Dwayne McDuffie (February 20, 1962 – February 21, 2011)

“I’m conscious of race whenever I’m writing, just as I’m conscious of class, religion, human psychology, politics — everything that makes up the human experience. I don’t think I can do a good job if I’m not paying attention to what’s meaningful to people, and in American culture, there isn’t anything that informs human interaction more than the idea of race.”
Duane McDuffie (February 20, 1962 – February 21, 2011)

Douchebag Conspiracy Theorist

Great Freemasons: Phil Collins (born January 30, 1951)

The world is in your hands, now use it.
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born January 30, 1951)

(SOHO Lodge No. 3)

Great Freemasons: George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875)

Up men! And to your posts! And let no man forget today, that you are from Old Virginia!
George Edward Pickett (January 16, or 25, 1825 – July 30, 1875)

George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pickett
(Dove Lodge 51, Richmond, VA)

Psssst....

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013)

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013)

At the Healthcare.gov Meeting

Great Freemasons: Fred Pabst Jr. (November 3, 1869 - March 1, 1977)

"Fred Pabst Jr. was to skiing what Dr. Spock was to babies."
Gov. Thomas Salmon (Vermont)


Fred Pabst Jr. (November 3, 1869 - March 1, 1977) was the heir to the Pabst fortune, ski enthusiast and creator of several ski resorts.


http://www.newenglandskihistory.com/biographies/pabstfred.php


( Lafayette Lodge 265, Milwaukee)

I Used to Seek the Holy Grail Like You....

Great Freemasons: Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912)

Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was an American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Davis_Millet

Reading the Story of Oenone (painting), The Detroit Institute of Arts, ca. 1883.

An Autumn Idyll

(Kane Lodge 454, NY)