Shortly Ning becomes a paid service. I have much to juggle with and plan to discontinue this network. It was fun while it lasted.Thanks for your contributions and friendship:)See More

It looks like Ning will become a paid service http://blog.ning.com/2010/04/an-update-from-ning.html effective May 2010. This was started as a lark.Lets have your views.See More

Just came across a website dedicated to "an ongoing effort to inventorythe biblical quotations and allusions in the works of the English novelist Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse". I don't know if that's taking Plum more seriously than he intended to be (taking a spade to a souffle, as Punch put it), but you decide. here's the link: http://wodehouse-bible.com/index.html.See More

Down in the dumps? Cheer up.Have a look at these quotations from The Master ( courtesy: P. G. Wodehouse Books.com) guaranteed to bring a smile to your face:)See More

I find from the ChronicleHerald of Nova Scotia that a Plum related event is to take place soon :Feb. 25: Saint Mary’s University English professor Stephen Cloutier will deliver the P.G. Wodehouse lecture: Very Good, Sir: Wodehouse, Jeeves & Comic Tradition in recognition of a donation of P.G. Wodehouse books to Halifax Public Libraries from The Wodehouse Society. Spring Garden Road library, noon.Good work, The Wodehouse…See More

For most Plum lovers, Bertie Wooster is a favourite. I must confess that I liked Bertie more than I did Jeeves.Ian Carmichael played the "bumbling toff " to perfection and his depiction of Bertie Wooster has stayed in our minds.Just as you can't say " Cleopatra" without saying Elizabeth Taylor, I guess you can't talk about Bertie Wooster without thinking of Ian…See More

Developing your mental picture of what a character in a book looks like depends on the skill of the writer- and your own imagination. Seeing him on the screen means something else. The actor begins to epitomize the character for us as viewers.Ian Carmichael did just that. For many of us who watched the BBC series, he was Bertie Wooster! Sadly, Mr. Carmichael passed away…See More

" His was a life which lacked, perhaps , the sublimer emotions which raised man to the level of the Gods, but it was undeniably an extremely happy one. He never experienced the thrill of ambition fulfilled, but, on the other hand, he never knew the agony of ambition frustrated. His name, when he died would never live for ever in England's annals; he was spared the pain of worrying about this by the fact that he had no desire to live forever in England's annals'Who's this?See More

Wherever you are on this here planet, here's wishing you and yours A Very Happy New Year. May 2010 be a great year for you.Cheers!PremSee More

Remember I posted about the Wodehouse quotes contest at the Plum Idol event organised at Heywood Hill? More than 200 favourite quotes from Wodehouse were posted at their web site.The quote that won with the most votes was:“As for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.”See More