Here's one of the most creative things I've seen since Ore Ida unearthed Tater Tots.

The good folk(s) over at  AcePilots brainstormed the idea to record the first-ever Blog Family Tree. All interested bloggers should head on over there and declare your blog lineage.

So, who's my BlogDaddy? None other than that maestro of print and audio media, Mr. Hugh Hewitt. Let me explain. Late last year I realized I had been hearing this word "blog" all over the place, figuring it was one of those things that applies to Gen X Y and Z ers—but certainly not to old gasbag Boomers like me.

Then I saw Mr. Hewitt's book Blog in Barnes & Noble and started reading. Then I bought the tome, thereby contributing $1.25 to the Hewitt Children College Fund. I began offering my God-given twisted humor online.  An interested trio of ne'er-do-wells began reading religiously. The rest, as they say, is blogistory.

So thank you, Hugh. It has been a pleasure springing forth from your prodigeous bloins. I hope to sire a blog or bloggette myself someday.

By the way . . . uhhh . . . can I borrow the car keys, Dad?

No way around it. This is haunting stuff. Tag along with Bill from PunditGuy as this American visits one of the most solemn memorials in the world.