If I was King....

I was having a conversation at work today which degenerated into 'If I was in charge.....' rant by one of my friends. Whilst it was a fun insight into his mind, it got me thinking what would you do if you were King (or Queen)......

Here are my 5 things I would do if I was King:

1. I would scrap Mondays, they don't do anything worthwhile and just get in the way;
2. The second one was tough, it was a toss up between 'Burberry' and 'Corrie', but Corrie won and will be banned wherever I hold sway (no more naff northern soaps - although Mrs LiS could be upset with me for this);
3. I would instigate a National Day of Starwars appreciation, where the films would be watched and people could dress up as Darth Vader or be an Ewok without fear of mockery;
4. Foreign Policy would involve world affairs disputes to be solved with a multi-player game of Buzz;
5. I would give all hard working Computer techies a modest but fair pay increase - they need some love too

So what would you do if you were King or Queen? Answers on a comment please

......wanders off to avoid Mrs LiS spotting No.2 and making my kingdom a place of misery and woe.....

LiS

My Favourite Author

Its probably no surprise to you (based on the name of my blog) that my all time favourite author is Mr J.R.R Tolkien.

His excellent novels rescued me from a desolate existence and opened up new worlds and fantastic ideas.

Warning! Warning! LiS Flashback Warning! Warning!

In my early teens I was going through a period of time where I hated to read books, the only things that I would consider were comics....it was getting bleak when I thought I had reached my literary peak with 'The Dandy'!!!
One day I was given a comic book called 'The Hobbit'; it didn't have any cow pies or such stuff but it had Dwarves and Wizards and Hobbits, I was hooked I think I read it in about 3-4hrs without stopping.
Once I had finished I was left wanting more....and then I found that it wasn't originally a comic (thanks David Wenzel) but it was an actual real-life book. I badgered my parents to get me the book and I was saved.....


Warning! Warning! LiS Flashback Warning! Warning!

I went on to read all the fiction that he wrote (then went onto read all the stuff that his son wrote about what his father wrote) but more importantly my passion for reading was reawakened.....so thanks Mr T!

LiS

P.S.

Who is your favourite author and why? Let me know :)