13 November 2012, 03:27 AM
philnicHappy Birthday
George Harrison will be upset that he didn't make the list.
...Isn't it a pity...Isn't it a shame...
13 November 2012, 06:39 AM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
George Harrison will be upset that he didn't make the list.
...Isn't it a pity...Isn't it a shame...
George, Paul and John would have been the very next three on my list, but I could only pick four...
13 November 2012, 07:11 AM
jktRobert Louis Stevenson, Born 1850
13 November 2012, 10:54 AM
fjp451"When his father died in 1887, Stevenson felt free to follow the advice of his physician to try a complete change of climate, and he started with his mother and family for Colorado. But after landing in New York, they decided to spend the winter at Saranac Lake, New York, in the Adirondacks at a cure cottage now known as Stevenson Cottage. During the intensely cold winter Stevenson wrote some of his best essays, including Pulvis et Umbra, began The Master of Ballantrae..."
(Less than a two hours journey, as the crow flies toward the near eastern mountains.)
Great late night reading for a youth with adventure pulsing in his veins, "Jim," says he, "I reckon we're fouled, you and me, and we'll have to sign articles. I'd have had you but for that there lurch, but I don't have no luck, not I; and I reckon I'll have to strike, which comes hard, you see, for a master mariner to a ship's younker like you, Jim."
23 November 2012, 07:25 AM
Doug SpauldingHappy birthday,
Boris!23 November 2012, 08:27 AM
jktA fine musician but more of the silent type...
Born 1888: Harpo Marx (comedian & actor)
24 November 2012, 07:22 AM
Doug SpauldingHappy birthday,
Uncle 4E!What a great
monster he was!
24 November 2012, 07:23 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Happy birthday,
Uncle 4E!
Anybody else going to House of Pies for lunch with their copy of Famous Monsters to read?
24 November 2012, 09:28 AM
philnicImagine, a house made of pies!
24 November 2012, 04:11 PM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Imagine, a house made of pies!
Better than having lunch at House of Cards.
27 November 2012, 05:27 PM
jktSeattle's Best was NOT coffee:
Born 1942: Jimi Hendrix
27 November 2012, 06:41 PM
fjp451Right, jkt! One of a kind!
Jimi was to music as Ray was to writing. Everlasting colors, images, emotions! Earthy and yet absolutely out of this world...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...bfBc&feature=related28 November 2012, 05:08 PM
Doug SpauldingHappy birthday to my friend
Joe Dante!29 November 2012, 07:39 AM
jktBorn 1898: C. S. Lewis
30 November 2012, 07:06 AM
jktMark Twain: 1835