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tk2kewl

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Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:37 AM

Mar 2013

Last edited Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:14 AM - Edit history (2)

people I have gotten to meet once:

Bill Clinton
Jackie O
Kathryn Kennedy
Peter Boyle
Carl Bernstein
George Soros
Mario Cuomo
Roy Scheider
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Bloomberg
Gene "Stick" Michael

People I have met more than once:

Carolyn McCarthy
Phil Donahue
Marlo Thomas
Nile Rodgers

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I talked to someone today who talked [View all] applegrove Mar 2013 OP

I've talked to Jerry Brown, the current governor of CA... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1

Oh your friend is so lucky. applegrove Mar 2013 #4

He was involved in politics, and it does go with the territory... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #6

I had a friend in public school who applegrove Mar 2013 #2

I know a woman who does hair on movies olddots Mar 2013 #3

I was on a basketball team with a girl applegrove Mar 2013 #5

I used to do sound for everyone in the peace & freedom movement olddots Mar 2013 #7

Marilyn Monroe. progressoid Mar 2013 #8

Friend posted an old photo with Mother Theresa recently. bluedigger Mar 2013 #9

My biological mother (I was adopted) when she was pg truegrit44 Mar 2013 #10

So your birth mom would have applegrove Mar 2013 #11

I suppose it's possible........ truegrit44 Mar 2013 #12

My mother mimi85 Mar 2013 #58

Sidney Pollock (before he was a director) HeiressofBickworth Mar 2013 #13

My father served in the Marines with Lee Harvey Oswald Sedona Mar 2013 #14

Michele Sindona In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #15

Got a few, actually union_maid Mar 2013 #16

Arlo Guthrie In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #29

Let's see -- some famous, some infamous TuxedoKat Mar 2013 #17

Hmmmm. I knew Jim Nabors' dog when I was a kid. And: nolabear Mar 2013 #18

A friend of mine BarbaRosa Mar 2013 #19

I have Penny Marshall's autograph. Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #20

I had dinner once with speculative fiction writer extraordinaire Harlan Ellison. Aristus Mar 2013 #21

I am green AnneD Mar 2013 #52

Here's a pic of the two of us at a Fantasy Lit Con in Bellevue, Washington: Aristus Mar 2013 #59

My mother went to high school with actor Gig Young Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #22

I think he committed suicide. Very sad. I think he was an alcoholic? Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #38

Oh I never met him. Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #45

I had lunch at a truck stop sharp_stick Mar 2013 #23

. tk2kewl Mar 2013 #24

I had breakfast with Jerry Garcia and his then-wife Anita LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #25

Well clearly, you win. CrazyOrangeCat Mar 2013 #48

Actually this was before the Grateful Dead got huge LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #53

Sounds like a blast! CrazyOrangeCat Mar 2013 #54

Who do you know Flashmann Mar 2013 #26

My claim to shame: antiquie Mar 2013 #28

My late grandfather jammed with Merle Travis in the 40's CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #27

my husband was good friends with Arthur C. Clarke Flaxbee Mar 2013 #30

Can't believe I forgot about Flashmann Mar 2013 #31

I grew up LWolf Mar 2013 #32

Ricky Nelson...what a handsome man he was. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #39

my sister danced with Ted Danson's father at a wedding. Kali Mar 2013 #33

My brother let me know he communicated with Keith Olberman today Paulie Mar 2013 #34

Linda Hunt's sister was once my boss. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #35

Isaac Asimov Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #36

My BIL worked with Cybil Shepherd and James Garner in advertising. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #37

Charleton Heston was on plane I was on. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #40

My Niece is The Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, CA..... becca da bakkah Mar 2013 #41

I've met most of the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 cast... AmyDeLune Mar 2013 #42

My niece was an intern with Rep. John Dingle during the health care debates csziggy Mar 2013 #43

shit i just dropped some names on the floor . olddots Mar 2013 #44

Many years ago, I met Orville Redenbacher of popcorn fame. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2013 #46

Tommy Lee Jones LeftInTX Mar 2013 #47

Hmmm... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #49

Brushed by greatness???? AnneD Mar 2013 #50

Bill Keane (Family Circus) and the drummer? for the Safaris, and Mat Nastos Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2013 #51

My current favorites: Buckminster Fuller, Robert Ballard, and Hans Bethe. hunter Mar 2013 #55

Arty type peoples I knew BEFORE they became famous ... kwassa Mar 2013 #56

Some of the folks I've worked with - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #57

My sibling. MissB Mar 2013 #60