Its early, I still haven't had my tea, am in a blah mood, and since I'm waiting for my bud to get here, I thought I'd try and get out of my fug-ugly mood with some trivia for ya. Right, so with a Halloween theme going from last night, Jason Hawes, Ghost Hunter, is a 7th cousin 5 times removed of Freelan Oscar Stanley, founder of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park CO (said to be one of the most haunted places going--gorgeous place, too). J is also a 6th cousin 6x removed of Sarah Winchester (need Pardee) builder of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose CA, another of those haunted houses. Now, since we've heard so much of "mavericks" lately, I figured a Maverick theme would be nice. The real maverick was Samuel Augustus Maverick, a TX cattleman who refused to brand his cattle (maverick = unbranded, independent). Sam A. was a 4th cousin 3 times removed of another Samuel Maverick, this latter one a victim of the "Boston Massacre". Sam A. was also a 7th cousin 1x removed of John Capen "Grizzly" Adams. Sam A. was also a 5th cousin 2x removed of Roger Baldwin, co-founder of the ACLU (which would probably make Sam's descendants happy, since many are card-carrying members of the ACLU). And finally Sam A. was a 6th cousin 4x removed of Jim Morrison, through Jim's grandpa, Dalton Frank Clarke, an attorney & labour organizer. So there you have the Real Maverick with some other folks who could be called "maverick." Hope you have a great day, Ms D!
