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Jeremy R. Gilby

May 16, 2012

Tears

Filed under: Laments,Personal — @ 10:43:25 PM
From the "I-Still-Miss-You-Mom" Department

I’m in tears tonight, for not-so-obvious-reasons.

Six Years.

It still hurts.
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May 14, 2012

Donald “Duck” Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012)

Filed under: Laments — @ 7:31:49 PM Tags:
From the "Today, I-lost-my-best-friend, the-world-has-lost-the-best-guy-and-bass-player-to-ever-live. - Steve "The Colonel" Cropper" Department

Some of you may not know this particular name, but he is a giant in the history of the music industry.

I learned this evening that Donald Duck Dunn died last night, while on tour in Tokyo Japan.

When I use other names like:
Sam and Dave
Wilson Picket
Otis Redding
Booker T. and the MGs
or The Blues Brothers, you might be more familiar with them. Dunn played bass, and invented some of the most memorable basslines that we know today. Dunn “carried the bottom” of some of the flagships of rhythm and blues industry.
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April 17, 2012

Movie Review :: Gran Torino

Filed under: Movies,Reviews — @ 5:38:18 AM
From the "Get-Off-My-Lawn!" Department

I don’t know if I can put enough words to express how muck I fracking love the movie Gran Torino

I saw it twice in the theater. And then twice on Netflix DVD, and then ANYtime it shows on TV. I’m watching it presently, in a TNT double-header, and I cannot ignore it.

I love this movie.
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April 16, 2012

Apollo 16 :: 40 Years

Filed under: Science — @ 9:54:50 AM Tags: ,
From the "-There-you-are: Mysterious-and-Unknown-Descartes. Highland-plains. Apollo-16-is-gonna-change-your-image." Department

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo XVI mission. It launched at the timestamp of this article.

This was the eighth manned attempt to the moon, and the sixth to land a man on the moon.

There is some interesting history with the mission.
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February 29, 2012

Leap Day

Filed under: Mindless Banter — @ 8:49:10 PM
From the "Who-Knew-point-two-five-days-added-up-to-something?" Department

How many times in four years can you have a blog post on February 29th?

February 14, 2012

Arizona (February 14, 1912- )

Filed under: Local — @ 1:31:36 AM
From the "God-Enriches (Ditat-Deus)" Department

Around the world, today, many are celebrating the Centennial of the great state of Arizona, through the tradition of giving card, chocolates, candy and flowers.

This year, is a special year, as a hundred years ago, the state graduated from the status of territory.

It has yet to yield a person to hold the office of President of the United States, but it HAS yielded a Supreme Court Justice, and our current Secretary of Homeland Security.
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January 1, 2012

MMXII

Filed under: Mindless Banter — @ 12:01:49 AM
From the "The-year-that-wiped-2011-off-the-calendar" Department

So 2012 is here, and if the Mayans are correct, this will be the last New Years post of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com.
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