Outlandish Observations: Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

Notable Dates This Month

June 14, 1729 - Lord John Grey is born (BOTB)

June, 1743 - Jamie and Claire are married (OUTLANDER)

June, 1757 - Lord John and Tom Byrd meet for the first time (LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER)

June 23, 1758 - Lord John is wounded in the Battle of Crefeld in a cannon explosion (LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE)

June, 1767 - Jamie gives Claire the medicine box as a 24th anniversary present (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1767 - Stephen Bonnet robs Jamie and Claire, taking Claire's gold wedding ring (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1767 - Claire, Jamie and Ian arrive at River Run for the first time and meet Jocasta Cameron (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1769 - Bree visits Lallybroch and meets her new relatives (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1770 - Roger returns

from the Indians to claim Jemmy as his son (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June 21, 1775 - Claire is taken to trial for the murder of Malva Christie (ABOSAA)

June 2, 1777 - Claire and Jamie arrive at Ticonderoga (ECHO)

June 21-23, 1777 - William gets lost in the Great Dismal and encounters Young Ian (ECHO)

Late June, 1777 - Ian visits Emily and meets Swiftest of Lizards (ECHO)

June 28, 1778 - Claire is shot during the Battle of Monmouth (MOHB)

Early June, 1779 - Rachel gives birth to a baby boy; the MacKenzies return to Fraser's Ridge (MOHB)

June, 1969 - Roger visits Bree in Boston (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June 20, 1971 - Roger goes back to the 18th century to find Brianna (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

I just saw this and had to pass it on. Enjoy!

Why aren't men like Jamie Fraser?

10 comments:

Carolyn Crane said...: Karen, thanks for the shout out! And as an Outlander fan, I can't believe I didn't know about your blog. What a ton of fun! And how great that you got to meet Diana herself. Love the pictures.; September 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Carolyn - nice to see you here! Take the time to look around, there's a LOT of information here.

I'm glad you liked the pictures. :-)

Karen; September 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM
VanillaSeven said...: Who is Jamie Fraser?; September 13, 2010 at 5:54 AM
Karen Henry said...: Vanilla:

He's the hero of Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER series. 6'4", red hair, amazingly good-looking, great in bed <cough>, basically, irresistible to Diana's female readers (and there are a LOT of them!)

There's a graphic novel coming out on Sept. 21 called THE EXILE, in which Jamie has a major role. Check out Diana Gabaldon's blog for pictures.

Karen
Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Karen Henry said...: Oh, and how could I forget....he's an 18th century Scottish Highlander, so he wears a kilt. <g>

Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:01 AM
Deniz Bevan said...: Ha ha! Thanks for pointing us to that Karen! Still trying to think of interesting stuff for my Jamie "essay"...
By the way, award coming at you on Thursday :-); September 13, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Shelly-Lynn said...: I found your blog a few weeks ago and have so enjoyed it! I only recently (this year) found the Outlander series. Now I have read them all and don't know what to do with myself. :)

One of my friends linked this story on Facebook and I couldn't help but think that this man is a modern day Jamie Fraser, sacrificing his life for his wife and unborn child. (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39146785/ns/today-today_people); September 14, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Susan said...: Thanks for passing this on to us. I love your blog; you find and pass on to us so many interesting, educational, and funny things!

Susan (susantjbh at Compuserve); September 14, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Shelly-Lynn:

I heard about that story a couple of days ago, but didn't make that connection. Wow! You are entirely right.

So glad you've been enjoying my blog!

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Karen Henry said...: Susan:

Welcome! It's good to see you over here. :-) Glad you've been enjoying my blog.

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM