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		<title>Moi j&#8217;aime le music hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve done one of these, but I really don&#8217;t feel like posting anything else at the moment. Rules: 1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle. 2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer, hit skip if you get the same artist. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve done one of these, but I really don&#8217;t feel like posting anything else at the moment.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Rules:</strong>
  1. Put your iPod, iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
  2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer, hit skip if you get the same artist.
  3. <strong>You must write down that song name, no matter how silly it sounds</strong>.
  4. Have fun!</p>
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<p><strong>If someone asks if you&#8217;re OK, you say&#8230;</strong>
&#8220;We&#8217;re in the Money&#8221; by the Original Broadway Cast of <em>42nd Street</em></p>

<p><strong>How would you describe yourself?</strong>
&#8220;Sugar and Spice&#8221; by the Searchers</p>

<p><strong>What do you look for in a girl?</strong>
&#8220;Brown Eyed Girl&#8221; by Everclear</p>

<p><strong>How do you feel today?</strong>
&#8220;Hurt&#8221; by Johnny Cash</p>

<p><strong>What is your life&#8217;s purpose?</strong>
&#8220;Purpose&#8221; by the Original Broadway Cast of <em>Avenue Q</em>
(Seriously, this is what came up. I think iTunes is slowly turning into HAL&#8230;)</p>

<p><strong>What&#8217;s your motto?</strong>
&#8220;Walk Like an Egyptian&#8221; by the Bangles</p>

<p><strong>What do your friends think of you?</strong>
&#8220;Crazy&#8221; by Aerosmith</p>

<p><strong>What do your parents think of you?</strong>
&#8220;Wonderful&#8221; by the Original Broadway Cast of <em>Wicked</em></p>

<p><strong>What do you think about very often?</strong>
&#8220;Little Moments&#8221; by Brad Paisley</p>

<p><strong>What do you think about your first kiss?</strong>
&#8220;La Belle et le Bad Boy&#8221; by MC Solaar</p>

<p><strong>What do you think of your best friend?</strong>
&#8220;Rolling Stock&#8221; by the Original London Cast of <em>Starlight Express</em></p>

<p><strong>What is your life story?</strong>
&#8220;Crippled Inside&#8221; by Widespread Panic</p>

<p><strong>What do you want to be when you grow up?</strong>
&#8220;I Wish I Was James Bond&#8221; by Scouting for Girls</p>

<p><strong>What do you think when you see the person you like?</strong>
&#8220;You Raise Me Up&#8221; by Josh Groban</p>

<p><strong>What will you dance to at your wedding?</strong>
&#8220;Megamix&#8221; by the 1991 London Palladium Cast of <em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</em>
Seriously.</p>

<p><strong>What will they play at your funeral?</strong>
&#8220;Raiders March&#8221; by John Williams</p>

<p><strong>What is your hobby/interest?</strong>
&#8220;100,000,000,000 Green Bottles&#8221; by Max Boyce</p>

<p><strong>What is your biggest fear?</strong>
&#8220;If I Can&#8217;t Love Her (from <em>Beauty and the Beast</em>)&#8221; by John Barrowman</p>

<p><strong>What is your biggest secret?</strong>
&#8220;(I&#8217;m Spending) Hannukah in Santa Monica&#8221; by Tom Lehrer</p>

<p><strong>What do you want right now?</strong>
&#8220;The Perfect Nanny&#8221; by the Original London Cast of <em>Mary Poppins</em></p>

<p><strong>What do you think of your friends?</strong>
&#8220;Fat Bottomed Girls&#8221; by Queen</p>

<p><strong>What title will you give this post?</strong>
&#8220;Moi j&#8217;aime le music hall&#8221; by Charles Trenet</p>
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		<title>Al-Kitaab</title>
		<link>http://www.dafy.dj/2006/08/al-kitaab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dafyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tagged by Rob: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions. Don&#8217;t you dare dig for that &#8220;cool&#8221; or &#8220;intellectual&#8221; book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tagged by <a href="http://drytherain.co.uk/2006/08/01/a-little-light-reading/">Rob</a>:</p>

<ol>
<li>Grab the nearest book.</li>
<li>Open the book to page 123.</li>
<li>Find the fifth sentence.</li>
<li>Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t you dare dig for that &#8220;cool&#8221; or &#8220;intellectual&#8221; book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.</li>
<li>Tag three people.</li>
</ol>

<p>Here we go, then &#8211; from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&amp;path=ASIN/1589010965&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21">this terribly exciting tome</a>:</p>

