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About Gary Gautier:

Favorite painting title: A Hair Pursued by Two Planets, Joan Miro

Favorite English word to say out loud: lilliputian

Favorite Spanish word to say out loud: pipas

Favorite album: Abbey Road

Favorite zoo animals: elephant, anteater

Favorite advertising slogan: “Drink Barqs. It’s good.”

www.garygautier.weebly.com

drggautier@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/gary.gautier.3

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Mark on April 15, 2012 at 8:27 pm said:

Favorite liquor: Drambuie.

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peggy desjardins on July 23, 2012 at 4:16 am said:

Lilliputian rolls well out loud. My favorite is Tupelo.

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Manja on May 8, 2014 at 2:27 pm said:

Your blog is astounding. Some of it makes my brain bleed, but thank you for enlarging my world. Am following 🙂

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Amyclae on May 24, 2014 at 12:41 am said:

Hello! I found your blog. Read a few of the posts. It’s an odd collection, no surprise to you, but one I like–which is perhaps a bigger surprise.

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- Daedalus Lex on May 24, 2014 at 1:07 am said:
  
  That you like something of what I wrote is indeed a delightful surprise for me. Please comment whenever you like. The content and prose style of your blog looks appealing to me as well.
  
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ninamishkin on January 11, 2015 at 7:48 pm said:

Thanks so much, GG, for stopping by and deciding to follow. (After my clicking only two “likes?”) Actually, you picked a bad time; the blog is treading water with cartoons, re-blogs and other ephemera while I toil on at a longish piece that refuses to come to an end. (However, there’s always the archives and the selected pieces on “Pages.”) For starters, let me ask about your Daedalus: Inspired by father of Icarus or an offspring of Joyce’s Stephen? 🙂

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http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com on March 5, 2015 at 5:58 pm said:

Thank you for following my blog. I once wrote a poem about Daedalus!

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- Daedalus Lex on March 5, 2015 at 6:05 pm said:
  
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Thom Hickey on June 8, 2015 at 2:25 pm said:

Thanks for following The Immortal Jukebox Gary. I hope you have found some entertaining music and writing and perhaps made some discoveries. If you haven’t visited for a while come on over and check out some recent posts! Good luck with your blog. Regards Thom

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- Daedalus Lex on June 20, 2015 at 1:58 am said:
  
  I do catch a post once in a while, Thom, and enjoy it. But I guess I’ve signed up for too many blogs and don’t know what the hell I’m doing, so I miss a lot too. With your emphasis on 60s music, you might like to know that my next novel will be set in 1969 featuring a bunch of hippies struggling comically and tragically with the contradictions of the 1960s counterculture. (My recently released novel is still free [the Kindle version is free, anyway — paperback cheap but not free] for 3 more days on Amazon if you want to pick it up.)
  
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  - Thom Hickey on June 20, 2015 at 12:25 pm said:
    
    Thanks. Best of luck with your writing. Regards Thom.
    
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Karina Pinella on October 25, 2015 at 11:21 pm said:

Thanks for the follow. Your site is wonderfully interesting. So insightful.

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Tangled Up In Music (by Ovidiu Boar) on January 14, 2016 at 5:56 pm said:

Kudos for Abbey Road, my favorite Beatles album.

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- Daedalus Lex on January 15, 2016 at 1:58 am said:
  
  Thanks, Ovidiu. You can search bar “Beatles” to see my various entries that mention them, but three stand out: “The Dead Space on Abbey Road” (https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/the-dead-space-on-abbey-road/), “Led Zeppelin and Dr. Freud” (https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/led-zeppelin-and-dr-freud/), and “Kurt Cobain and John Lennon: Memoria” (https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/kurt-cobain-and-john-lennon-memoria/) .
  
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ksbeth on February 4, 2016 at 10:59 am said:

hey gary. thanks for reading and following, i will be doing the same with your words. my favorite word is rigamarole. this is the word that my ex-boyfriend used when asked to describe me in one word. i took it as a compliment. best, beth

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- Daedalus Lex on February 4, 2016 at 2:29 pm said:
  
  I like “rigmarole” too. Now I can’t unsee this image in my head of a Lilliputian rigmarole.
  
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Elizabeth Melton Parsons on February 14, 2016 at 12:09 am said:

Hello, Gary. Happy Valentine’s Day. 🙂

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- Daedalus Lex on February 14, 2016 at 12:22 am said:
  
  Thanks, Elizabeth. I needed that. I’ve been sitting alone in the local college library all day working on my novel.
  
