PrincessFiona

PrincessFiona
Location
United Kingdom
Title
Chief Executive Ogre. (Shrek got to be Chairman so I can sit on his knee at board meetings)
Company
Everybody is very welcome ... except for that Donkey
Bio
... I had assumed that the gentle readers of OS already knew that Princess Fiona is married to Shrek- or that my avatar might at least be a give-away. (For anyone who is still confused, that's me on the right). I was wrong, so to clarify, I am a full-time ogre and after a few initial identity issues, I have been happily married to Shrek for some time. We divide our time between the Swamp and Far Far Away.

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JUNE 19, 2009 11:51AM

What it is to be human: Brian Keenan and John McCarthy

Every month or so I receive a newsletter by email from someone because I once did a bit of business with the company he works for.   I got one today.  This guy is called John McCarthy.  Whenever I see Mr M's  latest communication in my Inbox it makes me sm… Read full post »

11 Comments
JUNE 16, 2009 7:53AM

How to be British, part 2: Be a bit of a character

.... this is partly an experiment in using the embedding feature.

Beth suggested I post some footage of Barbara Windsor and Red Rum, both of whom appeared in my last post.

In fact, they are both great examples of Rule 2  in the unwritten "How to be British" manual.  You've got… Read full post »

3 Comments
JUNE 15, 2009 10:22AM

How to be British, part 1: love Dizzee Rascal

A couple of days ago my daughter told me that she really liked Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal because their lyrics were "really funny in a typically British kind of way."

I'm not a big fan of our Lily, so we'll draw a veil over that, but I immediately got what… Read full post »

6 Comments
MAY 28, 2009 5:23AM

Oranges are not the only fruit: a Prop 8 story

Last night a gay man cried in my arms about Prop 8. 

"Well surely that's no surprise, you being an OS reader and all ...."

In fact, it wasn't what I expected at all when I left the house.  I'm straight and I  lead a very conventional life as a… Read full post »

7 Comments
MAY 27, 2009 1:33PM

Freud slips past Aunty Beeb (with apologies to Gary Justis)

Gary Justis' beautiful and evocative post about his childhood and his aside about teenage swearing reminded me of a newspaper article which I read a while back.

(Gary's post was poetic and visually gorgeous so I'm ashamed that this is where it has lead my mind)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/nov/2… Read full post »

2 Comments
MAY 25, 2009 9:59AM

Men with great legs: response to Jane Smithie

.... I'm in a silly mood and I just laughed myself even sillier reading Jane Smithie's wonderful post about retro men's fashions.

It got me feeling all nostalgic about the short-shorts of my mis-spent youth and the men with great legs who wore them.

Here are two of my personal favorites… Read full post »

19 Comments
MAY 25, 2009 7:22AM

No, it's me, really it is

I'm re-thinking.

A few days ago I posted a piece called "The Accidental Tourist" which was a review of the 1980s Lawrence Kasdan film of that name.  The film had affected me deeply when I saw it for the first time ten days or so back. 

I have thought more… Read full post »

10 Comments