularly if you’re part of my family!)
* Family Tree Charles 11 of Spain 1661-1700 Wikipedia
Joanna [“Joanna the Mad”] was two of Charles’ 16 great-great-great-grandmothers, six of his 32 great-great-great-great-grandmothers, and six of his 64 great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers.He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities–along with the consequent ineffectual rule. (full wikipedia article here)
* I’m My Own Grandpa- Ray Stevens youtube, 2 minutes
* All You Zombies Robert Heinlein Escape Pod
A classic story, perhaps the best time travel story ever. Read as a podcast.
