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Karaoke ?? Lord not me!

never ... sung aloud in public and certainly never would I put my voice to a microphone.

I put it entirely down to modern electronics. Considering I used to be in the choir, the fact that I now sound like the late Johnny Rotten (when he was alive obviously) is caused by poor quality amplification. I rest my case..

Sylvia,

Yep, in another life I used to sing in bands.  8)  

Jordan, who's glad that life is over...

Do you ever do karaoke ? Now that takes courage IMHO.. I always figured i'd be really good at that until we borrowed a karaoke machine for an evening :cry: The sound you hear in your head never quite matches what comes out of the speakers eh ? :D

I hear the name and forget it instantly.  #-o  Or sometimes, I remember the name, but I'm afraid to say it aloud in case I mixed it up with someone else's.

It's a real problem for me in business meetings - mind you I've seen a few people with an array of business cards before them so I guess it's not just me.. I never forget a face though ! :elephant:

1.) You're a TV or Movie character. Who are you and why?

Count Dracula - he has such style (and a great wardrobe)

2.) Favorite Villian.

Count Dracula - he has such style.

3.) Trapped with your favorite hottie. Who is he or she?

Charleze Theron *sigh*

4.) Favorite All-Time Book and why.

The Black Tulip.. it's a reminder of Man's fallibility ..

5.) What is your favorite school subject and your least favorite?

Favorite: English Literature - I love good literature. Least: Maths - I used to get everything wrong !

6.) What embarasses you the most?

Forgetting peoples' names moments after I've been introduced ! :oops:

7.) Do you have any nicknames and what are they?

Hey, this a family 'board right ? :oops: :oops:

I don't know much about history.  Any countries history.  lol

But I've been to Scotland and Ireland...I've seen historical spots. And love reading the fact and stuff when I'm there.  I just don't seem to retain any of it.

Scotland and Ireland are beautiful. I went to Scotland a few times when I was in my early teens and was struck by the place even then - probably at an age when it wasn't "the thing" to be impressed by that sort of thing..

Ireland was always a "closed book" to me until I went there on business recently. Have to admit that (typical me) I had preconceived ideas about the place, but after a couple of days travelling around the North you could start to see where the history fitted in, and the terrible hardships that poor people must have suffered. God knows how they found time for any romance.. it must have taken all their time just getting by day to day. Ironically for me I thought the North was more beautiful than the South, but the two are just so very different, probably because the South has had so much money injected in sice they joined the EU, but the North still has much the same attitudes (and dare i say, many of the same prejudices) that it had over 100 years ago.

There are some places that just speak to you in certain ways - if there's a powerful history, even more so.. I definitely don't get the same feeling in England.. even though there are some places steeped in history.

Oh well! Just means I'll have to g back again someday as well.    

Great.. maybe you could meet up with Sylvia on the way !

Hi Peter!

Nice to meet you, glad you joined us! Did you find the board through my blog RSS?

Not directly, I found it through blogwise.com's latest additions page. I have to admit that knowing quite a few booktrade people I was curious to find out what would be in an author's blog I'm looking forward to exploring...

I just have an old-fashioned e-bookman, but I love it! I buy e-books all the time.  

Hmm.. earlier adopter eh ? I always wanted to *ahem* evaluate one of the first generation of e-books but the company would never agree

I love the convenience and the no waiting!  

(Anyone who knows me will tell you I have no patience whatsoever!)

Same here - my father (with endless patience and then some) can't believe we're related sometimes..

I see you're in the UK. Lucky. I hope to visit someday soon.

Quickly ! You must do it before we lose any more of our heritage .. and look me up when you come over..

I know more about English history than I do American (and we have so much less!   )

You wouldn't believe how little I know about English history !

'Bye for now !

Hey Peter!

Another book geek is always welcome.  I too carry that title, rather proudly!

I must admit, I do like some old books as well though.. I found one called "The Coming Race" dated 1871 in a yard sale the other day.. years ahead of it's time and I got the sneaking suspicion that HG Wells might have read it too...

I admit to only having a few ebooks, but I'm spoilt living in a big city with tons of bookstores I can hang out in for hours on end!!

Ha ! So you think you can make me jealous eh ? *sigh* ok, I am .. So, if I want a good bookshop I go up to London where there are quite a few. Problem is that getting the inevitable book mountain back home on the train is a big problem ! E-books OTOH are very light indeed !

Catch you later !

:D Hello everybody,

Just a quick introduction.. I live in a small market town in Alton, Hampshire UK. We have 2 bookshops and 28 pubs.

I have been in the book trade for nearly 20 years although it's always been in IT. However I have been in a LOT of bookshops.. I have always loved literature of all types, although I very rarely get chance to curl up with a book - good or otherwise.

My favourite book so far is "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" by Thomas De Quincey, and I am about to start reading "The Diaries of Victor Klemperer". Lynne Truss' "Eats, shoots and leaves" made me laugh over Christmas.. Hmmm .. hope I got that apostrophe right

As an acknowledged geek I have to say that the PDA has been the biggest advance in books in quite a while. It means I can not only carry around a bunch of blogs to read on the train to and from work, but also a (bigger) bunch of novels. I'm hoping that authors will seize the opportunity and persuade their publishers to publish more in this format. Go for it !

I also have a blog 8)

Bye for now ..

(or should that be 'Bye for now )