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storyfairy on February 19, 2016 at 10:16 pm said:

Hello! Thank you for liking the posts on my two blogs!
If you would like to see what I am currently posting, please visit my new blog: http://www.thestoryfairyslibrary.wordpress.com
Again, thank you! 🙂

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manniqueen on March 11, 2016 at 9:08 pm said:

Thank you for following my blog – I appreciate it! Your page definitely looks like something I’d find pleasure in exploring – I’m looking forward to that 🙂

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- Daedalus Lex on March 11, 2016 at 9:19 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Manniqueen. Yes, our literary interests definitely overlap.
  
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  - manniqueen on March 12, 2016 at 6:31 pm said:
    
    Indeed 🙂
    
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moonskittles on March 12, 2016 at 10:46 pm said:

Hello there and nice meeting you Gary! And of course Cheers! 🙂
~ Dajena

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- Daedalus Lex on March 12, 2016 at 10:54 pm said:
  
  You too, Dajena 🙂 Are you currently teaching high school English in Albania? I hope to be backpacking around Europe next summer. Maybe I’ll come do a guest lecture and talk to them about my previous novel, Mr. Robert’s Bones, which is good for high schoolers 🙂
  
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  - moonskittles on March 12, 2016 at 10:55 pm said:
    
    Ahh.. sorry, but you missed the part that I am teaching in San Diego, CA. You are welcome to be a guest speaker here too 🙂
    
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    - Daedalus Lex on March 12, 2016 at 10:58 pm said:
      
      There are people I need to visit in California but (oddly) I may be brushing by Albania sooner than San Diego at this point. I’ll definitely do the guest lecture/discussion if I come that way though. (I taught English at CU-Boulder, LSU, and Univ of New Orleans.) Stay in touch. Gary, drggautier@gmail.com
      
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      - moonskittles on March 12, 2016 at 11:00 pm said:
        
        🙂 Definitely!! It is always a wonderful and rewarding surprise to meet alike minds on the web. I am myself going to Vienna for 10 days in 4 weeks. 😀
        
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        Daedalus Lex on March 12, 2016 at 11:02 pm said:
        
        Hey, my first stop out of New York looks like Vienna, but that won’t be till mid-June.
        
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        moonskittles on March 12, 2016 at 11:04 pm said:
        
        🙂 what a coincidence!
        
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Malcolm Greenhill on March 27, 2016 at 7:49 am said:

I’m really glad we found each other. I look forward to some interesting discussions.

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- Daedalus Lex on March 27, 2016 at 1:45 pm said:
  
  Me too, Malcolm. Just don’t be surprised if I disappear for periods — not so tethered to my social media as these kids today 🙂
  
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Hariod Brawn on December 17, 2016 at 2:26 pm said:

I’m an ‘absquatulate’ type of person myself, word-wise; keen on pangolins to boot – you get the picture.

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Karl on February 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm said:

My word: weltschmerz.

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- Daedalus Lex on February 3, 2017 at 4:13 pm said:
  
  Wow, that’s a nasty-sounding one! German at its worst!
  
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Karen Thorburn on March 24, 2017 at 10:54 pm said:

Abbey Road is my favourite album too – good choice! I shall look forward to following your posts.

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- Daedalus Lex on March 28, 2017 at 3:40 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Karen. It’s nice to be followed by a woman of such fine taste!
  
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GP Cox on April 13, 2017 at 11:36 am said:

Pleased to meet you.

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- Daedalus Lex on April 13, 2017 at 11:40 am said:
  
  You too, GP. Your WWII entries are great — not only for the historical value but also for the quality of the writing, which vividly transports the reader to that time and place. Gary
  
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  - GP Cox on April 13, 2017 at 11:45 am said:
    
    Thank you very much for saying so, Gary. I appreciate the encouragement.
    
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Bruce Goodman on April 29, 2017 at 6:02 pm said:

Favourite word – at least for today – is cockabully.

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- Daedalus Lex on April 29, 2017 at 8:06 pm said:
  
  Yes!
  
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Rivenrod on May 17, 2017 at 6:36 am said:

Thank you for taking the time to visit http://www.rivenrod.com. Much appreciated.

I look forward to our next encounter in the meantime may I boldly ask you to take a look at my latest novel, Swell. You will find reviews and information here: http://wp.me/PXk9K-259

RR

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wordspiceediting on November 15, 2017 at 8:46 pm said:

Thank you for liking my blog post and leading me to your blog – it is immensely interesting!

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- Daedalus Lex on November 15, 2017 at 9:00 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Word Spice Editing. Hope we can see more of each other.
  
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mariewilliams53 on December 19, 2017 at 8:02 pm said:

Thank you for the follow – it’s good to meet you! From your picture, you look like a man who enjoys life (if you don’t mind me saying so!)

