Don't believe those freemarketeers who tell you that the best things are the ones that make the most money !

I am cynical about the things society accepts as good ..getting drunk ..watching soap operas etc ... so here is me thinking positively; things that I recommend to you

• be different
• love if you are over 18 !
• Don't believe societies assumptions, nor what you read in the paper , research all you can and give more weight from your own experiences , but be aware that you'l never know everything antd you can't always believe your own eyes (like in the most amazing magic tricks)
• travel experience life and give something back
• EXPLORE LEARN AND UNDERSTAND FOR YOURSELF
• read - great books like see my book reviews
• watch - great TV docs
• listen - to 5, 4, WS
• play cards and stupid games
• Experience great drama - go and see some Shakespeare.. Be entertained and learn from his amazing wisdom. see my drama pages
  
  
• The obvious
• cuddles
• Sharing
• All the things we did together with 18 Plus 1988 (The hypnotist, the fashion show , the hockey competition , Caister,JAC and the treasure hunts.
• The tour across USA in 1988
• Living in the University of Pennsylvania Fraternity House in 1989.
• Being a presenter on CTV1 the very community TV Station in Sydney.
• Putting my arm inside a giant clam whilst diving on the Great Barrier Reef 1990
• Visiting the North Thailand Hill Tribes with my own personal guide in 1990
• Seeing 103 performances at the Edinburgh festival in 1990
• Taking a taxi through the Sahara in Morocco 1990
• Teaching a lesson at the University near Kaserai Turkey 1991
• The Hot Springs filled with massaging fishes in Turkey 1991
• The hospitality of the people of Syria 1991
• The hot spring waterfalls and pools next to thee Dead Sea in Jordan
• The sun rising and the sight of a camel next to me whilst waking up from sleeping on the beach in the Sinai
• The size of the columns at the temple of Thebes in Egypt
• The history of Jerusalem
• Hitching through Yugoslavia during the war
• Seeing how South Africa (and the rest of Africa) really is
• Champagne Cruise on The Zambesi
• Sharing the life of a Japanese family
• teaching English culture
• Seeing how India really is (and the worst)
• Playing stupid card games
• Learning how to work the audience whilst working at the funfair in Hong Kong 1993
• Spike and Mikes Festival of Sick and Twisted Animation in San Francisco 1994
• Doing theatresports in London 1995

Authors

• Hubert Selby (Last Exit to Brooklyn)
• Tom Sharpe
• Roald Dahl
• Ben Elton
• Paul Theroux
• Douglas Adams
• David Lodge
• Terry Pratchett
• Kurt Vonnegut Junior

Plays/Performance

Why bother with those crappy Hollywood movies (except the Blues Brothers and Oh Shucks It's Schuster (RSA)

• Gone With The Wind (using only 3 actors, and every member of the audience)
  In Dublin Autumn 1992
• Three Men and a Boat (Again with major audience participation)
  Edinburgh Festival 1990
• Much a Do About Nothing (Balmoral Beach, Sydney 1990)
  The first time I got all the jokes at different levels at the same time
• Return To the Forbidden Planet (Shakespeare's Long forgotten Sci-Fi musical, Rhythm Method Productions)
  We saw it in our University town of Coventry, when they couldn't find anyone to finance it so they had to pay for the Theatre themselves. We saw it twice ...it went onto break West End box office records.
• Reg Catemole Stole Mi Pig
  The brilliant 3 compere team of the Tic Toc (Alternative Cabaret) Club in Coventry
• Bracketts and Jam (the performers free for all Tuesday nights in Sydney 1989)

Gigs

• The Boomtown Rats (Scunthorpe Free RockFest 1986)
• The Housemartins (Scunthorpe Free RockFest 1987)
• Dr ? and the ? (the 3rd Support Band for Paul Simon at Port Elizabeth, S. Africa 1991)

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