Great tips. I (for no particular reason) read his Norse Mythology just before American Gods. Not only is Norse Mythology also terrific, but it makes certain elements of American Gods a little more enjoyable.

“It’s like a manhood thing for him. As if manhood could ever be associated with him.”

So... the mirror won this time..

Superfuck everyone that does this. 

Also, the military is not allowed to engage in border control or immigration matters unless approved specifically by Congress.

Imagine expending that much energy to be shitty aggro assholes, and still ending up with a barely mediocre football program. 

It’s because their m.o. is to (almost always falsely) accuse the “left” of doing what they’re actually doing.

Nathan Peterman has a whole dossier of incriminating pictures of Bills coaches and execs, right? RIGHT?

Pizza places that use “fresh mozzarella” (regardless of how delicious it is) as an excuse to put 65% less cheese on my pizza are bullshit, right?

The work week should be 4 days, everyone should be allotted 6 weeks of vacation a year.

I guess this is what happens when you lay off most of your regular staff. 

Thanks, again. I actually found not only your replies, but the other thoughtful replies to be both informative and perspective-gaining.

“It’s simply part of my genetic history” is more or less what I was getting at (rather, if it’s ok to have respectful acknowledgement of that). I realize I used the word “claim”, but that was a poor choice, and wasn’t intended as read by some of the other respondents (I’ve replied a lot, today, but was pleasantly…

That’s a very thoughtful response, and I think that that’s one of the ways to think about it.

I see how this is starting to spiral, and I see your point about “pride” (really, I was just looking for a term of respect).

No, my question involved informational purposes only. We will educate the kids on their entire heritage (they’re only 3 and 7 mos now), but as I said in my question, we would never “use” that information for anything.

I agree. For us, we want to appreciate the whole picture. I’ve mentioned in a few other replies that my wording, despite my intent, was clumsy at times (particularly “claim” instead of “say”, and “cool” instead of something more respectful).

No, it was not a trolling question. I’m not new to these comment areas, so I knew I’d be getting some good replies and some shitty ones (yours being among the former).

No. Yes, that would be in poor taste. Really, I just used this very well-written (and, to me, informative) article as a jumping-off-point to ask the question.

“They’ll never really be Penobscot, but they can have an appreciation for their ancestry.”