Now, that's the kind of post I like: It's World Cup related and helping some charities in the process...Cool!

Yep, you've read it right: Terry Venables, former football player and England manager, has made history - with the first ever gig on top of The O2.

And, from what we saw and heard in the video, it looks like a pretty good performance. Nice one Tel!

The sky-high performance was to mark the announcement that The Sun's World Cup song "If I Can Dream" is being released as charity single on 31st May.

Terry's voice is not just lifting England's hopes (and helping me do my bit for England); proceeds of his single go to the worthy charities of Help for Heroes and Malaria No More UK.

 (You can become a fan on Facebook here: www.facebook.com/thesunfootball.)

Enjoy! 

Loup Dargent

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Tags : Terry Venables, South Africa , If I Can Dream, World Cup

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How more blessed could a Science Fiction fan feel when his own grandchild actually decides to be born on the Universal Day of The Jedi? Now, that has to be a sign...

As you've probably guessed, we are celebrating both my grandchild's first birthday and the Universal Day of the Jedi in today's post... That explains why, with some help from the FaceInHole.com site, we have now a picture of Riley (that's my grandchild's name, by the way) dressed as a jedi... He does look the part, doesn't he?

Mind you, it seems that Riley has already gone for the jedi look before as we can see from the following picture...

 Riley, a jedi in the making?

All together now:

Happy First Birthday, Riley!

 

 Meanwhile, In The Star Wars Universe...

Image via Social Blend

This year, May is definitely the Star Wars fans month as not only we have the yearly Universal Day of The Jedi in it but it's also the Empire Strikes Back 30th birthday.

The Empire Strikes Back was (and is still) the mother of all movie sequels and I did my bit towards celebrating its birthday by submitting a few stories to Mixx.com and some of the related Mixx Community Groups. Here they are for your own perusal:

• Happy 30th Birthday, 'The Empire Strikes Back'!
• Star Wars: 30 years later, 'Empire' left a lasting mark
• 30 Most Memorable ‘Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back’ Quotes
• The Empire Strikes Back: A Track-by-Track Commentary of the Original Score

 The above mentioned Community Groups are:

• Science Fiction Related - Mixx Community
• Star Wars - Mixx Community
• Jedi - Mixx Community

Feel free to have a look... There are loads of good stuff there.

The icing on the cake was when I actually submitted the Universal Day of The Jedi related Round Up podcast episode...

I definitely invite you to listen to it... If you don't, this Universal Day of The Jedi won't be the same.

Happy Universal Day of The Jedi, Everyone!

 Have fun...

Loup Dargent

Tags : Star Wars, Universal Day of The Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back, Riley's First Birthday

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Meet Tiny. He streaks for a living and is looking for people to help him get to the World Cup. He's actually been streaking for years but you probably haven’t seen him. 
Until now.

This is probably the best of all those Freeview HD ads that have been running lately in the UK...

I love the one with the big bird on the green screen in the background while the wife is arguing with her husband but the Tiny Streaker one definitely gets the Loup Dargent Award.

Tiny Streaker is... well, yes... a tiny streaker who wants to go to the World Cup but can't really afford it and, as he says himself on his website:

"It’s a long way to South Africa – when you have 6-inch legs."

His original list of potential sponsors included:

• Sock Sponsor. (He is English which means he doesn’t ever take his socks off – ask his missus if you don’t believe this.)
• Beard Wax Sponsor. (He needs his beard to stay in place so that peeps don’t see his boys!)
• Manicure Sponsor. (He is not wearing much else so he might as well have good nails.)
• Bean Sponsor. (He just loves beans, that’s all.)

[To be fair, I can relate to the "never taking socks off" business... The weather is rather cold in this part of the world, you know.]

Oh yeah, you can see the little guy in action in this post's video-clip... and don't worry if you're a tad on the prudish side: his beard does conveniently hide his "boys".

Have fun! 

Loup Dargent

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