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  <p>When it occurs at the beginning of a sentence, <span style="font-family: Arabic Transparent, Arabic Traditional, Arabic; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size: 130%;">&#1573;&#65253;&#65148;</span> marks the following noun as the topic of
  the sentence. <span style="font-family: Arabic Transparent, Arabic Traditional, Arabic; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size: 130%;">&#1573;&#65253;&#65148;</span> occurs frequently in expository texts (and less often in narrative ones) because the topic or topics under discussion (rather than actions or events) are the focus of the text.</p>
  
  <p>Gramatically, <span style="font-family: Arabic Transparent, Arial, Arabic; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size: 130%;">&#1573;&#65253;&#65148;</span> belongs to a group of articles called
  <span style="font-family: Arabic Transparent, Arabic Traditional, Arabic; direction: rtl; unicode-bidi:embed; font-size: 130%;">&#1573;&#65253;&#65148; &#1608; &#1571;&#65192;&#1608;&#65165;&#65176;&#65260;&#65166;</span>.</p>
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<p>You asked!</p>

<p>Anyhoo &#8211; next to be tagged: <a href="http://david.dafyd.me.uk">David</a>, <a href="http://site.freestyling.me.uk">Tom</a> and, umm, someone else. Anyone? Post in the comments, if you feel like it.</p>

<p>And for this post, I learned a new skill: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/dev/Mideast.mspx">bi-directional, bi-lingual, multi-character-set HTML coding</a>. Fun.</p>
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		<title>Meme time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 21:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not done one for a while, so here&#8217;s a new meme, found via Neil Turner. It&#8217;s a bit long, so I&#8217;ve stuck it in the extended entry. What curse word do you use the most? Bummer. I tend not to swear huge amounts, though&#8230; certainly not in public. Do you own an iPod? I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve not done one for a while, so here&#8217;s a new meme, found via <a href="http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2006/May/24/memelicious.html#more">Neil Turner</a>.</p>

<p>It&#8217;s a bit long, so I&#8217;ve stuck it in the <a href="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/archives/2006/05/meme_time.php">extended entry</a>.</p>

