Walking on THE MOON

So there was I…watching something about unveiling and Gordon plus pals kept singing to me from my misspent/waste of time and energy past. Heyho!  

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Me & Orson Wells

I’d explain the link. But it would go over all your heads :o) Love this song/singer  

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Marcus Aurelius – The Stoic Philosopher

More wanton theft abounds! WANTON : (of something bad, such as damage, cruelty, waste) extreme and showing no care at all        

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Back to le Brun via Antarctica

Under his supervision, eleven ships of the line, four frigates and two transport ships were built in Russia. And in particular, the two ships of the first Russian Antarctic Expedition of Bellinghausen and Lazarev  : the “Vostok” and the “Mirnyi”    Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen Mikhaïl Lazarev

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Oh! That’ll Be WHY, Then!

  It had less to do with nationality and more to do with brains. The Empire had the “clever” ones. The EggHeads. The very best of the best Scientists, Engineers and Doctors etc. And the Romanov hijacked them.  

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Jacques Balthazar Brun of St. Catherine

A few days ago I posted – ALL ROADS LED TO… There was a name in there that I recognised from my research into 17th century France. So I went to check it. The wrong le Brun but… Let’s try this one Wiki : Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte-Catherine   There seems to be a theme […]

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Christina

NOT Aguilera NOT Onassis Not even Christine….Stephen King Stylieeee Christina  

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Keats Vibe. And No Birds Sing

And this is why I sojourn here, Alone and palely loitering, Though the sedge is withered from the lake, And no birds sing. La Belle Dame sans Merci   And throw them in lake – as Kate says :o)    

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