My Lonely City

So you thought your family was crazy. Turns out, according to this extremely official-looking note-which-supports-what-I-already-thought, I’m likely related to the MacNaughtons (my maiden name is McNatt). Whose motto is, I sh*t you not, “I hoip in God.” Yes! I hoip in God! My ancestors not only had rather dodgy taste (I shouldn’t complain; at least they weren’t Craigs), but they also couldn’t spell worth a darn. No wonder I have so many issues. (But at least their hoip was in the right place.)

But getting back to crazy, according to this fun little history as well as the ubiquitous Wikipedia reference, the MacNaughtons made a name for themselves in part by being the first to establish insanity as a legitimate defense during a murder trial. And being generally rowdy and prone to support violent and often futile political uprisings, but I gather that was pretty normal, eh. There’s lots of fun stuff to go with here, but I’ll refrain for now, and just add that, well, I hoip in God.