<p><span id="more-370"></span></p>

<ol>
<li><strong>What curse word do you use the most?</strong> Bummer. I tend not to swear huge amounts, though&#8230; certainly not in public.</li>
<li><strong>Do you own an iPod?</strong> I do indeed &#8211; a gorgeous 60GB iPod 5G with Video. Tis very, very nice.</li>
<li><strong>What time is your alarm clock set for?</strong> This morning, 6 o&#8217;clock. I had an exam at 9.30, meant I had to leave at 8 o&#8217;clock&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>What color is your room?</strong> Here in Durham, it&#8217;s a creamy off-white. At home, it&#8217;s blue.</li>
<li><strong>Flip flops or sneakers?</strong> Sneaker-y trainer-y shoes. I&#8217;m really picky about shoes &#8211; they have to be really, really comfortable.</li>
<li><strong>Would you rather take the picture or be in the picture?</strong> Taking it. I have no pictures of me from the last three years for that very reason. Anyone else got one of me?</li>
<li><strong>What was the last movie you watched?</strong> <i>10 Things I Hate About You</i> &#8211; playing in the background while revising. The last DVD I properly watched was probably <i>Garden State</i>, and the last thing I went to the cinema to see was the <i>Da Vinci Code</i>.</li>
<li><strong>Do any of your friends have children?</strong> Friends my age? Not that I know of. Older friends? Yep.</li>
<li><strong>Has anyone ever called you lazy?</strong> Yes. But not often. I usually manage to give the impression that I work hard. Fluke of nature, I suppose.</li>
<li><strong>Do you ever take medication to help you fall asleep faster?</strong> Not sleeping medication. I have taken medicine that sends me to sleep faster, but I didn&#8217;t take it <b>to</b> fall asleep.</li>
<li><strong>What <acronym title="Compact Disc">CD</acronym> is currently in your <acronym title="Compact Disc">CD</acronym> player?</strong> No CD in my CD player. In fact, I can&#8217;t think what the last CD I bought / listened to was. Last album played properly was, glancing at iTunes, Laura Michelle Kelly&#8217;s <i>The Storm Inside</i>.</li>
<li><strong>Do you prefer regular or chocolate milk?</strong> Normal milk. But I do love chocolate milk as a treat from time to time.</li>
<li><strong>Has anyone told you a secret this week?</strong> Yes. I can&#8217;t repeat it. Don&#8217;t ask me to. You can&#8217;t force it out of me.</li>
<li><strong>Who was the last person to call you?</strong> Someone from Lloyds TSB ringing about my Premium Account. Except they were actually looking for Mr Anthony Jones Snr. Don&#8217;t know how they got my number. Last person to ring me properly &#8211; Caroline, the UC team captain.</li>
<li><strong>Do you think people talk about you behind your back?</strong> I always think so, but I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m actually interesting enough&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Did you watch cartoons as a child?</strong> Naturally. I had a <i>Fireman Sam</i> birthday party, I believe. Although that might have been my brother.</li>
<li><strong>How many siblings do you have?</strong> One.</li>
<li><strong>Are you shy around the opposite sex?</strong> Not really. I&#8217;m certainly not over-confident, but I&#8217;m not really shy. Going to a boys&#8217; school didn&#8217;t necessarily help that, though.</li>
<li><strong>What movie do you know every line to?</strong> Embarassingly, <i>Armageddon</i>. And at least two Harry Potters.</li>
<li><strong>Do you own any band t-shirts?</strong> &#8216;Fraid not.</li>
<li><strong>What is your favorite salad dressing?</strong> Caesar, all the way. I love how the croutons add a little crunchy excitement&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Do you read for fun?</strong> Yes. But not as much as I used to. I&#8217;m currently still struggling through Ian McEwan&#8217;s <i>Saturday</i>.</li>
<li><strong>Do you cry a lot?</strong> Not a lot. But I do from time to time. It&#8217;s therapeutic.</li>
<li><strong>Who was the last person to text message you?</strong> Jonny Scott. About the <a href="http://www.castletheatre.co.uk">Castle Theatre Company</a> website. Check it out &#8211; it&#8217;s sparkly beautiful.</li>
<li><strong>Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?</strong> Both. Mind you, the laptop isn&#8217;t necessarily very portable. But it is awesome!</li>
<li><strong>Are you currently wanting any piercings or tattoo?</strong> Not at all.</li>
<li><strong>What is the weather like?</strong> It looks quite sunny out, but it has been drizzling and windy all day.</li>
<li><strong>Would you ever date someone covered in tattoos?</strong> I&#8217;ve never really thought about it. I guess it depends on the person&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Is sex before marriage wrong?</strong> Not necessarily. It&#8217;s entirely a personal opinion, I think.</li>
<li><strong>When was the last time you slept on the floor?</strong> I really can&#8217;t remember.</li>
<li><strong>How many hours of sleep do you need to function?</strong> As many as possible. That said, I seem to be fairly permanently tired recently.</li>
<li><strong>Are you in love or lust?</strong> Not at the moment.</li>
<li><strong>Are your days full and fast-paced?</strong> Not normally. Sometimes I like it busy, but I tend to prefer to take things as they come, slowly&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Do you pay attention to calories on the back of packages?</strong> Hah!</li>
<li><strong>How old will you be turning on your next birthday?</strong> 20. Wow. Not for a few months yet, though. Everyone forgot about my Official Birthday in April&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Are you picky about spelling and grammar?</strong> God yes. Anally so. Don&#8217;t leave hanging prepositions around me. And make sure you know how to use apostrophes.</li>
<li><strong>Have you ever been to Six Flags?</strong> I have indeed. <i>La Ronde</i>, in Montreal. And I hope to go to a couple more next year when (if) I&#8217;m back in North America.</li>
<li><strong>Do you get along better with the same or opposite sex?</strong> The same, generally, but it doesn&#8217;t tend to matter.</li>
<li><strong>Do you like Cottage Cheese?</strong> Yes, but not too much. It&#8217;s nice from time to time, in moderation.</li>
<li><strong>Do you sleep on your side, tummy, or back?</strong> My side, I think. But, surprise, surprise, I&#8217;m not entirely sure.</li>
<li><strong>Have you ever bid for something on eBay?</strong> A few things. Can&#8217;t think what, though, off the top of my head. Oh yes I can &#8211; a floppy drive adapter thingy for my father who, it turns out, can&#8217;t use a computer. Or something. I can&#8217;t remember why it was me bidding and not him.</li>
<li><strong>Do you enjoy giving hugs?</strong> I do, actually, although it can sometimes be quite uncomfortable.  Doesn&#8217;t necessarily happen as much as I like, either.</li>
<li><strong>What song did you last sing out loud?</strong> Heh, <i>The Wombling Song</i> by, you guessed it, the Wombles. I remember learning the words in primary school, and then I saw it on iTunes a couple of weeks ago&#8230; Oh, thinking about it, the last song I sang out loud was probably actually <i>Walking on Sunshine</i> by Katrina and the Waves. Don&#8217;t ask</li>
<li><strong>What is your favorite <acronym title="Television">TV</acronym> show?</strong> Give you <a href="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/archives/2006/05/whats_next.php">one guess</a>. I&#8217;m gonna have to find a new one, though&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>Which celebrity dead or alive would you want to have lunch with?</strong> Honestly, I don&#8217;t know. I hate these sort of questions. Someone like Arthur Conan Doyle would be pretty fascinating, though, I guess. Not just &#8216;cos of his books.</li>
<li><strong>Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?</strong> Straight before my French oral a week ago last Friday. Not as bad as before Arabic, though &#8211; which pretty much reflects how they went.</li>
<li><strong>What one thing do you wish you had?</strong> Honestly? Considerably less weight. Must work on that.</li>
<li><strong>Favourite lyrics?</strong> I love <i>I Don&#8217;t Like Mondays</i>, but also <i>Magic Works</i> from the <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</i> soundtrack.</li>
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		<title>Fancy that</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spotted this meme over at Neil&#8217;s blog&#8230; You Are 19 Years Old Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view &#8211; and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spotted <a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/">this meme</a> over at <a href="http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2005/Nov/29/what_age_do_you_act.html">Neil&#8217;s blog</a>&#8230;</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
  You Are 19 Years Old
  </span></p>
  
