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I loved him the moment I saw him in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure He was simply beautiful.

He's been in tons and tons of movies, some memorable, some awful. some absolute masterpieces like My Own Private Idaho. He loves Shakespeare with a passion and is one of those people that most everyone likes. He has suffered losses - River Phoenix, who died on the street in front of the Viper Room of a drug overdose, his girlfriend to a car crash, and his stillborn child, to name a few.

He is known for his giving and his odd kindness to people. He's supported many children's cancer benefits. He also did a reading for a benefit for the Dali Lama, which resulted in his work being banned in China.

He was Neo.

He's John Wick.

He's just a good guy we all love.

You can read about his life Here.

MY person has always been my person - Hubby Larry. He is sometimes the bane of my existence. But usually, he is my best friend and more.

We met 44 years ago (oh god, so long) at college. He was fresh out of the Air Force and I was fresh out of high school. We were card playing buddies for quite a while. He started asking me out and I started making excuses. One day, I ran out of them and we went out. A month or so later, we decided we wanted to spend our lives together. We married the next year.

We've been through hell together and he's still here. We have the same core beliefs about morality and our world view but we are very different otherwise. We are both alpha personalities, which makes for some interesting clashes, but at the end of all things, we have each other's back.

I am thankful for him, for the person who fills in my blank places as I do his.

Here's to my hubby!

When I write these about my family and friends, they will be friends locked, but all other will be available for everyone to read.

I was blown away when I was 17 and saw Star Wars - one reason was Luke and Han but the other one was Princess Leia. She didn't really need to be rescued. As a matter of fact, the men were quite silly and inept. She took over and got things done. She was a fast talker, a smart woman and could do everything from diplomacy to ship mechanics.

In what Disney now calls Legends, she became the head of the New Republic and tried to make it work while being a wife, mother and diplomat. She also had Jedi training though she never became a full fledged Jedi.

My only question was: Why didn't she fly a fighter, too?

Robert Downey Jr.

This is a man who I considered a spoiled Hollywood loser for many years and that's because he was. He was a young man of immense talent who squandered his time drinking and drugging and getting in over his head. He even managed to do some jail time.

But he finally turned it all around and lived up to his vast potential. He credits his wife, Susan, who apparently told him he had to choose her or the drug lifestyle and he chose her. He chose right and actively campaigned to play Tony Stark in 2007, saying 'I am Tony Stark.' He's been Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes as well.

He also does quite a bit of humanitarian work - giving to charities and raising funds for them as well. One time, he presented (and donated) a young man with a prosthetic arm that looked a lot like an Iron Man arm.

He has recently become a real life Tony Stark, as detailed here at Screenrant(https://screenrant.com/robert-downey-jr-footprint-coalition-environment-technology/):
During Amazon's Re: Mars conference in Las Vegas which Variety covered, Downey delivered a keynote speech where he talked extensively about his career, particularly his experience playing Tony Stark in the MCU, as well as artificial intelligence which fans know is a key part of the character in the films. Toward the end, he announced the launch of a new organization called The Footprint Coalition aiming to use advanced technology for the good of the environment. “Between robotics and nanotechnology, we could clean up the planet significantly, if not totally, in 10 years. God I love experts. They’re like Wikipedia with character defects,” he jokingly said during the talk. Scheduled to officially debut April of 2020, Downey didn't share plan specifics yet but its website is now live where people can sign up to learn more about the movement.

Also, he is my, um, guilty pleasure! He's my free pass guy.

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Um.....

I don't think any insult to DT is too vulgar or awful so here is Michelle Wolf. Since when can you not insult a politician? or an arsehole? It serves the bastard right, if you ask me.

Watch on YouTube

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Um, who this week?

Well, let's see.

Okay...

Barbara Bush - a first lady from the days when first ladies were not former nude models and soft core porn stars.

Mrs. Bush was related to Franklin Pierce and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Her father was the president of McCalls' magazines. She met George when she was 16 and they married in 1945. They had 6 children, which she raised while he was away on business in the oil industry. Mr Bush went into politics in 1966.

As first lady, Mrs. Bush founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, whic she remained active in as long as she was able to.

I remember and Mr. Bush in the Whoite House, surrounded by their grandkids. After 8 years of Ron and Nancy and the way they treated their children, it was wonderful to see a real family in the White house again. I will remember her as a woman who loved her husband and children first and a woman of dignity.

