Off-Topic Tuesday: Fiddlesticks!

Not the exclamation, the fiddling technique (starts half-way through the clip). This is Cape Breton style; Acadian, Cajun, bluegrass, and a few other fiddling traditions also feature this technique.

Off-Topic Tuesday: Genealogist Action Figure?

OK, this is (almost) totally off-topic and completely random, but was inspired by one of those silly conversations that my husband and I often have (sometimes aided and abetted by our daughters).

We got onto the subject of action figures, specifically, action figures for people in regular jobs (not adventure-type professions), people who have certain personality types, or people who have certain types of hobbies.

My husband described my action figure as “Crazy Cat Lady with Crazy Bird Lady Expansion Pack.”

I, of course, would have opted for an “Obsessed Genealogist/Geneaholic” action figure, but what would that look like? Would it be a subset of the Nerd/Geek action figure, only with grayer hair and even poorer eyesight? Or would it be a type of Fearless Hunter action figure, only armed with camera, tape recorder, and ahnentafels? What kind of accessories would it have? Would it have themes the way Barbie does – Courthouse Crawler Genealogist, Tombstone Tracker Genealogist, Brickwall Basher Genealogist?

What do you think?