  <p><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/cake.jpg" height="100" width="100" alt="cake" /></p>
  
  <p>Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view &#8211; and you look at the world with awe.<br />
  13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.<br />
  20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what&#8217;s to come&#8230; love, work, and new experiences.<br />
  30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You&#8217;ve had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!<br />
  40+: You are a mature adult. You&#8217;ve been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/">What Age Do You Act?</a></p>
</blockquote>

<p>You know, I&#8217;d never have guessed&#8230;!</p>
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		<title>The Music Baton</title>
		<link>http://www.dafy.dj/2005/06/the-music-baton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Jeremy for passing this one. Total volume of music files on my computer: In iTunes, 14.3 gig. Elsewhere, about another 5 gig. The last CD I bought was: I am Kloot &#8211; Gods and Monsters. Unless you count the ones I &#8220;borrowed&#8221; from other people on the uni network. Technically I downloaded it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="Music doodle thingy" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/drewmusic.gif" width="231" height="191" class="right" />
Thanks to <a href="http://www.worldofsoil.co.uk/blogger/diary.htm" target="_blank">Jeremy</a> for passing this one.</p>

<p><strong>
Total volume of music files on my computer:</strong></p>

<p>In <a href="http://www.apple.com/uk/itunes" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, 14.3 gig. Elsewhere, about another 5 gig.</p>

<p><strong>The last CD I bought was:</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B0007SK9OW&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank">I am Kloot &#8211; <em>Gods and Monsters</em></a>. Unless you count the ones I &#8220;borrowed&#8221; from other people on the uni network. Technically I downloaded it from iTunes, but it counts. The last proper CD was probably the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B00000742S&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank">soundtrack to Starlight Express</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Song playing right now:</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B00004WGCM&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>AM Radio</em> by Everclear</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B000026E3M&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>New York Minute</em> by Don Henley and the Eagles</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B0002VJT4U&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>Hallelujah</em> by Jeff Buckley</a> (not the poppy Rufus Wainwright cover).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B00005NKYQ&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>I Don&#8217;t Like Mondays</em> by Tori Amos</a> &#8211; &#8216;cos I don&#8217;t.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B00004VRKC&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>Ne Me Quitte Pas</em> by the one and only Jacques Brel</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B00005QZF6&amp;link_code=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;tag=dafydmeuk-21&amp;creative=6738" target="_blank"><em>Flying for Me</em> by John Denver</a>.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Five people to whom I&#8217;m passing the musical baton:</strong></p>

<p>Hmm, five people with blogs who haven&#8217;t already been passed the baton&#8230;</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://david.dafyd.me.uk/" target="_blank">David</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.freestyling.me.uk/" target="_blank">Tom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rainbowtears.com/" target="_blank">Claire</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ifoundbob.com/" target="_blank">Bob</a> (but he&#8217;s very busy at the moment)</li>
<li>Anyone else? You can answer in the <a href="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/archives/2005/06/the_music_baton.php#comments">comments</a> here, if you don&#8217;t have your own blog.</li>
</ul>

<p>(Incidentally, the <a href="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/100102/the-blaring-music.gif" target="_blank">doodle is by Drew</a>. Cheers, <a href="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/" target="_blank">Drew</a>)</p>
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		<title>The Interview Meme</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob has set me questions&#8230; 1. You&#8217;re a linguist right? Right. Which words, in whichever language, do you most like to say / hate to say? French is a beautiful language to speak &#8211; everything sounds like honey (unless, of course, you speak French like the Reverend Knifton &#8211; but that&#8217;s another story). Absolutely my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://media.portland.indymedia.org/images/2003/02/244020.jpg" alt="Paxman intervies Blair" class="right" /><a href="http://www.xset.co.uk" target="_blank">Rob</a> has <a href="http://xset.co.uk/?p=301" target="_blank">set me questions</a>&#8230;</p>

<p><strong>1. You&#8217;re a linguist right?</strong></p>

<p>Right.</p>

<p><strong>Which words, in whichever language, do you most like to say / hate to say?</strong></p>

