The (historical) Voltaire, Dave Barry, Howard Whitlock, Clayton Heathcock and Brian Metcalf. You asked.
Ohhh, Dave Barry. Good one.
I forgot …Walter Mitty.
Hey! If we get to use fictional characters:
Dad (nonfiction)
Mom (nonfiction - for the most part)
Beowulf (Fiction - yeah, the guy from early high school English with the arm-wrestling fetish)
Tom~
my Mother…who taught me beauty comes from within
Confucius…who taught me wisdom comes from within
Robert Sexton… who taught me the words to express from within
“Only when he no longer knows what he is doing, does the painter do good
things.” --Edgar Degas
I think the biggest influence on my life has been Sosai Masutatsu Oyama. Karate has made all the difference to me and without him I would not be in karate. Pure and simple.
“Glitch … BFG.” - Bob the Guardian
I forgot:John Waters and The NYDolls.
Hehehehe I could marry you orangecakes. Well, I suppose that we could just be friends afterall. That was too funny. I actually liked everyone that you have mentioned so far. Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman was a training manual for theivery that rarely sold a copy. It was too funny.
HUGS!
Sqrl
Gasoline: As an accompaniement to cereal it made a refreshing change. Glen Baxter
I don’t want to be like my father, but I damn well want to look right in his eyes. My influences growing up?
Real life:
Einstein, Gen Marshall, Patton, Coustue(sp), John Glenn.
Fantasy:
Gandalf (I mean it, when I was a kid in first grade, bunch of kids would be playing ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ or somesuch, and I’d want to be Gandalf. ), Aragorn, Beowulf.
As an Adult:
Feynmann, Gen Marshall, Tolkien, Heinlein.
>>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.<<
—The dragon observes
I am influenced by the Moon’s gravitational field.
Just like any other Celestial Body.
(And I do have one. Ladies may inspect it privately; by appointment only, please.)
Is an appreciation of beauty a function of the human soul?