Crossposts: https://alexcat.livejournal.com/1501503.html

I have loved his music forever.

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Van Morrison is from Northern Ireland and began his career in the late 50s. You can read about him here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison

He has a website as well and still tours and has a new album coming out April 27th.
https://www.vanmorrison.com/

Crossposts: https://alexcat.livejournal.com/1499294.html

There was once a young man from privilege and money who was handsome and well educated. He became an actor and he played a beloved superhero. He hobnobbed with the rich and famous, married a lovely woman and had a son. One awful day in 1995, he had an accident while playing polo. He became a paraplegic and he became a real life superhero when he became an advocate for people with disabilities and for research on spinal cord injuries. He died in 2004 of complications of an infection. His legacy lives on in his son and the work he did to make the world a better place.

His name was Christopher Reeve.

Read about him at Wikipeida: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve

If his story has moved you, if you know someone with spinal cord injuries, go here and consider a donation. I am going to.

Crossposts: https://alexcat.livejournal.com/1497236.html

As anyone who watches Supernatural knows, the show is really all about Dean Winchester.

Dean (played by Jensen Ackles) is the older of the Winchester brothers, who are Hunters. Hunters hunt monsters so the rest of us can sleep at night. Hunting was the business of their mother and her family and their dad took it up when his wife was killed by a demon. Dean and Sam, his younger brother, were just children. Hunters do not make the best of parents so Dean served as parent to his brother while his dad was stalking and killing demons, vampires and all sorts of nasty things.

Sam went away to college but evil followed him and his girlfriend was killed by the same demon who killed their mother so he joined Dean in hunting down that demon and many more.

Dean loves greasy food, women and booze. He loves television, porn and Sam as well. He's pessimistic always and loyal to the death. He makes friends with some odd fellows: Benny the Vampire who pulls him from hell, Castiel the angel, and Crowley, a demon and the king of Hell. I really loved the interplay between Dean and the latter two. They could be quite humorous and sometimes almost slashy.

You can find out all you ever want to know about the character here: http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Dean_Winchester

If you're looking for a new hero, Dean Winchester might be your guy! He is reluctant to be the hero but he is one, nonetheless.

Crossposts: https://alexcat.livejournal.com/1476457.html

I want to tell you about a man who is destroying the United States of America - his name is Donald Trump.

He is completely out of control and insane with power. He speaks in Adolf Hitler quotes and phrases. He preaches hate and violence to any and all. Just this week he outlawed transgender soldiers, appointed a freedom of religion ambassador -to protect Christians because, you know, there are no other religions, advocated that police brutalize those they arrest, incited children to boo a former president and his opponent in the last election, exhorted the military to 'fight dirty' in war. He also hired a little man who acts like and speaks like a sewer rat in Scaramucci, his new 'communications director'. And that was just this week.

This man needs to lose his job, along with his entire staff and his appointees. They are stupid, ill informed and in his case, evil. I have cut ties with many friends and family who voted for him - their betrayal of the USA is unforgivable to me.

I really don't care if you agree or not. If you feel compelled to to explain him to me, don't bother. We all know that those who 'wanted change' really wanted a white man in the White House and I really can't see where there is any discussion to be had.

Next week, I'll find something other than pond scum to talk about.

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Today the person I will post about is Alexander the Great. He died at 33 around this time in June in 323BC. I have been fascinated by him since we were taught about him in the third grade. He was the King of Macedonia and forged an empire that stretched from Greece to Northern India. He was a master general at the age of 18 and had conquered a good portion of the world by his death at 33.

He was born in Macedonia to King Philip II and his wife, a princess from what is today Albania. He was rumored, even then, to be fathered by Zeus himself. Legend says he got his beloved Bucephalas, the steed he rode all the way into India, when he was a young teen.

He and his companions studied under Aristotle and trained to be warriors together. They would eventually conquer the world together as well. One of his friends was Hephaestion, a youth who though not noble by birth, became Alexander's favorite companion and perhaps his lover as well.

Alexander is known for his generalship at such a young age. As long as men fought on foot and horseback, Alexander's tactics were used successfully. His father was said to be a brilliant general as well.

After his death, his companions fought over the spoils he left and his kingdom soon dissolved - perhaps the only thing holding it together was Alexander himself.