April and huntingvenus.com

April is over (but the showers aren't).

Published another edition of my monthly newsletter. I am happy to note that readers are starting to send me their articles for publication in the newsletter. It is good to include a range of opinions and I'm not sure I could turn out a decent meaningful article every month. I'm sure I could manage an article but whether it would be useful and informative for the reader is another matter.

I've been working on the Internet for over a year now. I have learnt so much and am still learning as the months tick by.

Made the firm decision to go ahead with a project with my American gentleman pen-pal and I'm looking forward to starting it. What do I have to lose? I might turn out to be rubbish at the project (whatever that might turn out to be) but, so what? Probably nobody will notice anyway. The one thing I do know is that I am going to enjoy it.

I have discovered get paid to autosurf and am actually getting paid by Studio Traffic and 4 Daily. Real cash in my Stormpay account, very useful. I'm looking around for a couple more of this type of site, won't get rich from this (well, not unless I take a big risk with investing) but it's nice to know that all my membership fees are covered and I am making a profit on top.

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Prince Charles marries his Camilla at last

Within the last seven days there have been two historically important events, one sad and the other happy. I am, of course, referring to the funeral of Pope John Paul and the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. When the date of the Pope's funeral was fixed and the announcement made that the royal wedding was to be postponed, I had a superstitious moment of wondering whether the marriage was doomed never to take place. It did take place and I for one was happy to see it.

I don't understand why so many people are so strongly against the marriage and anti Camilla personally. The usual excuse seems to be that they don't want her to become Queen. There are plenty of people who don't want Charles to become King but they have equally little right to intervene.

A couple of days before the wedding, I caught part of a comedy show where a comedian/actor was poking "fun" at Camilla. "Fun" is not really the right word, the jibes were spiteful. There is one particular unflattering photo of Camilla in riding gear seated on horseback. I am bored with the cheap jokers who ask us to guess which one is the horse. The comedian I saw the other evening made the same remark and cracked a "joke" that this will be one marriage where the husband will be happy if the sex dries up. How rude, how cruel, how unnecessary. How safe to snipe at someone who will not return fire.

It was only when he made this unkind remark that I looked closely at the actor. I had seen him many times before as he appeared for some years in one of my favourite sit-coms. This time I really looked at him and took in the fact that he has hit his forties and the years are not sitting well on him. He has gained a little weight, his hair is thinning and receding: he would no longer be convincing in his usual role of cheeky young lad. He is unmarried and his last (very public) liaison with an actress ended after just a few days when his paramour returned to her husband. I wondered what made him think he was in a position to criticise Camilla's appearance (or morals) and I decided it must be plain old jealousy dressed up as humour.

I can't see why people make such derogatory remarks about Camilla. She has a kind face, refined bearing and she appears ladylike. She is not a model or an actress and has probably never even thought of surgery to smooth out the evidence of her age. Why should she? This lady might not win a beauty contest against professional contestants but, if you put her in a line-up of her contemporaries she would look better than many of them. When you look at some of the people who are doing the criticising, you have to suspect that they are motivated by envy.

Whatever your feelings (or lack of the same) about Charles and Camilla, anyone with a heart must appreciate how amazing it is that these are two people who have remained in love for thirty-five years despite having been apart due to circumstances throughout most of those years. It is unfortunate that star-crossed lovers cease to be romantic figures once they reach maturity and become the undeserving butt of cruel jokes.

The royal wedding was followed with quite indecent haste by a programme where a body language expert endeavoured to prove with a few film clips that the marriage is unpopular with the royal family and, it was implied, Charles did not make his vows with sincerity. Film clips and psychologists are like statistics: they can prove anything you want them to prove. In the face of all the criticism by self-styled experts, it was clear that we were looking at two very happy people who are comfortable with each other. Why do so many people want to spoil it? Perhaps love is now unfashionable.

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Surfing Saturday

Don't know what possessed me but I spent most of the day surfing. I'd really intended to surf for a little while and then get on with some serious writing. The day just did not go according to plan but the credits from surfing will come in handy.

Took time off and went to the gym this afternoon. Gave the brain a rest - all I needed to think about was keeping my heart rate in the cardio training zone and making sure it did not leap into the cardio failure zone. Felt very much better. Jus proved again for myself what everybody knows: it is good to take the occasional break. I really must get back into the routine of working out several times a week.

Tomorrow I am going to work on my writing so that I can submit an article this week.

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