<p>French is a beautiful language to speak &#8211; everything sounds like honey (unless, of course, you speak French like the Reverend Knifton &#8211; but that&#8217;s another story). Absolutely my favourite French word &#8211; and there are a lot to choose from &#8211; would have to be something with a lot of &#8216;r&#8217;s &#8211; especially know I&#8217;ve managed to get them rrrrolling. But thinking about it, I really like the phrase &#8220;<em>c&#8217;est tout ce que j&#8217;aime</em>&#8220;. It looks ridiculously clunky when writen, but when spoken (properly), it sounds wonderful. And it fits <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/release/140398" target="_blank">Justin&#8217;s song</a>.</p>

<p>Languages that I don&#8217;t like speaking &#8211; has to be German, I&#8217;m afraid, although there are plenty of really ugly Arabic phrases that we&#8217;ve been learning. I love the fact that German can make anything sound harsh &#8211; phrases like &#8220;<em>meine Meinung nach</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>Umweltfiendlich</em>&#8221; are left over from my GCSEs, and just sound ucky&#8230;</p>

<p><strong>2. Do you have any hidden skills (ability to dislocate your legs, fart the star spangled banner, etc.) if so, what?</strong></p>

<p>Umm, not really. I&#8217;m boring like that. I can eat my glasses, but that&#8217;s more thanks to the glasses than to me. Ooh, I can fit a whole bag of Maltesers (one of the medium size bags) in my mouth in one go (without the bag, obviously). There&#8217;s a funny story involving that and <a href="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=13&amp;pos=15" target="_blank">Chris Parker</a>, which I may recount in future.</p>

<p><strong>3. When you&#8217;ve answered these you have to interview five people. If you had the choice of interviewing 1 person from any point in history who would it be?</strong></p>

<p>Ooh, tricky. There are loads of people I&#8217;d like to meet and interview. In true <a href="http://www.firth.com/BA.html" target="_blank">Blackadder stylee</a>, I&#8217;d love to meet good ol&#8217; Bill Shakespeare. And hit him. &#8220;Hours spent at school desks trying to find one joke in A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream.&#8221; Pah. On the other hand &#8211; I would genuinely like to ask him whether he truly intended his plays to be studied and analysed 400 years later, or whether (as I am fairly convinced is the case) he was just the Elizabethan equivalent of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders" target="_blank">Eastenders</a>.</p>

<p><strong>4. I don&#8217;t know if you do already but if you could choose to play any instrument which would it be?</strong></p>

<p>I don&#8217;t, but I wish I could. I did play the recorder in primary school for about a term. I was always stunned by this guy at school who played the drums &#8211; he was really quiet and fairly shy to talk to, but then when he got behind his drum kit, he was like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Teeth_and_The_Electric_Mayhem" target="_blank">Animal from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem</a>. I would love to have the skill and confidence to do something like that.</p>

<p><strong>5. Spit or Swallow?</strong></p>

<p>What&#8217;s the point of spitting? Unless, of course, you&#8217;ve eaten something particularly unpallatable. Generally, though, swallowing is best. As long as you&#8217;ve chewed it for long enough. Otherwise you might choke. And that&#8217;s not good.</p>

<p>So, now I need five people to interview. Form an orderly queue here, please. I can think of <a href="http://www.freestyling.me.uk" target="_blank">two</a> <a href="http://www.rainbowtears.com/" target="_blank">people</a> who have been neglecting their blogs of late, so maybe they should have a go&#8230;? There are rules, by the way. &#8211; I&#8217;ve dumped them in the extended entry.</p>

<p><span id="more-251"></span>
1. Leave me a comment saying &#8220;interview me&#8221;. The first five commenters will be the participants.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>I will respond by asking you five questions.</p></li>
<li><p>You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions.</p></li>
<li><p>You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.</p></li>
<li><p>When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. (Write your own questions or borrow some.)</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Capiche?</p>
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		<title>Jedi Master I am, mmm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2005 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You scored as Yoda. Yoda 81% C-3PO 50% Obi Wan Kenobi 50% Darth Vader 47% Anakin Skywalker 44% Chewbacca 44% R2-D2 44% Emperor Palpatine 36% Padme Amidala 36% Mace Windu 36% General Grievous 33% Clone Trooper 28% Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you? Take the test at QuizFarm.com. (Spotted at star_mage&#8217;s LJ)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://images.quizfarm.com/1115768222yoda.JPG" alt="I am Yoda!" /></p>

