i recently had a myspace member, who shared my last name, contact me to see how we were related. though we could draw no direct lines (i actually know little to nothing about my family), we carried on a dialogue, regardless.
he's currently fighting in iraq- the only person i've been in direct contact with who is doing so. even though we've never met, his little messages have managed to make the war there a bit more concrete for me, has made it more of a reality, because i feel we are, even if only distantly, connected.
this is the beauty of exploring ones roots- the recognition that we are all, as human beings, part of one great, extended family.
i am, in some obscure or overt way, connected to you right now; it's compelling when you stop to think about it.
go check out your heritage if you're interested.
ancestry.com is offering freebie access to its database until dec. 31.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
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About Me
- Alexis Stember
- “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Links I Like
- My Website
- My Other (Less Wordy) Blog
- 52 Projects
- Amy Stein's Photography Blog
- Arts & Letters Daily
- Bells and Cockleshells
- Brad Linder's Blog (Audio Related)
- Brooklyn Vegan
- Cineholla Collective: Cullen's Blog
- Conscientious- Fine-art Photography Blog
- Conversational Reading
- Current TV
- DIY Photography
- Errol Morris's Homepage
- Film is Not Dead
- Flak Photo
- Forgotten NY
- Free Sound Project
- Graphic Literature Library Guide
- Graphic Novel Resource from UNC
- IMDb
- Instructables
- John Stember Photography
- JPG Magazine
- Learning to Love You More
- Librarians' Internet Index
- New York Times
- NPR
- On the Issues
- Peter Stember Photography
- Pitchfork TV
- Portroids
- Public Radio eXchange
- Re:Sound
- Resources for Documentarians
- Salon Magazine
- Salt Blog
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- Slate Magazine
- Sound Portraits
- Stereogum
- Story Corps
- Stranger Than Fiction IFC
- Strobist
- The Believer Magazine
- The Economist
- The Nation
- The New Breed of Documentary Photographers
- The Online Photographer
- Third Coast Festival
- This American Life
- Utne
- White Whale Crossing
- Wired Magazine
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