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- Daedalus Lex on December 19, 2017 at 10:23 pm said:
  
  Hahaha. Yes, Marie. Thanks, Gary
  
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D. Wallace Peach on July 11, 2018 at 2:51 pm said:

And who doesn’t like Abbey Road and elephants and anteaters? Fun bio. 🙂

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- Daedalus Lex on July 11, 2018 at 3:15 pm said:
  
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annieasksyou on April 18, 2019 at 6:14 pm said:

Greetings—

I appreciate your “liking” my post “Whither the Mueller Report (an Exploration in Rhyme).” It will be interesting to see what happens next.

I plan to spend some time perusing your work. I’m with you in your love for elephants. Anteaters? Not so much. However, I have written about my fascination with octopuses.

Cheers!
Annie

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- Daedalus Lex on April 18, 2019 at 7:18 pm said:
  
  Hi Annie. You should start with my recent entry on “The Life of the Bee” 🙂
  
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  - annieasksyou on April 18, 2019 at 7:22 pm said:
    
    Will do. And I am now delighted to welcome you to my technojourney! I shall happily join you on yours.
    
    Annie
    
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itsgoodtobecrazysometimes on September 16, 2019 at 11:10 am said:

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and liking a post. Hope you come back again soon

Trina

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writtencasey on September 18, 2019 at 7:45 pm said:

You know, I always forget the “track” Her Majesty.
Unless, I listen to Abbey Road or someone else brings it up.
My second favorite track on that album.
Jameson, neat.
Glad you make and share.

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- Daedalus Lex on September 18, 2019 at 9:23 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Casey 🙂 That Drambuie comment, btw, by my friend, Mark, referenced some long ago drinking habits when we were bartenders together in Austin 🙂
  
  Also, you might like my blog entry on Abbey Road 🙂
  
  https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/the-dead-space-on-abbey-road/
  
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the novelist on December 10, 2019 at 5:26 pm said:

Hello. My name is Bernadette. I saw that you had liked my recent post on my blog page and wondered whether the information featured there was something you might be interested in. I’ve been meaning to connect with those who perused the information, but was delayed with many things to do with my business venture, which is what the post featured. I am a representative of the bio tech company who developed the technology and on a mission to share it with everyone who can appreciate the value of it. I wasn’t sure if the ‘like’ was just a mere reciprocation or if it was something that might be of value to you. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it. I only recently opened my facebook account to connect with people, as more people are on there than emails or the old days of letter writing. Hope to hear from you and perhaps we can connect on facebook. Kind regards.
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ダニエル・シュネー on August 1, 2020 at 10:30 am said:

Though I have never liked the overall colour scheme, the whimsy of the “hair” and the “two planets” makes it yet another great Miro. My favorite is “Blue II”: so simple yet so striking. It feels like the summary/core essence of abstract painting, the “thing” all abstract art reaches for.

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- Daedalus Lex on August 1, 2020 at 2:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Daniel. Miro made me see the art in the archetypal fragments of geometry, but I don’t recall much about color in his works either. In this case, I am just infatuated with the childlike randomness, the absurdity, the imagination jarred wide open by the title 🙂
  
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billgncs on November 29, 2020 at 6:24 am said:

favorite English word: Alacrity, with verisimilitude a truthful second…

thanks for stopping by

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- Daedalus Lex on November 29, 2020 at 3:48 pm said:
  
  I can definitely see the mouthing pleasure in “alacrity.” “Verisimilitude” is a little high-end for me though. I can never remember where to put the stress 🙂
  
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lilaiamoreliwordsaresacred on December 7, 2020 at 10:14 pm said:

Hello, Gary!!! Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post. I appreciate it.

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- Daedalus Lex on December 7, 2020 at 10:28 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Lilaia. I hope to see more of your thoughts on lit, writing, and Celtic mythology. Maybe some of your thoughts on Spanish lang and lit too. (You might like my recent post on language as “rivers and blocks” 🙂 https://shakemyheadhollow.wordpress.com/2020/11/08/carving-conceptual-space-into-rivers-and-blocks/
  
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  - lilaiamoreliwordsaresacred on December 7, 2020 at 10:29 pm said:
    
    I’ll make sure to check out your blog soon.
    
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forresting365 on March 2, 2022 at 10:08 pm said:

Love this! Thanks for the laugh and Cheers!!! 🍺

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- Daedalus Lex on March 2, 2022 at 11:47 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Katy 🙂
  
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Bacardi Gold on January 4, 2023 at 10:22 am said:

I like your blog. It’s entertaining .🙂

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- Daedalus Lex on January 4, 2023 at 10:33 am said:
  
  Thanks! 🙂
  
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