h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's been a while. 360 has finally bitten the dust (that's the old holistic health site that went over to Religion and Ethics). Hopefully they're building something good to use instead.

Got a new book deal to celebrate the Christmas season which was lovely. Two books about the historical Jesus and the life of women in Bible times. Terrifying! But what I've wanted to write for years and years.

Traveller in Time on top
"Glad you made the transfer "

Got to remember all the Smileys now!

Just passing through. Bringing some to celebrate.

Welcome back Maggy - it's lovely to have you onsite again. Happy New Year to you.

More books for me to read! What are their titles??? Are they continuations of the Deborah series? It's great that things are going well for you.

ZSF!! Oh Wow How lovely to hear from you.

The third Deborah is finished and will be out in late spring.

How the are you? And how is the sprog - and how is the chap?

Hi Maggy - the sprog is doing fine and I'm really proud of him. I helped found a Toastmasters Club and he comes to every meeting. They've given him a slot doing table topics (short impromptu speeches) and at the last one (the first of this year) he did an evaluation, in the standard format - praise, recommendation, praise - he got a round of applause - how cool is that? The chap is also well. He stayed over Christmas and my parents came too, so they've got to know each other a little better.

What's the title for the third Deborah? Will the fourth one also be a Deborah? How's Astrolion?

That's all good to hear. You never know nowadays!

It's 'Leaves of the Tree.' Nope, no fourth book, being as she dies of old age in Leaves! I'm not about to reincarnate her or get her to rise from the dead. It's already been done

Astrolion is lovely. Just standing by me at the moment looking up files for compiling royalties. He says to tell you he'll get back on here quite soon.

We've been laying out and designing the C. S. Lewis Chronicles in Narnia in Russian for Richard Creasey's Russian company. That man and I definitely have a Karmic link (not that he believes in anything like that!). He's a co-founder of HooToo with Douglas. Complete atheist but one of the most spiritual men I know.

Got a new book contract - about the Historical Jesus - and, right now, am awaiting a phone call from another publisher

Oh - while I remember, is that lovely lady in her 70s with the ill son and the great sense of humour still around. What was her name?

'is that lovely lady in her 70s with the ill son and the great sense of humour still around. What was her name?' - yes, from time to time, Maggy. Her name is Also Ran1 ( U516677 ) and I gather her son has had improved treatment, so is responding better. She herself has made progress too, F1655725?thread=796035&latest=1 as you can see - she's walking with sticks. Woohoo!

Do say 'hi' to Astrolion from me and give him my best wishes.

I remember our conversation about Richard Creasey in the BBC canteen and how he came to choose you for 360. I didn't know that you spoke Russian, or have I misconstrued what you are doing?

The historical Jesus? Is there really any evidence that he actually lived?

... are you at liberty to divulge the subject of the fourth book? It sounds very exciting.

Welcome back Maggy!

Mina

Hya! This is great! Still got the fabulous dreadlocks?

No.

They had to come off, very sadly, in August last year due to an infestation. I've still got them though. The locks, not the nits.

A propos of your work on Jesus, have you seen this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,869273,00.html ?

Oh blimey, what fun! Don't you just love it! As for all this Da Vinci code stuff...

I've just reviewed a new book about Leonardo Da Vinci being a Cathar. It's appallingly badly written but I suppose I'd better check it out, sigh.

Yes there is evidence if not 'proof' that someone called Jesus was crucified in the year 30AD. .

"Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, for he was a doer of wonders, He drew many after him When Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion, and that he was alive. Accordingly they believed that he was the Messiah, concerning whom the Prophets have recounted wonders."(Josephus Antiquities 18:63-64)written about the year 90AD.

In case it was a serious question!

Shame about the hair Mina! I had those at college. Little B******s. Took weeks to get rid of them

It's not the first time I've had them, and I doubt it will be the last. It was the only time I couldn't comb them out though. Once the locks had gone, the little buggers went quite quickly, but of course the hair was so short they couldn't hide.

I do sympathise, Mina. My mum (who has naturally frizzy hair) had them after a visit from us a couple of Christmases ago. She got them from little , who had had a couple, but nothing serious. She was being driven out of her mind with itching and had no idea what it was - bear in mind she was 80. With that type of hair, it was very difficult to comb them out, so she had a dreadful time of it. On subsequent visits, I had to testify that he was nit-free and to bring a nit comb with me and check him regularly. She got rather paranoid about it, poor thing.

It's easy to be paranoid - every time I visit my brother, I end up staying away from my niece, which seems really cruel, but I can't help it. Her mother is very lazy...

I didn't realise what had hit me for a long time...and I'm STILL paranoid if I get an itchy scalp.

Come to think of it, it's itching a bit now. AAAAAGH. But I expect that's just thinking about it.