Dia's Muire dhuit!
Hi and welcome to our little corner of the internet. This is the
official page of the Clann MhacLeinn, and therefore requires some
explanation.
The words, Teach MhacLeinn, at the top of this page mean
"MacLeinn
home" in Irish. The words "Dia's Muire dhuit" literally mean "God
and Mary be with you" but is standard Irish for "hello" with a bit of
extra
emphasis.
As you may have noticed, this is a FRAME! See its got its own
little scroll bar and everything. Yes indeed, I am now caught up
to web development circa 1997.
All the links on this particular frame can also be found in the
frame
immediately to the left. What you are currently reading is the
user's
guide to the page. Its here to help you find your way around the
site. Once you know your way around, you can use the frame on the
left to hop from one spot to another.
The links below will take you to places where you can read about the
noble
story of the adventurous MacLeinns, starting with the earliest
known
MacLeinns - the patriarchs Leinn the Calm and Ewan MacLeinn - right
down
to the future generations - Peter Danger
(P.D.)
MacLeinn. The "World of MacLeinn" gets
beyond
the particulars of the MacLeinn clan and into the MacLeinn world view.
Updates, corrections, reformats, and editions occur irregularly
here.
The last was on 8/06/03. So if you visited before, look around,
maybe
there's something new like the Ugandan Research,
MacLeinn Outreach or
Notes
to Self . If you are a first time visitor, I would really,
really
appreciate it that you sign my guest
book!
The History of Clann MhacLeinn
The true story of the ancient MacLeinns
Origins of the ancient
name
MacLeinn
Ewan
MacLeinn and Augustus
More recent MacLeinns (specifically post emigration MacLeinns)
The Aboriginal MacLeinns
Roughly 50,000 years ago the aboriginal MacLeinns started a small
colony
in Australia.
The Northern Yankee MacLeinns
Though
once as populous as the dodo, the Northern (Yankee) MacLeinns are a
vanishing
breed. Today, they are down to four in number (just four years
ago,
they were down to but two in number). These MacLeinns are,
Micheal,
Paeder, Sile, and Bridget MacLeinns. Now if you happen to run
into
the latter three and ask them if they are a MacLeinn, they will look at
you funny and walk away. This is just a defense mechanism.
So good are they at their roles that when Bridget walked in here the
other
day and saw the web page, her first words were "Who the #%@! are the
MacLeinns?"
My heart swelled with pride; yes, we MacLeinns are survivors!
My Page
Peter's Page
The Southern Dixie MacLeinns
In
a strange reversal of fortune, around the year 1993, the Southern and
Northern
Branches of the MacLeinn switched places. This is a natural
phenomena
which occurs every 30 or so years. The pre 1993, dixie MacLeinn's
who knew all the words to "Rocky Top" packed up their Saturn and moved
to the frigid north while the Yankee MacLeinns, who knew which great
lake
Ohio bordered, packed up their Saturn and moved south. Somewhere
around Lexington they passed each other. However, the former
Yankee
MacLeinns (now Dixie MacLeinns) are much better southerners than the
old
Dixie MacLeinns (now Yankee MacLeinns) ever were. Within a few
years,
the new Dixie MacLeinns acquired a pickup truck, a hunting dog, and a
several
types of firearms. Meanwhile the new Yankee MacLeinns have only
acquired
an appreciation for the different types of snow shovels.
Future MacLeinns
The following links are excerpts from the Peter MacLeinn saga.
Peter
MacLeinn: In the service of the EARA
Peter MacLeinn: Fugitive Officer
Peter MacLeinn: Among the Ninians
Peter MacLeinn: With the HPDA
Peter MacLeinn: The General
Peter MacLeinn: The Diplomat
The following links are to the story Adios Mr.
Thompkins
1. All Things Must Start...
2. Speak of the Devil
3. The Line Unravels
The World of MacLeinn
Links to the great MacLeinn electronic library
The MacLeinn message
(a silly argument)
A MacLeinn interpretation of the Catholic
Mass
And MacLeinn's Book
Reviews
Plus the Answer to the
Most Puzzling Riddle of All Time!
Two Propositions (An unapologetic
Apologetic)
Why I believe (A rather uncharacteristic page)
++ My anti science page: The Gospel of
Science
+++ Very Bad Writing
MacLeinn Outreach
Among the many activities of the clan is sharing and teaching the
faith.
The 2002-2003 school year is my second year teaching 7th grade RFC
(religious
formation class) at the local church. The course is divided into
six lessons, I teach the course 4-5 times through the school
year.
I am trying a neo-pseudo-socratic method whereby I quiz the kids before
I lecture to them. The primary purpose of the quiz is to list out
the main facts I wish to teach, so that i am sure I hit these points in
the lesson. The quizzes are also intended to be fun, and have
caused
a lot of boisterous conversations, especially as the course
progresses.
Try the quizzes yourself and see if you agree with my answers.
Mike's RFC Mission
Statement
Mike's RFC Poll Questions (+ Answers)
Week
1. History
Week
2. We Believe
Week
3. Quiz O' Mystery
Week
4. The Most Difficult Quiz Ever
Week
5. Poll Questions
Week
6. Raison D'Etre
Ugandan Research
For those of you familiar with these pages you will have noticed that a
lot of my historical and scientific information comes from
Uganda. Because of my close personal freindship with Dr.
Noveritas (of which there are two, not to be confused) and Dr. Seudo,
the Western Studies Department of the Ugandan Anthropological Society
has graciously allowed me to run a mirror site for some of their more
interesting studies. There are reems of material available and
its taking me some time to transcribe it all. Nevertheless, I
would say that it is essential for more westerners to become aware of
the exciting research occuring elsewhere in the
world.
The results of Profs. Alan Noveritas and
Phillip Seudo's recent study of Western Science and Culture
The Ugandan Anthropological Society hosted their Summer 2003
Symposium. The topic as it has been for the last 35 years was was
the Imminent Demise of Western Cultures. Below are some links to
transcripts of their talks.
Notes to Self
Notes on Bad Poetry
Notes on Ridicule