Happy birthday, Joaquín
November 22, 2023In honor of the birthday of Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), here is the final movement of Fantasía para un gentilhombre in an arrangement for solo guitar.
(Thanks to Sunnyside for this one.)
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In honor of the birthday of Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999), here is the final movement of Fantasía para un gentilhombre in an arrangement for solo guitar.
(Thanks to Sunnyside for this one.)
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all. —G. K. Chesterton
I used to watch golf on TV until my doctor told me I need more exercise. Now I watch tennis.

Home sweet home

Bob's sister Hannah

Bob's sister Ada

Bob's brother Otto

Bob's sister Eve

Bob's sister Nan

A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)

Bob's childhood home

Bob's mom and dad

Bob in his youth

Bob's cousin Alphonse

Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna

Bob's cousin Archibald

Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)

Bob's cousin Chester

Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis

Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)

Bob's cousin Thorndike

Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie

Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers

Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks

Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy

Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena

Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)

Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan

Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness

Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher

Bob's nephew Winthrop, who loves sports

Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice

Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn

Bob's nephew Baxter

Bob's cousin Darrell

Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter

Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)

The Bluebird of Happiness™ (no relation to Bob)

A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)

Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob
