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| | The poop deck of Cap'n Beatrice Keelhaul's trusty vessel: the "Lucky Star" | |
Who is Beatrice?
"Shakespeare's Beatrice was born under a dancing star, and she's the brightest of her bunch because she has the impulse to be merry, even though, being so brilliant, she will see the world as it is and it will make her sad. Meanwhile she will correctly judge any man proud of his own gloom to be a crashing bore." It is also the name of a royal princess, Granpa Simpson's love interest, and Stephen Fry's rather mad sister in Kingdom. I use it (with the surname Cofollin) to communicate with the blessed Terry Wogan, and it's also my name on dog forums, the Douglas Adams Continuum etc. A long time ago I was known as Lucky Star, and some people still call me that.
Solo Guide entries I think my solo entries give an insight into me and my life. There's the ones about places I know and love: County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
I'm really proud of that one - not just cos it got a picture blob on the Front Page, but also cos it is my home town. While Lisburn is where I used to live, along with The Weimaraner Dog my gorgeous dog, Max (that's him in the blob). Using the Motorway Network of Northern Ireland to get around the place, you can find Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland, the delightful village where I used to live. Before that I spent many happy years running Europe from my base in Luxembourg shopping at Auchan Supermarket - the World's Greatest?and indulging in my passion for bridges like The Bridges of Luxembourg.
There's ones about some great places I've visited, like Dahab, Egypt and Trier: a small town in Germany, and who could forget Duinrell, the Netherlands. And I was thrilled to bits when my description of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in China was voted Entry of the Month in January 2010.
Then there's the ones about my interest in motorbikes:
Passing your motorbike test in the UK,
How to ride pillion safely and one on the fabulously exciting road race that is the North West 200.
and other things I think are really cool, such as
Appearing on a TV Quiz Show,
The Crocs Phenomenon and Kilts: How to wear them and Wetwipes.
There's a set to do with Eurovision:
Nul Points which has another great blob - of the legendary Jahn Tiegen. Eurovision of course gave us Riverdance, and it just won't be the same without dear dear Terry - Wake up to Wogan and TOGs.
I wrote entries about my favourite books, telly and music:
'Final Straw' - the album by Snow Patrol
Size Matters - the novels of Nicholson Baker
The Osbournes - the MTV show
And ones that arose out of The Stretcher, like The Shellsuit, People you REALLY need to be nice to in the office, How to survive a Karaoke evening, Down's Syndrome, and Bobby Sands MP. The Stretcher also got me writing more fiction, and in The Underguide I now have Truth at First Light, and I am a Camera. Collaborative Guide Entires and I helped write these ones - How to avoid people you don't like
The football career of Maradonna
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The Key to getting a balanced diet
How to Practise Music
The Years of Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire' - 1953
The Years of Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire' - 1955
The needs of pregnant women
Relaxation techniques
Great Film Locations
Citybreaks
Mobile phone ringtones
Great Fairs and Theme Parks of Europe
Great Fairs and Theme Parks of Great Britain
Tips on buying a house
Stuff I am working on I still write the odd Guide Entry, but I'm really interested in audio-visual items, and I am working on a few pieces with the AViators group. Other stuff I have done You can sometimes find my amusing musings in The Post: if you want an insight into the world of dance, then read Murder on the Dancefloor. Witty, eh? Or you might like to try my travelogues from a pillion's position, Rear View. You can find out about life with a very bouncy puppy in Take it to the Max! And of course I'm a member of the Mostly Harmless Motorbike Club, so I'm sometimes found hanging around the MHMC clubhouse. I'm proud to be an Assistant Editor at The Post, which means I get to shout at myself if my columns are late, so saving time all round really. Or if you're lucky, you may even get to read some of my poetry. Although it has won prizes for its Vogonity, so be warned! If you're very good, I might let you appear in one of my charity nude calendars... Quotes of the Day/ Week One day I was actually bored enough to compile this list... 12 April 2010: QOTW:How DO you suck an egg? 14 December 2009: QOTW:Knock knock. Who's there? Jedward. Jedward who? That's showbiz. 6 August 2009 :
QOTD: Why on a clock face using Roman numerals is the number 4 written as IIII rather than IV?