<p>You scored as <b>Yoda</b>.</p>

<table width="300" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<td>Yoda</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="81" height="4" /></td>
<td>81%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C-3PO</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="50" height="4" /></td>
<td>50%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Obi Wan Kenobi</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="50" height="4" /></td>
<td>50%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darth Vader</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="47" height="4" /></td>
<td>47%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Anakin Skywalker</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="44" height="4" /></td>
<td>44%</td>
</tr>
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<td>Chewbacca</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="44" height="4" /></td>
<td>44%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>R2-D2</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="44" height="4" /></td>
<td>44%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Emperor Palpatine</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="36" height="4" /></td>
<td>36%</td>
</tr>
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<td>Padme Amidala</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="36" height="4" /></td>
<td>36%</td>
</tr>
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<td>Mace Windu</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="36" height="4" /></td>
<td>36%</td>
</tr>
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<td>General Grievous</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="33" height="4" /></td>
<td>33%</td>
</tr>
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<td>Clone Trooper</td>
<td><img alt="Vote percentage bar" src="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/votebar.gif" width="28" height="4" /></td>
<td>28%</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p><a href="http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=34136" target="_blank">Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?</a> Take the test at <a href="http://quizfarm.com" target="_blank">QuizFarm.com</a>.</p>

<p>(Spotted at <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/star_mage/" target="_blank">star_mage&#8217;s LJ</a>)</p>
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		<title>The IMDb Meme</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, it may look like I'm being ridiculously unimaginative by just posting memes (it is unimaginative), but seeing as there isn't a lot going on, I thought I might as well. At least these memes reflect what I'm like - I'm not just posting random ones about what fish I am, or whatever...

Anyway, this one comes courtesy of <a href="http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2005/Mar/18/the_imdb_meme.html" target="_blank">Neil Turner</a>:

The idea is to post a copy of the <a href="http://uk.imdb.com/chart/top" target="_blank">top 250 films</a> on <a href="http://www.imdb.com" target="_blank">IMDb</a> and then highlight the ones you have seen. Like Neil, I’ve also italicised those films that I (or my family - let's face it, their mine really) own on DVD or video.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, it may look like I&#8217;m being ridiculously unimaginative by just posting memes (it is unimaginative), but seeing as there isn&#8217;t a lot going on, I thought I might as well. At least these memes reflect what I&#8217;m like &#8211; I&#8217;m not just posting random ones about what fish I am, or whatever&#8230;</p>

<p>Anyway, this one comes courtesy of <a href="http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2005/Mar/18/the_imdb_meme.html" target="_blank">Neil Turner</a>:</p>

<p>The idea is to post a copy of the <a href="http://uk.imdb.com/chart/top" target="_blank">top 250 films</a> on <a href="http://www.imdb.com" target="_blank">IMDb</a> and then highlight the ones you have seen. Like Neil, I&#8217;ve also italicised those films that I (or my family &#8211; let&#8217;s face it, they&#8217;re mine really) own on DVD or video.</p>

