What's your "Claim to Fame"?

Gosh, you little exhibitionist you! It sounds as though you're quite a celeb in your own right :-) Do you have any future appearances in the media planned? Well keep up the good work - environmental campaigning always deserves kudos in my book!!

LOL - oh no! Selling out your pagan roots to pander to the mainstream cult of "Potterism"!! You do disappoint me Galena - still publicity is publicity I suppose :-) Out of interest, if your pic was in the issue you missed, it is possible to get a back copy or even a copy of the photo they published, by getting in touch with the newspaper. You do generally have to pay for photos, but it's worth hanging on to, for your scrap-book! You media-junkie you :-)

well I just missed a repeat apprearence in the paper when we did a "potions class" for the midnight Launch of the new Harry Potter book.

Wow! Have you ever met him/his side of the family at reunions? That's a pretty good claim to fame, but I must say - I hope his height wasn't a family trait :-)

I've never met him or his side of the family before. I don't think they were married for very long or even had kids. He's had many, many wives, too. I thought of something else. Snoop Dog used to (still does?) have a house in my home town. A friend and I went there once to try to sell candy bars for her ballet camp. LOL Of course, no such luck, but we HAD to try! Mike Socia (catcher for the Dodgers) lived in the same area, too. Oh, and Justin Germano (pitcher for the Padres) is the brother of a girl I grew up with. Ummm... anything else? My sister went to school with Jessica Alba. But then, I guess that's my sister's brush with fame and not mine.

Wow! Your hometown sounds like it's a second Hollywood :-) And the Jessica Alba connection does count, as I did say that the connection could be as tenuous as you like! It's a shame they're not making "Dark Angel" anymore - that was an excellent programme...

Superb!! Do you get many James Dean fans visiting town as part of a pilgrimage to that naughty rebel man? And does touching his stuff impart something of his spirit into the toucher, in your experience? Do you find yourself hankering for a harley and saying "what have ya got?!" to random people on the street? Just as long as you don't take to driving under the influence far too quickly, you should be OK :-) All the best!

Wow! Lots of big quality names there (and a few I would have neglected to mention if I were you LOL). Was Skunk Anansie as cross an angry femme as her music would suggest, or does she save the vitriol and general grumpiness for her stage shows? But as for the Granada Studios thing, well I visited there once, about 15 years ago, and I too saw and walked on the hallowed cobbles of Corrie St. (although I don't watch the show anymore, as life's too short, it's still an iconic place), so that in itself isn't _really_ that much of a claim to fame, as it's a part of the Granada Studios tour, and open to the public whenever they're not filming. But good on you for visiting there - did you see the courtroom, the news studio and the laser-show? The 3D laser show and the virtual reality cinema were both top-notch, as I recall. Well thanks for sharing, and kudos for the names you were able to drop too :-)