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 Posted: January 17 2018 at 05:09 |
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Ulysses Grant (1822 - 1885).
U.S. Army general. 18th President of the USA (1869-1877).  |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 22:51 |
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Trey Gunn (b. 1960), American musician playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick. King Crimson, KTU, etc...
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 19:08 |
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^^ He seems not very interested.
She sings: I love you! He replies: Myself, not so much...  |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 18:30 |
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^ Was he singing to her or his cigarette?
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 08:20 |
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Serge Gainsbourg (1928 - 1991).
French composer, singer, poet, painter, etc. Father of actress Charlotte Gainsbourg.  Serge was married to English singer and actress Jane Birkin (mother of Charlotte). The couple released in 1969 one of the most provocative songs up to then. |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 07:07 |
 Rufus Guinchard (1899-1990) One from my island home: Franco-Newfoundland traditional fiddler par excellence. Like his contemporary, fellow fiddler Emile Benoit, Rufus was influential on a generation who revived, revitalized, and updated Newfoundland trad and folk. I saw him live once when I was a young man, and I swear that the charismatic old gent was grinning at me the whole time as I leaned against a post in the pub, and got completely into the infectious, joyful music. Happy memories!  Monsieur Guinchard increased the joy factor in his corner of the world--would that the same could be said of more of us! Edited by Peter - January 16 2018 at 07:38 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 06:50 |
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Quim Gutierrez (b. 1981).
Spanish actor.  |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 05:51 |
 (self portrait) Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin (1848 – 1903) French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated during his life, Gauguin is now recognized as having been groundbreaking and influential in his experimental use of color and Synthetist style quite distinct from Impressionism. Edited by Peter - January 16 2018 at 05:52 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 16 2018 at 03:12 |
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^ Ok... My choice would have been Nadine Gordimer, South-African Nobelist of literature.Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774), Irish novelist, playwright and poet. Best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766).
 A portrait by Joshua Reynolds, 1770. |
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Posted: January 15 2018 at 17:47 |
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Nimrod, the Great, a legendary figure appearing in the Bible and other ancient books, though with different names. He was the 'greatest hunter on Earth' and is associated with construction of the Tower of Babel.
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Posted: January 15 2018 at 06:26 |
 Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948) Indian activist who used nonviolent protest to lead India to independence from British rule. Gandhi's example inspired movements for civil rights and freedom all over the world. |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 14 2018 at 23:01 |
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Lorne Greene, (1915 – 1987), Canadian actor, radio personality and singer. Acted Ben Cartwright in the Western series Bonanza.
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Posted: January 14 2018 at 15:50 |
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Khalil Gibran (1883 - 1931).
Lebanese writer and poet: The Prophet.  |
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Posted: January 14 2018 at 07:39 |
 Colonel John Glenn (1921 - 2016) United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, and Senator. In 1962, he became the first American to orbit the Earth. |
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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Posted: January 13 2018 at 10:59 |
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Ira Gershwin (1896 - 1983).
American lyricist, collaborator of his younger brother, composer George Gershwin.  |
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Posted: January 13 2018 at 08:04 |
 Heinz Guderian (1888 - 1954) German WW2 general, developer and advocate of "blitzkrieg" tactics, commander of Panzer (tank) divisions during the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union. Frequently clashed with Hitler and the German high command. An effective, innovative commander, he was not an absolute Nazi scumbag or war criminal, it seems. After the war, Guderian was a prisoner of U.S. forces and investigated until his release without charges in 1948. He was often invited to speak to British veterans' groups. |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
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Posted: January 12 2018 at 09:06 |
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Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642).
Italian polymath. A genius!  |
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Posted: January 12 2018 at 07:29 |
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France Gall (1947 - 2018)
French singer who won the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest  |
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Posted: January 12 2018 at 06:03 |
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Erroll Garner (June 15, 1923 – January 2, 1977), American jazz pianist and composer. His best known composition is 'Misty'.
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Posted: January 12 2018 at 05:16 |
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David Gilmour (born 1946).
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