<p><span id="more-218"></span>
1. <strong><i>The Godfather (1972)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Shawshank Redemption (1994)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Godfather: Part II (1974)</i></strong>
1. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
1. <strong>Casablanca (1942)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Schindler&#8217;s List (1993)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Citizen Kane (1941)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest (1975)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Pulp Fiction (1994)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Star Wars (1977)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Star Wars: Episode V &#8211; The Empire Strikes Back (1980)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Usual Suspects (1995)</i></strong>
1. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
1. Rear Window (1954)
1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
1. Cidade de Deus (2002)
1. <strong><i>Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>12 Angry Men (1957)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Psycho (1960)</strong>
1. Memento (2000)
1. <strong>C&#8217;era una volta il West &#8211; Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Fabuleux destin d&#8217;Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Lawrence of Arabia (1962)</strong>
1. Goodfellas (1990)
1. <strong>The Silence of the Lambs (1991)</strong>
1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
1. North by Northwest (1959)
1. <strong>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life (1946)</strong>
1. <strong>American Beauty (1999)</strong>
1. <strong>Apocalypse Now (1979)</strong>
1. <strong>The Matrix (1999)</strong>
1. Paths of Glory (1957)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
1. <strong>Fight Club (1999)</strong>
1. <strong>The Third Man (1949)</strong>
1. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
1. Vertigo (1958)
1. Double Indemnity (1944)
1. <strong>Singin&#8217; in the Rain (1952)</strong>
1. <strong>Boot, Das (1981)</strong>
1. M (1931)
1. <strong>To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)</strong>
1. Rashômon (1950)
1. <strong>Se7en (1995)</strong>
1. <strong>Taxi Driver (1976)</strong>
1. All About Eve (1950)
1. <strong>The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)</strong>
1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
1. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
1. The Pianist (2002)
1. <strong><i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Léon (1994)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Saving Private Ryan (1998)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Alien (1979)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>L.A. Confidential (1997)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Modern Times (1936)</strong>
1. American History X (1998)
1. Chinatown (1974)
1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
1. <strong>The Wizard of Oz (1939)</strong>
1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1. <strong>The Sting (1973)</strong>
1. <strong>On the Waterfront (1954)</strong>
1. Ran (1985)
1. <strong><i>Amadeus (1984)</i></strong>
1. Vita è bella, La (1997)
1. Touch of Evil (1958)
1. <strong>Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)</strong>
1. The Great Escape (1963)
1. <strong>Raging Bull (1980)</strong>
1. City Lights (1931)
1. The Apartment (1960)
1. <strong>A Clockwork Orange (1971)</strong>
1. Metropolis (1927)
1. The Shining (1980)
1. <strong>Reservoir Dogs (1992)</strong>
1. <strong>Jaws (1975)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Aliens (1986)</i></strong>
1. High Noon (1952)
1. <strong><i>Finding Nemo (2003)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)</i></strong>
1. Annie Hall (1977)
1. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
1. <strong>Braveheart (1995)</strong>
1. Wo hu cang long (2000)
1. Oldboy (2003)
1. <strong><i>Fargo (1996)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>The Incredibles (2004)</i></strong>
1. Yojimbo (1961)
1. <strong>Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)</strong>
1. <strong>Blade Runner (1982)</strong>
1. The Princess Bride (1987)
1. Before Sunset (2004)
1. It Happened One Night (1934)
1. <strong><i>The Sixth Sense (1999)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Donnie Darko (2001)</i></strong>
1. Strangers on a Train (1951)
1. <strong><i>Forrest Gump (1994)</i></strong>
1. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
1. <strong>Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)</strong>
1. <strong>The Great Dictator (1940)</strong>
1. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
1. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
1. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1989)
1. Smultronstället (1957)
1. Ying xiong (2002)
1. Mononoke-hime (1997)
1. The General (1927)
1. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
1. <strong>The Graduate (1967)</strong>
1. <strong>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)</strong>
1. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1. Rebecca (1940)
1. <strong><i>Unforgiven (1992)</i></strong>
1. The Gold Rush (1925)
1. <strong>The Deer Hunter (1978)</strong>
1. <strong>All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)</strong>
1. Duck Soup (1933)
1. Notorious (1946)
1. The Big Sleep (1946)
1. <strong>Once Upon a Time in America (1984)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Toy Story 2 (1999)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Lola rennt (1998)</strong>
1. Ladri di biciclette (1948)
1. <strong><i>Back to the Future (1985)</i></strong>
1. Patton (1970)
1. <strong><i>Quatre cents coups, Les (1959)</i></strong>
1. Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
1. <strong><i>The Green Mile (1999)</i></strong>
1. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
1. <strong><i>Star Wars: Episode VI &#8211; Return of the Jedi (1983)</i></strong>
1. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
1. Grande illusion, La (1937)
1. The Elephant Man (1980)
1. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
1. Glory (1989)
1. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
1. <strong>Ben-Hur (1959)</strong>
1. His Girl Friday (1940)
1. Ikiru (1952)
1. Platoon (1986)
1. <strong><i>Shrek (2001)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Gone with the Wind (1939)</strong>
1. Hotaru no haka (1988)
1. <strong><i>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)</i></strong>
1. Manhattan (1979)
1. <strong><i>Die Hard (1988)</i></strong>
1. Sideways (2004)
1. Charade (1963)
1. The African Queen (1951)
1. Mystic River (2003)
1. <strong><i>Life of Brian (1979)</i></strong>
1. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
1. <strong>Gladiator (2000)</strong>
1. Untergang, Der (2004)
1. The Killing (1956)
1. The Searchers (1956)
1. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
1. A Christmas Story (1983)
1. Amores perros (2000)
1. Big Fish (2003)
1. A Night at the Opera (1935)
1. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
1. Passion de Jeanne d&#8217;Arc, La (1928)
1. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
1. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1. Young Frankenstein (1974)
1. The Wild Bunch (1969)
1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
1. Strada, La (1954)
1. Harvey (1950)
1. The Hustler (1961)
1. Stalag 17 (1953)
1. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
1. The Straight Story (1999)
1. Magnolia (1999)
1. <strong>The Terminator (1984)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Monsters, Inc. (2001)</i></strong>
1. Laura (1944)
1. <strong>Lost in Translation (2003)</strong>
1. The Lion in Winter (1968)
1. <strong>Spartacus (1960)</strong>
1. Hable con ella (2002)
1. 8½ (1963)
1. <strong>Finding Neverland (2004)</strong>
1. Ed Wood (1994)
1. <strong><i>Toy Story (1995)</i></strong>
1. <strong>Groundhog Day (1993)</strong>
1. Sling Blade (1996)
1. The Station Agent (2003)
1. <strong>Twelve Monkeys (1995)</strong>
1. <strong>Trainspotting (1996)</strong>
1. Persona (1966)
1. Fanny och Alexander (1982)
1. Brazil (1985)
1. <strong>All the President&#8217;s Men (1976)</strong>
1. <strong>King Kong (1933)</strong>
1. Almost Famous (2000)
1. The Insider (1999)
1. The 39 Steps (1935)
1. Stagecoach (1939)
1. <strong>Stand by Me (1986)</strong>
1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
1. <strong>The Exorcist (1973)</strong>
1. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
1. <strong>Gandhi (1982)</strong>
1. The Conversation (1974)
1. Festen (1998)
1. Rio Bravo (1959)
1. Roman Holiday (1953)
1. <strong>Per qualche dollaro in più &#8211; For a Few Dollars More (1965)</strong>
1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
1. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
1. The Thin Man (1934)
1. Being John Malkovich (1999)
1. Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994)
1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
1. Sullivan&#8217;s Travels (1941)
1. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
1. <strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Rain Man (1988)</i></strong>
1. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
1. Dogville (2003)
1. <strong>In the Heat of the Night (1967)</strong>
1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
1. <strong>The Big Lebowski (1998)</strong>
1. <strong><i>Spider-Man 2 (2004)</i></strong>
1. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965)
1. Diarios de motocicleta (2004)
1. Snatch. (2000)
1. The Last Picture Show (1971)
1. Red River (1948)
1. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953)
1. Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
1. Fa yeung nin wa (2000)
1. Sleuth (1972)
1. <strong>Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)</strong>
1. 21 Grams (2003)
1. Die xue shuang xiong (1989)
1. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
1. Kumonosu jô (1957)
1. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
1. <strong><i>Beauty and the Beast (1991)</i></strong>
1. <strong><i>Enfants du paradis, Les (1945)</i></strong></p>

