Hi all-
I'm new but I'll help how I can. I know quite a bit about the following:
- Controlling, manipulative mothers
- The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of MS (I have it)
- Genealogy- I'm not certified, but I know my way around quite a few archives, how to request certificates of various types, exploring graveyards, and digging up stuff very few people have put together (I'm writing a genealogy of Smiths, and have about 1300 pages right now).
- Art History (I have a BA in it; know quite a bit about Medieval, Rennaisance, and from about the 17th Century forward European)
- I grew up in Austin, Texas (my family moved there in 1971), and I pretty much know the entire city, although it has changed in the last few years. Also spent three years in San Antonio, several years in Denton at college, time in the Rio Grande Valley where I had family, and 13 years in the Dallas metro area. So if you've got Texas questions, I can probably help.
- Losing a father in early teen years and dealing with monster stepfather
- Living (or not living) with a much older sibling (12 years)
- Courting and meeting your spouse over the internet and marrying (we've been married 9 years now)
- Record store work back in the day (when they were still called that). Seen High Fidelity? That was my life in the 1980s.
- Also was very into the 80s alternative music club scene- Deep Ellum in Dallas, and Austin's live music scene in the 80s and early 90s.
Ya'll PM me if you have questions.