5 August 2009 :
QOTD: I'm still trying to find an effective indicator of "stop talking now!" to end the long and one-sided calls from my mother
18 June 2009:
QOTD: We r on r way. Cld u get some cabbages and if so cd u bring 6?
15 June 2009 :
QOTD: What would the Earth look like inside out?
5 May 2009 :
QOTD: But then, he got a scholarship to Sandhurst, in case you didn't know, …
3 April 2009:
QOTD: We need to invent whatever it is that yer woman in the red shoes is wearing to enable her to sashay gracefully in high heels. … What else needs inventing?
25 September 2008:
QOTD: You need to be listening to some Bach, young man, to move your soul
1 April 08 :
QOTD: But what happened to the boys? Danny and whatshisface?
13 March 2008 :
QOTD: Has anyone done an anlysis of the incidence of Croc-owners graphed against Coldplay-album-owners?
1 February 2008:
QOTD: "Are you trying to be pedantic or is it just the natural exuberance of your verbosity?"
4 December 2007:
QOTD: Looks like I'm cooking goose for...oh, some big dinner type celebration in a few weeks time. … What's good with goose?
7 June 2007 :
QOTD: So who is it can walk 4 miles in an hour - a giant in 7 league boots out for a brisk stroll? Downhill, with a following wind?
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| Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button. Your face is familiar...
Apr 5, 2013
I was at a Scottish dancing dinner do last night, and was chatting to a lady across the table from me. Her face looked vaguely familiar, but I hadn't seen her at the classes much.
She revealed that she'd played the part of Mrs Sands in Hunger. And a quick google revealed where I REALLY knew her from - she was the famous Miss Helen off of Romper Room, a kids tv programme I absolutely loved when I was wee. And I'd met her before when I was a nipper, presented her with a bunch of flowers at some event.
Small world, eh.
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Mar 30, 2013
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Anybody been? Any tips or suggestions?
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Mar 14, 2013
Primarily the Norn Irn crew, but you never know.
Anyone want to join me at a St Patricks Ceili on Monday 18th, 7.30pm St Johns, Castlereagh Rd?
5:2 fasting
Jan 22, 2013
There was a Horizon documentary on thsi last year, and then a Sunday Times article about it in January. So I've decided to try it out for a month or 2.
The premise is really simple - for 2 non-consecutive days a week, you eat about 25% of your normal calorie intake (so that's roughly 500 for women, 600 for men). The other 5 days you eat what you like. While not primarily for weight loss, that's a common result. Hugh Fearnely Whittingstall has just revealed that he's trying this too, as a post-Christmas regime.
There's something very reassuring about the fact that for 5 days a week you can eat (and drink) what you like. I've always said I could do anything as long as I didn't have to do it every day - one day's suffering is bearable.
The measl aren't so bad with a bit of proper planning. I'm a grazer by nature, and do not cope well without breakfast, so for me it's better to have 3 small meals and a couple fo snacks, whereas others prefer to have all their calorie allotment in one meal.
I've just done Day 2: For breakfast I had half a banana mashed with a whisked egg white and some cinnamon, nuked to make a sort of pancake, with a handful of berries. Morning snack was 2 crackerbreads with a laughing cow light, lunch was a 50 calorie cupasoup and a cottage cheese salad, afternoon nibbles were celery sticks and radishes, and dinner was a slice of pastrami with stir-fried courgettes, mushroom and spinach. I must admit I was a bit hungry in the evening, so I did nibble on a dry cracker, while dreaming about what I was going to make for breakfast the next day....
Bea's NaNoJoMo
Nov 1, 2012
30 days hath November -
I shall count them all
As I try to make it through
With no alcohol
And to max the benefit
I shall exercise
Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30
To tone my arms and thighs
And to keep my brain in fettle
I shall write in verse
Will I reach December feeling
Better or much worse?
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