Where do I sign up?
As an entrepreneur, my costs are FAR GREATER than any of these figures. I worked out our 2009 fees to just under $14,000. And the legislation clearly points out that my group (independent individuals and families) are the ones most screwed by the current health insurance regime. This has my enthusiastic, I-want-it-now vote.
Figure above is from the Congressional Budget Office, from a report here. Hat tip to Paul Krugman, here.
I haven’t won yet, but it looks pretty good. There are two games left to play, PIT vs. BAL and NE vs. NO. I only need to win one of these games to take the football pool. If I lose both, then the pool goes to Mom, with Cally in a close run for second place.
UPDATE: Mom wins! (Dang it!)
Edwin, Leroy and Henry M. Steussy, appox. 1900 and 1904
My grandfather is the child on the left in both photos. Dates are approximate. Their mother, Maria, died when Leroy was only seven months old. Leroy was adopted by his aunt, Anna Steussy and her husband Paul Kubli. Father Henry and the two sons left for South Dakota, but returned after a few years to New Glarus. Father Henry remarried to Ellen Kundert Steussy of New Glarus. Click through to see more. (more…)
24 pound turkey and Isabella
We had a great time at Thanksgiving. Thanks to everyone who came! Please come again soon. For the rest of the photos, please be sure to click through. (more…)
Click on the above image for a full size view. This is the Steussy family tree based on our gatherings this Thanksgiving weekend. More photos and information later.
The tree starts with Melchoir Steussy (1823-1897) for a good reason. When he immigrated in 1845, the immigration officials misspelled his last name of Stüssi. Everyone alive with the last name Steussy, with that particular spelling, is a descendant of Melchoir and one of his ten children. Our oldest photos (located here) show Henry Steussy, his ninth child and my great-grandfather.
I fully expect there are many errors here. Please send corrections to me at ed “at” steussy.com (more…)
Gabi serves Thanksgiving Dinner 2009
Thanksgiving Dinner was excellent! Thanks to everyone who came. On the serving cart, we had the following: (Top shelf) Hungarian cabbage in the blue bowl, turkey (one plate dark meat, one plate white meat), Gabi’s fruit stuffing from inside the bird, rolls and Gabi’s stuffing from outside the bird. (Middle shelf) Dan’s cornbread stuffing, Hungarian mayo salad, spiced squash (!!). (Bottom shelf) sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes.
Not shown are the homemade cranberry sauce, gravy, apple pie, Lintz cookies, coconut pastries, Charlotte cake (these two courtesy Anikó), beer/wine/gin courtesy of Chris and Dan and lots of other stuff as well.
It was a great time!
"Is it Christmas again? Oh joy. Oh joy. Oh joy."
8:30am. This was the first check of our 24 pound bird – two and a half hours after it started cooking. Looks good, doesn’t it?
Alex and Veronica
Bonnie, Ed, Veronica and David
Google has announced that it is releasing an Open Source operating system soon. True geek stuff below. (more…)
