The three awards are:
The Liebster Award
The Premio Dardos Award
The Dragons Loyalty Award
I take great pleasure in accepting them.
Firstly – thanks to Akhiz for his nominations.
Secondly – Everyone should have a look at his great site:
https://akhizmunawar.wordpress.com
Thirdly – I have to tell you 11 things about myself. Here they are:
1. I am a writer. I have written forty five books so far. They are Novels, Sci-fi, Rock Music, Education, Environment and Antitheist. Twenty two of them are available on Amazon.
2. I was a secondary teacher for thirty six years. I became a Deputy Head and then Headteacher. I promoted child centred education, mixed ability, effort evaluation, restorative practice, creativity in my school and achieved outstanding results culminating in three consecutive Ofsted Outstanding evaluations.
3. My wife and I have been together since I was eighteen and she was seventeen – 48 years on August the 15th. We have four children and two grandchildren.
4. I have always been a rebel who distrusts the establishment and believes there are better ways of doing things. I am leaning to the left because I believe in equality, fairness, freedom and justice. I believe we should build a caring society.
5. I love nature and animals and am passionate about conservation. I have personally witnessed huge destruction of the environment and get upset when I see the cruel and callous treatment of wild animals and their habitat.
6. I am a hominid who shares 99% of my DNA with chimps and I’m proud of it.
7. I am a humanist and an antitheist. I believe religion is created by humans and has been used for power by the state and individuals.
8. I love reading and indulge in a wide range of genres. There’s nothing better than a good story. The whole creative output and knowledge base of humans is available in books. We have access to the greatest minds who ever lived.
9. I am intrigued by infinity, mystery and the unknown.
10. I believe there is a zeitgeist that connects us and that we can feed into it and help make positive. Education is the answer to defeating fundamentalism and fascism – not guns.
11. I love Rock Music, R&B and Blues and am a child of the sixties. I’ve seen all the great bands (nearly) and am still actively doing gigs. Music helped raise my consciousness, sensibilities and helped formulate my philosophy. My great heroes are Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart, Woody Guthrie and Roy Harper. I like lyrics with bite and meaning.
That’s it.
Now Fourthly I have to nominate 10 blogs for these three awards.
I nominate:
eeyorn the space donkey – a man who shares dreams
eeyorntails.wordpress.com
Dexter the Magic boy
https://dextermagic.wordpress.com
Rich & Lou’s Loudhailer
The Huguenot site of poems and culture
http://myancestorswerefrench.com
Flowers and music from genius
The man of many poems
A champion of nature
https://navasolanature.wordpress.com
Beauty tips that sorted my skin out
https://dorkchopsworld.wordpress.com
Beat stuff that cooks
Frederic’s beautiful poems
https://poemsandpoemes.wordpress.com
Deane’s great poetry
https://deanneworld.wordpress.com
And Del’s great writing
https://delnolan.wordpress.com
I’ll have to let everyone know they’ve been nominated now! And tell them what they have to do!
I’ll post this and get on to it.
Well done everyone. You are all geniuses! I only wish I had more awards!
And thank you again to Rusty and Akhiz for the nominations!
I’m chuffed!
I forgot the questions:
1. What’s your Favourite Genre of Music ?
I like lots of different genres. It’s a toss up between Singer Songwriter (Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Roy Harper, Leonard Cohen), Psychedelia/Acid Rock/ (Doors, Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Love, Beatles, Stones, Country Joe & Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Hendrix, Traffic, Family, Fleetwood Mac), Blues (Son House, Elmore James, Howling Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough) and Punk (Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Stranglers, Clash).
2. Name of your Favourite author, your favorite book?
Probable John Fowles – ‘The Magus’ but it could easily be Ken Kesey ‘One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’, Iain Bank’s ‘The Wasp Factory’ or Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’. Depends what mood I’m in.
3. Whats your favorite TV show ?
Patrick McGoohan’s ‘The Prisoner’.
4. What advice would you like to give yourself if yo get a chance to travel; 10 years back in time?
Do it all and more. Don’t let your lack of self-confidence rob you of opportunity. Your own subconscious is your worst enemy.
5. Again if you are given a time machine to see and visit the wonders of these civilization at their prime where will you go?… a. The Egyptian Civilization b. The Mayan Civilization c. The Mohenjodaro (Indus valley) civilization d. The Middle Ages (Europe and central Asia) e. The Mughal Empire f. Jurassic Period
The Jurassic. I’d like to experience the Earth before the comet hit.
6. Your Favorite Quote ?
‘Do it!’ – Jerry Rubin.
7. What are your thoughts on Coffee?
It’s better than cocaine but it is causing the felling of a lot of rainforest in Vietnam. I like mine milky!
you are welcome 🙂
I hope I have done everything right? Thanks again.
Best wishes
Opher
yes but you didnt answered the questions i asked ??
I forgot the questions:
1. What’s your Favourite Genre of Music ?
I like lots of different genres. It’s a toss up between Singer Songwriter (Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Roy Harper, Leonard Cohen), Psychedelia/Acid Rock/ (Doors, Pink Floyd, Captain Beefheart, Love, Beatles, Stones, Country Joe & Fish, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Hendrix, Traffic, Family, Fleetwood Mac), Blues (Son House, Elmore James, Howling Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough) and Punk (Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Stranglers, Clash).
2. Name of your Favourite author, your favorite book?
Probable John Fowles – ‘The Magus’ but it could easily be Ken Kesey ‘One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’, Iain Bank’s ‘The Wasp Factory’ or Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’. Depends what mood I’m in.
3. Whats your favorite TV show ?
Patrick McGoohan’s ‘The Prisoner’.
4. What advice would you like to give yourself if yo get a chance to travel; 10 years back in time?
Do it all and more. Don’t let your lack of self-confidence rob you of opportunity. Your own subconscious is your worst enemy.
5. Again if you are given a time machine to see and visit the wonders of these civilization at their prime where will you go?… a. The Egyptian Civilization b. The Mayan Civilization c. The Mohenjodaro (Indus valley) civilization d. The Middle Ages (Europe and central Asia) e. The Mughal Empire f. Jurassic Period
The Jurassic. I’d like to experience the Earth before the comet hit.
6. Your Favorite Quote ?
‘Do it!’ – Jerry Rubin.
7. What are your thoughts on Coffee?
It’s better than cocaine but it is causing the felling of a lot of rainforest in Vietnam. I like mine milky!
Sorry – I’ve added them in. All the best Opher
i love your musical choices and yes i would have chosen The Jurassic myself…. love to see Earth in its purest form 🙂
Must have missed them. Buzz them through and I’ll do that.
Cheers
Opher
Excellent. That all took a bit of thought!!