Posted: 30^th April 2009

A Number of Announcements

There has been great deal of joy around the site over the last couple of weeks, and no small amount of sadness, too. For these reasons, good and bad, this Editorial will pretty much write itself, and I'm not going to talk about this issue itself very much at all.

I'm deeply saddened to report, for those of you who haven't heard, that Researcher pheloxi died on Sunday, 19th April. It's at times like this that one realises that h2g2 isn't really bigger than any of us; that behind each of these screen names is a person with a family and friends and all the love that entails. It is perhaps something worth remembering when things get a little fractious on-site; pheloxi himself was certainly someone who knew the value of the . He will be sadly missed but fondly remembered, as you will see reading a few of the articles this week, and we've put together a special Memorial Wall (in 'Features' below) for you to add your memories to if you so wish. It's a fitting way to remember someone who was very special to many of us.

You may remember that I reported back in February that Amy Pawloski gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, Kenna Grace, on the 16th. Well, Amy has kindly stopped watching her gurgle for long enough to write an article for us about the event, so I'm delighted to be able to report the news again. Congratulations once again to you and Tom, Amy!

There's also a wedding in the air, as Z and Ben have decided to tie the knot up in Orkney in the summer. About blinkin' time, I say. Congratulations to you both; you were two of the people I really looked up to when I joined the site, and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say I hope you spend many happy years together.

And, as you may have noticed, on Tuesday it was the tenth anniversary of h2g2's creation (yes, I know, it's more correct to call it a birthday, but if I say 'anniversary' I have the full set). To celebrate, the Community Artists, led by the indefatigable Malabarista, have released a new set of smileys. They look fantastic¹, so well done to all concerned. The Eds also gave us some news in a h2g2 is Ten! announcement and asked for your thoughts in a Talking Point. And we were also the main feature on the BBC Homepage, for a while at least.

It's been quite a week all round.

There's just time to tell that in this issue, B'Elana has been working very hard with 2legs to create a wonderful song, which you can hear on the Aviators website (linked from the '...Moritat?' article below), benjaminpmoore is looking for volunteers to help out with the next part of 'Whatever Next?', and the Stretcher contestants really need your votes to help them stay in the competition.

Take care of yourselves. The next deadline is Sunday 10^th May, which coincidentally is a birthday shared by me, Psychocandy, Sid Vicious, Maureen Lipman, Bono and John Wilkes Booth. Until then, enjoy this issue of The Post!

Skankyrich

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  A What? A Moritat?
  


B'Elana's superb song, complete with audio!

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  Bertie and the Beast
  


Don'tcha know we're riding on the Caledonian Express

Chapter 8, Part 4

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Happy Burpday To Ya!' by lil

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Birth of a River', by Tibley Bobley

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  Kitchen Wars v4 - Armageddon Series 2
  


Will the war ever end?

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  The Lunch Break
  


A slightly saner culinary tale from dmitri

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  Whatever Next - The Previous Generation...
  


benjaminpmoore needs you again!

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  The Acrostic Poetry Challenge
  


How did they get on with 'Mourning'?

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Smile: A Poem Inspired by pheloxi', by Vicki Virago

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  Platypus Dancing
  


Meanwhile, on the forefront of a rearguard action...

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  Gheorgheniplex
  


Excedrin

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  Anarchy Gordon
  


The welcome return of our fab webcomic

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  Happy Birthday to the 10-Year-Old!
  


Birthday Wishes from The Post - on to another ten years of Magic and Mayhem!

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  Take It To The Max
  


Max is back, but is he up to his old tricks?

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  Escape Pod Dreams
  


The Girl's Mustache Issue

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  Babe Among The Stars
  


'Ten Reasons Why The Earth Might Be Destroyed'. Scary.

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  Absolutely Plumb
  


The Cavaliers' new season gets under way!

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  Random Ramblings
  


A fond farewell

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  Smudger Snippets
  


New work on an old vessel, and a heart-warming trip down memory gang-plank

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  Notes From Around the Sundial
  


The glue that holds hootoo

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  Websailor's Wacky Wildlife World
  


A flash of gold on the bird-table

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  The Opti Interview
  


Opti talks to the UnderGuide's dmitrigheorgheni

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  Toubab Travels
  


Rich meets up with some old acquaintances

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  Miami Half Marathon
  


Leo continues her story

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  My London Marathon Experience
  


The Invisible Knight takes part in the marathon

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  Notepad's Grand Arrival
  


Congratulations to Amy and the family!

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  The Stretcher
  


The competition continues...

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  The Post Meet Report
  


Coming to you from Birmingham

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  Yes And No
  


Pinniped's looking for a little zip

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  Pheloxi's Memorial Wall
  


In memory of a sadly-missed Researcher

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  A Caravan Tour of the United States
  


The final part, as Phred returns home

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  Announcements
  


Meets, sites, events etc

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  The Language Thing
  


Translations and Help

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  Classified Ads
  


Advertise your club here

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  The Post Page of Links
  


Links to all places h2g2 related