bits and bobs

By Lisa • February 15th, 2011

There are several celebrities that are well known for the use of their voices in cartoon movies and programs: Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Tom Hanks are probably the first to come to mind. There are several other big names in show business that have provided their voices for cartoon characters as well. Some of [...]

Are you ever amazed as you watch entertainers dance around the stage and they never get winded? They look perfect. They sing perfect. They never forget the words or sing off key. How do they do it? Occasionally their ‘perfection’ runs into technical difficulties and exposes the reality behind that continuous perfection. Lip syncing has [...]

I was planning to blog about creative uses for PLR today but more important things have acted as a distraction – namely the birth of my first nephew. Baby James was born this morning (one day before his due date) and weighed-in at 8lb1oz. My sister and her husband don’t live very close to me [...]

It’s 3am and I can’t sleep so mooching around. Wish TDC TV had been tonight so I could have been more fruitfully occupied # @Ed_Dale Answer me this: Why am I sitting here are 3:40am waiting for folks to update in Twitter, instead of trying to sleep? # Oh and @Ed_Dale What’s this retweeting thing [...]

http://tinyurl.com/56dbef Hey, I made the TDC crowd! What a great tool # @AndrewNez I hate to admit it but I always end up back at IE. Can’t get used to FF but am going to try Flock again # http://tinyurl.com/56dbef Such a great tool for business teams (or 30DC teams) # @AsbjornRiedel In the words [...]

Cleaning, doing the washing, making bread, tidying up and doing all those jobs I seem to leave to Sunday each week # http://tinyurl.com/6ekaex I finally admit all re: me and the Backstreet Boys! # Starting to get concerned at number of tweets referencing me singing naked in a fountain! What’s that all about? Please dm [...]

Friend has just bought "How to Talk to Your Dog" from a newspaper ad. Shows that offline classifieds still work! # Fresh Air Studios is a hub of activity this afternoon – voiceovers galore! # Definitely addicted to Facebook’s Never Ending Movie Quiz. Over 1Total Points: 100000 points and ranked 4287 # That should read [...]

My local newspaper is now following my Twitters @PlymouthHerald I look forward to the article on Twitter # I have more followers than the local newspaper – maybe I should write that article for them # Powered by Twitter Tools.

What a great idea for a blog (and what some interesting postcards they get): http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Which STI would you link my voice with?If you said Chlamydia, you’d be correct! I’m so proud…my first Chlamydia script recording # Crazy day! Voiced scripts on elephants, nurseries, hair care, bus drivers, mortgages and chlamydia! Just Sheffield and orthodontics to go! # Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/34muxk Stratosphere Las Vegas video – I’m ranting in the [...]