Takeshi Kaga (Wikipedia) (official website in Japanese) is a Japanese actor, best known in the US as the most decidedly strange “Chairman Kaga,” host of the original Iron Chef TV series.
Monday Meme #28 — Takeshi Kaga
Monday Meme #27 — Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis (1922-1945) was a British writer who worked in a remarkable variety of styles and genres, including speculative fiction and even a James Bond novel (Colonel Sun, published under the pseudonym Robert Markham).
Monday Meme #24 — Robert Palmer
I still find myself missing Robert Palmer (1949-2003) whenever I hear one of his songs come on the radio.
Monday Meme #23 — Robert F. Wagner Jr.
Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910-1991) was a three-term Mayor of New York City (1954-1965) and was later an ambassador to Spain and to Vatican City.
Monday Meme #22 — Saving the World
Monday Meme #21 — Dangerous Dreamers
Monday Meme #19 — Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) created one of the most enduring characters of adventure fiction: Simon Templar, aka The Saint. Â This quote is from one of the early Saint stories.
Monday Meme #18 — Windows of Perception
Monday Meme #17 — Fascism In America
In case anyone thought that the candidacy of Donald Trump was entirely without precedent, I offer up Huey Long. Â If you try a Google image search for him, you will very quickly find I’m not the first to think so.
Monday Meme #16 — Barbara Billingsley
Returning from a two-week absence due to illness, I cheer myself up with this one.