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Hello, and welcome to my Space. I hope you've stumbled over here to say hi because you liked something I'd written or posted, in which case, please carry right on and say hi!

You might have come to ask me something in an official capacity as a former Community Editor. While it's still nice to hear from you I can't answer anything official on my Space and I ask that you email [email protected] instead. Many thanks.

I'll also let you know that I'm not very active on h2g2 at the moment. Babies tend to take over your life a little! I still pop in to read conversations but I find it hard to have more than a few minutes spare at a time these days.


Hi. I'm Vip. It's pronounced like the word 'zip', just to clear up any confusion.

I've been around here for ten years now, although I have been known to head out for an intergalactic cruise around lunchtime. In all that time I've managed to be a part of quite a few Entries in the Guide, seventeen of which were written solo.


New? Here are some hints and tips for new Researchers.

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---- Newbie Bookmark Thread
---- Scout Message
---- Writing and Subbing Questions-to-ask-yourself



Discuss this Entry

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Vip, you have today's Quote of the Day! (Last Posting: 3 Weeks Ago)
Some free sci-fi for you. (Last Posting: Mar 11, 2013)
Your Entry 'Baby-led Weaning' - subby calling (Last Posting: Feb 8, 2013)
Subbing Weaning Babies (Last Posting: Oct 18, 2012)
A pregnant pause. (Last Posting: Oct 1, 2012)
Message to Volunteer - Vip (Last Posting: Sep 14, 2012)
Your Entry (Last Posting: Jul 13, 2012)
Create in June - the topic's music (Last Posting: Jun 4, 2012)
Greetings (Last Posting: Dec 1, 2011)
That devil in the red dress ... (Last Posting: Nov 11, 2011)
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Journal Entries


Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button.

Nope. I can't do it. (Mar 28, 2013)
I've been trying to use Pliny for a couple of months. It's fine for browsing, and good for typing up Entries, but when it comes to conversations, it doesn't work. sadface I've been neglecting to catch up on conversations, simply because the hassle of finding my last unread post is just too much (I know, I know, first world problems).

I doubt this is news to anyone, but hey. It might also explain it if you thought I was ignoring you lately. winkeye

fairy
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(12 replies, Latest reply: Mar 31, 2013)

Just got back (Mar 20, 2013)
...from the internet-free Yorkshire Dales (although I was in Cumbria).

Backlog is... uh... still there.

fairy
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(9 replies, Latest reply: Mar 21, 2013)

How long... (Mar 13, 2013)
... has it been putting the review forum at the beginning of titles (e.g. Peer Review: A12349999 The Blah of Blahdom). That's great! biggrin

fairy
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(4 replies, Latest reply: Mar 13, 2013)

Can I have a gold star please? (Mar 6, 2013)
I've just Perr Reviewed the whole of <BB<'s Pink Panther University project. online2long

fairy
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(7 replies, Latest reply: Mar 11, 2013)

Well that was a waste of time. (Mar 3, 2013)
My banana muffins are welded to my tray. cross

fairy
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(10 replies, Latest reply: Mar 4, 2013)


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H2G2 Radio show live
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108Xth Conversation at Lil's
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Dr Who.
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Open Letter to Stephen Colbert on the Subject of Whether the Potato Famine Was Particularly Amusing
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From h2g2
May I conduct an experiment?
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Thursday 23rd May 2013 - Announcing: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Foundation Website
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Weird Dreams
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Most Recent Guide Entries


These are all the Guide Entries this Researcher has created. If you'd like to read them, click on the link, and if you want to talk about them, use the 'Discuss this Entry' button when you get there.

From h2g2: A87791133  Create April Travel Challenge: Border Crossings, Part II (5 Weeks Ago)
From h2g2: A87787471  The Changing Score of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (Mar 7, 2013)
From h2g2: A87772530  Baby Led Weaning (Sep 27, 2012)
From h2g2: A87771874  Weaning Babies (Sep 18, 2012)
From h2g2: A87770127  Baby Led Weaning (Sep 5, 2012)
From h2g2: A87766366  Vip's Guide to h2g2 - 2012 Edition (Jul 29, 2012)
From h2g2: A87764926  Walls (Jul 13, 2012)
From h2g2: A87763242  Patriotic Gore: Musical Bombast (Jun 25, 2012)
From h2g2: A87762513  Favourite Children's Authors (Jun 18, 2012)
From h2g2: A87761109  How Not to Write a Computer Game (Jun 5, 2012)

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Most Recent Edited Entries


These are all the Edited Entries to which this Researcher has contributed. They obviously read the Writing Guidelines and submitted their Guide Entries to Peer Review: why don't you too?

From h2g2: A87785022  Walls (Apr 10, 2013)
From h2g2: A87779416  Baby-led Weaning (Feb 10, 2013)
From h2g2: A87774105  Weaning Babies - Introducing Solid Food alongside Milk (Dec 16, 2012)
From h2g2: A87767536  Favourite Children's Authors (Sep 13, 2012)
From h2g2: A87763675  A Walk From Shrewsbury to Uffington (Aug 5, 2012)
From h2g2: A87761640  Haughmond Hill, Shrewsbury, UK (Jul 15, 2012)
From h2g2: A87723219  The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (UK) (Jun 11, 2012)
From h2g2: A87728700  A Cheater's Mince Pies (Dec 12, 2011)
From h2g2: A87624994  How To Be Antisocial in an Open-Plan Office (Sep 28, 2011)
From h2g2: A84731033  Ways of Looking for Work in the UK (Jul 4, 2011)

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AlwaysLunchtimeSomewhere - "at ALS's restaurant" (thanks DG!)
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents.
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Andrew Wyld [kt:'Burning Pestle', kp:'Mutamems, Ideodiversity', Zaph.]
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Bassman - Funny how people never ceases to amaze me!
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Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences
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Mr. Dreadful - Give a man a fish and he might not like fish and you've just wasted a fish...
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Shea the Sarcastic
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(Mahatma) 2legs - Resident loon and Cloud Cuckoolander -- Bliss is folding towels.
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Acid Override - The Forum A1146917
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airinshaw
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Amy Pawloski aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)
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anachromaticeye
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Bloody Valentine - Why hate Monday when you can hate Friday!
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Camaris Teh Blak Kitteh
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.
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Conceited Little Megapuppy
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Conceited Little Megapuppy - Inbound traveller and Unas Matriarch
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Eddie Thor
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Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post'
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Fadookie the Froody- Veggie Poetry@A2248733
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Haylle (Nyssabird) ? mg to recovery
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Jackruss, The grand master of tea and toast, founder member of B.O.A.S.T and a first and now a guru, and F G D 1 3 5 Wing Attack Plan R, dangerous when bored
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Jen >^@.@^<
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences
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kipperonthefloor - Make sense? What fun is there in Making sense?
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lil ~ ACE/Scout/CE/Guru ~ Auntie Giggles ~ wearing her Summer 'at!
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Lord Mallory Ringess - Voodoo Warrior to the rich and famous, owner of the Necronomicon and wearer of nice hats
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Lou, (Listy) Not around too much, don't be offended if I don't reply.. I'LL TRY!
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Malabarista - live a little! The night is young, and we have umbrellas in our drinks.
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Milla, listing wishes and bugs. Report them at A87753135 please
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Mong, Ruler of the Spoon People
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