Short, Sweet & Boring

Happy Chinese New Year!

Year of the Dragon, I believe.
I don't know what that means but I assume it's a good thing if you were born in that year. I, myself, am a Horse. Having just looked this up on t'Interweb, this means I'm hardworking and, according to the ever faithful Wikipedia, I am an Earth Horse which will probably mean something, too.

As is tradition (I really don't like tradition), I'll be spending this weekend's visit to see my daughter watching the Chinese New Year Festival in Liverpool. It comes complete with a dragon parade and firecracker display. Always good fun to watch. However, as I write this, I can hear buffeting wind and lashing rain so it might not be all that fun.

This post is short, sweet and particularly boring.
The aim was to throw me into blogging mode a bit more.

It might work.

Rest In Peace, @littlemunchkin

Twitter has been reeling in utter shock today after hearing the sad news of the death of a dear Twitter friend, Lucy Taylor (@littlemunchkin). Lucy's sister tweeted on her account that Lucy had passed away in her sleep on Friday, 30th December 2011.

Lucy had an eating disorder which could cripple her for days but, when you read her upbeat, cheerful tweets, you would never think that was the case. She always brought a smile to her followers and never failed to cheer people up no matter how she was feeling herself. She even found the time to post some amazing recipes for all sorts of things on her blog.

Lucy used to post a Silly Question Of The Day without fail every single weekday. Every single question was different amassing a load of replies. It even had its own hashtag which trended on occasion.

She was friendly to everyone, constantly tweeting to celebrities and often getting replies. In her own way, she became a celebrity herself because of who she was.

A lot of people knew Lucy a lot better than me but, in the short time I did know her, I feel I gained a friend.

Lucy supported the eating disorder charity, B-eat, and helped raise money for them. Please donate in memory of this wonderful young lady.

Simply text the code UAUA05 followed by your donation amount from £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070 – for example to donate £10 text UAUA05 £10

You'll be sorely missed, Lucy. Keep tweeting up there.

RIP x