<p>I make that 103 films that I have seen and 45 that I (/we) own, out of 250. Not bad!</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was passed this book meme by <a href="http://lemurgirl.mu.nu/archives/001986.html" target="_blank">Lemur Girl</a>. I don&#8217;t work at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/655876/202-2899219-6383849" target="_blank">Waterstone&#8217;s</a> anymore, so this might not be as up-to-date as it would have been six months ago&#8230; but let&#8217;s see:</p>

<p><strong>You&#8217;re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?</strong></p>

<p>Hmm&#8230; a book to burn. There is so much rubbish being published at the moment that it&#8217;s difficult to choose. Anything by <a href="http://www.barbarataylorbradford.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Taylor Bradford</a>? Or, indeed, <a href="http://www.barbaracartland.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Cartland</a>? Or <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140620206/dafydmeuk-21/" target="_blank">Tess of the D&#8217;Urbervilles</a>, for being so ridiculously depressing during A-Level English.</p>

<p><strong>Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?</strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/cleopatra.php" onclick="window.open('http://www.dafyd.me.uk/blog/docs/cleopatra.php','popup','width=229,height=214,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">Maybe</a> (joke&#8230;). Or maybe not.</p>

<p><strong>The last book you bought is:</strong></p>

<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0753819317/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">The Shadow of the Wind</a></em> by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Read it!</p>

<p><strong>The last book you read:</strong></p>

<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330484559/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius</a></em> by Dave Eggers. Pretentious tosh. I don&#8217;t recommend it&#8230;</p>

<p><strong>What are you currently reading?</strong></p>

<p>Umm &#8211; how long have you got? Looking round my room: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/074756924X/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">Schott&#8217;s Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany</a> by Ben Schott; <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0749006226/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines</a> by Michael Bond (I was attracted by the title &#8211; but it&#8217;s actually pretty good!); the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141184973/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">Sword of Honour trilogy</a> by Evelyn Waugh. I know I should only read one book at a time, but I can&#8217;t help it&#8230;!</p>

<p><strong>Five books you would take to a deserted island.</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141182636/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">The Great Gatsby</a> (possibly my favourite book ever)<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0099419785/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">To Kill A Mockingbird</a> (ditto)<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141187506/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">Vile Bodies</a> and/or <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141187476/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">Brideshead Revisited</a> and/or <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141187468/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">A Handful of Dust</a> and/or anything else by Evelyn Waugh.<br /></li>
<li>Probably one of the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0747575444/dafydmeuk-21/" target="_blank">Harry Potter books</a>. Dunno which, though.<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140081798/dafydmeuk-21" target="_blank">How to be a Brit</a> by George Mikes (a bit dated now, but still very funny)</li>
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<p><strong>Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?</strong></p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://david.dafyd.me.uk/blog/" target="_blank">David</a> &#8211; I want to know what he reads apart from Gervaise Phinn&#8230;<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rainbowtears.com/" target="_blank">Claire</a> &#8211; apart from Harry Potter&#8230;<br /></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ifoundbob.com/" target="_blank">Bob</a> &#8211; what are they reading across the pond&#8230;?</li>
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